Footage Of ‘Near Done’ Battlefront 3 Build Released

<p>Some may remember the cancellation of <em>Star Wars&colon; Battlefront 3<&sol;em> back in 2008&period; This was due to discrepancies between developer Free Radical Games&comma; and their publisher&comma; LucasArts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Free Radical&&num;8217&semi;s founder&comma; David Doak&comma; had been <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;g4tv&period;com&sol;thefeed&sol;blog&sol;post&sol;723496&sol;free-radical-head-battlefront-3-canceled-due-to-psychopaths-at-lucasarts&sol;">quoted<&sol;a> saying&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We went from talking to people who were passionate about making games to talking to psychopaths who insisted on having an unpleasant lawyer in the room&period;&&num;8221&semi;  Adding insult to injury&comma; the game was &&num;8220&semi;pretty much done&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Youtube user&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;user&sol;Borman18&quest;feature&equals;watch">Borman18&comma;<&sol;a> recently managed to somehow get his hands on an alpha build of the unfinished game&comma; and released an hours worth of footage with accompanying commentary&period; This being an alpha build&comma; the game is far from perfect with plenty of— bugs&comma; pop-out&comma; and horrible textures&sol;animations&period; However&comma; it does run as one would expect a <em>Battlefront <&sol;em>title to run—making it a bit depressing for those that looked forward to duking it out in multiplayer battles&comma; across their favorite Star Wars locations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Free Radical sites LucasArts&&num;8217&semi; inability to commit marketing to the game as its final nail in the coffin—despite the fact it was close to completion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Between Free Radical&&num;8217&semi;s disputes with LucasArts management&comma; and the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hocking-leaves-lucasarts-2-years&sol;">departure of creative lead&comma; Clint Hocking<&sol;a>&comma; one might wonder&comma; &&num;8220&semi;What in the hell is going on over at LucasArts&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shacknews&period;com&sol;article&sol;74653&sol;an-hour-of-star-wars-battlefront-3-reveals-cancelled-game">Shack News<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;