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RoKKeR · Mar 11, 2013

Update:

Kotaku has provided three more screenshots of Star Wars: First Assault.
http://kotaku.com/5990147/more-leaked-screenshots-from-star-wars-first-assault-show-a-glorious-cloud-city

http://kotaku.com/5989910/leaked-star-wars-game-is-predecessor-to-battlefront-iii-source-says

Kotaku is at it again.

Today, Kotaku can reveal that Star Wars: First Assault is a downloadable multiplayer shooter that was originally slated for release this spring. The game supports up to 16 players—one eight-person team of rebels and one eight-person team of Stormtroopers—as they face off on Star Wars worlds like Bespin and Tatooine.

And according to one person familiar with the project, First Assault is "step zero" to the heavily-rumored, highly-anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront III. If First Assault sells well—assuming it is released at all—the third Battlefront could be next.

Last September, when executives at LucasFilm—the parent company of LucasArts—found out that Disney had signed an agreement to purchase the company, things got murky. LucasFilm froze all hiring and new game announcements, our source says. They had planned to announce First Assault and launch a closed beta by the end of September—which explains the Xbox listing leak on October 1—and First Assault was supposed to be out this spring.

So since September, employees at LucasArts have been working on the game with no knowledge as to whether or not it will actually come out. According to our source, LucasArts is "bleeding talent" as employees wait to see what executives at Disney and LucasFilm want to do with First Assault and other games the studio is working on.

The game is said to be running on Unreal Engine, and is a scaled back version on what could be Battlefront III. Kotaku provided two alleged images of First Assault:

Despite the leaked information about the downloadable title, its status is still unknown and is presumably in 'development limbo', similar to what we've heard about Star Wars 1313.

The status of First Assault—like the status of Star Wars 1313 and other projects that LucasArts is currently working on—remains unclear today. The new direction of LucasFilm is also unclear—just today, the company announced that they would no longer be releasing new episodes of the Clone Wars television show on Cartoon Network.

For now, that's all they have on the game. Thoughts?

Kurita · Mar 11, 2013

Looks like Battlefield in space.

Steverulez · Mar 11, 2013

Graphics look really nice.

Disney meddling with LucasArts releases is stupid. Star Wars 1313 looked great and this also looks like it has potential. Star Wars games usually sell well, focusing all on stuff for the Episode release is ridiculous when you have stuff like this that already a long way in development.

deadlast · Mar 11, 2013

Kurita said:
Looks like Battlefield in space.

nailed it.
That was my first impression of the pics.

darkside31337 · Mar 11, 2013

And I thought Disney killing off Clone Wars was going to be the worst Star Wars related decision of the day.

Battlefront 3 is never happening. Neither is this game. Nor is Star Wars 1313.

Gemüsepizza · Mar 11, 2013

- 16 players
- downloadable title
- "if it sells well" -> Battlefront III

I have a bad feeling about this.

jschreier · Mar 11, 2013

RoKKeR said:
Kotaku is at it again.

cyberheater · Mar 11, 2013

I would love to play this. We are badly missing a StarWars Battlefront type game with modern graphics.

Nekofrog · Mar 11, 2013

iron sights?

Foffy · Mar 11, 2013

I thought the first shot was something from a modern generic shooter. Fuck, that's a Star Wars game?

strafer · Mar 11, 2013

Looks like your average shooter.

Muchi Muchi Pink · Mar 11, 2013

Kurita said:
Looks like Battlefield in space.

So, it looks like battlefront then.

Nirolak · Mar 11, 2013

Battlefield Tatooine is looking pretty good.

Gemüsepizza · Mar 11, 2013

I really wonder how they can achieve an epic Star Wars experience with 8 vs 8 players. BF3 with 24 players already seems lacking...

Marleyman · Mar 11, 2013

Wish EA and Dice got this game.

Hot Coldman · Mar 11, 2013

Wait... is Clone Wars cancelled, or just moving to Disney?

Thoraxes · Mar 11, 2013

I totally thought that was a PC mod from the screens.

RoKKeR · Mar 11, 2013

Gemüsepizza;49750920 said:
I really wonder how they can achieve an epic Star Wars experience with 8 vs 8 players.

I don't think that's the point of the game. It seems that it's supposed to test the market for interest in a Star Wars shooter.

bigdaddygamebot · Mar 11, 2013

strafer said:
Looks like your average shooter.

Looks like your average shooter!

*shoves*

Anyway...definitely looks like an average shooter.

KKRT00 · Mar 11, 2013

Looks like Unreal Engine 3 game.

Deadly Cyclone · Mar 11, 2013

Want.

rallaren · Mar 11, 2013

darkside31337 said:
Battlefront 3 is never happening. Neither is this game. Nor is Star Wars 1313.

