Hi everyone.
I have recently remembered games that were announced long, long ago and that haven't had an update since like forever.
You and me, we both know many of the games I am going to present in this list are all but " in progress ", most games here were either officially cancelled or quietly canned ( both meaning more or less the same, anyway ).
I have tried my best to avoid sarcastic, ironic BS ( "no new ffxiii footage = vaporware" Lol ) so as to make this thread Click worthy. Even so, if I failed to get the newer pieces of info about some games that state they are indeed in actual, real production process, just tell me and I'll remove said games ASAP.
The list is in no specific order and people reading this thread are kindly asked to share opinions about these forgotten games but most importantly, which game would you love to see get back to life? If you could make one of them get back in production, which one would it be?
Here it goes
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A.- BOB ROSS PAINTING (working title) for Wi, DS and PCi
STORY: Little was known about the games except that they were scheduled to be developed by AGFRAG Entertainment Group, a small studio largely concentrating on PC flash games. On the Bob Ross Game Yahoo Group, which the developers used to keep gamers up to date on the project, the following message was posted:
"AGFRAG is no longer involved in the development of ANY Bob Ross Game. Please contact Bob Ross Inc. for further information. Thank You." (emphasis in original.)
Status: DEAD (confirmed)
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B.- GRAN TURISMO 4 MOBILE for PSP
STORY: According to Gamespot, this game was announced around the first half of May 2004, meaning 3 years ago. The last proof of this game's existance was a video and 1 image released in september 2004. After that, the game has been in a sequence of delays through out the years. No media since 2004? the message is pretty clear.
Status: STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE
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C.- BATEN KAITOS for DS
STORY: In december 2004, near the DS' launch we got news that Namco was bringing Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos to the popular handheld. Xenosaga did arrive. Baten Kaitos for DS just died away. We got word that the game was finished, either physically or conceptually and that they were looking for a publisher... seeing how the gamecube franchise failed miserably in worldwide sales, I doubt any publisher will get anywhere near another iteration of this franchise... pity.
Status: FROZEN
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D.- GOLDEN AXE for PS3/360
STORY: This game was announced for the HD console in May 10 2006 at E3. Actually not very long ago. However, the silence since then has been eerie. With only 2 screens that may actually not reflect the actual game if it ever comes out, this game's name and the word "vaporware" are perfect synonyms. wtf, SEGA? WTF???
Status: FORGOTTEN
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E.- A BOY AND HIS BLOB for DS
STORY: Even if the NES original had " crap" written all over it, the game had charm and fantasy. The very few screens we ever got for this game looked amazing ( really ) . The developer in charge of this game was Skyworks and majesco was going to be the publisher and the game was announced in June 2005. The facts sheet had very interesting ideas for the game. The game was at some point officially cancelled
Status: WASTED
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F.- AFRIKA for PS3
STORY: Rhino studios is(was) in charge of this game. We hardly knew anything about it besides the fact that it looked spectacular. Announced at E3 2006 Novemeber 2006, which in all fairness wasn't that long ago, was the last time we got screens from this game. I really looked for info about this but there is absolutely nothing recent about it. The interesting thing is that in this article, gamespot says the game was 30% complete in Nov 2006. Sony themselves said the game was a 2007 title. There is still hope for this game but so far, it seems it is about to jump in the vaporware train.
Status: IN LIMBO
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G.- DEVIL MAY CRY for PSP
STORY: Yes, I went there... but only after careful inspection of info at IGN and Gamespot, sites with the most reliable info. So, we knew for the first time of this game's existence when it was announced that capcom will be showing this game at TGS 2004. Later in june 2005, gamespot is deceived again and they even believed " we could have DMC before 2006 ". Since then: utter and mortifying silence. Straight to the facts: Unless I am missing some piece of recent info or media, this game is total vaporware. Shame on you Capcom!!
Status: VADERNOO.JPG
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H.- PROJECT H.A.M.M.E.R. for Wii
STORY: Unlike Disaster: day of crisis which was reported last April to be in production by Monolith Software. PH disappeared from the face of the earth as soon as E3 2006 ended. The thing is the game was even PLAYABLE! there was a booth there. I think we might get to see something at E3 2007 but since the silence about it has been ABSOLUTE, I think it's time we consider this game vaporware. I give them til july to speak a freaking word about this game, otherwise the message will be very clear.
Status: WILL GET RESURRECTED IN SHORTLY
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I.- THE CITY OF METRONOME for XBOX360
STORY: I am not very sure about the vaporware status of this game but the first time we heard about it was, june 2005 maybe even sooner. Gamespot has an article that swedich developer team tarsier was hard working on the game. It had a cool strange premise and interesting art style according to the pics. On one side, the latest screens we have from this game are from January 2007, not very long ago, but on the other side, the official site for this game is broken and the fact that there is not a single piece of news after 2005, makes me think the game is more a wish than a fact.
Status: VAPORWARE? SLOW DEVELOPING you decide.
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I.- MAKAI WARS for PS3/PSP
STORY: The PS3 game was announced at TGS, september 2005. Short story short: Nothing, absolutely nothing has been heard or seen about this game. According to Ign's latest update, the game was supposed to be for PSP but that game was scrapped and moved to PS3 where it found its sudden .... nevermind. Anyway, I am not sure if this game was supposed to have a US release at all. Anyway, seeing how many here like developer Nippon Ichi, I thought it might be good to put it here.
Status: WE HARDLY KNEW YA
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THE END
So what do you think? What's your Nr.1 missed game? what games would have been cool to have tried or seen in action?
I have recently remembered games that were announced long, long ago and that haven't had an update since like forever.
