Is Star Wars: Battlefront 3 in Development?

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Is developer Spark Unlimited making a Star Wars: Battlefront game? Some people seem to think so, but it's hard to say. <br/><br/>They are definitely making...something. The southern California developer is currently hiring multiple positions for two seperate games. One is "a 3rd Person Action/Adventure sequel in a high-profile science fiction franchise," while the other is "a bold new take on 3rd Person Action/Horror" based on an established franchise. Sites like <a target="_blank" href="http://playstationlifestyle.net/2012/02/06/rumor-star-wars-battlefront-iii-in-development-at-spark-unlimited-coming-this-year/" target="_blank">Playstation Lifestyle</a> have combined these job listings with teases from the <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/sparkunlimited" target="_blank">developers' Twitter</a>, as well as a linkedin profiles from previous employees, and concluded that it could be Star Wars: Battlefront 3. The prior employees in question specifically site experience working on both a "shooter" and a "sword fighting game." <br/><br/>Could it be Star Wars: Battlefront 3? Sure. But at this point the details are so vague that it's pure speculation. Even if it is a Star Wars game, there's no reason it couldn't be continuing something like the Jedi Knight series, or even a Clone Wars game taking advantage of the popular animated series. <br/><br/>So to recap, here's what we know for sure. It's a game being developed in conjunction with a "major publishing partner," it's a third person action/adventure title being developed for PC, 360 and PS3, and, if the job description for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sparkunlimited.com/jobs_position_programmermultiplayer.html" target="_blank">Multiplayer Engineer</a> is any indication, it will have multiplayer and cooperative components. <br/><br/>Battlefront 3? Who knows, but it's sure fun to imagnie the possibilities.<br/><br/>&#169;2012-02-23, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved