Unfortunately, all those titles seem to be heading to the big recycle bin in the sky. The studio isn't going out of business; they are changing direction towards the PC and the early Wii projects simply aren't a priority, despite the fan following. A giant Falafelkid article on Crossbeam delves deep into the studio and its staff, which is a must-read for anyone interested in the core machinations of a smaller development team.
The games haven't been scrapped forever and ever, but you can stop thinking about saving up for any imminent pre-orders. Check out Cubed3's coverage and discussion with Greg Szemiot from Crossbeam, as well as the original dissection feature.
[Via Cubed3]
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6-09-2008 @ 3:20PM
Sonic_13 said...
They should really consider developing the games for WiiWare. I'm sure they could really benefit from the lower development costs and from only having to develop a smaller game.
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6-09-2008 @ 4:24PM
SuperFr3ak said...
I don't understand why anyone/publisher/producer would cancel a game for the Wii. With the wide variety of people that own a wii would buy any game.
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6-09-2008 @ 4:50PM
Mr Khan said...
Makes sense, since we haven't heard a damn thing about any of these since the names were originally dropped back when they first revealed every known Wii game in development almost exactly two years ago
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6-09-2008 @ 5:01PM
Sonic_13 said...
If you read the full interviews and articles, you'll find out that the games were announced when they were barely in early design stages. I don't think that they ever actually reached the development stage, so effectively they are canceling just ideas and not actual games.
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6-09-2008 @ 5:25PM
jmf said...
I forgot about these games, I was too caught up in all that info on Sadness ;)
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6-09-2008 @ 6:02PM
c_judicator said...
I suppose this is fine. A company that doesn't choose it's direction based on the biggest profit is rarely seen. In any case, we will just have to look elsewhere for new wii games.
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6-09-2008 @ 6:48PM
Drahken said...
See? This is what happens when you cross the beams.
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