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Five Cancelled Titles That Were Overhauled to Become New Games

E-mpire Writes: Don’t you hate it when you begin anticipating a newly announced game then all connections to the game is somehow lost? Then after months and months of wanting to hear even just a smidget of news, you find out the game is cancelled? You become upset the title was cancelled because you really wanted to play it, but there’s just no hope of ever seeing it. Did you know that you may be playing that game right now not even consciously aware of it? Some of those infamous cancelled titles are actually overhauled into new games entirely. These are some of those games.

Rainstorm814588d ago

Marvel Super Squad Online.....What a waste...SMH

SilentNegotiator4588d ago (Edited 4588d ago )

"I feel there’s some sort of strange stigma around this title. Why? In 2009, after the disputes, Gazillion Entertainment gained a 10-year contract with Marvel Comics to develop video games for the company. Their first title? Marvel: Super Hero Squad Online"

I could vomit for days after reading this.
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I would have rather had Black 2 than Bodycount. By a lot.

It's too bad BC never got finished.

ATi_Elite4587d ago

Canceled Title: Project: Van Buren became Fallout 3.

Yep cause FPS shooter became all the rage and Bethesda got a whiff of STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl.

I wish they would complete and release the old school fallout 3 to pay homage to Fallout 1 and 2.

KendrickGLS4588d ago

I hate it when games get cancelled!

fr0sty4588d ago

Sometimes it's for the better that they do. Though sometimes (like with eight days) it looks like a lot of potential wasted.

stonecold34588d ago

eight days the getaway 3 eyeidentify dirty harry killing days heist indiana jones

RankFTW4588d ago

Did you just write whatever came into your head?

L6RD7BLU34588d ago (Edited 4588d ago )

MAN! Getaway 3 would have been EPIC! it's a shame

fr0sty4587d ago

these games do cost a lot of money to make, so it's a big risk to take, but i damn sure would have bought it.

guitarded774587d ago

Is that one epic game title, or did you just fail to use punctuation and capitalization?

KendrickGLS4588d ago

True Crime Hong Kong, Voodoo Nights, and Gun Loco would have been awsome! It's a shame I won't ever get a chance to play them.

nolifeking4588d ago

Didn't someone pick up True Crime: Hong Kong?

andron4587d ago

Square Enix picked up True Crime Hong Kong, but it will probably be renamed as Activision still hold the rights to the True Crime name...

nolifeking4587d ago

@andron

Thanks for the info. I thought the franchise was purchased so that the True Crime name would still be attached.

guitarded774587d ago

Wow, I didn't know Gun Loco got cancelled... sad. Star Wars Battlefront 3 was the saddest though.

nolifeking4587d ago

@guitarded

As much as I loved Battlefront, Starhawk looks to be better than whatever that may have been.

Johnny_Cojones4588d ago

No Van Buren really blows, but I do dig Bethesda's take on the franchise.

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Yoko Taro Passes Respect; Says Stellar Blade Is "Much Better" Than Nier: Automata

Stellar Blade's creative director, Hyung Tae Kim, has also claimed that the game is deeply inspired by Nier: Automata.

shadowhaxor8h ago

I feel like Yoko is downgrading Automata because he has expressed multiple times he'd like to revisit the universe, but Squenix hasn't been keen about it. We know he loves 2B and would love to take her out for another spin, so maybe this is how he gets the company to think about it.

gold_drake6h ago

u do realise that Square made Nier a franchise after Automata right?

Taro is downplaying it cause hes not a snob like most of the directors that think their games are gods gifts to the human race.

he said the same thing when being interviewed during the development of Automata too, that he couldnt have done it without the devs.

hes just a humble guy rly.

shadowhaxor6h ago

I mean, Neir existed before Automata with both OG Niers and Drakenguard. I don't count NieR Replicant, since it's a remake of the OG games. Sure, we have Reincarnation, which is still stuck on mobile devices (quite a damned shame). I just remember Taro saying he'd love to revisit Automata if Square Enix lets him. I do recall there was supposed to be a sequel to Automata, but it wasn't confirmed and I'd imagine it was just for Reincarnation.

Enjoy Taro, he seems like a cool guy, who loves the ladies and is humble. But damn, don't put down one of your masterpieces.

Cacabunga1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

I really liked Automata and cannot wait for Stellar Blade

isarai2h ago

I get he's giving them some credit, but i strongly disagree based on the demo. I honestly don't think any aspect of it feels good, it's not bad, it's just kinda ok but definitely a little jank. Also the souls like formula it is adopting does not help it imo. I was looking forward to this for years, now im just kinda let down honestly 🫤

H91h ago

Man exputer can you stop putting words like that after someone's name, i read Yoko Taro Passes and just went blank

Snookies1255m ago

Same... Awful way to word that title's beginning.

Hereandthere1h ago

Thats because Sony had a heavy hand in funding and developing this game.

purple10134m ago

They sent in XDEV one of their traveling support studios to Korea to lend a hand if I’m not mistaken, Sony pulled out the big guns to help this studio

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The full version of "Survival: Fountain of Youth" is coming to PC on May 21st, 2024

"The Paris-based (France) indie games publisher Twin Sails Interactive (the publisher of “Gloomhaven” and “Ember Knights”) and L.A.-based (the US) indie games developer Odinsoft, are today very glad and proud to announce that the full version (v1.0) of their single-player survival game “Survival: Fountain of Youth” (which is set in the 16th-century Caribbean islands), is coming to PC via Steam and EGS on May 21st, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

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Max Mustard Review - Duuro

Duuro says: "Max Mustard proves that taking classic platformer fundamentals and crafting memorable VR mechanics on top makes for an incredibly fun experience."