Star Wars Battlefront III was in growth for 2 years earlier than it was canceled in 2008. As the sport was by no means formally revealed, gamers have been left questioning what it might have been like. Hopes for a solution to that had been fueled by the supposed discovery of an early model of Star Wars Battlefront 3 on a PSP cart this week, however followers are debating whether or not it’s really a unique recreation altogether.
A glimpse into the previous
The PSP cart was revealed publicly when Reddit user MissFeepit put up a photograph of what was considered a playtest model of Star Wars Battlefront III (thanks MSN). A relative of her fiancé was a playtester for Lucasarts. When the sport was canceled, all property had been supposedly returned to Skywalker Ranch however this cartridge was left behind. The cartridge and the sport itself clearly sport the title Star Wars Battlefront III. Nevertheless, pictures of the sport in motion present it bears a whole lot of similarities to Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, a by-product recreation ultimately launched on PSP and Nintendo DS.
Elite Squadron was created from the remnants of the canceled Star Wars Battlefront III. The found PSP cart contains early variations of the Instantaneous Motion, Marketing campaign, and Galactic Conquest modes that later discovered their means into Elite Squadron. Instantaneous Motion seems to solely include Conquest mode, whereas it’s unknown how a lot of the marketing campaign is current. With out video footage, it’s additionally tough to find out any similarities between the marketing campaign on the cart and that within the completed product.
This has left followers divided over whether or not it’s actually a duplicate of Star Wars Battlefront 3 on PSP or merely an especially early model of Elite Squadron. Whatever the end result, the cart continues to be a bit of gaming historical past value preserving. Missfeepit has stated, “we’ve reached out/are going to succeed in out to the folks we have to attain out to”.
In different information, Sq. Enix still hadn’t made a profit on Outriders by the tip of 2021, nevertheless it isn’t one of many IPs they bought to Embracer Group. Elsewhere, the builders of Remaining Fantasy had been as soon as engaged on new Bloodborne-style IP that was later canceled.
