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Eight Days Looked Insanely Good, So Why Was It Cancelled?

SCRAWL: "Eight Days is cancelled. We know that. However, before it's cancellation, we've barley seen any footage on the game, leaving a lot of us wondering what it would have been like. Jim Jagger, 3D animator for the game, has released a demo reel containing footage of Eight Days, and boy did it look good."

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jaffa_cake - 358 days 5 hours ago

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dam u sony
eye toy over this
ps3 is not a nintendo wii its a console for real gamers.

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CEO OF N4G - 358 days 4 hours ago

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I hope they start work on 8days and getaway3 again as soon as that crapy eye pet sh1t is finshed.I was so pissed of that they cancelled those 2games because of eye pet.

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The Matrix - 358 days 4 hours ago

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Yeah why did they cancel the game? I mean...it wasn't a week game. It was 8 days.

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chaosatom - 358 days 4 hours ago

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1.3 - Honestly, The graphics are good but not great, but the Animation

Is Superb.

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Milky Joe - 358 days 4 hours ago

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1.4 - *Slowly shakes head in a disapproving manner*

SCEE? Are you actually trying to destroy the PS3? You came to the conclusion that a game that allowed children to spaz about with a fluffy rat and draw little cars for it to play with was a better investment of time and money than a game that looks, let's be honest here Ladies and Gentlemen, F*CKING AMAZING? Seriously, the casual games can come when the PS3 is 5 years old and people are revving up for the PS4, right now we need the quality games that gamers (you know, the people who actually buy the PS3) will enjoy. Things like Eyepet will be completely doomed if they are released while the PS3 is still at the price it is.

You know what, SCEE? Your turn is over now, it's my turn to run the company, watch me make sensible decisions and maybe you can follow suit when i's your turn again...

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Mainman - 358 days 3 hours ago

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I was really looking forward to 8 days. It really sucks it got canceled. I hope they will realise that they made a mistake and start development of 8 days again.

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Sam Fisher - 358 days 3 hours ago

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music was cool.. anyone knows the name of song?

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Milky Joe - 358 days 3 hours ago

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'Express Yourself' maybe...? All I know was that it was on GTA San Andreas...

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Bodhi - 358 days 3 hours ago

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"Express Yourself" from N.W.A.

Good song, good times. :)

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hay - 358 days 3 hours ago

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Wait, what? Those animations are incredible!

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Elimin8 - 358 days 3 hours ago

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1.10 - Yeah Really.

WHY?????? Me still thinks they're working on it secretly.. They just can't come that far show us all that good stuff then cancel. Nuh uh no way Jose'.

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The Matrix - 358 days 1 hour ago

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Somebody copied a lot of splinter cell moves. :s

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aebriscoejr - 358 days ago

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It looks like Uncharted meets MGS. This game looked pretty good, and it shouldn't have been canceled. Hopefully it will get picked up again and come out 2010.

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Bodhi - 358 days ago

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@Matrix

Jim Jagger animated the Splinter Cell series, and it really shows.

Jim Jagger really is the God of animations, I just played Splinter Cell and it reminded me how amazing the animations really were. So organic.

Now I want Splinter Cell Convictions...

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jwatt - 358 days ago

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E3 2009: Sony announces Eight days is back in production and is schedule for a holiday release, that would be nice! Seriously Sony needs to bring this game back it looks fresh and out of all the games coming out next year Eight days would be my most anticipated title behind GOW and Killzone.

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BobDog - 357 days 22 hours ago

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BRING BACK EIGHT DAYS

hopefully they game isnt outdated WHEN they restart work lol

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drdistracto707 - 357 days 21 hours ago

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bravo!

you get a bubble now

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King_many_layers - 357 days 20 hours ago

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I must admit I'm strangely not all that bothered by the fact it was cancelled.

all you guys saying how eye pet is so bad and stuff, it just looks that way to us as we miss out on what looked like a really smooth slick game. To sony Eye pet is doing what the PS2 did. it's capturing the Casual gamer and they need to because those people care not for Eight days and Killzone, they want things that are cheap and fun.

