
First Assault would sneak in at the eleventh hour, a last ditch effort to recoup the better part of a decade’s worth of Battlefront development.
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The pieces were starting to come together the puzzle made sense. Allegedly, development on Battlefront III had been merged with Star Wars: Battlefront Online, a new iteration of the series that was designed for a console generation with an approaching expiration date and collapsed under its own weight, leaving years of assets unused. We’ve since suspected that Star Wars: First Assault could be the byproduct of Battlefront III, the long-rumored entry to the franchise that spent six misbegotten years in development and bounced between development studios before being unceremoniously killed. It was a move that was not-so-subtly reinforced a month later when a solitary image leaked depicting a confrontation between opposing ground forces of the Star Wars universe, complete with an XBLA banner. According to a Kotaku report citing an unnamed source who is said to be “familiar with the project,” Star Wars: First Assault is a first-person shooter consisting of 8-on-8 matches between the Rebel Alliance and Imperial Stormtroopers.įirst Assault popped up on our radar last year, when LucasArts - the gaming arm of the Lucas empire - filed trademark and domain registrations for the title. Please try again later.Star Wars: First Assault isn’t the reincarnation of the now defunct Battlefront series like many had hoped.

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