Shacknews are reporting (via Gamesindustry.biz, via an email Michael sent me this morning) that “Destroy All Humans: Path of The Furon” has been cancelled.
Oh, only the PS3 version though, the 360 version will launch on December 1st as planned.
After a little bit of digging about I wouldn’t be too annoyed, the game itself looks a bit, well, rubbish. Also, the studio (Sandblast) are about to close down, cancelled a previous Destroy All Humans title for PS2 in January this year (which still got a Wii release) and cited “develoment isues” for the cancellation.
Please let’s be under no illusions that “development issues” is like developer shorthand for “we only had enough funding to get one platform finished before our business went belly-up so we went for the one that had the most potential to sell the most copies”.
So, Michael finds the news, tells me, I write up the story and post. I benifit from the stars, it’s all about the stars, haha, in your face Michael!
EDIT: If anyone from Sandblast or THQ (the publisher) is watching I had to go with that headline because all the other witty ones I had wouldn’t fit and broke the site. Your game is possibly not crap. But it does look it.
November 27th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Have some stars! I can’t believe it though. I was really looking forward to that crap game i’d never heard of. Oh well
November 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Great post, wasn’t going to get this game anyway, //conspiracy theory// I wonder if M$ bought the game out?
November 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
HAHAHA the title alone sent me to hysterics! I like by development issues they probably mean “forgot to begin developing for”.
November 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
There are quite a few cancelled games aren’t there.
Diver68 Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Yeah… sure…. but too many headlines like this and nofi has lots of ‘Scary Meetings’… like today!
November 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
The first Destroy All Humans game was good. It was silly, fun and cheeky which are all good things. I personally think its ideal PSN fodder but looks like not!
proog Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Indeed it was. I still have it on my shelf. I haven’t tried any other entries in the series though.
November 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
LOL I laughed all the way through that article also just found a new title for TSA: “The Sixth Axis Home of witty banter!
P.S yes I did steal that from DAVE
November 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
how anyone can call a destroy all humans game crap is beyond me. top quality series. makes me glad i got a 360 recently
nofi Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Yeah, I thought DAH was an ace game. Ho hum.
Pixl1983 Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Yeah, so did I. But I also played the sequels which were heading down a very slippery slope to Crapsville.
Honestly, what kind of reaction are you expecting from a title like:
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed
colossalblue Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I have to admit, I never played the original, it just always looked really crap to me. This new one looks like the original, just a bit smoother.
Anyway, my opinion doesn’t really matter, hopefully it just makes the story a little bit funnier than if it had been “Great game series not going ahead on PS3″. That would have depressed everyone!
Eldave0 Says:
November 27th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
ok i’ll give you that
nah, i loved the old ones. one of the few games out there that made me properly laugh
November 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I only played the demo on the PS2. Silly little game… Can’t say i’m sad it has been cancelled.
November 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
HAHA, I wouldn’t of bought it anyway
November 27th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
LMFAO! 5 stars from me!
November 27th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
nooooooooooo!!
:(
i was so looking forward to DaH:PoTF…
November 27th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
No loss.
THQ haven’t contributed much to the games industry for a fair while now, except for the occasional wrestling title and other licenced tosh.