That's not why I'm not bothered though, I find myself not bothered because I know that when they come back to this game or any game like it, they will have hugely better knowledge of the system. So I'd be expecting this game to look as good as uncharted, with even better animations and wider environments. I have no problems waiting, though if sony was to announce at Gamers Day that they're picking the title back up and they're making it a forfront game, I'd have no problems with that.

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1.18 GameDev | 357 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

pixelsword - 357 days 13 hours ago

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1.19 - I think it was canceled...

...Jim Jagger says so himself on his website under his explanation of his work on Eight Days.

http://www.jimjagger.com/Pa...

I don't know for certain myself if it was canceled permanently (as I have no insider info on that game), but if it wasn't, I can see why...

- They needed to finish Killzone 2 because most likely Killzone 2's engine will be powering games like Eight Days.

- I say that because if you look at 1:10-1:17 on the Eight Days clip for this article, the movement of the body looks a lot like the dynamic cover that was used in this Killzone 2 demonstration.

(starts at 2:55)

http://aigamedev.com/videos...

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Kaneda - 357 days 9 hours ago

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1.20 - Repetitive

It looks great.. but its repetitive. You will loose interest pretty quickly.

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acedoh - 357 days 5 hours ago

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1.21 - I have never seen a game,

that has been cancelled get so much attention. I do hope SONY listens to their fanbase and realizes how much people people really want this game. The concept and gameplay seem top notch and a game like this could be a sure seller if it's done right. I don't think SONY junked this game. I just believe they moved it down the priority list.

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DreamcastFanboy - 358 days 5 hours ago

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Damn that looked good but i thought it was put on hold not cancelled?

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Kouzmich - 358 days 4 hours ago

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I think so too , that this was put on hold not canceled , they just needed more people to finish HOME. I hope when HOME is done and that EYE PET is out they will return to this and GETAWAY. Because they will need more games like these after KILLZONE2 is done.

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ultimolu - 358 days 2 hours ago

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It wasn't canceled. It was on hold to allocate resources. Don't know where people get canceled from. :/

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Milo Garret - 357 days 11 hours ago

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Yeas were did they all get that from?

Umm, here?: http://www.jimjagger.com/Pa...

"Eight Days was a coop based third person shooter that was set to be released in the summer of 2009. Unfortunately Sony cancelled the game in the summer of 2008."

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Captain Tuttle - 357 days 10 hours ago

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Hard to argue with that link Milo

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thor - 358 days 4 hours ago

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Looked VERY early in development to me. They were still toying around with the basic mechanics of the game. It looks like it had potential; but then it would have been a couple of years off at the earliest. It's obvious they only just started development and that trailer from years ago was pre-rendered by some other studio.

I'm sad that it was cancelled, but it was too early in development to tell whether it would be a great game - and we wouldn't have seen it for a while anyway.

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yog-sothot - 357 days 6 hours ago

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Exactly what I was thinking. Let's try not to get excited too soon by a target video. Hopefully the game will be released someday and will be awesome, that's all I can say. In the meantime, there are plenty of other great games to play.

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Johnny Cullen - 358 days 4 hours ago

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I really wan't this game back Sony =(

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Milky Joe - 358 days 4 hours ago

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Hi JC! How'ss life knowing you betrayed PS going? XD :P :)

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Milky Joe - 357 days 10 hours ago

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That's PS the clan btw, before people get the wrong idea.

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pixelsword - 357 days 9 hours ago

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4.3 - Okay Milky Joe, spill it (no pun intended)

...What happened to make him betray that clan?

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Milky Joe - 357 days 8 hours ago

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He abandoned us. In our hour of need, we were there calling him to help but he just walked away...

