It isn’t an official statement from Pandemic but from an employee of Rebellion who talked to Darkzero.
After some trouble with the game in development trouble arouse for Free Radical who was working on the title. During the holidays it was everywhere how Free Radical was in trouble and it would close it’s studio. Luckily that stories has had an happy ending thanks to Crytek. Pre-rendered footage hit the web and the game got a sort of hype.
With experiences of making the game Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, many looked forward to what we could expect from Rebellion who took over the game. But it seems development of Aliens vs. Predator 3 has taken higher priority then Star Wars Battlefront 3. So The game returned to it’s creator Pandemic.
Since the game left Pandemic, they released Mercenaries 2 and Lord of the Rings: Conquest both not the quality games we were used to from them. Lord of the Rings: Conquest was even labelled ‘Battlefront in Middle Earth’. My impression, nothing near it. Not only did the graphics look poor in my opinion, the controllers and enemies all lacked. So by having back their mojo we hope Pandemic will return to it’s ‘former’ glory days and bring Star Wars Battlefront to another level.
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Not that I wouldn’t be very happy about this, but it seems very unlikely to me right now. Pandemic Studios is currently owned by EA, and Lucasarts has recently signed a distribution agreement with Activision Blizzard.