Title: Duke Nukem Forever
Developer: 3D Realms
Platforms: Thought to be Xbox 360, PC
What was it about? We don’t really have to explain this one to you. Do we? Well, it was due to be the next instalment in the Duke Nukem series, which went into development back in 1997. It’s one game the industry will be talking about – and hoping – for a long time to come. Ten years later, multiple teaser trailers and screenshots had been released, before development was terminated by 3D Realms.
Title: Tiberium
Developer: EA Los Angeles
Platforms: Unknown
What was it about? Another game in the universe of the critically acclaimed Command & Conquer series. EA Los Angeles first showcased this title – after a couple of leaks - with
a trailer on GTTV showing some fast-paced footage, later revealing that it was in-fact a first-person shooter. From that trailer, it did show that the game had the potential. However, EA later confirmed its termination because the game wasn’t reaching the high standards of the series. Shame.
Title: Dirty Harry
Developer: The Collective
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3
What was it about? The game was to be set after the events of the original, popular Dirty Harry movie – which starred Clint Eastwood – but acted as a prequel to the second instalment in the film series, Magnum Force. Eastwood was due to give his voice for the character but the game was officially canned in 2007 when problems occurred at developers The Collective, who are now part of Double Helix Games. A trailer is
still available to watch here, though.
Title: The Dark Knight
Developer: Pandemic Brisbane
Platforms: PS3 exclusive
What was it about? The video game adaptation of The Dark Knight, which won the late Heath Ledger an Oscar Award. The title was unofficially announced with actor Gary Oldman speaking about the game prematurely, saying that watching the game was like watching a movie. There were eventually doubts about the game being finished any time near the release of the movie, but Pandemic Brisbane were later shut down. Luckily, we have Arkham Asylum 2 to look forward to.
Title: Killing Pablo Escobar
Developer: Deadline Games
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3
What was it about? Reports claim that Deadline Games (Total Overdose) were planning a title revolving around the biggest drug lord or the last century, Pablo Escobar. It’s thought that Deadline had a playable demo before its cancellation a few years ago. It would have been interesting to see it materialise though.
Title: 2-Finger Heroes
Developer: Arkedo Studio
Platforms: Project Natal (Xbox 360)
What was it about? 2-Finger Heroes was one of, if not the first Natal game to be cancelled. Details are short but sweet for any casual gamer, with the gamers’ fingers becoming the characters legs. Other plans for the game – mock-up screenshots can be
seen here - included parts where the gamer crossed their arms, twisting an object on the screen. The game was cancelled shortly after planning started, but it was colourful and different. We would have liked to see something come out of it.
Title: Faith and a.45
Developer: Deadline Games
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
What was it about? Set during the Great Depression, the game tells the story of two outlaws who a man who plans to build his own nation, as he believes democracy has failed. A trailer
shows the potential this game had, what with single-player and two player co-op, but the game was put on hold last year due to the lack of a publisher and even though we are hoping for it to be revived, we’re not counting our chickens.
Title: Division 9
Developer: Irrational Games
Platforms: Unknown
What was it about? A zombie-apocalypse title from Irrational Games which would have been the Left 4 Dead of today, if released. The game saw three characters, all believed to be playable walking through the streets with a load of guns, blasting holes through the un-dead. It’s unknown why the game never made it (it even had an unknown publisher) and according to Irrational’s Ken Levine, it’s the one game they wish they’d have shipped. As you can see from
this trailer, a little more time (and a sprint button) could have helped the game become something huge.
Title: COPS: The Police Experience
Developer: Pyro Studios
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3
What was it about? A big action cop-thriller where you shot the bad guys; it was the opposite of Grand Theft Auto. A
leaked trailer shows the game had potential and according to developer Enrique Colinet Morales, could have been a big hit. It was cancelled a week before Christmas, leaving many jobless and had been in development for five years. It “looked amazing from outside, but inside, the team was rotten, tired, pissed and skeptical.” said Morales.
Title: Unnamed Croteam Modern Combat FPS
Developer: Croteam
Platforms: Unknown
What was it about? Croteam described the game as a military tactical-action shooter set in the present day with 'in your face' action which required gamers to think before shooting. A few screenshots were eventually released and it did look promising, even more so, as it was to come from the personnel behind the critically acclaimed Serious Sam series.
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