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Surfer Girl is back with a cancelled game list
10:49 AM on 10.23.2007, Dale North 25 comments

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We still don't know who the hell Surfer Girl is, but we know that she manages to drop more and more interesting "insider" information on us as time goes on. This time she lists some canceled games that you'd never know existed "unless you worked on them."

There are quite a few eyebrow raising entries in the list of 18 titles posted on SG's blog "such things that never was." Alone in the Dark: The Abductions (PS2, Computer Artworks/Atari) takes the "what a shame" award, while Army Men: Air Cavalry (PS2/GC/XBOX, Check Six Studios/3DO) takes the "good, I'm glad" one. The canned Joust update is pictured above.

What? The Getaway Online (PS2, Studio London/SCEE) eventually became Home? Is that right? And the very idea of a arena fighting game based off the film A.I. blows my mind, but it's right there at the top of the list.

Gamesetwatch points out that this information could have been pulled from Google searches, but it doesn't matter -- Surfer Girl throws out blog-friendly posts that we like to read and talk about. Plus, we'll eventually find out who she is, and I'm willing to bet we'll be greatly disappointed. Let's just enjoy the mystery for now.

Hit the jump for the full list of cancelled titles. 

A.I. [arena fighting game based off the film] (XBOX, ACES Studio/Microsoft)
Alone in the Dark: The Abductions (PS2, Computer Artworks/Atari)
Amped 4 (XBOX 360/PS3, Indie Built/2K Sports)
Army Men: Air Cavalry (PS2/GC/XBOX, Check Six Studios/3DO)
Blood Wake 2 (XBOX, Stormfront Studios/Microsoft)
Damage Inc. [Metallica car combat title] (PC/PS2/GC/XBOX, Climax/VU Games)*
Dante [firefighting simulation] (XBOX, ACeS Studio/Microsoft)
Deus Ex 3 (PS2/XBOX/PC, Ion Storm/Eidos) Eidos announced back in May that their Montreal studio will be making a new Deus Ex 3 different from the one canceled. Also, this title was not Deus Ex: Clan Wars.
Dirty Work [sandbox-style game] (platforms unknown, Ubisoft)
Fight For Your Right [party game] (platforms unknown, Z-Axis/Activision)
Freefall [sci-fi extreme skydiving game] (XBOX, ironWorks/Microsoft)
Freelancer 2 (XBOX 360, Digital Anvil/Microsoft)
The Getaway Online [eventually became Home] (PS2, Studio London/SCEE)
Ghost World [spooky-themed action-platformer] (PS2, Luxoflux/Activision)
Jonny Moseley's Mad Trix 2 (PS2/GC, 3DO)
Joust (PS2/GC/XBOX, Midway)
Lemmings Forever (PS2, PictureHouse/SCEE)
Oni 2 (PS2, Angel Studios/Take-Two)

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ShadowXOR's Avatar
ShadowXOR at 10/23/2007 10:55
So does that mean Deus Ex 3 isn't cancelled? The newer one?

Deus Ex was a work of art and the sequel was trash. The third will probably suck but I can't help but get my hopes up...
glipe's Avatar
glipe at 10/23/2007 10:57
The Getaway Online! HA! I worked for Sony and though they did a tech demo showing what The Getaway could look like on the PS3 (PS3 - mind you, not PS2) after the debaucle that was Black Monday, there was no way they were going to do a full game at that point.

I call shenanigans on that one!

SHENANIGANS!!!
Azereki's Avatar
Azereki at 10/23/2007 11:02
Duuuuuuude, Freelancer 2 on 360 would have been so amazing. Pleeeaaaaase, tell me why oh why did they cancel that!?
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king3vbo at 10/23/2007 11:06
I saw Deus Ex 3 and my heart sank. Deus Ex is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. At least they are still working on a new one.

And no Oni 2 or Freelancer 2? DAMMIT!!! Freelancer is amazing and I loooove Oni
liqideos's Avatar
liqideos at 10/23/2007 11:08
They also canceled the Daredevil game.
cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 10/23/2007 11:09
azereki it would have been on the pc
STILL
its gay as HELL they canceled that, freelancer was awesome.
Dr Milkdad's Avatar
Dr Milkdad at 10/23/2007 11:18
Deus Ex 3 - That sucks, if it's even true
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 10/23/2007 11:35
Deus Ex 2 as multiplatform was a bit of a letdown though. DE3 would probably not have been much better? Maybe it was canceled because of the bad reception..

Dante looks like the biggest letdown for me. I've played a lot of firefighting sims :(
Justin Villasenor's Avatar
Justin Villasenor at 10/23/2007 11:42
I only ever the demo for Freelance but it did seem pretty fun.

I just need a good space ship flying game, not some lame point-and-click affair.
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 10/23/2007 11:49
@GoldenDonut: Ever tried Darkstar One and/or SpaceForce - Rogue Universe? They weren't the best, but still decent distractions if you like the genre.
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Skallah at 10/23/2007 12:04
Oni was a pretty good 1st Gen PS2/PC game. I think the PC version was more popular. Can't believe they would can Deus Ex 3 tho.
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Dr Milkdad at 10/23/2007 12:16
@Professor Pew

If it was being developed for PS2/Xbox, then yeah, it probably would have been shitty, like DX2.

I hope someday they do another DX as good as the first one, but I don't think it's going to happen
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Sharpless at 10/23/2007 12:21
I'm going to make Surfer Girl my own personal Jade Raymond.
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TwinkieFGR at 10/23/2007 13:13
I love how stupid the commenters on her blog are.

She makes a list of cancelled games that are basically unknown to the public, and most of the comments are asking why she didn't mention a game that they already knew was cancelled.

*facepalm*
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 10/23/2007 14:00
@Sharpless: LOL, and go to London next weekend! Jade will be there :o
Holiday's Avatar
Holiday at 10/23/2007 15:12
What happened to that Ghostbusters game for the Xbox 360 and PS3?

For that matter what happened to Huxley?
Putthebottledown's Avatar
Putthebottledown at 10/23/2007 17:06
Jonny Moseley's Mad Trix 2...I wanted that game so bad
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 10/23/2007 17:16
@Pew
I know, man, I just read about that. I'd love to go (for both her and the game), but I think I'd be the only person ogling what was ON the screen, instead of the person NEXT TO the screen. :)
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/23/2007 17:32
Playing through the Deus Ex 1 PS2 port, and other than the weak control controls, I'm enjoying it so far.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 10/23/2007 19:08
"Ghost World [spooky-themed action-platformer] (PS2, Luxoflux/Activision)"

Lol wut? I thought it was a movie game at first XD.
UNDERSTAR's Avatar
UNDERSTAR at 10/23/2007 19:27
And still, Duke Nukem Forever is still 10 steps ahead of death.
Doomtrain's Avatar
Doomtrain at 10/23/2007 21:58
FUCKING FREELANCER? GODDAMN SHIT FUCK COCK WHORES.

THERE WAS GOING TO BE A FREELANCER 2 AND THEY SHITCANNED IT?

GOD DAMN THE EARTH.

IF I FIND THE ONE RESPONSIBLE I WILL BITE THEIR FACE.
DynamicSheep's Avatar
DynamicSheep at 10/24/2007 17:40
"Damage Inc. [Metallica car combat title]"
Who thought that would be a good idea?

"A.I. [arena fighting game based off the film]"
The game with Haley Joel Osment as a robot boy? How the hell would you make a fighting game based on that? "In a world where old robots are hunted down by oil-thirsty humans, one bad ass teddy bear robot will start a robo-revolution." Really??
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