"Predecessor to Star Wars Battlefront 3"http://kotaku.com/5989910/leaked-star-wars-game-is-predecessor-to-battlefront-iii-source-says (http://kotaku.com/5989910/leaked-star-wars-game-is-predecessor-to-battlefront-iii-source-says)
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QuoteAnd according to our source, who is familiar with the project but says he is "no longer familiar with the goings-on" at LucasArts, this game is a downloadable "predecessor" to Battlefront III—part of the studio's strategy to show that there's a market for Star Warsshooters running on the Unreal Engine.
The story of Star Wars: Battlefront III is long and well-documented. Commissioned as the third game in the Battlefront shooter series, Battlefront III has bounced from developer to developer over the past few years. Although LucasArts has yet to officially announce the game, leaked footage and images show what could have been, and development studio Free Radical has claimed the game was 99% finished when LucasArts killed it.
Star Wars: First Assault, our source says, would lead up to Battlefront III. This new Battlefrontwould use nothing from the Battlefront III that has already been in production at studios like Free Radical and Slant Six, our source says. Instead, LucasArts would build Battlefront IIIbased on code from First Assault.
According to our source, a small team has already been prototyping vehicles for Battlefront III. Current code allows you to fly a TIE Fighter or ride an AT-ST walker.
There are no vehicles in First Assault, nor are there Jedi. LucasArts intentionally decided not to use the Battlefront name so expectations wouldn't be too high, our source says. And the game is almost done.
But Star Wars: First Assault may never actually make it out of the studio.
Last September, when executives at LucasFilm—the parent company of LucasArts—found out that Disney had signed an agreement to purchase the company, things got murky. LucasFilm froze all hiring and new game announcements, our source says. They had planned to announceFirst Assault and launch a closed beta by the end of September—which explains the Xbox listing leak on October 1—and First Assault was supposed to be out this spring.
So since September, employees at LucasArts have been working on the game with no knowledge as to whether or not it will actually come out. According to our source, LucasArts is "bleeding talent" as employees wait to see what executives at Disney and LucasFilm want to do with First Assault and other games the studio is working on.The status of First Assault—like the status of Star Wars 1313 and other projects that LucasArts is currently working on—remains unclear today. The new direction of LucasFilm is also unclear—just today, the company announced that they would no longer be releasing of theClone Wars television show on Cartoon Network.
We've reached out to LucasArts for comment and will update should we hear back from them.
For now, our source says, the only way to get games like First Assault out of carbonite might be for Star Wars fans to speak up.
"Fans should tell Disney/Lucas loud and clear they don't want :censored: titles from random developers; they want games to be taken seriously, and they will only pay for quality," the source said. "I believe that if Disney/Lucas lets LucasArts die, it means the death of Star Wars as a storied game franchise is right behind it."
If that screenshot is from Star Wars: First Assault... I will have a need for an Xbox 360! (or the next-gen console of Microsoft)
Though I admit it's a murky space that LucasArts is in with Disney on them. I really hope that Star Wars 1313 will come out, as does this game. That screenshot is just too spectacular to not be released!
Oh, and just 'cause I was looking around for more news about this, I found another image. I think it's some imperial facility on Tatooine, judging by the buildings in the far out background (near top of screenshot).
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Cool blend between today's FPS and Star Wars. I can't wait!
I will say that if there isn't 3rd person, I'll be a little disappointed.
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 11, 2013, 03:41:14 PM
I will say that if there isn't 3rd person, I'll be a little disappointed.
Surely there will be, only more primitive games have only first person...
Even GM8 engines can handle that XD....
Well I don't even know why I care, since I don't have an Xbox 360 so I wouldn't be able to play the game. :shrug:
But I have to say I have seen video's for a CoD4 Star Wars mod and it looks awesome. So this could be pretty cool. But we all know, it won't be like SWBFI. :confused:
Looks interesting. But it also looks like it will be a xBox exclusive. I hope I'm wrong but it you know Microsoft and their blasted exclusives.
Quote from: SleepKiller on March 11, 2013, 04:02:23 PM
Looks interesting. But it also looks like it will be a xBox exclusive. I hope I'm wrong but it you know Microsoft and their blasted exclusives.
Yeah, man. They never, ever come out on PC. Never.
C'mon, man.
It's a downloadable only title, don't forget Battlefield 1943 a PC version of it was planned be got cancelled before it saw the light of day. Microsoft is probably the wrong person to blame how about "publishers"?
