Disney Interactive Studios have scrapped their upcoming game Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned with the cancellation leading to layoffs at Propaganda Games. It is believed that as many as 100 may have been let go while the remaining staff are now working on TRON: Evolution.
Disney Interactive Studios’ vice president of communication, Angela Emery, told Kotaku “Disney Interactive Studios confirms the cancellation of the Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned video game which was scheduled to be released in 2011. As a result of this decision, Disney Interactive Studios completed a restructuring of Propaganda Games, its Vancouver, BC internal studio, affecting one of the studio’s two development teams. The studio is still in active production of TRON: Evolution, the video game, which will be released on December 7, 2010 with additional DLC (downloadable content) support following the game’s release.”
Source: Kotaku
Kovacs
D’Arr … and I be mightily lookin’ starboard for some salty shenanigans on me ParlayStation 3.
Raider197
“ParlayStation 3”
*clap*, *clap*, *clap*.
Kovacs
Took me a whole two minutes to come up with that one. SatayStation, GayStation, DelayStation, MichaeBayStation, PARLAYSTATION! Perfect!
;)
webby_15-0
oh dear
Liberi Fatali
How dare ye Disney cancel the only pirate game to be known in the isles of development.
And as he fell down to the depths
He swore a deadly curse
“As sure as hell’s my final fate
You’ll all soon die, or worse”
iAvernus
Nice!
BIGAL-1992
AArrgghhhhh! Those scurvy landlubbers have scuttled my vessel!
Apnomis
Surprising, I would have said this would have been one of the more obvious movie cash-in games to make…
Liberi Fatali
Tron is, this isn’t Arr!
Charmed_Fanatic
Oh well *in pirate voice*
TSBonyman
But have they swapped a Ship-wreck for a Tron-wreck? *grabs wooden leg and hops it*
Raider197
I have to say all the pirate references in the comments so far have been arr’trocios
STILLCANTTHINKOFAGOODPSNNAME
dam i was rejoicing because i thought they had finally cottoned on the shitty film tie-in games are about as welcome as pigshit mouthwash
but alas that moment is not today instead more poor souls are lost to the cruel seas of recession
garrh
gordon_strange
This was announced last week. I’d forgotten all about this, and when I looked at the screenshots, was reminded that I was rather intrigued by this when it was revealed. The visuals looked smart and the gameplay was being lauded as something special as well. Oh well. Nevermind. I’m sure that any code that’s been createdwill he used in some way shape or form.
Flaming Turkeys
*says something piratey*
No but seriously, there are like no pirate games :(