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The videogames that will never see the light of day

Tougher economic times mean that more games than ever are doomed to be cancelled by publishers - and it's going to get worse.

Can you imagine spending more than two years of your working life on a single project, only to discover that your labour of love will never see the light of day? If you work as a games developer for long enough, that particular form of heartache will become only too familiar - the canning of partially or even fully completed games is commonplace. And a recent spate of high-profile game-culling suggests that more games are being canned than ever.
paul_war - contributor
Published: 86 days 12 hours ago | Article | Gaming
 
 
 

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