The History of Star Wars Battlefront.

Subject: The History of Star Wars Battlefront. Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:21 am

With release of Gameplay or a trailer from DICE's Star Wars Battlefront at the EA's E3 press conference (3pm EST, 12pm PST) today, I've gathered some of the history of one of the most popular Star Wars games in history. This latest instalment of Battlefront has had some very bad luck as it has been cancelled twice since the last instalment on home consoles was released as Star Wars Battlefront II in 2005 almost 10 years ago...

The trouble first began when Star Wars: Battlefront 3 was in development at Free Radical Design, but it was cancelled by LucasArts executives who found the project too costly, according to the developer's co-founder, David Doak. The Game was in a playable state when it was cancelled so we have videos of what that game was.

Although we will never get to play this game, LucasArts took the ideas, story mode, and maps from this game and ported it and made Star Wars Battlefront : Elite Squadron which was released on the PSP in 2009. I recognize all of the maps and the story mode cut scenes from the YouTube video as the same models, story and maps as Elite Squadron's.

Luckily DICE has stated they have access to all the data from the Lucasfilm era. So they most likely have a copy of this game, and will base some of the ideas for the new game, off of what the game was going to be if it had not been cancelled. Hopefully they will include the Space to Ground feature as that is one of the most exciting things about the Battlefront III videos.

Fast Forward to a little bit before Disney bought Star Wars. It had been almost 7 years since Battlefront II and the fanbase was really voicing their desire for a new Battlefront. It was one of the most requested Star Wars game sequels. So Lucasarts Started Development on a First Person Shooter Game Called

Star Wars : First Assault.

if First Assault performed well, it would have validated the development of Star Wars: Battlefront 3. LucasArts would have then created the game from scratch, ditching previous work by Free Radical.

Lucasarts Started Development on First Assault but then secretly started a project named "Version Two" Which was discovered to be Battlefront III made based off of the early Version of the First Assault Game.

When Disney Bought Lucasfilm they Cancelled all Projects and Sold the rights to EA, and EA assigned 3 studious they own to make 3 star wars games, DICE picked up the Battlefront IP, While Visceral and BioWare started working on two other unannounced Star Wars games.

With DICE's Frostbite engine having fully destructible environments the possibilities are endless for how the map can evolve as combat rages around the planet and the skies.

Expect to see new gameplay or new game announcements later today.

Subject: Re: The History of Star Wars Battlefront. Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:44 pm

Subject: Re: The History of Star Wars Battlefront. Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:56 pm

no one word posting

Subject: Re: The History of Star Wars Battlefront. Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:07 pm

Thats what you posted on the other website, correct?

Subject: Re: The History of Star Wars Battlefront. Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:06 pm

yea on http://www.starwars7news.com/2014/06/the-history-of-star-wars-battlefront.html

Subject: Re: The History of Star Wars Battlefront. Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:16 pm

Hmm interesting

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