Basically, he left recently and I was giving him a prod about it. :D

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Bodhi - 358 days 4 hours ago

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You forgot to add that Microsoft pays everyone off.

Oh and you forgot to add /conspiracy

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Firstkn1ghT - 358 days 4 hours ago

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and still with the excuses...

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Bodhi - 358 days 3 hours ago

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Odd... I thought everyone caught onto my sarcasm, apparently not, as Firstknight was disagreed upon.

I was being sarcastic people... sheesh.

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CrippleH - 358 days 3 hours ago

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Everybody disagrees with him because they know he's just here to troll like always.

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ultimolu - 358 days 2 hours ago

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Damn straight.

Watch Killzone 2 get a 60/100 because it wasn't innovative enough and didn't redefine FPS. :/

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 357 days 10 hours ago

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Excuses?

You obviously haven't seen the scores for LBP.

It's at a 95 because Metacritic gave an 80 to a review that was praising the game. The site didn't even give a score, but Metacritic decided it should get an 80.

Explain to me again how that makes any logical sense...

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CEO OF N4G - 358 days 4 hours ago

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6 - incogneato

Give me a break.If a reviewer give a 360 game a crap score u say it deserve it but when its the ps3 turn u say they hate the ps3!!!

Reviews are someone opinion and not every ones opinion is the same as yours so just deal with it.Im gettig sick of all this reviews bash ps3 games all the time.Have u ever stop to think that they just did not like the game!!!!!!!

Not every one will give ur fav game a 10/10 so just live with it,and if u let reviews affect ur gaming life then ur a dumb gamer, play the game if u like it keep it if u dont like it then trade it in for credit or another game.

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AclayPS3 - 358 days 4 hours ago

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I'm guessing that Sony wanted to focus more on games with Multiplayer and that may have led to the cancellation of Eight Days (and The Getaway) because they were both going to be Single Player.

Sony also might have looked at the sales trends of other Single Player only games like Heavenly Sword or Rachet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction that were on the PS3, and after seeing that it took Heavenly Sword a pretty long while to reach a million, Rachet had been out for a pretty long while too and hasn't sold a million yet.... and after looking at those sales, Sony probably decided not to invest TONS of money into a brand new IP that only had Single Player gameplay that might have only sold like 1.5 million copies or something.

I'm more of a Single Player gamer myself, but there's a lot of people that don't even buy games if there's no multiplayer in them at all and just rent them. However, if a Single Player game is good, I will buy them.

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Jackobinen - 358 days 3 hours ago

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7.1 - I agree

I'm a "singleplayer gamer" too and I'm almost the opposite of what you described. I almost never buy multiplayer-only games like Socom or Warhawk but I often buy singleplayer-only games. I think its something about depending on other people to achieve the best experience. In singleplayer you always know what you get. There are so many things that can get ruined because of other people in multiplayer. They can leave in the middle of the game, they can grief etc. At least thats my opinion.

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Cenobia - 358 days 2 hours ago

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On the other hand, multiplayer can give you some of the most epic moments in a game. Other human players are unpredictable and smarter than NPCs. They can cause pretty awesome things to happen.

Eight days looks like it could be a pretty awesome multiplayer game. If they do revive it, I hope they add that feature in (as long as it isn't tacked on, and doesn't take anything away from single player). Personally, it is hard to justify the purchase of a single player only game, unless its epic or has some sort of replay value.

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JRaptor - 358 days 4 hours ago

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lol, yeah sony bailed out on their own console, its just that much of a failure

Edit: /sarcasm
sort of defeats the purpose by adding that in :(

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spectyre - 358 days 2 hours ago

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8.2 - I guess...

that explains Lionshead studios?

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Cenobia - 358 days 2 hours ago

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8.3 - joebahrjoebahr

I'm going to reach through the internet and choke you to death...

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 357 days 10 hours ago

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8.4 - Seriously?

Do you write papers like that too?