You and me, we both know many of the games I am going to present in this list are all but " in progress ", most games here were either officially cancelled or quietly canned ( both meaning more or less the same, anyway ).
I have tried my best to avoid sarcastic, ironic BS ( "no new ffxiii footage = vaporware" Lol ) so as to make this thread Click worthy. Even so, if I failed to get the newer pieces of info about some games that state they are indeed in actual, real production process, just tell me and I'll remove said games ASAP.
The list is in no specific order and people reading this thread are kindly asked to share opinions about these forgotten games but most importantly, which game would you love to see get back to life? If you could make one of them get back in production, which one would it be?
Here it goes
__________________________________________________________________________
A.- BOB ROSS PAINTING (working title) for Wi, DS and PCi
STORY: Little was known about the games except that they were scheduled to be developed by AGFRAG Entertainment Group, a small studio largely concentrating on PC flash games. On the Bob Ross Game Yahoo Group, which the developers used to keep gamers up to date on the project, the following message was posted:
"AGFRAG is no longer involved in the development of ANY Bob Ross Game. Please contact Bob Ross Inc. for further information. Thank You." (emphasis in original.)
Status: DEAD (confirmed)
__________________________________________________________________________
B.- GRAN TURISMO 4 MOBILE for PSP
STORY: According to Gamespot, this game was announced around the first half of May 2004, meaning 3 years ago. The last proof of this game's existance was a video and 1 image released in september 2004. After that, the game has been in a sequence of delays through out the years. No media since 2004? the message is pretty clear.
Status: STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE
__________________________________________________________________________
C.- BATEN KAITOS for DS
STORY: In december 2004, near the DS' launch we got news that Namco was bringing Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos to the popular handheld. Xenosaga did arrive. Baten Kaitos for DS just died away. We got word that the game was finished, either physically or conceptually and that they were looking for a publisher... seeing how the gamecube franchise failed miserably in worldwide sales, I doubt any publisher will get anywhere near another iteration of this franchise... pity.
Status: FROZEN
__________________________________________________________________________
D.- GOLDEN AXE for PS3/360
STORY: This game was announced for the HD console in May 10 2006 at E3. Actually not very long ago. However, the silence since then has been eerie. With only 2 screens that may actually not reflect the actual game if it ever comes out, this game's name and the word "vaporware" are perfect synonyms. wtf, SEGA? WTF???
Status: FORGOTTEN
__________________________________________________________________________
E.- A BOY AND HIS BLOB for DS
STORY: Even if the NES original had " crap" written all over it, the game had charm and fantasy. The very few screens we ever got for this game looked amazing ( really ) . The developer in charge of this game was Skyworks and majesco was going to be the publisher and the game was announced in June 2005. The facts sheet had very interesting ideas for the game. The game was at some point officially cancelled
Status: WASTED
__________________________________________________________________________
F.- AFRIKA for PS3
STORY: Rhino studios is(was) in charge of this game. We hardly knew anything about it besides the fact that it looked spectacular. Announced at E3 2006 Novemeber 2006, which in all fairness wasn't that long ago, was the last time we got screens from this game. I really looked for info about this but there is absolutely nothing recent about it. The interesting thing is that in this article, gamespot says the game was 30% complete in Nov 2006. Sony themselves said the game was a 2007 title. There is still hope for this game but so far, it seems it is about to jump in the vaporware train.
Status: IN LIMBO
__________________________________________________________________________
G.- DEVIL MAY CRY for PSP
STORY: Yes, I went there... but only after careful inspection of info at IGN and Gamespot, sites with the most reliable info. So, we knew for the first time of this game's existence when it was announced that capcom will be showing this game at TGS 2004. Later in june 2005, gamespot is deceived again and they even believed " we could have DMC before 2006 ". Since then: utter and mortifying silence. Straight to the facts: Unless I am missing some piece of recent info or media, this game is total vaporware. Shame on you Capcom!!
Status: VADERNOO.JPG
__________________________________________________________________________
H.- PROJECT H.A.M.M.E.R. for Wii
STORY: Unlike Disaster: day of crisis which was reported last April to be in production by Monolith Software. PH disappeared from the face of the earth as soon as E3 2006 ended. The thing is the game was even PLAYABLE! there was a booth there. I think we might get to see something at E3 2007 but since the silence about it has been ABSOLUTE, I think it's time we consider this game vaporware. I give them til july to speak a freaking word about this game, otherwise the message will be very clear.
Status: WILL GET RESURRECTED IN SHORTLY
(believe)
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I.- THE CITY OF METRONOME for XBOX360
STORY: I am not very sure about the vaporware status of this game but the first time we heard about it was, june 2005 maybe even sooner. Gamespot has an article that swedich developer team tarsier was hard working on the game. It had a cool strange premise and interesting art style according to the pics. On one side, the latest screens we have from this game are from January 2007, not very long ago, but on the other side, the official site for this game is broken and the fact that there is not a single piece of news after 2005, makes me think the game is more a wish than a fact.
Status: VAPORWARE? SLOW DEVELOPING you decide.
__________________________________________________________________________
I.- MAKAI WARS for PS3/PSP
STORY: The PS3 game was announced at TGS, september 2005. Short story short: Nothing, absolutely nothing has been heard or seen about this game. According to Ign's latest update, the game was supposed to be for PSP but that game was scrapped and moved to PS3 where it found its sudden .... nevermind. Anyway, I am not sure if this game was supposed to have a US release at all. Anyway, seeing how many here like developer Nippon Ichi, I thought it might be good to put it here.
Status: WE HARDLY KNEW YA
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THE END
So what do you think? What's your Nr.1 missed game? what games would have been cool to have tried or seen in action?
