Battlefront III - CANCELLED!

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cainx10a

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A gameplay footage [http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/867171/star-wars-battlefront-iii/videos/battlefront_editor_comment.html], of Star Wars: Battlefront 3 was floating around at IGN; which was later commented upon by David Clayman and some other dood. The footage shows some in-game cutscene (Lightsaber wielding Jedi dueling with a vibroblade wielding trooper; an unmasked trooper eh? The Protagonist maybe), Battlefront 3's original game tech that allows the player to even go from a planet surface to the atmosphere where another battle is probably taking place, or maybe it was just the starting point for the one of the team and finally, Ewoks too made an appearance.

The game looks rather promising, but, too bad, it has been cancelled. And based on this particular guy [http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/946/946015p1.html].

Personal Opinion: Battlefront 2 was certainly my favorite of the series so far. What's not to like about Star Wars with a Battlefield flavor? The game was fun, and still has quite a following, so it's certainly sad that we may not be able to see the release of this game. Even worst, a product that apparently was nearing the last stages of production up to pre-release almost.
 

x434343

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Hmm. I coulda sworn that BattleFront 3 was transferred to another studio. Yeah. Free Radical was downsized, so Rebellion took Battlefront 3 and are developing it.
 

Fightgarr

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I guess George Lucas will have to settle for having slightly less exorbitant amounts of money.
 

x434343

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Guys, no.

BF3 was not cancelled.

Let me straighten this out. FREE RADICAL DESIGN was downsized too much. They COULD NOT DEVELOP BOTH TimeSplitters 4 and BattleFront 3. So, REBELLION TOOK OVER THE STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 3 mission.
 

squid5580

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Ya nowhere in that article does it say cancelled it does say FR won't be finishing it. I still have hope for another SW Battlefront. I just hope the LOTR Conquest doesn't drag the name down. It just doesn't have the same fun factor as SW Bs have.
 

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mspencer82 said:
Canceled already? Wasn't it just announced less than a month ago? I hate this economy.
Blame Free Radical and their pet project, Haze, more than the economy. If Haze was a half decent game it wouldn't have been a bullet in their companies skull.
 

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MrBrightside919 said:
I thought Pandemic got the game...
I am not sure how much of a good thing that will be at this time in history. Thier last 2 games have not been as good as they could have been (Mercs 2 and LOTR Conquest). Not saying they were the worst of games but they could have been alot better than the finished product.
 

MrBrightside919

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squid5580 said:
MrBrightside919 said:
I thought Pandemic got the game...
I am not sure how much of a good thing that will be at this time in history. Thier last 2 games have not been as good as they could have been (Mercs 2 and LOTR Conquest). Not saying they were the worst of games but they could have been alot better than the finished product.
Well they did originally develop the other 2 battlefront games.
 

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MrBrightside919 said:
squid5580 said:
MrBrightside919 said:
I thought Pandemic got the game...
I am not sure how much of a good thing that will be at this time in history. Thier last 2 games have not been as good as they could have been (Mercs 2 and LOTR Conquest). Not saying they were the worst of games but they could have been alot better than the finished product.
Well they did originally develop the other 2 battlefront games.
I know. I just question whether or not it would be the same people. And if they are really qualified to make next gen games. I was a huge Pandemic fan from the Ps2 days. DAH and SW Battlefront were 2 of my fave game series from the last gen. And when I saw the gasmask box on the corner of Mercs 2 and LOTR Conquest I bought them more for that reason than the actual game (well Mercs anyways since I had heard next to nothing about it). And niether was the AAA title I was expecting from Pandemic (AAA to me not to the critics and whatnot).
 

Snake422

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It wasn't cancelled it was just handed over to Pandemic wasn't it? That's what I heard.
 

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Battlefront III was given to another studio, along with new footage of a Dark Obi-Wan. A fucking Sith version of Obi-Wan. It's amazing. Here's a link to Hard News, in which they speak of it.

http://www.screwattack.com/HardNews/011609
 

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mspencer82 said:
Canceled already? Wasn't it just announced less than a month ago? I hate this economy.
I doubt it was totally the economy's fault, read the whole article it sounds like Lucas arts was cutting sandbags...

"Radical entered administration late last year in order to find new investors for the company. If investors aren't found, the company assets, including all internal IP and technologies, will be sold off and the studio formally dissolved."

it sounds like Lucas Arts as a whole is not doing good, but I have to say they have not been making a lot of money the last few years and they have ended up dumping millions of dollars into flops (like the re-made craptastic CGI Star Wars movie).