News comes today from CVG that Warner Bros have cancelled the sandbox game This Is Vegas, more than two years after its announcement.
Announced way back in April 2008, This Is Vegas was supposed to have players trying to dance, seduce and gamble their way to the top of Sin City, but very little has been heard about the game since. Apparently, a “cast iron source” has told CVG that it has now been canned. The source says that Warner quietly shut the game’s developers, Surreal Software, down back in June this year.
Warner picked the game up as part of Midway’s assets last year, by which point the project had already cost $43 million. It is estimated that to complete the project would’ve brought the grand total to over $50 million between Midway and Warner. “It’s a ridiculous waste of money,” said CVG’s source. “A silly budget when you think that games like Konami’s Saw – which made profit – were built with around $3m and BlackLight Tango Down was made for $2.5m.”
We’ve yet to hear anything from Warner on an official cancellation, but with the studio shuttered and development halted, it shouldn’t be too long.
Source: CVG
gordonflash
I didnt even know this game existed bt when in vegas always thought a video game that allowed me to revisit the experience without losing my real money would be something id give a go – but $43m already.. jeez.
cc_star
$43m down the pan – that is some serious mis-management
They could have flew everyone who would have bought the game out to Vegas and given them a $1,000 spending money for less than that.
Add that to the fact Realtime World’s senior management spunked over $100m on APB and its easy to see how some people get in more trouble than they need to, by not having senior management getting a grip on things
philzy85
http://www.play.com/Search.html?searchstring=this+is+vegas&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0
Play seem to think you can buy it end of october…… hmmm
gazzagb
It was apparantly costing them £250,000 a month to make :o
I can see why I was canned though, it looked rubbish, but they should have at least done it earlier.