The port was cancelled in a single meeting. Not scrapped — cancelled . The working build still existed on a dev kit somewhere in a locked closet in EA’s Redwood Shores office. In 2012, a former tester leaked a short, shaky-cam video of the Omaha Beach level running on a 360. The video showed the player using a 360 controller, hearing the iconic “Rangers, lead the way!” before the ramp dropped. The video was pulled from YouTube within 48 hours.
According to the story, the port was completed in early 2008 by a small, underfunded internal team at EA Los Angeles. They had rebuilt the renderer for the 360’s PowerPC architecture and reworked the AI for the console’s weaker CPU compared to high-end PCs of the era. It was done. It passed certification. It was ready to be pressed to discs. medal of honor allied assault xbox 360
Then, executive meddling struck.
It sounded plausible. EA was on a nostalgia kick, re-releasing classics like Command & Conquer 3 . The 360 was backward-compatible with original Xbox games, but Allied Assault had never even been on an Xbox console. How could it be ported? The port was cancelled in a single meeting
But the whispers persisted. A listing appeared on Gamestop’s internal database: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault — 360 . Release date: TBD. Price: $19.99. A few blurry screenshots surfaced, allegedly showing the PC version’s HUD running on a 360 development kit. The source was an anonymous ex-EA employee who claimed the port had been fully functional, running at a smooth 60fps with updated controller mapping and even rudimentary achievements. In 2012, a former tester leaked a short,