A developer who works at Naughty Dog (Last of Us) talks about Star Wars Battlefront 3 and its cancellation about 14 years ago. He says players were robbed. The game was incredibly good back then and almost finished.
Which game are we talking about?
- It is about the “original series” of Star Wars Battlefront, released in 2004 and 2005. At that time, it was available for PC, the original Xbox, and PlayStation 2. The two shooters were developed by Pandemic Studios for Lucas Arts.
- The PS2 version of Battlefront 2 had an 84% on Metacritic – the user score is even at 9.0. It was a “commercial success” that also received good reviews.
- In 2014 and 2017, two other games were also named Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2. Again, there was never a third part. The games were developed by DICE for EA.
A trailer for the “new” Battlefront edition:
It was a crime that Star Wars Battlefront 3 was canceled back then
This is what the developer says: In a tweet from April 16, Michael Barclay says:
I feel it has been long enough to come forward now and say: Star Wars Battlefront III would have been really fantastic. And that it was canceled just before the finish line is an absolute crime.
Players have no idea what they were robbed of.
He doesn’t reveal any further details, but he seems confident that players were deprived of a gaming masterpiece about 15 years ago,
Who is speaking? According to his profile on Linkedin Barclay is currently the Lead Designer at Naughty Dog, but from 2007 to 2008 he worked for “Free Radical Design” for 16 months on “Star Wars Battlefront 3” and took care of the level design for single player and multiplayer.
The second Star Wars Battlefront 3 was also never released
What about the “new Star Wars Battlefront 3?” Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) turned out to be a PR nightmare for EA. When it was released, there was a huge controversy that EA supposedly wanted to take money from the youth and pervert the innocent love for Star Wars.
EA then had to remove the loot boxes. The team worked for years, until 2020, to make the game a really good shooter. But apparently, even then, there was no air left for a third part.
However, a Star Wars Battlefront 3 was never announced. Since January 2022, it has been known that EA had no interest in a third part and would develop the Star Wars license in a different direction.
Unfortunately, a strong third part of Battlefront would have certainly done well for the gaming market in 2009 and 2019:
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