Renewed calls for a contemporary Star Wars Battlefront sport have been given a lift by an actor from critically-acclaimed TV sequence Andor.
The previous month has seen followers flock again to 2017’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 — producing the sport’s greatest participant depend on Steam in years, regardless of help from developer DICE ending a very long time in the past.
Now, Andor’s Muhannad Ben Amor, who performs the heroic Wilmon Paak, has taken to social media to assist marketing campaign for a fully-operational sequel.
“Star Wars gotta give us Battlefront 3 ASAP,” Amor wrote on Instagram (thanks, (*3*)), revealing he had performed Battlefront 2 for 469 hours. That is nice child, however do not get cocky.
“Grew up with Battlefront 2 — been a veteran since day one,” Amor continued. “Let’s HOPE Battlefront 3 occurs.”
The previous month has seen the recognition of Star Wars Battlefront 2 soar, thanks partially to the success of Andor’s climactic second season, and different Star Wars exercise surrounding the franchise’s annual Might 4 celebrations.
After years averaging a Steam participant depend of round 2,000 gamers, the sport’s reputation has been steadily climbing over the previous few weeks, and is now near topping its 10,000-player all-time concurrent Steam peak.
However does this imply a Star Wars Battlefront 3 is now extra probably? For now, DICE is busy throwing all of its development weight into getting its big new Battlefield game out the door in one of the best form potential. A correct reveal for the still-untitled next Battlefield, which is at the moment present process participant testing, is predicted this summer time.
DICE can also nonetheless maintain some reluctance to revisit the sequence, after Battlefront 2 initially launched amid an enormous controversy over its loot containers. Over time, nevertheless, sentiment in the direction of the sport has shifted. And whereas writer EA, DICE’s proprietor, is not solely making Star Wars video games, Respawn continues to be at work within the galaxy far, far-off making a Star Wars Jedi threequel.
“Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a redemption story worthy of the Skywalker saga,” IGN wrote in its 2019 Star Wars Battlefront 2 re-review. “General, it’s an important bundle now that serves as top-of-the-line and most thrilling methods to have an genuine Star Wars gaming expertise.”
Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You may attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social