Following the recent successes of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and revival of Star Wars Battlefront 2, EA appears to be firing on all cylinders with Disney's license. After surviving the loot box controversy, DICE has managed to add tons of new content to Battlefront 2 and turning its fate around. Fallen Order also received a free content update earlier this month and has also passed 10 million unique players, an impressive milestone for a brand new IP. Wanting to strike while the iron is hot, EA could be getting to reveal the next big Star Wars game sooner than most fans think.
Utilizing teases from senior journalists like Jason Schreier and Jeff Grubb, one thread on the GamingLeaksAndRumors subReddit has made a compelling argument that the oft rumored Star Wars Maverick is going to be revealed on June 2. As legitimate as this may seem based on the evidence, fans should take the following theory with a grain of salt as neither Disney or EA has officially commented on the currently unannounced title.
The rumor mill started churning yesterday as EA Motive finally joined Twitter and posted for the first time. Noted journalist Jason Schreier responded with a playful tweet that they're likely getting ready for a game announcement. He followed up the Tweet by responding to a person that the announcement is going to be a Star Wars game. Venture Beat journalist Jeff Grubb jumped on the conversation by adding a gif of Tom Cruise playing his character Maverick from the upcoming movie Top Gun: Maverick.
While fans began to get excited at what they've been seeing, Jason continued to fan the flames a bit by posting his Kotaku article from earlier in the year detailing the canceled Battlefront spin-off game, which also touches on another game that is currently being worked on at EA Motive.
The final piece to this puzzle came from Jeff Grubb who updated his Summer Game Mess schedule where he's trying to keep track of all the upcoming game events and announcements. On June 2, Grubb lists Mel Gibson picture, which doesn't immediately look like anything. However, the potential Star Wars tease comes from the fact that Mel Gibson was in a film called Maverick back in 1994.
Not much is known about Star Wars Maverick outside of what was leaked earlier in March when a single image was discovered from an accidental early addition to the PlayStation Network database. The image shows things like a Death Star and X-Wings, which have led many to assume that Maverick will be bringing back the space combat genre previously seen in fan favorite titles like X-Wing VS. TIE Fighter or Rogue Squadron. With multiplayer heavily hinted at in the leak, fans may be dogfighting sooner than expected.
Star Wars: Project Maverick is unofficially confirmed for PS4 and has no current release date.
Source: Reddit