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Rumor: Star Wars: Battlefront Online in pre-production photo

Put away the hankies and stop the crying over the reported death of Star Wars: Battlefront III. There may be a "new hope" for the battle just yet. 

According to Kotaku's sources, LucasArts is currently working with Slant Six Games (SOCOM Confrontation, the upcoming SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 3) on a Battlefront Online title. Reported to be in pre-production, the title would online only, and would hit shelves in 2011. 

It should be noted that the rumors suggest the game is only in pre-production, which means it could never official get off the ground. But it's a nice though, isn't it?

Rumor: SOCOM Devs Working On "Star Wars: Battlefront Online" [Kotaku]

 








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Pyremind's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 09:34
Pyremind
So does the 'Online' in the name mean a possibly Planetside type setup? Because that would be a very good thing.
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 09:47
pascuz46
Why the hell hasn't there been a battlefront title out this gen!? It seriously pisses me off! I loved the first two battlefronts.
The Spleen's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 09:55
The Spleen
Wow, too bad one of the crappiest developing teams in existence is working on this (Slant Six). It only too about 4 months for all the features on the back of the box to be patched in.
andycadaver's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 09:56
andycadaver
I'll buy anything Battlefront-related. Doesn't matter. Just gimme.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 09:58
Sexualchocolate
Slant Six are all good in my book, by the time SOCOM was released in the UK it was pretty frickin AWESOME!

Rock hard, but awesome nevertheless.

Loved Battlefront, loved Confrontation = high hopes for this.
JJBro1's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 10:20
JJBro1
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BATTLEFRONT!!!! I hope since this would be online only that they would go ALL OUT, BALLS TO THE WALL!
MCChampaignMillionaire's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 10:34
MCChampaignMillionaire
This would be cool
Loogibot's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 10:49
Loogibot
I c wut ya did thar...
My friends and I loved SW:BFII. We've been lamenting the death of the rumored third, but any revival of the series is welcomed. Hopefully this won't get dumped.
Mancomb Seepgood's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 11:01
Mancomb Seepgood
ITS A NICE THOUGH! Pro speller here.

I make that mistake all the time.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 11:06
Maurice Tan
Good! Now that this can silence the Battlefront fans, listen to the people who want a new TIE Fighter please :)
grasslunatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 11:35
grasslunatic
I used to play Battlefront 1 & 2 all the time. I hope this actually gets made.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 12:54
Cowboy TTop
Sounds good. It would be difficult to go wrong with a SW game. If this has enough players online, it could be blinding.

Damn, I might get to battle on Hoth yet, as snow speeders whiz overhead. Cool.
Iamagirlelfsexshop's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 13:44
Iamagirlelfsexshop
Fuck! Not Six Slant Games. They'll fuck it up.
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 13:54
KingSigy
I don't see how this is different from the previous Battlefront games. Yeah they had bots, but no one played with them. Online was the way to go.
JRisJunior's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 14:20
JRisJunior
this news just made my god damn day.
triclops41's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 14:37
triclops41
This would actually be a great solution for getting us a new SWBF... if slant six doesn't mess it up.
triclops41's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 14:38
triclops41
And now get started on a new tie fighter and republic commando.
CyberStrike3000X's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 15:17
CyberStrike3000X
So it's like MAG in the Star Wars universe?

[QQQQ]
moose39's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 15:35
moose39
Why can't Zipper just make a SWB mod for MAG?
Zeta Crossfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 15:37
Zeta Crossfire
SO the guys who fucked up socom are making battlefront? FUCK YOU!
CrispyWaffle's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 15:46
CrispyWaffle
I'm not sure if I trust these new guys though. But alas I might still buy it. I'll just wait till previews and or screen shots are shown xP
Adonai's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 17:58
Adonai
Yeah, it's a bit 'duh'...the singleplayer in SWBF1 & 2 was always lacklustre. Online was always where the action was. However, both games always had a big modding community, which turned out some gems - it'd be a shame for SWBF3 to be online only, as it would presumably be mod-free.
PixelSith64's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2010 00:27
PixelSith64
I'd rather have Battlefront III. Oh well, I have Battlefront II mods like the Conversion Pack for it already.
Enossir's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2010 21:01
Enossir
this will not be anything like a planeside styel setup mainly because of limitations on the archaic console systems.

so ill stick with COD galactic warfare
Anna Hannah's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2011 03:55
Anna Hannah
I'm not sure if I trust these new guys though. But alas I might still buy it. I'll just wait till previews and or screen shots are shown xP
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