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Emerging from the depths of the video game industry, hints of a new Star Wars: Battlefront game being possibly in the works for LucasArts are being detected by super sleuths around the gaming community.

What has caught the attention of many mediums around the gaming community and was discovered by PlayStation Lifestyle, was a job listing at Spark Unlimited which sounds pretty close to what would be required of a Battlefront game developer. It states needing one:

Senior combat designer for a 3rd Person Action/Adventure sequel in a high-profile science fiction franchise currently greenlit for full production development for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC markets.

Not only this, but there are a few job ads with a connected LinkedIn profiles, one for John Lawrie, a former senior software engineer for Spark, which states "Unannounced third person sword fighting game (well known IP, Xbox 360, PS3)," and another profile alluding to a, "AAA third person shooter using Unreal Engine and Kynapse AI middleware." But do these piece together and allow us to assume that a new Battlefront is in the works?

Well, let’s think about this one.  You’ve got: 1). A 3rd person action adventure sequel, 2). Setting in a high-profile, sci-fi uiniverse, and 3). Having third-person shooting and sword fighting in it. The ingredients for a game such as this sure are present, and unless this is another Halo game being constructed (which would be complete overkill in my opinion), I think we might have ourselves a recipe for a long overdue Battlefront game. The job listings for this "un-mentioned" game sure do lead us towards this logical conclusion.

This is all just speculation, of course, (Spark or LucasArts have in no way, shape, or form announced any type of statement regarding the production of this game) and in-depth rumors of Battlefront 3 development are nothing terribly new (has been going on for some time now). Taking you away from your current fix of Star Wars: Old Republic is wrong, I know. But these small hints of a possible Battlefront 3 is something worth keeping tabs on. Why? Because people want a Battlefront 3, and they want it now.

No better a time to do it when the Star Wars iron is hot, right?

Source: Computerandvideogames.com

 
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TooPoor
1:15 AM
2/8/2012

If it is coming out and supports local co op, i would preorder in a blink of an eye. Battlefront 2 was too much fun.


Biohzrd451
7:31 AM
2/8/2012

Oh lord I would so love for this to be true. Battlefront was one of my favorite games on the XBOX and having an updated sequel would just be awesome.


txshurricane
8:47 AM
2/8/2012

There is a lot more to the rumors than just the Spark Unlimited job posting. They've tweeted hints that are conspicuously Battlefront-related, there were the GameSpy servers, and of course there's LucasArts refusing to deny any of the rumors outright. It's coming. My only question is Spark Unlimited going to treat it right?


Jhooud
11:35 AM
2/8/2012

We still pop Battlefront 2 in the playstation now and again (a blast for couch co-op) - it has held up really well. Here's hoping this happens, and the quality level meets the standards of the old games.


BigBadBob113
5:18 PM
2/8/2012

I hope this rumor is true. So long as there was some online co-op going down this would definitely be a pre-order.


Kleep
10:57 PM
2/8/2012

Ohh man, if this is true, it would make my friends and I VERY VERY happy!! Battlefront Renegade Squadron and Elite Squadron for the PSP were my most played games, and I swear if it wasn't for those pesky online hackers/modders, I would've been in the top 25 leaderboards. Seriously, I knew every pixel, of every inch of every map. I don't mean to brag, but it got to the point where I was getting 2/3rds of the kills for our team lol. And going back to the "Halo" mentioned earlier, unless it's Halo Wars, I don't even care at this point all Halo's are the same to me.


txshurricane
4:27 AM
2/9/2012

--- Replying to Kleep -----
Will you be trying those games out with the dual analog support for PS Vita? I plan to.


WildCard Zen
11:41 AM
2/9/2012

Star Wars Battlefront 1 is the game that started it all for me when it comes to online play. I miss it terribly! SWBF 2 had its moments - the space combat was my fav of that.

And I've grown tired of all the rumors that amount to nothing concerning SWBF 3. There is a blog I've been following that has a Twitter Bomb petition going with hopes of pushing LucasArts to quit wasting our time with kiddie Clone Wars and this Star Wars Dance Kinect dribble and get serious about Battlefront 3. I'm doubtful it'll make much happen, but it went from 200 views to 9000 views in the last 12 hours. If you guys want in, here's a link to details. http://www.battlefront3.net/2012/01/bat ... ia-tuggie/


txshurricane
1:02 PM
2/9/2012

I follow that blog, too, Kard, which is why I see articles like this and go, "Really? Where you been?"


Kleep
8:17 PM
2/9/2012

---Replying to txshurricane---

%u02C6Not sure how to reply so that's my best attempt%u02C6
As fun as that would be, no vita games interest me right now, so I'll probably wait til something comes along that I like before purchasing. But definitely it'll be interesting playing the old PSP games.

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