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THQ cancels Guillermo del Toro's inSANE

It's unclear what's been going on behind-the-scenes since inSANE's reveal, but THQ has now announced that it has cancelled work on the project.

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VanillaBear4283d ago (Edited 4283d ago )

Woah...that one must of hurt

Guess thats what you get though for announcing it so early then expecting people to wait for long for it. It was announced in 2010 and it was expected to release in 2013 minus the one or two delays it might of had. You get peoples hopes build up at the end of the day only to crush them when it gets cancelled.

Shame :(

himdeel4283d ago

Games should not be announced until the year they are going to be released.

2pacalypsenow4283d ago

it helps build up a fan base so people can talk about it and get more people to hear about it

saladthieves4283d ago

2012 has been a shitty year for THQ. These guys can't catch a break. I wish them the best and hopefully they can continue giving us games.

Kamikaze1354283d ago

I completely agree. I can't count how many games I've lost interest in because they were announced way too early.

guitarded774283d ago (Edited 4283d ago )

When they announce too early, the hype momentum slows down so much that people hardly care after a while. 1 - 2 year window for announcements is good as long as they release little bits of information on a monthly basis to keep fans informed of the build progress. I hate it when they announce a game and go silent for over a year. I actually figured inSANE would die with the lack of information and THQ's $$$ woes... it's unfortunate because it mean people lose jobs, and we miss out on what could have been a great game.

SilentNegotiator4282d ago

@2pac

Well now you have the fans....and nothing to be a fan of. Games do fine when announced the year of their release. It's more important that gameplay and animations be used for hype than whispers and titles.

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HebrewHammer4283d ago

BUT HE SAID IT WOULD MAKE ME SHIT MY PANTS!

SilentNegotiator4282d ago (Edited 4282d ago )

inSANE WAS CANCELLED?!?!?!?

*poops pants

iChii4283d ago

I was looking forward to hearing more about this horror game. Really sad.. :/

tdogg060519914283d ago

I mean Guillermo Del Toro has the IP rights so he can do whatever he wants with it now.

ATi_Elite4283d ago

Never announce and hype up a game that hasn't even been worked on yet.

THQ is trimming the fat and getting ready to go under.

Only announce when you have something to show.

HebrewHammer4283d ago

I think Darksiders 2 and a Crytek Homefront 2 will bounce 'em back.

Ashriel4283d ago

Well said, hopefuly some publishers learn this some day....

aliengmr4282d ago

THQ has a rough road ahead but I don't think they will go under. They can still make it.

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Emilio_Estevez4283d ago

Well that stinks, maybe we'll see someone else pick it up.

MadLad4283d ago

That's really too bad.

There's still hope for the release of the game, but I never like when development is put on hold/cancelled. It usually has negative effects of the final product.

Not to mention it sucks seeing THQ have to drop publishing rights.

HebrewHammer4283d ago

If THQ isn't doing it, nobody is. Last I checked, it was a Volition title, who are owned by THQ.

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Eight most promising looking games that were cancelled

In this article, we try to list eight cancelled games that looked the most promising. Before we start, if you haven’t already, be sure to read this list over cancelled games, too.

Phil322899d ago

Mega Man Legends 3 is the one cancelled game that sucked the most for me. Blaming it on the fans was a real jerkish move, too.

TGG_overlord2898d ago

Well, ain´t that the truth of the day...

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The 10th Rider2899d ago (Edited 2899d ago )

Promising? Maybe they sounded good, but, for instance, Redwood Falls and Shadow Realms never saw the light of day because they weren't anything exceptional. The tragic ones are the ones like Star Wars 1313, which was cancelled because of Disney's buyout of Star Wars, or Insane, which was cancelled because THQ was going out of business. I can only guess that Agent, Eight Days, and Starcraft Ghosts never made it anywhere because they didn't live up to expectations. Maybe they weren't any good, maybe they were too ambitious, maybe the tech at the time couldn't support them . . . we simply don't know.

I was once excited for the Pirates of the Caribbean game, Armada of the Damned, but chances are it was cancelled because it wasn't living up to expectations, so there's really no point in being letdown by it.

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Rolling the D.I.C.E. on Kojima Productions First Game

"The 19th annual D.I.C.E. summit is a little more than a month out. For those who do not know, D.I.C.E. stands for Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain. This annual get together of the technical industry’s elite is host to the Entertainment Software Association’s Interactive Achievement Awards. This year, Hideo Kojima will become the 21st inductee to the A.I.A.S. hall of fame, and deservingly so. The award will be presented to Kojima on February 18, 2016 by none other than iconic director, producer, and writer Guillermo del Toro."-- PlayStation Enthusiast

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BABY-JEDI3025d ago

Pacific Rim + Zone of the Enders + PSVR = ?

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9 Huge Games That Somehow Got Canceled

8CN: Games get canceled all the time, but rarely do we ever hear very much about them. Usually, they're canned well before the public is aware of their existence, with the studios quietly pushing the project under the rug (or recycling the work into new games entirely). These games however, failed pretty spectacularly.

Svinya3447d ago

Prey 2 sure looked interesting. The first one gave me motion sickness with the sudden inversions.

DragoonsScaleLegends3447d ago

The Legend of Dragoon 2 got canceled back in the PS1 era.

Adrian_v013447d ago

The first one's concept sounds amazing! I hope they, or someone gets back to it. The outlook should be different now with the new gen consoles...