"mabye the developer bailed cause they seen the future of ps3."

Let me paraphrase for you:

Maybe the developer bailed because they saw the future of the PS3.

Do an English assignment for once in your life. That was pitiful.

Also, the PS3 is doing very well. Where is your basis?

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1 Kush_Reaper | 358 days 4 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

thor - 358 days 4 hours ago

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SCE London Studios have dropped the ball this gen.

Singstar PS3 - Delayed, no bluetooth mics, singstore took a while to get going.
Eight Days - Cancelled
The Getaway - Cancelled
Home - Delayed, missing features, still not in open beta

EyePet - Now this one's too early to call. But look at their PS3 track record so far...

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1.2 Kush_Reaper | 358 days 4 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

na2ru1 - 357 days 23 hours ago

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1.3 - Eight Days trailer was awesome

Just like any other movie/game trailers.

But how does an awesome trailer relate to how good the actual game might be?

My guess is, after a brainstorm session and research, Sony figured that this may not fit in or set itself apart with the already demanding market. This game theme/story may not have had the formular to shine, so therfore, Sony may have thought of it as economically not worthwhile.

Getaway however. was looking forward too.

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harry190 - 358 days 4 hours ago

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2 - Wow

The graphics, cover system and animation completely destroys Gears. The bots can breathe a sigh of relief that it's not coming out.

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Gaara_724 - 358 days 3 hours ago

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only sold like 10 copies please find a page that says lbp only sold 10 copies please i would love to see that since i know 12 poeple who have it there goes the 10 copies part but please look for the info for me

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xlx-russ_92 - 358 days 3 hours ago

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u r an xbot that RROD

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drdistracto707 - 357 days 21 hours ago

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your not calling us fanboys are you, because if you are my friend, you are the biggest hypocrite on this godforsaken site

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Magic_The_Celt - 358 days 3 hours ago

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jesus eight days looked AWESOME

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Magic_The_Celt - 358 days 3 hours ago

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R.I.P eight days.

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ReTarDedFisHy - 358 days 3 hours ago

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Hopefully what they said was BS and they'll continue production of Eight Days and Getaway III after PetEye or whatever the hell it's called.

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drdistracto707 - 357 days 21 hours ago

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is anyone even going to buy that game anyway, I dont even have a ps eye, dont plan on getting one either

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jack who - 358 days 3 hours ago

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tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo tech demo flopzone tech demo

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LarVanian - 358 days 3 hours ago

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This is a perfect example of an Xbot malfunctioning after RROD.

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xlx-russ_92 - 358 days 3 hours ago

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LOL

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jack who - 358 days 3 hours ago

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powerd by teh cell

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doshey - 358 days 2 hours ago

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u want to be powered by a foot up the ass

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she00win99 - 358 days 2 hours ago

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i think they cancel 8 days because uncharted 2 is coming and it will be better, i hope..

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I was disappointed more that they canceled the getaway. I was looking forward to the game but oh well.

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Tony600 - 357 days 10 hours ago

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12 - Change your avatar,you little xrat!

When God of War 3 hits,the Xjoke 3beefes aka xbox 360 games will look like **** compared to God of War 3!The Xbox 360 is one huge failure!Their best games:Halo 3,Gears of War 2,Halo 3,Gears 2...ehm...Gears 2...?Ah Halo 3!Is that the best microsoft can offer?Really poor!Microsoft should continue to work on PCs because,their consoles are dog****!68% failure rate,Cool!Hahaha

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Sarah Palin - 357 days 5 hours ago

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13 - Although HIGHLY detailed....

.....The lead character looks like a douche-bag.
When you play an action game---you want your character to look like a bad ass.
Not like some guy that just got done shopping in San Francisco. FABULOUS!!!!

The pet monkey "game" looked like it would kick ass. I know its for children, but It looks like more fun than LBP---prolly sell more copies too. I would buy it.

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