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Pour one out for Star Wars: Battlefront IV concept art photo

Two of my favorite things about videogames are, oddly enough, concept art and unreleased or cancelled games. I like thinking about how games get made, and it's fascinating to sort through the ones that failed along the way. Actually playing unreleased gems is secondary -- they're more interesting to think about and look at. To that end, Unseen64 has some concept art for Star Wars Battlefront IV which was, at one point, in development Chez Crytek UK (formerly Free Radical Design).

Before its demise (and subsequent assimilation by Crytek), Free Radical was supposed to have been working on Battlefront III, but LucasArts reclaimed the rights when the company went into administration and it's currently somewhere in development hell. The fact that concept art was being created for Battlefront IV during development for III suggests, to me, that Free Radical's economic troubles came as something of a surprise. 

While we may never see Star Wars: Battlefront IV (or, hell, even Battlefront III), feel free to feast your eyes on some art from what would have been Dagobah and Genosis, as well as a few vehicles. Here's hoping that, at the very least, Timesplitters 4 makes it out of this mess alive.

[Via GameSetWatch]


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linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 21:11
linuxguy
hey life, FUCK YOU!
KCchiefsFan's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 21:35
KCchiefsFan
this makes me want to cry
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 21:41
matrixdude171
*tear* it was such a good series
mikeyed's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 21:45
mikeyed
That tank looks like a tank, BOOOO!!!!!
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 21:46
Xzyliac
I'd pour some sugar all over that.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 21:53
Takeshi
FUCK DAMMIT! I love Battlefront. WHYYYY???
thenooby1's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 21:58
thenooby1
This is such a tease.
KIDA26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 22:34
KIDA26
I always hated the SW Battlefront series. I am glad it died.
sickNasty's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2009 23:03
sickNasty
I don't like what this shows. How can they start production on a sequel to a game that isn't even officially announced yet?

It sounds like they clearly intended to milk the franchise and spread content out between the sequels, instead of focusing on delivering a really great #3.
Loogibot's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 00:52
Loogibot
@KIDA26: Haha?

I've been hoping for a SW Battlefront 3 since that "teaser" video released a last year. It had this ground to air to space thing that made me jizz. This is just the worst cock tease. Seriously LucasArts, get on that shit, I would buy it.
Yehat's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 05:10
Yehat
The first Battlefront was great fun but the second was I feel a big step down since it has a larger focus on infantry, more "choking grenade spam corridors of death" and just a general scaling back.

I guess I am disappointed that the franchise was closed but if it kept following it's current path (sort of like Lord of the Rings Conquest did) then I don't really miss it all that much.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 09:35
whormongr
@Yehat it would not have followed the LOTR path since the first 2 were developed by pandemic as was LOTR but after a falling out w/ lucasarts following a near legal issue they were dropped- that is why rebellion put out the renegade squadron for psp (which wasn't too bad but had a few flaws)
Wintersocks's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 09:43
Wintersocks
Please Lucasarts!

10 million people bought Battlefront One and a metric shit ton bought number two. Just bring back the series I love... please. PLEASE! *drops on knees pleading and weeping*
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