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Velvet Assassin's Developer Shuts Down

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Worthplaying.com writes:

"Set in WW2, Velvet Assassin is a 3rd person shooter combining intense battles with guerrilla missions, featuring extensive stealth elements and challenging puzzles. Rumored over the past few days, now confirmed by lead game programmer Claus Praefcke, German based Replay Studios is shutting down."
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Elven6 - 127 days 14 hours ago
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This sucks, Velvet Assassin had some really good ideas in it. Giving the Germans a human element was a great touch, differentiating between Nazi, Heer, etc was a welcome addition. Some guys you felt really bad for killing, others you couldn't wait to kill.

This is what the second German dev to shut down this week?

Good luck guys, you're a talented bunch and I hope you find work quickly.
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erathaol - 127 days 8 hours ago
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1.1 - Despite that.
The Dev's knew that the game wasn't that great, they weren't going to support it with DLC and they confirmed that they would never make a sequel. They were ready to abandon the franchise upon release and wanted never look back. Problem is that next-gen titles are risky business and when you roll the dice you pay the price.

Germany seems in a bad way when it comes to Video Game Developer's shutting down. Didn't Crytek threaten to leave Germany because of some harsh laws being enforced?
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cyclindk - 127 days 7 hours ago
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Yeah, they did take a risk... I think they should have gone with a sort of dystopian psedo-futuristic setting, but with the same stealth elements. A lot of clean whites, static, antiseptic looking environments like THX-1138. That would have been tight.
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Elven6 - 127 days 7 hours ago
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They did have plans, books, comics, etc were all announced around release. I haven't finished the game yet but from what I can gather so far, it was supposed to be a 1 time thing from the get go.
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cyclindk - 127 days 2 hours ago
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I guess we'll all just have to swallow the sequels publishers keep dolling out.

At least some PSN/XBLA titles are proving more innovative.. I think it's a great place for new devs or new ideas to test the waters. And if they don't pan out for a full-fledged game, there's really no loss.
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Nuri - 127 days 13 hours ago
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I'm sad to hear this and this was one game I was looking forward to at least playing after getting my 360. In fact I was going to rent it a few days before school started. Well I do hope those who made the game are able to find another form of work as soon as possible.
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NotSoSilentBob - 127 days 8 hours ago
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Well I guess that all the talk of doing a ps3 exclusive will cause a studio to fail now also can apply to any 360 exclusive.
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Elven6 - 127 days 7 hours ago
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How? Velvet Assassin was a PC title as well. It doesn't matter how many platforms your game is on, if no one buys it no one buys it. The fact that the game released at a time when games sold like crap probably didn't help either.
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erathaol - 127 days 5 hours ago
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Bionic Commando tanked pretty hard and so did Wanted. I don't think Grin is looking to good right now.
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peacock1 - 127 days 4 hours ago
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"Velvet Assassin was a PC title as well"

so its not exclusive to 360 when it fails so hard the studio has to close...

I wish we could all decide if we are counting these 360/pc games as exclusive or not already -.-
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raztad - 127 days 3 hours ago
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Well Do PC games counts are 360 exclusives? My answer: No, a pc is just a pc game. If game happens to be on Pc AND x360 then it is multiplat. No way around it. There is not such thing like "MS exclusive". PC is an open heterogeneous platform, devels dont pay royalties nor ask MS for game approval.

It's really sad when a group of talented workers are left out in the cold. Even if VA was not good, sure they gained a good experience at what they do. Lets hope the best for them.
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Elven6 - 126 days 15 hours ago
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peacock1: When have I ever said the game was a Xbox 360 exclusive? Please do find it, I would love to see if I put these words in my mouth.
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Gamer_Politics - 127 days 8 hours ago
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well this is what happens when you make terrible games
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Elven6 - 127 days 7 hours ago
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Velvet Assassin wasn't terrible, it was mediocre really. It averages 60 or so on Metacritic.
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OtherWhiteMeat - 127 days 7 hours ago
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The market is over saturated with WW2 games.Original ideas seem to be a lost art.
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el zorro - 127 days 7 hours ago
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Just because it was set during WW2 doesn't mean that it wasn't original. It has quite a few original ideas.
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Elven6 - 127 days 7 hours ago
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You obviously haven't played Velvet Assassin if you think it is "just another WWII game", you probably don't play many games at all if you think only the WWII setting is saturated.
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OtherWhiteMeat - 127 days 6 hours ago
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How many WW2 games have come out in the last 3 or 4 years?.I'm guessing over a 100 on all platforms. Like I stated "OVER SATURATED".Guess I'm a little more open minded then you.
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Getoffdiznuts - 127 days 6 hours ago
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that game was trash period.
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Elven6 - 127 days 5 hours ago
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Wrong zone buddy, and no, this is what happens when your publisher cuts down on advertising.
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kaveti6616 - 127 days 4 hours ago
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The Sony fanboys are being really ignorant today. From my point of view whenever a studio develops a game exclusively for the 360 then MS will market the crap out of it and it will sell pretty well.

Microsoft doesn't always market PC/360 games. In fact, a lot of the games that come out on PC/360 don't get as much marketing because it's usually small unknown studios who choose to release the game on those two platforms in order to maximize profits.
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Troll-Killer - 127 days 3 hours ago
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8.1 - "today"??
What about every other day prior ? :o
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RENVY - 127 days 1 hour ago
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now days making a game is like working for mafia, when you fed up, you gotta pay the price with your life.
it's a sht game indeed
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7zark7 - 126 days 17 hours ago
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Shame. I really liked Velvet Assassin. It was one of the games that I really enjoyed so far this year, all the rest of the stuff released so far has been disappointing for me anyway. Its obvious they have some talented people and I wish them luck.
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