{"id":82652,"date":"2015-10-21T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=82652"},"modified":"2015-10-21T10:34:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:34:43","slug":"star-wars-battlefront-iii-was-ready-for-release-in-2008-before-being-cancelled-more-footage-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/82652-star-wars-battlefront-iii-was-ready-for-release-in-2008-before-being-cancelled-more-footage-released","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: Battlefront III was ready for release in 2008 before being cancelled: more footage released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before DICE\u2019s take on Star Wars Battlefront<\/em>, currently scheduled to drop on November 19th, before EA had appropriated the license even, the Battlefront<\/em> license was in the ownership of LucasArts and had previously been developed by Pandemic Studios (of Full Spectrum Warrior<\/em> and Dark Reign 2<\/em> fame).<\/p>\n

Following the success of Star Wars: Battlefront II<\/em>, perhaps the best selling Star Wars<\/em> game of all time, it was only a matter of time before Battlefront III<\/em> was on the cards.<\/p>\n

For those in the know, Star Wars: Battlefront III<\/em> was in development, and had been for around 2 years.<\/p>\n

In fact, studio Free Radical Design, developers of the stupendous TimeSplitters 1<\/em> and 2<\/em>, had been working on the game between 2006 and 2008 before it was cancelled \u2013 just before release it seems, because it was practically ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were big fans of our work, they liked our take on making games, they liked the way we work and they wanted to do this project. It was a big thing, we were very excited and for a long time it was going very well,<\/em>\u201d founder of Free Radical Design, Steve Ellis, said in\u00a0an interview with Gameindustry.biz<\/a>. \u201cWe got on well with the production staff that we worked with, we had good access to the LucasArts management and we didn’t fight very much at all, we were just getting on with making the game.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather unfortunately, a change was in the wind and new heads at LucasArts lead to the deterioration between them and Free Radical Design, ultimately culminating in the axing of Battlefront III<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Drastic measures lead to LucasArts canning both projects in development, the first of which was almost complete. Ellis wouldn’t be drawn on the actual details of the game, but enough footage of Star Wars: Battlefront III<\/em> has long since appeared on YouTube.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And now, new footage of a much more complete build of the game has appeared on YouTube, on the channel PtoPOnline<\/a>.<\/p>\n