Star Wars Battlefront 2 continues to achieve new heights on Steam, as the sport has as soon as once more damaged its concurrent-player report.
On June 23, Battlefront 2 noticed 35,892 concurrent gamers in accordance with SteamDB, marking a brand new peak. That quantity is little doubt partially due to the truth that Battlefront 2 is currently on sale for $4 and is certainly one of Steam’s top-selling video games. The sport can also be out there on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, although Battlefront 2 would not help cross-play between platforms.
Battlefront 2 has been steadily working its method up Steam’s most-played video games record since early Might, when the sport first started to climb from its traditional participant counts of round 1,000-1,500 in April to five,000 concurrent gamers and past. In late Might, Battlefront 2 broke its earlier concurrent-player report on Valve’s platform and later peaked at practically 19,000. These participant counts then dipped again down under 10,000 in subsequent weeks, solely to skyrocket as soon as extra up to now few days to even greater heights.
The place, precisely, the massive surge of curiosity in Battlefront 2 got here from eight years after the sport’s launch is up for debate, however it appears to have begun across the time Andor season 2 concluded on Disney+. The present largely focuses on the formation of the Insurgent Alliance and its battle towards the Empire within the leadup to Rogue One and A New Hope. The present additionally prominently options the Insurgent base on Yavin 4 as a key location–an iconic Star Wars setting that simply so occurs to be a playable map in Battlefront 2.
Renewed curiosity within the Star Wars shooter has translated into calls from Andor actor Muhannad Ben Amor and gamers for EA to make a Star Wars Battlefront 3. Sadly, gamers should not anticipate Battlefront 3 anytime quickly, as a former DICE producer who labored on Battlefront 2 stated it might be “difficult” to convey again the unique growth crew, as they’re now “unfold far and large.”
It has been reported beforehand that regardless of DICE’s two fashionable Battlefront video games promoting greater than 33 million copies mixed, EA allegedly rejected a pitch for Battlefront 3 attributable to licensing prices. DICE, in addition to plenty of different EA studios, are presently engaged on Battlefield 6.
Whereas it is not Battlefront 3, EA remains to be publishing a brand new Star Wars recreation. Introduced at Star Wars Celebration Japan, Star Wars: Zero Firm is a turn-based techniques recreation set in the course of the Clone Wars, coming from builders who beforehand labored on the critically acclaimed XCOM collection. Star Wars: Zero Firm is ready to be launched in 2026.