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 11, 2013, 03:45:21 PM
But I have to say I have seen video's for a CoD4 Star Wars mod and it looks awesome. So this could be pretty cool. But we all know, it won't be like SWBFI.
ya ive seen that vid too, looks pretty cool
i think it would be cool to have something like that, but at the same time not sure how i would feel if it played more like cod then swbf1
i dont think it will do as well if it is to much like cod
(it almost looks that way with the "deployable ready" txt)
Quote from: «ΙΞ¢KØ» on March 11, 2013, 04:12:09 PM
ya ive seen that vid too, looks pretty cool
i think it would be cool to have something like that, but at the same time not sure how i would feel if it played more like cod then swbf1
i dont think it will do as well if it is to much like cod
(it almost looks that way with the "deployable ready" txt)
I think it looks more like Battlefield than CoD.
Quote from: SleepKiller on March 11, 2013, 04:07:44 PM
It's a downloadable only title, don't forget Battlefield 1943 a PC version of it was planned be got cancelled before it saw the light of day. Microsoft is probably the wrong person to blame how about "publishers"?
Oh, yeah, you're right on that; I was thinking something more along the lines of the Halo franchise. My bad.
The cynical response:
This game looks rubbish, it's an Xbox exclusive, there's a lack of third person and it looks like a generic FPS with some Star Wars things in it that's been made without passion for one reason only, a quick cash grab.
Quote from: UNIT 33 on March 12, 2013, 12:00:17 AM
The cynical response:
This game looks rubbish, it's an Xbox exclusive, there's a lack of third person and it looks like a generic FPS with some Star Wars things in it that's been made without passion for one reason only, a quick cash grab.
Agreed
Quote from: UNIT 33 on March 12, 2013, 12:00:17 AM
The cynical response:
This game looks rubbish, and it looks like a generic FPS with some Star Wars things in it that's been made without passion for one reason only, a quick cash grab.
In the games defense isn't that what the original SWBFI was? Pretty much a rip off to Battlefield? We all know that SWBFI has so much more to it but from a
cynical defense. ;)
[spoiler]For the record I completely agree with you, it looks like a quick way to make money.[/spoiler]
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 12, 2013, 03:36:18 PM
In the games defense isn't that what the original SWBFI was? Pretty much a rip of to Battlefield?
yeah, but better to be a rip of a good game than a rip of a bad/bland one
Quote from: Joseph on March 12, 2013, 03:44:35 PM
yeah, but better to be a rip of a good game than a rip of a bad/bland one
True, True...
If they were going to go to all the trouble of making a Star Wars shooter then why not make SWBFIII?
Why see if there is a market for Star Wars shooters when they
know SWBFI and II were extremely successful! :wall:
"Fans should tell Disney/Lucas loud and clear they don't want :censored: titles from random developers; they want games to be taken seriously, and they will only pay for quality," the source said. "I believe that if Disney/Lucas lets LucasArts die, it means the death of Star Wars as a storied game franchise is right behind it."
I somewhat agree with this statment what I think is if they let LA die,Star Wars as a whole will die.But thats already going to happen because Disney.
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 12, 2013, 03:47:06 PM
True, True...
If they were going to go to all the trouble of making a Star Wars shooter then why not make SWBFIII?
Why see if there is a market for Star Wars shooters when they know SWBFI and II were extremely successful! :wall:
But we have to remember BFII was released almost 10 years ago and alot has changed since then.
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 12, 2013, 03:47:06 PM
True, True...
If they were going to go to all the trouble of making a Star Wars shooter then why not make SWBFIII?
Why see if there is a market for Star Wars shooters when they know SWBFI and II were extremely successful! :wall:
Because when you chuck millions of dollars at a project that fails and then when your other project in the same game series fails(SWBF Online). And the amount of money spent to make games is around ten million dollars a year, you do the math that much loss can't simply be recovered. A cash grab like SW:FA actually makes sense for them wanting to get the funds to reboot the SWBF series.
Yea, it does look like COD or battlefield. I hate those fish. I dont think im going to waste my money on this.
Why is everybody so against this who cares its a new star wars shooter its not this third person Force Unleased or 1313 crap. I can't wait until it comes out if it comes out I will buy it the day it is realeased.
And we've got video footage.
http://kotaku.com/5990366/leaked-footage-of-star-wars-newest-take-on-battlefield-and-call-of-duty
Nice teaser.
