This is Vegas cancelled, $50 million down the drain.

[Sexy Beast]

Hey, who remembers This is Vegas?

Anyone?

No seriously anybody?

Oh well no great shame if you don't. Here's some basic history: This is Vegas was a mediocre looking game that started with the now defunct Midway. The trailer premiered at E3 08 to zero fan fare. After Midway collapsed Warner Bros. bought out the studio and many of it's properties including This is Vegas. Fast forward to today where we now learn that the game has been canceled and that Midway and Warner Bros. blew $50 million on the game.


Here is the trailer:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5DSyyGi5U0[/ame]


That's right $50 million on a subpar GTA clone.



Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/t...a-20100824125413368028/g-20080211154248625024

 

[Death]

I remember it, and was mildly interested, but forgot about and was just recently wondering what happened, now i know. And jeez 50 mil, thats alot

 

[Fallouttt]

Just like Duke Nukem Forever.

 

[Jarrod_38]

Not shocking at all looked like crap from the start. Speaking of cancelled games I was looking forward to Frame City Killer.

 

[Commando Vlaskiyov]

Just like Duke Nukem Forever.

It'll be back....one day, it will be back.

 

[Rukus.]

I remember a game a LOOONNGG time back at PS3 pre-lauch called 2 days to vegas, is this that game? Wow, its been a REAL long time.

 

[SingularPoint]

Just like Duke Nukem Forever.

Duke Nukem was bought recently, it's apparently is being re-worked.
DUKE LIVES

Oh, and Vegas looked okay at first. But the lack of any updates/news made it fall off my radar

 

[Shadowesh]

Duke Nukem was bought recently, it's apparently is being re-worked.
DUKE LIVES

That's what they've said for the past 10 years... :glare:

 

[Sexy Beast]

Just like Duke Nukem Forever.

Well Duke Nukem is somewhat of a different case than This is Vegas. With Duke Nukem Forever, at the beginning of production at least, sinking a crap load of money into the project made sense. It was already an established series and there was a time where another Duke Nukem game would have been a sure thing, a definite money maker.

One the other hand, This is Vegas was an original IP and was initially being developed by the near bankrupt Midway...which eventually went bankrupt. A $50 million investment makes absolutely no sense.