The Star Wars franchise is synonymous with canceled video game adaptations. But, while audiences are used to this type of news by now, hearing about certain canned projects continues to sting decades after they were canceled. Case in point, Star Wars Battlefront 3.
Star Wars Battlefront 3 developer, Michael Barclay, reopened old wounds over the weekend when he talked more about the canceled game.
Here's what Barclay revealed as a response to a question for people in game development about projects that they regret losing, or to be more specific, the "one that got away": I feel like it's been long enough now to come out and say Star Wars Battlefront III was gonnae be legit incredible and the fact it got cancelled 2 yards from the finish line is an absolute crime. Gamers don't know what they were robbed of. Barclay adds, "I'm at a festival and choosing chaos."
Barclay's claims are just the latest in a series of conflicting statements made by different people about Star Wars Battlefront III.
Back in 2012, Steve Ellis, the co-founder of Free Radical Design, claimed EA chose to cancel development on the third Star Wars Battlefront game even though it was "99 percent done". But, an anonymous source, refuted this claim and said that "a generous estimate would be 75 percent of a mediocre game," before detailing how Free Radical failed to meet milestones that eventually led to the cancellation.