EA has confirmed that Respawn Entertainment and DICE will work together on a future project, and Variety has reported that the game is Star Wars: Battlefront 3, made for Lucasfilm Games. Polygon reported that the confirmation came from EA president and chief studios officer Cam Weber and president and chief operating officer David Tinson, speaking to Variety.
Bringing together our Respawn and DICE studios to collaborate on a future project.
EA itself did not name the game. Variety said multiple sources confirmed the project is Battlefront 3. Polygon noted that the report cuts against earlier speculation that Bungie, the Destiny studio, would take on the series, and that DICE has handled the modern Battlefront games.
The executives framed the pairing around the publisher’s shooter business, saying EA is seeing strong results from first-person live-service shooters, Battlefield 6 in particular, and that further Battlefield titles are planned. Respawn is also working on the next entry in the Star Wars Jedi series, which Polygon referred to as Jedi 3.
Confirmed during a round of EA layoffs
The confirmation arrived in the same week EA cut 3% of its global workforce, Polygon reported. BioWare has been closed and EA has ended development on its new Mass Effect title.
Those cuts are the publisher’s first major move since its acquisition closed. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners announced the purchase of EA in September 2025 and officially completed it on August 4 of this year, according to Polygon.
It has been close to a decade since DICE released Star Wars Battlefront 2 in 2017. Polygon recalled that the game shipped to mixed reviews over its pay-to-win mechanics and limited customisation before later updates turned its reception around, and that renewed interest following the second season of Andor brought players back to its servers and revived questions about a third entry.
