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. Actuallyplayingunreleased gems is secondary — they’re more interesting to think about and look at. To that end,Unseen64 has some concept artforStar Wars Battlefront IVwhich was, at one point, in development ChezCrytek UK(formerly Free Radical Design).
Before its demise (and subsequentassimilation by Crytek), Free Radical was supposed to have beenworking onBattlefront 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 forBattlefront IVduring development forIIIsuggests, to me, that Free Radical’s economic troubles came as something of a surprise.
While we may never seeStar Wars: Battlefront IV(or, hell, evenBattlefront 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 4makes it out of this mess alive.
[ViaGameSetWatch]
