18 Games Dead, And Staying That Way.
The following list has become somewhat of a buzz around the blogotubes. I'm some what of a sucker for games that could have been, but never were. Beta builds and prototypes of complete crap games are just fascinating, so as such I feel obligated to share it with you. Coming from a somewhat unknown source by the name of Surfer Girl, this list itemizes quite a few games I never have heard of.
- A.I. [arena fighting game based off the film] (XBOX, ACES Studio/Microsoft)
- Alone in the Dark: The Abductions (PS2, Computer Artworks/Atari)
- Amped 4 (XBOX 360/PS3, Indie Built/2K Sports)
- Army Men: Air Cavalry (PS2/GC/XBOX, Check Six Studios/3DO)
- Blood Wake 2 (XBOX, Stormfront Studios/Microsoft)
- Damage Inc. [Metallica car combat title] (PC/PS2/GC/XBOX, Climax/VU Games)*
- Dante [firefighting simulation] (XBOX, ACeS Studio/Microsoft)
- Deus Ex 3 (PS2/XBOX/PC, Ion Storm/Eidos) Eidos announced back in May that their Montreal studio will be making a new Deus Ex 3 different from the one canceled. Also, this title was not Deus Ex: Clan Wars.
- Dirty Work [sandbox-style game] (platforms unknown, Ubisoft)
- Fight For Your Right [party game] (platforms unknown, Z-Axis/Activision)
- Freefall [sci-fi extreme skydiving game] (XBOX, ironWorks/Microsoft)
- Freelancer 2 (XBOX 360, Digital Anvil/Microsoft)
- The Getaway Online [eventually became Home] (PS2, Studio London/SCEE)
- Ghost World [spooky-themed action-platformer] (PS2, Luxoflux/Activision)
- Jonny Moseley's Mad Trix 2 (PS2/GC, 3DO)
- Joust (PS2/GC/XBOX, Midway)
- Lemmings Forever (PS2, PictureHouse/SCEE)
- Oni 2 (PS2, Angel Studios/Take-Two)
While some of these titles make me a little disappointed that I never got to see them, titles like Amped 4 I could live without. Seriously though, A.I. the fighting game? Only reason I can see playing that is to rough up Haley Joel Osment a bit, and that would lose it's appeal in a real hurry. Good call on that one.
18 canceled games you never knew existed unless you worked on them [such things that never was]
[via GameSetWatch]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 23 October 2007
· Comments (4)
Other stuff like this: lots of games, omg joust 3d, pile of crap
Now let's have a list of games you never knew about unless you developed them or are named Matt Casamasanassina.
Personally, I would have loved to play that A.I., Oni sequel, or firefighting game.
It would so not be proper to make a fighting game based off of A.I., a more accurate game would be running a lot only to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
Sort of the AI version of E.T., then, only with the ocean instead of random pits.