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"Ever since the alpha footage leaked in 2009, Star Wars : Battlefront 3 has been one of the most wanted games. Of course, with Free Radical Design's closing, we've been left waiting. And waiting. The alpha footage looked so good, and yet, from my understanding, the game has been completely scrapped and restarted.

I was lucky enough to get some footage and impressions of the game. This footage is the best I could get for the time being. Remember, this game was in an alpha state when it was cancelled. The old leaked footage was from a Free Radical Design event in November of 2008. I believe that this footage is from around March - April 2008, so depending on when the old leaked footage was recorded, it could be up to 8 months older. This footage is also of the Xbox 360 build. It seems like a quick and dirty port, not optimized at all. This continues in all aspects of the game, as it continues to say "Exit to Desktop." Framerates are bad, AI is virtually non-existent, nothing has been bug tested, it isn't feature complete, the list goes on.

That said, I am really, really excited to share some of the work from Free Radical. They were a great development team that hit hard times, so I hope everyone else enjoys the hard work that they put into this game. Yes, it's early, but to me, having seen many cancelled games, it was quite promising. Some of the levels are worse than what is below, and some are better."

Remember this is raw footage from a defunct game from 2008. Not the BFIII I discussed in  the previous post. Enjoy!

According to eurogamer.net, Star Wars: Battlefront sequel files were hidden on the Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City disc.

"Resident Evil: Raccoon City developer Slant Six was working on a Star Wars: Battlefront sequel, according to hidden files unearthed on Raccoon City's disc. 

The data (uncovered by BetaGames and posted on NeoGAF) contains in-progress artwork for a Hoth level, hidden in a folder named "Luke". A character model showing Luke in his orange pilot jumpsuit is also viewable. 

"It is the morning of the Imperial assault on the Rebel base on Hoth," reads a chunk of text viewable on the concept art. "The wreckage of a downed Victory Class Star Destroyer is the setting for one of the first battles over Echo Base and the future of the Rebellion hangs in the balance." 

The evidence tallies with a Kotaku report from January 2010 stating that the SOCOM developer was working on an online-only Battlefront game. Simply named Star Wars: Battlefront Online, it was claimed to be in early pre-production. 

The future of the Star Wars: Battlefront series has long been in question. In 2008 LucasArts reportedly halted work on a fully-fledged Battlefront 3 after two years of development by UK TimeSplitters studio Free Radical - a decision which directly proceeded that studio's collapse and buyout by Crytek. 

Evidence uncovered earlier this year suggests Battlefront 3 is now in the works at Legendary: The Box developer Spark Unlimited. Teasing Star Wars-themed tweets and LinkedIn job descriptions suggested a reveal was not far, far away."

Now for the images of the long awaited Battlefront III game as they were found on the disc. I must say that the Hoth Ion Cannon was a stunning scene and if the game looks anything like that, I am ready to be immersed in the new Battlefront III world.

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