Quote from: UNIT 33 on March 13, 2013, 11:50:01 AM
And we've got video footage.
http://kotaku.com/5990366/leaked-footage-of-star-wars-newest-take-on-battlefield-and-call-of-duty
HOLY :censored:!!! THIS LOOKS :censored: AMAZING!!!
Now I REALLY have a need for an Xbox 360! :o
Quote from: {Alpha}Gold Man on March 13, 2013, 12:09:15 PM
HOLY :censored:!!! THIS LOOKS :censored: AMAZING!!!
Now I REALLY have a need for an Xbox 360! :o
^^ Too much iced tea? XD
Just kidding :P, yeah that looks pretty sweat.
Useful shields.
That's what we need. Useful riot shields.
(sure, a grenade can bypass it, but still handy for advancing behavior.)
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I won't buy a whole new console for it, but if it goes to PC and single player is decent, I'd concider upgrading my old pc.
If it becomes heavily moddable, then that's another story. It looks like a lot to play with in that vid. (did that guy just vaporize?)
Those look like distinctive classes to me.
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That video basically looked like halo with a lil bit of cod [the riot sheild(sry nvr played battlefeild, so cant compare)].
the upgrades, the "spartian lazer", the decoy, etc.
Quote from: tirpider on March 13, 2013, 01:28:49 PM
That's what we need. Useful riot shields.
(did that guy just vaporize?)
not excided for riot shield
im guessing what happened was that decoy thing from halo (holographic representation of yourself to draw the enemies fire)
anyways, not impressed, and even a little disappointed by that video
~edit:
Quote from: UNIT 33 on March 13, 2013, 03:06:04 PM
Those look like distinctive classes to me.
thank god, there is some swbf element in this game
it looks okay
wtf, it honestly took me about 5 seconds of staring to tell that that screenshot 3 posts above me is from a star wars game and not some middle-east based anti-terrorist game.
Quote from: Joseph on March 13, 2013, 04:35:27 PM
wtf, it honestly took me about 5 seconds of staring to tell that that screenshot 3 posts above me is from a star wars game and not some middle-east based anti-terrorist game.
Thats the thing. There seems to be only one form of successful shooter to these companies, and that a heavally multiplayer based system with all the jazz and stuff.
Quote from: Joseph on March 13, 2013, 04:35:27 PM
wtf, it honestly took me about 5 seconds of staring to tell that that screenshot 3 posts above me is from a star wars game and not some middle-east based anti-terrorist game.
you have better eyes than me--i still can't tell ;)
The bots have a little bit of path issues but it looks cool, I'll admit that.
Quote from: Joseph on March 13, 2013, 04:35:27 PM
wtf, it honestly took me about 5 seconds of staring to tell that that screenshot 3 posts above me is from a star wars game and not some middle-east based anti-terrorist game.
I agree. Personally this looks kinda bad. A Star Wars game is supposed to be an instant recognizer. Not something you have to take 30 secends to tell if it's just another COD map. The maps don't look like Star Wars and I have to be honest, if you didn't know it was a Star Wars game, would you know after watching the vid? Besides the Stormtroopers there is no way to tell. Unless you are looking really closely.
And it just doesn't seem like SWBF. I'm going to have to see more gameplay video's to be convinced that it's actually a star wars game!
Did anyone else know that the 1st video has a stormtrooper putting on his helment? Like in RC?! Maybe this isn't meant to be a SWBF type game but more a RC game...
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 13, 2013, 07:41:30 PM
Did anyone else know that the 1st video has a stormtrooper putting on his helment? Like in RC?! Maybe this isn't meant to be a SWBF type game but more a RC game...
Yeah thats what I thought as well, although I absolutely love the 'view' or perspective of SWRC, (hence my name^^) but I don't think there need to be more of those, SWRC was already pushing the limits.. I mean, big foot-ball player lookin' guys, storming in a cave or urban area, riping out the guts of their enemy's isn't exactly what you think when you hear "Starwars Game" (at least not for me).
Although I like what I'm seeing, calling it something it most likely isn't, is not very appetizing.
