Summary
- Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of gameplay footage from Free Radical’s cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 3.
- A brand-new discovery has been made, though, as the Free Radical Archive team has found a new Wii build from 2008.
- Alongside sharing footage of the build, the team plans on making it playable for fans and fixing it through modding.
A new Nintendo Wii build of Free Radical’s cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 3 from 2008 has been discovered by the Free Radical Archive, who has shared gameplay footage of the threequel that could (and should) have been.
Despite being one of the most all-time popular Star Wars spin-offs, the Battlefront games seem to have some pretty awful luck. The rebooted version of the series from EA and Dice never managed to get the success it deserved after rocky launches, while the beloved original trilogy had its third and most ambitious entry cancelled before it ever saw the light of day.
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Over the years, we’ve heard plenty about Free Radical’s vision and aims for the cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 3, and have even seen plenty of gameplay footage thanks to development builds. While it seemed that everything that could be found for Battlefront 3 had already been shared, the Free Radical Archive has managed to uncover a new build for the planned Wii version of the game.
Free Radical Archive Uncovers A New Wii Build Of Star Wars Battlefront 3
As pointed out by ResetEra user doops and posted by YouTuber iamashaymin Modding, the Nintendo Wii build of the game that was just discovered by the Free Radical Archive actually comes from a build that was dated one week prior to the game’s cancellation. As such, it’s likely the last build of the Wii version of Battlefront 3 that was ever tested, and likely of the game as a whole.
With that new build of the game, the Free Radical Archive has put together a gameplay trailer that recreates the one originally created by Free Radical in November 2008. You can see that trailer above, and it gives us a great look at how the game might have turned out if we lived in a better timeline.
The Free Radical Archive notes that the latest build is full of content that fans haven’t seen before and that, although the build isn’t final and still has bugs, will be made playable by fans for free through modding. The Free Radical Archive, who is doing god’s work let’s be honest, is a small team, so you can support its efforts through Ko-fi if you like what it’s doing.
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