Canned Games

Rumour: $50 Million Video Game Cancelled

5:30PM August 25, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

You may have already deduced this in light of the complete absence of marketing for the game, but CVG report that long-in-development-hell, ex-Midway game This Is Vegas has finally been put out of its misery. More »


Rumour: Lucasarts Cancels Force Unleashed 3

6:30PM August 17, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

New Lucasarts president Paul Meegan certainly isn’t wasting any time. Barely two months into the job and we hear he’s already swinging the axe and cancelling high profile sequels. More »


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Force Unleashed II Cancelled On PSP

6:37PM August 10, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Hope you weren’t hoping to play Force Unleashed II on the PSP, because that version’s just been binned. More »


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No Refunds For Cancelled Game Rile Zynga Users

2:00AM August 1, 2010 | Owen Good

Casual game players still have hardcore priorities, as social game behemoth Zynga is discovering after its plans to drop Street Racer on Monday without refunding players’ balances incited a user riot. More »


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The Mortal Kombat Game That Never Was

6:30PM July 12, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

There are a lot of Mortal Kombat games that should never have been made. This one at least had the foresight to be cancelled before it saw the light of day. More »


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Why The Halo MMO Was Cancelled

2:00PM April 13, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

A few years ago, Microsoft-owned Ensemble Studios, the team behind Age of Empires, was working on a Halo massively-multiplayer online game, code-named Titan. That project ended up a bust, and was cancelled by Microsoft. Here’s why. More »


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There Once Was A PS2 Assassin’s Creed Game

3:00PM March 27, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

The first Assassin’s Creed, much like the second, only came out on three systems: the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. But did you know that, alongside production of the original game, another was in development for the PS2 & Xbox? More »


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Canned Natal Two Finger Game Concept Art

6:00PM January 21, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

The French developer behind DS title Big Bang Mini, Arkedo, was thinking about making a game for Microsoft’s upcoming Natal motion system, but has decided against it. More »


Rumour: Leaked ‘Tech Demo” Footage Of Final Fantasy: Fortress

4:00AM January 18, 2010 | Owen Good

This is a two-minute, 30-second video said to be of a tech demonstration of “Fortress,” the Final Fantasy project GRIN was said to have been working on when the Swedish studio closed. More »


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Another Game From The GRIN Grave

2:30PM January 12, 2010 | Owen Good

Our Swedish friends weren’t just working on a Final Fantasy project when the studio went belly-up last year. A former GRIN artist has posted concepts from a ninja action/adventure game, and it sounds like it was a new IP. More »