Battlefront Online? Sources say it’s true!
Well this is some interesting new today, courtesy of Kotaku.com.au. They are stating, that their sources are saying that a Battlefront Online is in development, which sounds pretty sweet!
I’m not sure how everyone would feel about this because I guess it would be strickly online, which obviously means, no single player mode. I would like to have a single player mode but at this point, this news is better than the news of “Battlefront is dead”.
Check out what Kotaku.com.au has to say:
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Rumour: SOCOM Devs Working On “Star Wars: Battlefront Online”
By Luke Plunkett on January 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Star Wars: Battlefront III may have been binned, but we’ve heard from sources that the series lives on, in the form of currently-in-pre-production Battlefront Online.
The game, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, is currently being worked on by both Lucasarts and Slant Six Games, the studio responsible for SOCOM Confrontation and SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 3.
The title is still in pre-production, so there’s no guarantee that we’ll ever hear more of it – Battlefront having become somewhat of a cursed property after the recent demise of original developers Pandemic and buy-out of BFIII developers Free Radical – but Lucasarts’ insistence on getting a Battlefront game made in spite of all that gives us hope. A… New Hope, even (sorry).
Battlefront Online is, as the name suggests, planned to be online-only, and is tentatively slated to appear in 2011.
Whether this game was the source of that “Battlefront IV” concept art that turned up last year is unknown, but our sources tell us that it is the source of those voice actor rumours from December.”
Let’s hear all your opinions!
Well I’m a bit late. Why didn’t somebody tell me? (Just kidding.)
In the meantime I was looking up the new PlayStation 3 games. One that caught my eye was MAG. And then I see THIS.
By the way, SOCOM devs were not only Slant Six games, but also Zipper Interactive. Yes the devs of MAG.
Oh, how do I feel about it? Like was said before, most of Battlefronts fun comes from multiplayer. It better have splitscreen though.
Yea but it’s Zipper that owns the 256 player supported servers… not Slant Six Games…
And Slant Six Games as a company, is very slow at updating games…
I hope LA will back them up big time and take the initiative.
For those of us wondering why LucasArts would choose Slant Six Games as the honored developer to continue the Esteemed Battlefront series, I ask you to think back to the olden days…
2002. The on-the-rise Jedi Knight series is handed over to two companies to develop. They are Raven and Vicarious Visions. (Something interesting about this is the joint publishing between LucasArts, Activision, Aspyr Media, and CyberFront.) So Jedi Outcast puts alot of people on the map.
At this time LucasArts publishes their first game by Pandemic, The Clone Wars.
2003. The next installment in the series, Jedi Academy, is released. The developers remain the same, however LucasArts continues their publishing with Activision.
2004. Ah, a Star Wars RPG is born from rather small, sideline companies, Bioware and Obsidian Entertainment. (Sure Bioware was there, but not as notable.) However, Something that we see now is the start ever-popular Battlefront series, making Pandemic Studios a force to be reckoned with.
2005. Republic Commando is published in NA by LucasArts, and in EU by Activision. (And I belive developed by Pandemic.) KOTOR 2 makes a good impression. Then in November Battlefront 2 comes out and totally breaks all sales records, developed by Pandemic.
2006. Nothing inpressive.
2007. Renagade Squadron made by Rebellion. We’re getting restless.
2008. The Force Unleashed (woopie-whatever, it was alright) continues Lucasarts’ making of their own games. Leaked footage comes from the fallen Free Radical Developments.
2009. We get Elite Squadron, a shadow of the space-to-ground gameplay we want. The Force Unleashed 2 is annouced.
2010. Watch the E3. Very close.
But Pandemic wasn’t anybody in 2004. Free Radical wasn’t all that popular either. Point is that LucasArts, because it’s a big name company, can take whoever it wants and make them big. And LucasArts filled their 360 PS3 networking engineer position.
But what if it doesn’t come out for the PC? Don’t get me wrong, but I’m pretty sure that BF2 was more succsessful on the PC then any other console. Plus, if it’s an online game only, like Counter-Strike for example, then why wouldn’t it be for the PC. Like a game you can play on Steam.
I would like to point out to everybody that, right now, I don’t think this game is a direct sequel. I would say that this will be a sort of non-handheld spinn-off. I think it’s a good idea honestly. I would like a non-online slice of gameplay though. (so the game isn’t completely useless in the future.)
I would also like to say, Slant Six would be the ones to work on the console versions, and that LucasArts may do a PC themselves. And I’m not sure how MMOs work but usually there is some sort of story, right?
Well I’m not even sold on the whole BFO idea yet anyway. Until we get word from LA that it is true than I won’t believe anything.
i need it for X360!!and a good campaign it’s aways good!!!
