This "economic crisis" business is funny when it happens to morons who put too much on their credit card and like spending money they don't have, but when it affects Mistwalker, developer of arguably the best RPG of 2008, I start to give a crap.
AQ Interactive has announced that the third of Hironobu Sakaguchi's planned Xbox 360 titles, Cry On, has been canceled. Cry On was an action RPG with a Nobuo Uematsu soundtrack and character designs courtesy of Kimihiko Fujisaka. The Lost Odyssey studio was to work with Cavia, but the game's publisher no longer considers Cry On a wise investment.
"AQI decided to cancel the project after analyzing the current market environment and forecasts for the future," stated an AQ rep. "We deeply apologize for troubling those who were awaiting its release."
To be honest, I hadn't heard of Cry On until now, but it's a real shame because I think Mistwalker has serious potential as a Square Enix alternative. Unfortunately, potential is a risky investment, and risk is a terrifying prospect to publishers now more than ever before.
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3:00 PM on 12.26.2008
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I actually liked some stuff in Blue Dragon and loved what I've played of Lost Oddyssey. This is kinda sad for a new studio. I was hoping it would have been the first game from them to not have paper sleeves for the discs.
Oh well, can't wait for a more focused story in Blue Dragon 2.
The surge in DS titles they've been making kind of makes sense now since they should cost less to produce.
My 0.02$
I was waiting to reek in the money from that bet.
Damnit.
Im a big Mistwalker supporter and their games helped MS sell SOME xbox360s in Japan when they were selling NONE !
If the economy is that rough, Microsoft should just make a deal to own the IP afterwards if Mistwalker and them end up not talking to each other...
in the end they would own an IP that they can milk, one way or another when the economy picks up. That and the fact that you know that Mistwalker would move heaven and earth in order to make it a great game with all that would be at stake. Their REP and sales figures are on a great upward curve and could make it BIG !
This news makes me sad, while although I hadn't heard of the game before now, I have been anticipating Mistwalker's next game ever since I finished Lost Odyssey.
I did like it though, shame about Cry On. Imagine all the horrible puns we could've made...
And props to TrailerParkJesus, so true.