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)
Contest:
10:49 AM on 10.23.2007
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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...
I call shenanigans on that one!
SHENANIGANS!!!
And no Oni 2 or Freelancer 2? DAMMIT!!! Freelancer is amazing and I loooove Oni
STILL
its gay as HELL they canceled that, freelancer was awesome.
Dante looks like the biggest letdown for me. I've played a lot of firefighting sims :(
I just need a good space ship flying game, not some lame point-and-click affair.
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
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*
For that matter what happened to Huxley?
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. :)
Lol wut? I thought it was a movie game at first XD.
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.
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??
as for dues ex if its multiplatform its probably going to suck