Last October, a listing for Star Wars: First Assault came to light. This was an unannounced Xbox Live Arcade title that LucasArts was working on. Today, sources say that First Assault will be a downloadable multiplayer game with support for up to 16 players. A team of rebels faces off against a steam of Stormtroopers on a variety of Star Wars worlds.
The sources then go on to say that this is the first step towards there being Battlefront III. That's assuming First Assault manages to sell well.
Star Wars: First Assault, our source says, would lead up to Battlefront III. This new Battlefront would use nothing from the Battlefront III that has already been in production at studios like Free Radical and Slant Six, our source says. Instead, LucasArts would build Battlefront III based on code from First Assault.
According to our source, a small team has already been prototyping vehicles for Battlefront III. Current code allows you to fly a TIE Fighter or ride an AT-ST walker.
There are no vehicles in First Assault, nor are there Jedi. LucasArts intentionally decided not to use the Battlefront name so expectations wouldn't be too high, our source says. And the game is almost done.
According to our source, a small team has already been prototyping vehicles for Battlefront III. Current code allows you to fly a TIE Fighter or ride an AT-ST walker.
There are no vehicles in First Assault, nor are there Jedi. LucasArts intentionally decided not to use the Battlefront name so expectations wouldn't be too high, our source says. And the game is almost done.
The problem here, is that games like First Assault and Star Wars 1313 are stuck in limbo ever since Disney acquired the rights to the entire Star Wars franchise.
(Info and images via Kotaku)
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