Top 10 cancelled Video Games
08. Highlander: The Game (EIDOS / Square Enix)
There are guilty pleasures in life, that is a fact. There are a lot of things we like to do - a lot of things we will choose to do - but not all of them are things we would want our friends or relatives to know we like and do. For example, while mopeds are great fun to play with, you would not want your biker buddies to know you like to ride them.
Same thing with fat girls and eating foo foo food. It's fun, you like it, but it would be sort of embarrassing for that to be common knowledge among your peers... Thanks to a really really cheesy third movie, and an even cheesier TV series (say hello Duncan) saying you are a fan of Highlander is the same sort of thing.
So announcing you are not only a fan of Highlander but are anxious to get your hands on Highlander: The Video Game? The thing is, and despite the stigma attached, the answer is clear; Yes. Yes we were.
A third-person action role-playing game based on the Highlander franchise, the game was to be published by Square Enix for Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows PC, and featured a previously unknown Immortal named Owen MacLeod as the main character and protagonist.OK, remember what we said about mopeds and fat girls... Maybe it is true that there can be only one, but Duncan makes two, and Owen would have made three, so perhaps it is best if we agree that often the suspension of disbelief must be accompanied by the suspension of memory about nagging plot elements from the story. Just saying.
And you know what? We were totally willing! I mean hey, sword fighting! Chopping heads off! Gaining super powers! Immortal! Totally there!
Similar to other Highlander films and media, the story was supposed to span several time-lines including Ancient Gaul, Pompeii, and modern-day New York City, and included a Highlander who not only did the whole swords thing, but also dabbled in a bit of sorcery. Heh.
OK maybe it was for the best then that on December 10, 2010, the game was officially cancelled. Now that we've said that we should probably add that we still wanted to play it.
07. Call of Duty: Devil's Brigade (Z-Axis / Activision)
Developed by Underground Development for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, Devil's Brigade was set to offer gamers and fans of the COD series a new game and story based in World War II. Now it has been said that WWII has been done and overdone, but hey, really? No!
Devil’s Brigade was announced to be a third-person shooter that would feature squad-based tactical combat, a rich and large world for exploration, and would tell the grim real-life story of a specially trained band of Canadian and American soldiers known as the Devil's Brigade, whose brutal yet effective tactics were more in line with Inglorious Basterds than Big Red One.
The action was set in Italy in the heavy fighting to take over the peninsula and liberate all those Italians yearning to be free from fascist dictators. You know, like, everyone except the fascists. We were totally on board with that - and besides which can you just imagine for a moment the traditional COD experience with that story line? It would have been epic.
Sadly the success of the other titles in the series took the focus away from World War II to a more modern era, and as a result the development resources and budget were shifted to Guitar Hero: Van Halen - leaving most fans scratching their head and wondering why? Why?!
OK granted not a lot was known about the game - very few details had been released largely due to the fact that they wanted to see how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 would do, just in case.
What it would do was break sales records, but that hardly seems like justification to abandon a game project that was not only well underway, but covered a story and subject gamers wanted to experience.
It turns out that the real reason that the game was cancelled had more to do with the merger with Vivendi/Blizzard that was happening at the time. Basically they couldn't leave any high-cost projects open because that would impact he basic value of the company.
After the merger issues were settled it seems that the focus for the series was now firmly grounded in modern-modern warfare, and there you have it.
I would be really surprised if there was not at least some sort of online in the next Fallout offering - tho you never know...
And to the rest of you lot - those are all good picks!
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Always makes me sad when I think back to it, esp with the words "The story will go on" at the end of 2. :´(
yep, fear effect inferno hands down.
Far cry 3 was not cancelled
8 Days.
Shenmue 3, ghosts n goblins online, new conker game. How bout a new contra?
How about the Batman steam punk game when he was going to go after Jack the ripper
Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned.
Midnight club racing is ausome in word and what is racing the most best and ever the cheats are more ausome.
Far cry 3.5 :'( i really hope they reconsider their decision
Star Wars 1313 ???
UO2. I hate EA.
Thrill Kill PSX - The leaked alpha was epic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QaWAIFi_nI
Beyond Good & Evil 2 is not canceled...
Project Offset
Um, except there was a Command and Conquer FPS, Rengade. Anyone recall?
And yeah, SC:G and Megaman Legends 3 for sure
HOGS OF WAR II !!!!
Rocket Knight on Master System !!!
Still waiting on it ...
I agree with the previous comments on StarCraft: Ghost. So many were looking forward to it, then it faded away. It should have priority on this list... and Mech Warrior 5.
Dungeon Keeper.
Be glad they didnt make a Fallout Online I mean Elder Scrolls Online was butchered
No PC in your 'definitive' list? Of course, PC gaming 'doesn't matter', right?
RIIIGHT...
"Fear Effect: Inferno". I'm still mad at Eidos for dumping the first PS2-generation game in one of my favorite PS1 series, so that they could concentrate all their efforts on the abomination that later became "Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness".
megaman legends 3 being cancelled hurt for sure...
HUGE fan of the first two
the first one especially had a huge role with my nintendo 64 main lineup
Yes, we hear you and know your pain - there were a lot of games that really should have been made... But then again, there are a few we were not sorry did not come to us... I agree that Fallout Online would have been... Eh?
Hey, no offense meant but there are days when you NEED a good shooter... Just saying... It is often the relief for what ails you!
Somebody likes military shooters...as if we didn't have enough of them already.
Also, that song was Cher, not Aqua.
The fuking oFF game is good also!
The Indiana Jones game that had moments from the films and new content, with Harrison Ford voicing Indy for the "next gen" consoles (PS3, 360) Even had a nifty trailer in the news reel style from the 40's then poof. Gone.