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WET dev: 'Not enough faith in Activision'

After Vivendi's game division merged with Activision last year a lot of titles got cut by Activision. Among those titles was the action packed shooter WET from developer A2M. During an interview with Dutch website Gaming Only at an event for the game in Amsterdam today, the game's Creative Director Patrick Fortier, told a different story. He says that after they heard that Activision would not be publishing all of Vivendi's titles, A2M took matters into their own hand and bought back all the rights from Vivendi. Fortier said "we (A2M) did not have enough faith that WET would be at the right place with Activision". He also added that they did not want to wait to find out if the game was still going to be published by Activision or if it would be dropped.

When talking about new publisher Bethesda Fortier said "we are really happy with Bethesda Softworks, they haven't limited us in any way". During the time WET did not have a publisher A2M had several parties that were interested in publishing WET. They chose Bethesda, because they felt best at home with them according to Frontier.

ian725805d ago

I am not really interested in WET but I hope it does well and proves Activision were wrong to not publish it.

Blaze9295805d ago

Yeah that's what I want to happen as well, them to have the opportunity to show Activision that their game is actually good.

Now UNFORTUNATELY from what I seen so far of WET, the game looks kinda...lame. I hope a demo comes out though and hope it's actually good though. It's hard and sad for any developer to find out their project "sucked" after spending so much time on it. Like the Damnation developers, got shut down for poor sales and scores of Damnation.

chrisnick5805d ago

"It's sony's fault!!! They need to drop the price!! WE ARE SUPER SERIAL!!!

MK_Red5805d ago

Completely agreed. Activision will never be forgiven in my book after abandoning Brutal Legend and then effing suing it!

Knightrid8085805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

I'm with you on this one. That was a really d*ck move on Activision's part. They decided to drop it but now that the game is getting the attention, they want to stop it from being released. Really shows what Activision has become.

I hope Activision lose the case so badly that the verdict's result will give Brutal Legend even more attention.

badz1495805d ago

activision is a douchebag and a big one on that! for me, I'll never ever buy another titles from them! - yes, including MW2!

aaron58295805d ago

I wont make a promise that i wont buy MW2 ...

But then again, that's the only game published by Activision that i'm interested at the moment...

Syronicus5805d ago

Is Activision the new "EA"?

JL5805d ago

^They might be worse in my eyes Syronicus. I'm with the ones that say I'm never buying anything from them (as if I ever did before anyways--I don't even care for the COD franchise). That whole Brutal Legend thing might be one of the most asinine things I've witnessed in while too. Seriously hate..no...LOATHE Activision these days.

By the way, to all the people who just can't resist getting MW2 (like I said, I'm not into the franchise, but my brother will want MW2), here's a word of advice kinda: Just wait a week (if that), then go pick it up used. That way you get your game, Activision gets no money though. That's what I've convinced my brother to do. And serves Activision right.

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sofocado5805d ago

Well I am also not interested in WET, but I hope it does not do well. I think Activision did the right thing not publishing this game. There is nothing to prove here.

Gamer_Politics5805d ago

Well Wet doesnt seem like anything special in my opinion cant really blame Activision for putting the red light on this project

PS360WII5805d ago

Just to be different I'm going to buy this day one and enjoy the heck out of it.... maybe ;)

outlawlife5805d ago

I don't have enough faith in WET

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12 PlayStation 3 Hidden Gems

With over 5144 games on the PS3, it is easy to miss out on some great games. Here are some of the best unknown games on the PS3.

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Rangerman1208385d ago

Thought I was the only one who remembered Trinity lol very underrated

Yui_Suzumiya384d ago

WET and Quantum Theory were both phenomenal

P_Bomb384d ago

I remember Stranglehold! One of the first DLC packs of its time. A bit expensive, but cheap by today’s standards.

Chocoburger384d ago

Another PS3 hidden gems list, and yet again Time Crisis 4 and Time Crisis Razin' Storm get snubbed. Such fun games, that shouldn't be forgotten. If only we got a home port of Time Crisis 5: Mastermind Edition.

-Foxtrot384d ago

WET is something I wish they'd remake, they had so many great ideas but not all of them were executed properly

It had a lot of potential

Also Wanted Weapons of Fate is another game that had some new fun gameplay ideas.

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Looking Back to 2009 and WET

Nick writes: "WET was a pretty cool experimental project; a mixture of Stranglehold and Max Payne with a bullet-time mechanic and 70’s china-town movie style."

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Nine Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 Cult Classics That Deserve An HD Release

There were a number of cult classics that didn't sell like gangbusters, but still worked their way into gamers' hearts. Here's WWG list of nine great titles that deserve a second chance on newer consoles

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evilkillerk2894d ago

Blurs servers were the main issue but would love to see it return.

AZRoboto2894d ago

I'll point out that these games are all from the X360/PS3 era - they've already had HD releases when they first came out. Split/Second and Blur - with the crazy vehicle physics capable today, why would we not want sequels to them?

The other games, all a matter of opinion of course, but... thank you for your ads between every single game. /s

TheDCD2894d ago

Problem with sequels is that they aren't very likely. Activision dropped Blur like a bad habit, and Disney isn't doing games anymore. So I'll happily take the originals.

Relientk772894d ago

Remember Me
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Miss_Weeboo2894d ago

Alan Wake
Lost Odyssey
Demon Souls

TheDCD2893d ago

As much as I'd kill for a Demon's Souls remake, isn't likely. We'll probably get Bloodborne 2 instead.

PhoenixUp2894d ago

Dafuq kinda title is that? These games were already released on HD consoles though...

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