New Cancelled Games & Their Lost Media Added to the Archive

Another cancelled Saturn game to be leaked soon?

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As some of you probably known already, those lovely gamers at Sega Saturno were able to preserve and release various cancelled titles for the Sega consoles (X-Men 32X, Virtual Hamster, Lobo…) in the last few months. Almost two months after their last release, SEGASaturno in cooperation with Hidden Palace, are back again presenting a prototype of an unreleased Saturn game, ready to be released as soon as the required public donations are met.

The title of the soon-to-be-leaked game is currently unknown, but we’ll learn more about it when they will be able to reach the target amount of 550$. They have already opened a topic on the Hidden Palace Forum with some more info on this new proto-fundraising:

-Well, which company is this coming from? Any tip about it?
-It’s from a famous company. In fact, it’s one of the best and most well known videogame companies.

-Is this already available in some other console or system?
-It’s a totally unreleased game, not available in any other platform. Therefore, it’s a never-seen-before game.

-Why donating for a game I don’t know which one it is until the required quantity is met?
-Because you already know it is an unreleased game for the Sega Saturn, something that is not easy to obtain. I bet there’s an interest in making something like this available to everyone.

-Is the game complete?
-No, it’s an early prototype. This is not in its final development stages for sure.

If you want to help to preserve this unseen game,  donations have to be sent to [email protected], stating SATURN in the description so they can know for sure the funds are oriented to this release.  You can also donate through the PayPal addressed field in the Hidden Palace Contribute section:  www.hidden-palace.org/?contribute

RS Links: God of War 3 was meant to be a FPS

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God of War 3 is currently in development for the PlayStation 3 and it should be published sometime in 2010. At the CGSociety website there’s an interesting article about the game, in which SCEA Art Director Ken Feldman revealed that they though about making GoW3 a first person shooter:

“I tried unsuccessfully to convince Stig to make ‘God of War III’ a first-person shooter. Kratos could have some truly badass huge weapons that rip gods to shreds. Unfortunately he didn’t see the genius in the idea.”

Really? It sounds like a joke, but who knows? We had 3 Metroid games in first person view after all..

Thanks to Robert Seddon for the link!

Motocross Challenge [DS – Cancelled?]

Motocross Challenge is a racing game somehow similar to Excitebike that was in development by DHG Games for the Nintendo DS. The project originally started as a Gameboy Advance game, but after Motocross Challenge GBA was cancelled, it evolved into a DS game that should have been released in 2009. After some months the official DHG Games website went down without any explanations and the DS version was cancelled too. As the developers shared the GBA version online to let the fans to play it even if it was never published, it could be possible that in the future they will leak the DS version too.

In April 2010 Motocross Challenge was finally released for the iPhone / iPod Touch, so at least it was not lost at all! You can see some videos of the iPhone version in DHGames’ YT Channel or buy Motocross Challenge from the iTunes Store (only $0.99!)

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Powerslide 2: Slipstream [XBOX / PS2 – Cancelled]

Set in a post-apocalyptic environment, the original Powerslide was a racing game developed by Ratbag Games and released for the PC on December 1998. In 2003 Ratbag were working on a (self-funded) sequel, know as Powerslide: Slipstream, but the project was canceled because they were not able to find a publisher interested in the game.

As we can read in the original press release, “Powerslide: Slipstream featured drive-anywhere environments full of jumps and action across twelve post-apocalyptic environments, including Berlin, Los Angeles, London and Sydney. Wheel-to-wheel collisions promise spectacular accidents, with special animated features on the vehicles, including moving fins and stream vents for slipstream mode.”

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