I might give it a shot, after all battlefront is a lot more fun online
If it comes out on PC, and features LAN capability, then I guess I’ll get over the lack of single player capability.
Hey, where the hell is PC?
We want PC to!
If it doesn’t come out on PC, I’m going to be %^$@ed…
If I may make a sugestion? A new poll – Should SWBF3 include single player mode…
YES!!!
NO!!!
Does it matter?
YES!!! But SWBF is certainly best played online.
i think it would be good like as long as it has a proper cover not one you buy over the internet like its still on the next gen and by he time it comes out ill have a ps3 and xbox 360
I’m positive this game will have the same gameplay mechanics as we saw in BF3 (well the pre-alpha footage at least lol). So yea… the only thing I’m worried about is Slant Six Games… since its multiplayer only… SSG just makes games with horrible servers.
But LA is good.
And remember? We said that LA was publishing a Battlefront game, looks like we were correct! But now we know who the developer is, its LA!!! and Slant Six Games -_-.
is battlefront 3 coming before
battlefront online???
Well, what I am about to say right now is just mere speculation…
I think that Elite Squadron on PSP was in fact BF3, and this Star Wars Battlefront: Online is BF4.
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But on our site some person who claimed he worked for LA, said that in the near future that we will hear of a Star Wars Battlefront game, but it may disappoint some of us.
He told us this towards the end of November if my memory servers correctly.
And what do you know? Star Wars Battlefront: Online popped up on this 29th. Coincidence? I think not.
And it is a disappointment in some respects.
So according to that guy, this game, meaning Battlefront Online, will have nothing to do with the Battlefront series.
@ vader. I don’t follow you.
it is just a rumor i guess
maybe slant six games is not the only developer in the battlefront series and there is another unknown developer
@P dump
Ok well I created a site (if you click on my name you will go there), and on our Speculation Chat there was this unknown source that said that a Battlefront game was being made, but it will be a disappointment to some of us. Also, this Battlefront game may not have anything to do with the Battlefront series. So according to him BF3 may still be a possibility. If it is not, then worse comes to worse, Elite Squadron was indeed a failed version of BF3 and was passed on as BF3.
@clone345
Lucasarts and Slant Six Games are making Star Wars Battlefront: Online
battlefront 3 is being made for pc,ps2,ps3 and xbox 360
battlefront online is being made for ps3 and xbox 360 ony
so according to me that their is a difference
did you notice that??
gamestop said that BF3 will be released either in the early or middle of 2010
what about the battlefront 3 preorder it had 4 platforms to be released for.
Sure it’s better than nothing, but if it doesn’t come to PC and if it doesn’t have LAN play I will be seriously angry.
Man if this is true I have lost all hope in LA as a company.
W00T ??? THAT WOULD BE THE WORST NEWS I EVER HEARD !!! then just make it with steam and its the best game for my trash -.-
Looks NICE!!!!!!!!
Hopefully it has a singleplayer aspect as well as a dual person or 4 person capability!
guyz, I wish I could play in swbf3…. every rumour about this game is a hope for me. I’ve played in swbf2 for thousands hours and 99%of this time I’ve spent in multi so……. it’s a good move to make this game multiplayer only. I worry only about one thing- will it be on PC…..????
hey admin I tried looking at the Kotaku.com.au link you had there and it said that it does not exist. a little light on the matter would be appreciated?
He accidently put it as http://www.www.kotaku.com.au
Hey Wenis…
Are you the same Wenis from swbf3.net?
Just wondering
That makes me mad. so what? are they just going to trash the whole BF series now it is by far the best Star Wars game series that has been made! don’t get me wrong if they were just going to make it online it’s better than nothing but it would be hurting them in the long run I really don’t think to many people would just buy the game if it only had online play but yeah like admin said it is better than nothing.
I agree with you completely Receneps, why would anyone be so dumb but to trash the BF series. It’s too much of a risk to ignore it. Plus, with all the publicity this game is getting, why hasn’t anyone picked up the developement of the game!? It seems like an easy way to get a quick buck if you ask me.
so, basicly online means only multiplayer. like battlefield. I can totally live with that. to bad it isn’t made by Dice though.
This sucks cause if it’s anything like the previous game it isn’t the greatest multiplayer.
I’m kind of upset about the lack of single player. I mean not only in a online game will they not have a campaign but they also will not have a conquest mode, nor will LAN probably be available either. It seems like they are removing a large portion of the BattleFront Franchise.
ADMIN ! add this a company called about.com registered battlefrontonline.com november 16th last year!big corporations tend to use smaller companys to register domains covertly http://www.domaincheck.co.uk/search_results.htm?full_domain=battlefrontonline.com&submit=Check
I am hoping that the rumours of Console Versions mean that a Single Player mode will be a part of the package, but I shall hold my breath until something official.
No,I need a single player mode!!!