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Loading ...In 2006, LucasArts announced an agreement with UK-based and now shut down developer Free Radical Design. Although no further announcements were made about the game, it was well known that FRD was working on Star Wars Battlefront 3 for next-generation platforms.
Several issues including delays and “communication problems” made LucasArts cancel the project and leave Free Radical Design without funding. As a result, the studio had to close in December 2008 as publishers showed no interest in either buying or investing into FRD.
While Star Wars Battlefront 3 will be finished at Rebellion Studios, the other FRD game (TimeSplitters 4) will probably not appear in the near future.
In April 2012, more screens and videos from an alpha version of Star Wars Battlefront 3 Free Radical version were shared online by Past to Present Online
Also as we can read from PC Gamer:
Betagames have found remnants of a Battlefront project in the form of images stashed away on the Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City disk. That seems like an odd place to leave some spare files, but Raccoon City developers, Slant Six were rumoured to have been working on the third game in the Battlefront series for a while. The files include a variety of pro-quality loading screens and some odd bits of texture work, including a hideous image of Luke Skywalker’s face stretched out on a 2D plane. Eeeugh.
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7 Responses to Star Wars Battlefront 3 [Cancelled Free Radical Version / Proto - Xbox 360 / PS3 / PC]
Drake Lake
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 am
While Star Wars Battlefront 3 will be finished at Rebellion Studios <- Where’d you folks read or hear that? Just curious.
monokoma
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
http://www.videogamer.com/news/19-12-2008-10258.html
This is just a link, but there are various sources that suggest that.
Sadly “the tech that allowed you to fly from the ground to air and then into orbit stayed with Free Radical. The new developer, the source says, will now be using cutscenes.”
http://kotaku.com/5132851/free-radicals-star-wars-iii-battlefront-iii-is-dead
(Thanks to Robert for the link, i’ll update the description ASAP)
Drake Lake
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 pm
That is terrible news. Sigh.
monokoma
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I really enjoyed Battlefront 2 in coop, and Free Radical were one of my favourite developers ever.. it’s really sad about what happened to BF3, even if the “new” BF3 could be fun, it will never be the same.
Drake Lake
January 24th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
It won’t be the same at all because it will probably feel like a PSP port instead of a proper 360/Playstation3/high-end PC game.
Five bucks says that the ‘transition into space’ video will end up looking grainy, too.
Anonymous
March 13th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
i’ve been a fan of the battlefront series. i know its a best seller. but why is lucas arts having trouble making up their about selling the game. even if it comes out it should be a “game of the year title. i mean seriously its been 5 years in development
Anonymous
April 9th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
gimme gimme gimme