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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, An hour of Star Wars: Battlefront 3 reveals cancelled game.

    Star Wars: Battlefront III was "pretty much done" when LucasArts cancelled the multiplayer Star War 'em up, developer Free Radical has said. A new hour of snazzy footage from a leaked build shows just how far along it was.
    Jul 05, 2012 7:30am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, An hour of Star Wars: Battlefront 3 reveals cancelled game.

    Star Wars: Battlefront III was "pretty much done" when LucasArts cancelled the multiplayer Star War 'em up, developer Free Radical has said. A new hour of snazzy footage from a leaked build shows just how far along it was. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • :'( : saunders45
    • boo, those are fun games. : metalremainsThis person is cool!
    • what's the point? the game isnt coming out so why torture fans? : cptstern
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      why cancel it if its finished? are distribution costs so high that they dont even think they can cover th... : ninjase
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        "pretty much finished" can mean a lot of things. It might have been finished, but not at all fun. If it w... : jason bergmanThis person is cool!
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          why speculate when the article mentions the reasoning? "Free Radical co-founder Steve Ellis explained ... : cptstern
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            The "LucasArts pet project dying on regime change" theory is very strong, at least among the Giant Bomb c... : the archvileThis person is cool!
            • star wars battlefront up to that point was one of the best selling star wars game ever. : cptstern
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              I want to play Shut The Fuck Up 2 : BeowolfSchaefer
              • good news, you can start right now : Rehevkor
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            I don't buy it, and until we hear someone from the publisher confirm it, we're only hearing one side. The... : jason bergmanThis person is cool!
            • In the video it definitely looks unfinished but nothing that would take that much longer to complete. Luc... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
            • That is actually how the first Battlefront was made, actually. EA cancelled it and Pandemic turned and so... : gnolebThis person is cool!
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              I know a lot of people who've been put out on their ass by LucasArts regime changes over the years. They ... : qsylvr
              • That is to say, LucasArts cares more about the Star Wars brand and staying "on message" with their latest... : qsylvr
      • more like LucasTards. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
    • Was that the footage from yesterday? That game looked like it was in early alpha. It was no where near re... : thecatinthehat
    • all of this means anyone involved should collaborate and get KOTOR 3 revived. : DownforceThis person is cool!
    • My gut tells me that we will see this game at some point. Maybe not what we have seen here, but in some e... : frdranger
    • Bugger the marketing, I would have bought this anyway. : BornAcorn