EA has announced that Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment is developing a third-person Star Wars game.

In a post on EA's official website, Patrick Soderlund, EA Studios' executive vice president, confirmed that the game will be "an all-new 3rd person action adventure game set in the Star Wars universe". Respawn's project joins Star Wars games in development at EA Studios, including Visceral Games, DICE, Capital Games, BioWare, and Motive.

"At EA right now, we have multiple studios building a variety of great Star Wars games spanning different genres. We are all united by our teams’ passion for Star Wars stories, characters, and adventures," Soderlund said. "There’s never been a better time to be a Star Wars fan. The passion we’re seeing for Star Wars from gamers – whether they’ve been along for the ride since Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, or were introduced to the magic of Star Wars with Star Wars: The Force Awakens – is fueling our development teams and our partners to create unique interactive extensions of this deep, meaningful universe. As a game maker, nothing is more exciting."

The third-person action-adventure game will be helmed by Stig Asmussen, best known as the director of God of War III. He joined Respawn in 2014 to work on a new IP, which presumably morphed into a Star Wars game along the way.Asmussen wrote a blog post about the game:

For me, just typing these words is surreal. I have been playing Star Warsgames my whole life, now I get to make a Star Warsgame. On top of that, I get to do it at Respawn, a studio comprised of the most talented collection of game makers, creators, visionaries, and (most importantly) advocates for the player, that I have had the good fortune to work with. And we, like you all, have no shortage of Star Wars passion. The entire company erupted in cheers when it was announced that this would be our next endeavor. But it’s not all fun and games — we promise to pay respect to the Star Warslegacy at all times, a fact that will be constantly reinforced and honored as a central game design tenet. Fans should expect the exemplary level of quality first established at Respawn with Titanfall, a game that epitomizes our studio’s dedication to slick, larger-than-life action and fun, groundbreaking mechanics. Moving forward, we couldn’t ask for a better universe in which to continue this journey, and although I would love to share all of the exciting places we are going, we have the following piece of information to divulge with you all today: We’ll be making a third-person action/adventure game set in the Star Wars universe.