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After admitting yesterday that it has plans for former Midway pair Mortal Kombat and SpyHunter, Warner Interactive has named a third IP that will be heading to retail under its new stewardship. Only yesterday talk was circulating that Warner had pulled the plug on This Is Vegas, but the publisher …
Read More »Obsidian confirms Aliens RPG cancellation
Obsidian Entertainment has confirmed that the development of the Aliens RPG has been cancelled. Making an announcement on its official forum, a representative for the company revealed: "Rumors have circled around a bit regarding the fate of the Aliens role playing game that Obsidian and SEGA had been working on. …
Read More »LucasArts denies Indiana Jones cancellation
LucasArts has insisted that its physics-based next-gen Indiana Jones title has not been scrapped despite recent reports to the contrary. IGN yesterday claimed that multiple sources” had informed it of the title’s cancellation, with the development team being reallocated to other projects. However, a LucasArts spokesperson issued a statement to …
Read More »European PS3 Destroy All Humans still on the cards
Cancellation of PS3 version applies to North American market only; release delayed until February 2009
Read More »PS3 Destroy All Humans confirmed for Europe
After stating yesterday that the PS3 version of the upcoming Destroy All Humans: Path of Furon had been cancelled due to ‘development issues’ , it now appears that the Sony version of the title will still be coming to Europe. However, the game’s released date has slipped from today until …
Read More »PS3 version of Destroy All Humans pulled
THQâ??s upcoming extra-terrestrial action title becomes an Xbox 360 exclusive
Read More »Destroy All Humans 3 scrapped on PS3
North American publisher THQ has confirmed that the PS3 version of its upcoming Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon has been abandoned. The publisher confirmed to Shacknews that development issues” were the reason behind the decision, which incidentally means that the title has now become an Xbox 360 exclusive. …
Read More »Ubisoft drops Heroes game
It has emerged that French publishing giant Ubisoft will not be publishing a video game based on the TV series Heroes after all, MTV reports. Ubisoft scooped the rights to the franchise, which tells the story of a number of genetically modified super-heroes, in July last year. However, following the …
Read More »EA cancels Command & Conquer Tiberium
Nearly a year after EA first announced its Command & Conquer themed FPS Tiberium , the US publisher has confirmed that the project has been cancelled – and it seems that some of the developers working on the game face the prospect of losing their jobs. An official EA statement …
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