I wonder what Platinum Games would do with the SW IP.

The pics in the OP looks good (for a SW FPS).

Thug Waffle · Mar 11, 2013

Am I the only one who thinks it's silly the fate of Battlefront III - a AAA sequel - rests on the potential success of an arcade title that may not even come out?

Regardless, those screens are pretty cool. Battlefield in space is exactly what came to mind and I'm 100% fine with that.

TheChits · Mar 11, 2013

rallaren said:
I wonder what Platinum Games would do with the SW IP.

I imagine a game like Star Wars: Bounty Hunter but with the combat of Vanquish

Muchi Muchi Pink · Mar 11, 2013

rallaren said:
I wonder what Platinum Games would do with the SW IP.

Epic lasersword cutting, basically what unleashed should've been.

peanutbutterlatte · Mar 11, 2013

jschreier said:

And as a flash of lightning, he appears.

BlackJace · Mar 11, 2013

That looks absolutely boring. As aforementioned, Battlefield in space.

Sorcerer Supreme · Mar 11, 2013

A generic first person shooter is what this looks like.

Spazznid · Mar 11, 2013

Want.

X a thousand.

alphaNoid · Mar 11, 2013

Looks alright, mildly interested.

Voice of Reason · Mar 11, 2013

Why the hell is it a FPS?

Muchi Muchi Pink · Mar 11, 2013

Voice of Reason said:
Why the hell is it a FPS?

Because battlefront was?

Zeknurn · Mar 11, 2013

It is a shame if the fate of Battlefront 3 is tied to what seems to be Call of Duty Star Wars.

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.

If they aren't including the seamless planet to space transitions I'll be angry.

MikeE21286 · Mar 11, 2013

Doesn't really seem unique.

I'm not a huge Battlefront fan, but what distinguishes it from other shooters? Looks run-of-the-mill.

Kurita · Mar 11, 2013

Muchi Muchi Pink said:
Because battlefront was?

It was a TPS (with an optional FPS view).

vazel · Mar 11, 2013

Muchi Muchi Pink said:
So, it looks like battlefront then.

Seriously. A bunch of Battlefront noobs in this thread.

VeryGooster · Mar 11, 2013

Why is/was Slant Six anywhere near Battlefront?

Metroidvania · Mar 11, 2013

Where is my TPS Battlefront damnit.

Some of the 'awesome' factor was in seeing your stormtrooper mow through dudes and realizing 'oh shit, I'm in Star Wars'.

Because battlefront was?

Battlefront had a TPS view with optional FPS capability. While it's true that not having it in the screens doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it looks much more like Battlefield, which to my knowledge, doesn't have a tps view outside of vehicles.

baphomet · Mar 11, 2013

Looks pretty similar to that cod:mw Star Wars mod but even better.

I'm not even a huge Star Wars guy, but damn that looks like it would be fun.

Voice of Reason · Mar 11, 2013

Muchi Muchi Pink said:
Because battlefront was?

I know what Battlefront was, but no "leaks" of a third person mode have me worried.

LiveFromKyoto · Mar 11, 2013

Voice of Reason said:
Why the hell is it a FPS?

Because money?

RoKKeR · Mar 11, 2013

Voice of Reason said:
Why the hell is it a FPS?

That's why.

The nostalgia, it hurts.

DocSeuss · Mar 11, 2013

I'm assuming "downloadable" will include Steam. I'm unlikely to buy it otherwise.

Voice of Reason said:
Why the hell is it a FPS?

Because Battlefront.

Deadly Cyclone · Mar 11, 2013

The Star Wars universe would be a great place for a newer FPS. CoD and BF are getting a bit stale with modern day, so looping in the Star Wars fiction into a shooter would be cool.

BosSin · Mar 11, 2013

If it is anything like Republic Commando it will be awesome

yankeehater · Mar 11, 2013

My god that looks so good. I would buy this for sure if it came out.

Blader · Mar 11, 2013

Imperial Commando?

Miles Quaritch · Mar 11, 2013

Hot Coldman said:
Wait... is Clone Wars cancelled, or just moving to Disney?

Cancelled. They are currently working on some story arcs though, one of which is the order 66 arc.

Check this thread,

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=49751796&posted=1#post49751796

Moonlight · Mar 11, 2013

This could not look more generic. Get rid of the HUD elements and it'd take me a lot longer for me to even recognize this came out of Star Wars.

stryker1138 · Mar 11, 2013

darkside31337 said:
And I thought Disney killing off Clone Wars was going to be the worst Star Wars related decision of the day.

Battlefront 3 is never happening. Neither is this game. Nor is Star Wars 1313.

I hate everything.

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