More Battlefront unpleasant news: Battlefront Online Binned
Well, our hopes of ever getting a new Battlefront game are diminished even further once again. Kotaku is reporting that the Battlefront Online rumor has been canned already! Even i’m starting to get discouraged… I wish that they would just give us what we all want.
Anyway, check out the article below:
Bad news, Battlefront fans: sources tell us a new entry in the series, in development at SOCOM: Confrontation developers Slant Six, has been canned, and a number of staff at the studio laid off as a result.
Slant Six managing director Brian Thalken told GameSpot “Our current project needs do not align with our current staffing levels”, and confirmed that an undisclosed number of developers had been “temporarily” laid off, in the hopes that they can be re-hired once the studio’s workload is able to support them.
The changes in “project needs” prompting the layoffs are, according to sources close to the studio, the result of Battlefront Online being cancelled by publisher Lucasarts. Apparently Lucasarts has a “stacked 2011 schedule” when it comes to Star Wars games, and wanted Battlefront Online out in 2010 to avoid this crunch. When it became clear last month that the game wasn’t going to make a 2010 release, Lucasarts put the project “on ice”.
So, the game comes and goes without us even getting an official look at it. A pity, but then since so many of you were cautious at the choice of developer for the game, it may not be such a bad thing after all.
Source: Kotaku
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Not happening never happening. Lucas arts are idiots. Although can’t wait for monkey iland 2…………………………… Nnoooootttt
Lol this is unbelievable. Only LUCASARTS would be dumb enough to cancel a SWBF game yet have a Lego Clone Wars game continue being developed.
Sigh, yet again my hopes are crushed.
And to people saying it’s gonna be out in june or november or whatever, IT’S NOT. STOP KIDDING YOURSELF. I want it to come out then too, but face reality. It’s not coming out anytime soon.
If it’s not announced at E3, I’m losing all hope and leaving LA for good. They’re destroying the Star Wars universe for the sake of stupid preteens. This Clone Wars bullshit has got to end. I want the old Star Wars back.
I suppose we’ll never get another great SW game again. Maybe Force Unleashed 2 will be ok. Hopefully.
And to LucasArts: REMEMBER YOUR TRUE FANS. THE ONES THAT STUCK BY YOU FOR DECADES. Just come back home LA, come back home.
Thing is, soon people will lose interest in this clone wars stuff[Along with game merchandise LA help with] , as they’ll realize “This is getting longer than lost!” And they’ll just ditch it. Then Lucas will come hurdling back to something that’s no longer there. [Ie. Us]
To NOT make a BF3 (after the success of modern warfare and battlefield) would be the height of stupidity for lucasarts.
But then again they have constantly somehow screwed up every star wars game ever (KOTOR excluded of course)
But they aren’t making that either anymore are they?
yes they are but its only a MMPO or whatever like war craft from the way i understand it.
I feel as though that I have been slaped in the face….hard….BUT!!!
We all must remember the article posted on THIS FORUM, stating that they interveiwed two employees from GameStop H.Q. and they said “This game will be out sometime in the early or middle of 2010.” (exact quote.) So lets not lose hope yet but in all realism I think the game is coming in November or June of 2010, but thats just my opinion.
Dont believe me?? heres the link. http://www.battlefront3.net/2009/12/gamestop-headquarters-confirms-battlefront-3-is-in-development/
They were probably talking about SWBFOnline instead of SWBF3. Because from this article here it is apparent LucasArts wanted it out in 2010 but Slant6 obviously couldn’t get that done. It would have been dumb if LA had both SWBF3 and SWBFonline coming out in the same year. If that was the case then they would’ve just combined the game into one.
Im not so sure anymore, all we realy want is a “yes it will come out” from LucasArts. Well atleast thats what I think, but (far from the subject.) I hope so much that EA isnt working on it, if they are dont plan on finishing any online matches cause EAnation stinks. Well there is one GARUNTEE that when this comes out, on the case it will say
“one of the most anticipated games of the decade!” Have faith you must young padawon.
Busy 2011 schedule.
Old Republic, Force Unleashed II, ANOTHER LEGO GAME, and I’m going to assume Republic Heroes 2 since LucasArts seems pretty determined to get rid of its entire audience as quickly as possible.
haha totally agreed. personally not bothered about this news since i hate mmos, single player/multiplayer battlefront 3 on nex gen consoles and pc is all i want when it comes to the battlefront series, an mmo wouldn’t have been great anyways, just like the old republic, the characters look cartoonish and out of proportion just like the clone wars animated series.
i feel ad for the people who were looking forward to battlefront online though. at least we can look forward to more star wars games stuck in the overused clone wars era and lego kiddie games and the corny force unleashed 2 that most likely won’t deliver like the prequel, just more boring point a to point b levels, lightsabers that can’t cut through foes, and force powers that only look powerful when used on jawas……..and the old republic that won’t even be half as good as kotor 3 would have been.
well, they did say they had loads packed for 2011… maybe thts the date we should hope for?
FIGURES. It may come as a suprise to some people when i say BF3 is dead. lol
LucasRATS should develop the game themselves and hire those 2 call of duty dudes who quit activision to make the game .. and use free radicals model that game looked almost complete its hard to believe it doesnt exist somewhere.
I agree. Lucas arts should stop sitting around and actually develop the game themselves. not only would it get them somethign to do worth their time but might regain some fans in some aspects. but i dont get something: if lucas arts has ruined themselves with these games, why havent they gone in the tank yet? surely they arnt immune to the global economy?
Mood: WAY GOD*&%# ANNOYED!
Im beginning to feel the hate for lucasarts flow through me.