Yea RC is a fun game. But in terms of being a Star Wars game, wasn't very high up on the scale. :td:
I think the problem with the people who don't think this will be good (including me) is that we are expecting way to much. We want to see a game superior to the Star Wars Battlefront series, but this is a new type of Star Wars shooter. Remember Star Wars shooters don't have to be limited to Star Wars Battlefront style gameplay. I think that is the reason that they didn't name it Battlefront because people's expectations would be way off the charts. But with this small Xbox download game they can see if there is a market for this type of game and if it is successful, maybe create a Battlefront. Who knows, maybe the 2nd generation of Star Wars shooters is this First Assult game. That is my view on the subject now that I have had time to think about it. :happy:
All I can say is, it better be able to be modified the same as SWBF :P
RC is a good game -- no battlefront, but lots of fun. When it came out I was struck by how non-star wars it seemed, but nevertheless I couldn't point to obvious existing games which it was copying (granted, I was like 11). Retrospectively of course it has a strong halo influence (although some players claim that the influence runs the opposite way, which I don't buy).
Nevertheless I would count it as a valuable addition to "the canon" because of its strong characters and story. Where SWBF put you in the classic battles from the movies, Repcom invented totally new aspects of the universe and pulled it off admirably, imo.
Don't get me wrong, RC is a great game, but in terms of feeling like a Star Wars game it wasn't that great. People say they like it because it almost isn't a Star Wars game and that's fine! :)
I think it's just how you initially think about it, I though SWBF was better when I first played it, now I think I am starting to like other games more. I used to think of SWRC like you sort of do kit, but I've played it for hours at a time, and it really pulls you into the Starwars Effect.
Experience changes things, whether for good or for bad.
Quote from: -RepublicCommando- on March 13, 2013, 08:32:31 PM
All I can say is, it better be able to be modified the same as SWBF :P
It won't be modable because its an xbox exclusive.
I don't think we should expect much more from it though really. It's an XBOX arcade game, no a genre challenging multi-platform title.
Quote from: {212}Cnl.Com Johnis on March 14, 2013, 08:01:46 AM
It won't be modable because its an xbox exclusive.
And?..
Truth be known, you can modify anything, just need to know how to do it }: D
Quote from: -RepublicCommando- on March 14, 2013, 09:27:50 AM
And?..
Truth be known, you can modify anything, just need to know how to do it }: D
Its Illeagal to do so and your console will be ban from xbox live which im sure you need to play it because its Arcade.
I wouldn't say that.. I mean, as long as it stays in your property and doesn't effect anyone else, assuming you own it, and are not redistributing, publishing, or posting about it, who's going to tell you no?
Not too much they can do about it anyways, it's not like they are going to pay thousands of dollars to take you to court because 1 child bought a video game for 30-40 bucks...
heh
As an XBOX Arcade title, all I will ever see of it is the vids and screenshots then.
Wife and I have discussed getting a new console. To justify a triple digit investment, it would have to have at least 5 titles we would buy and actually play. The 360 needs 4 more titles.
-edit (unless the Oddworld series picks back up.. )
Quote from: -RepublicCommando- on March 14, 2013, 12:11:49 PM
I wouldn't say that.. I mean, as long as it stays in your property and doesn't effect anyone else, assuming you own it, and are not redistributing, publishing, or posting about it, who's going to tell you no?
Not too much they can do about it anyways, it's not like they are going to pay thousands of dollars to take you to court because 1 child bought a video game for 30-40 bucks...
There have been many people who have modded their Xbox's, though most of those mods are cosmetic (casing, controllers, etc.). If you mean hardware wise, it's impossible. Modders have been asking for Microsoft to reveal the coding in their console so they can mod it, but Microsoft hasn't done it (for obvious reasons), and many attempts have failed to retrieve it. So really, it's impossible to hack your console unless you helped develop the console, or know someone in Microsoft willing to risk their job over it.
Quote from: tirpider on March 14, 2013, 12:33:50 PM
heh
As an XBOX Arcade title, all I will ever see of it is the vids and screenshots then.
Wife and I have discussed getting a new console. To justify a triple digit investment, it would have to have at least 5 titles we would buy and actually play. The 360 needs 4 more titles.
-edit (unless the Oddworld series picks back up.. )
1: Call of Duty: Black Ops II;
2: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III; and
3: Call of Duty: Black Ops
4: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Over 9,000: Call of Duty 420: 1337 QuickSk0p3zzzzzzz
Quote from: BlackScorpion on March 14, 2013, 01:54:07 PM
1: Call of Duty: Black Ops II;
2: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III; and
3: Call of Duty: Black Ops
4: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Over 9,000: Call of Duty 420: 1337 QuickSk0p3zzzzzzz
No matter how many numbers they put in it, it's still the same game.
Quote from: BlackScorpion on March 14, 2013, 01:54:07 PM
1: Call of Duty: Black Ops II;
2: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III; and
3: Call of Duty: Black Ops
4: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Over 9,000: Call of Duty 420: 1337 QuickSk0p3zzzzzzz
You know you have swag when you use leetspeek. :P
COD is not a title I would buy or play. I have exactly zero interest in those types of games.
