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Lower than expected sales of Dead Space 3 have forced EA to cancel the sequel and effectively axe the IP, a report claims. VideoGamer has word from an unspecified source that Dead Space 4 was already in pre-production at Visceral Games. However, sales of former UK No.1 Dead Space 3 …
Read More »Guitar Hero 7 was in development, dubbed as a "disaster"
The once all-powerful Guitar Hero brand was killed in 2011. But a new report claims that development of a new game in the series was well underway by that point. Kotaku reports that that game was set to abandon the various bells and whistles – specifically the drum kit and …
Read More »Inside Xbox UK scrapped
Microsoft has cancelled Inside Xbox in the UK and Europe after it axed the service in the US last week. Inside Xbox’s UK team was responsible for video entertainment shows including SentUAMessage and more recently The Nexus. These were displayed on the Xbox Live dashboard and were also available on …
Read More »Bethesda confirms Prey 2 is still alive
Prey 2 remains in development, publisher Bethesda has confirmed. Rumours had previously circulated claiming that the game had been canned, evoking a surprised reaction amongst the specialist press who were impressed by early builds of the title. Development of Prey 2 has not been cancelled but the game will not …
Read More »Third-person COD officially shelved
Remember that mysterious third person Call of Duty game? It now looks like it’s unlikely to ever see the light of day. The studio that was working on it, Sledgehammer Games, has confirmed that the project has been canned. And with Sledgehammer now one of the multiple studios working on …
Read More »THQ cans Saints Row Drive By
It looks as if the once much discussed 3DS debut for gangsta series Saints Row has been cancelled. THQ confirmed the news to Joystiq, saying: "We are not developing Saints Row: Drive By." No reasons were given for the decision. Drive By was officially the title of the XBLA and …
Read More »Megaman Universe cancelled
Capcom has announced that it has cancelled Megaman Universe. The project was a 2.5D platform title that would have been released on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade. The key selling point was the user-generated content, allowing players to edit levels from the game or create brand new ones. Gamers would …
Read More »Panasonic scraps Jungle handheld
"My inclination would be to say a system like theJungle is a non-starter right out of the gate. Until they can show meotherwise I just don’t think Panasonic has the right pieces to compete inthis space.” The Jungle is a highly specialised dedicated portable for a non-existent market. This is …
Read More »Project Milo cancelled?
An un-named development source has allegedly told Kotaku that Project Milo has been shut down. Milo was the first piece of Kinect (then Natal) software to be publicly demonstrated by Microsoft and remains one of the most fascinating titles in development for the platform. However, these fresh reports claim that …
Read More »$50m game ditched?
Midway and Warner Bros have apparently wasted a whopping $50 million on a game that has now been canned. According to CVG, development on This Is Vegas has now been cancelled. The game was in development for three years, originally under Midway Games. The news emerges a full year after …
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