Put them all in stormtrooper armor, add the laser blasts, SW architechture/atmosphere and a John Williams-like soundtrack, then maybe.
Same old marines with the same old machine guns doing the same missions in the same places....... I honestly can't think of anything more boring.
Throw Godzilla at them.. Alien attacks, put them in space.. ANYTHING but the drudgery of trying to mimic the most despicable aspect of civilized culture... war.
-edit... yeah, I know battlefront is a war game, but it's an abstraction. If I wanted to play "real soldiers" I would have joined the Marines instead of the Navy.
Quote from: tirpider on March 14, 2013, 02:18:38 PM
COD is not a title I would buy or play. I have exactly zero interest in those types of games.
Put them all in stormtrooper armor, add the laser blasts, SW architechture/atmosphere and a John Williams-like soundtrack, then maybe.
Same old marines with the same old machine guns doing the same missions in the same places....... I honestly can't think of anything more boring.
Throw Godzilla at them.. Alien attacks, put them in space.. ANYTHING but the drudgery of trying to mimic the most despicable aspect of civilized culture... war.
-edit... yeah, I know battlefront is a war game, but it's an abstraction. If I wanted to play "real soldiers" I would have joined the Marines instead of the Navy.
I figured as much; I was just messing with you. Meant it only as a joke.
Thats fine. A lot of folks dig those titles. I was just saying that they aren't my thing.
Quote from: tirpider on March 14, 2013, 12:33:50 PM
Wife and I have discussed getting a new console. To justify a triple digit investment, it would have to have at least 5 titles we would buy and actually play.
Wait, a mininute! You play video games with your wife?! Lucky man...
Oh and SWBFI and II both work on Xbox 360. I also think Republic Commando does too...
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 14, 2013, 07:24:10 PM
Wait, a mininute! You play video games with your wife?! Lucky man...
Oh and SWBFI and II both work on Xbox 360. I also think Republic Commando does too...
Yes, Republic Commando works it has some texture problems though but it works.Same as SWBF 1 & 2 (as you said) As well as Kotor(Knight of the Old Republic) 1 & 2. I'm a Star wars Xbox nerd. :D
Quote from: Kit Fisto on March 14, 2013, 07:24:10 PM
Wait, a mininute! You play video games with your wife?! Lucky man...
Oh and SWBFI and II both work on Xbox 360. I also think Republic Commando does too...
Well, she isn't as into the games as much as I am. She has her own favorites.
And I already have SWBF1 and 2 for PS/2, why would I want to buy them again?
I guess I'm more frugal and picky than most. I bought a used X-Box to play KotOR and thought "oh cool, I can try Halo out now..." ... huge disapointment. All the hype about how awesome it was (Halo and the Xbox) really fell on it's face in my livingroom floor. The Xbox just gathers dust now, only being used when nostalgia for Strangers Wrath or KotOR hits.
Folks seem to like the new breed of shooters evolved out of the Unreal series (that's what they all seem like to me) but I never liked the feel of them. It's like someone figured out how to do volumetric lighting and the entire world lost it's mind. Suddenly every game has to be pretty instead of fun to play... Seems backwards to me. A pig in make-up and all...
I've already come to terms with the reality that the industry just doesn't care about my end of the market cause folks like me just don't care enough about the new tech to spend money on it. There isn't a solution for it either. Some indi developer might be able to squeak out a nice title that old timers like, but once their company grows, they will have to change target markets in order to pay the bills.
If it were the other way around, then we would all be modding Quake (which still has quite a few folks active in that regard,) and ID would still be king of the hill.
Wow this looks pretty cool. But, I don't want to buy Microsoft points D:
I still have three xbox live cards left from Black Friday (I bought four). It's nice to see another Star Wars game that's leaning towards the Republic Commando game-play.
Quote from: tirpider on March 15, 2013, 07:50:18 PM
Folks seem to like the new breed of shooters evolved out of the Unreal series (that's what they all seem like to me) but I never liked the feel of them. It's like someone figured out how to do volumetric lighting and the entire world lost it's mind. Suddenly every game has to be pretty instead of fun to play... Seems backwards to me. A pig in make-up and all...
and like it was said earlier, the games are to much about 'one man armies', i like how swbf is a little more simple, but allows you to be really complex and creative in strategies.