New Cancelled Games & Their Lost Media Added to the Archive

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Murder City [PC – Cancelled?]

monokoma
09-07-2009
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Patison has found an article about a mysterious PC game called “Murder City” in an old Polish gaming magazine.  There’s not much info on the game, only two screens (probably renders) which show some futuristic buildings and a little description, which says: “Somewhere in future, in gigantic, dark, Megalopolis” and other PR text. But there is another interesting part, saying: “You can flight anywhere, in this huge, vector, cities of future” so it could have been a Descent-like game. The Polish publisher was going to be Techland, but as far as we know, this game was never released.

Update: the game was released under a different name – Crime Cities. It was pretty much Descent meets G-Police.

Thanks to Patison and Hyde_PL for the contributions!

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Playstation, Sony

The Diabolical Adventures of Tobu [PSX – Cancelled]

monokoma
07-07-2009
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The Diabolical Adventures of Tobu is a cancelled flight-based action game that was in development by 989 Studios for the original Playstation. As we can read in a preview from Game Pro 111 and EGM issue 109 (thanks to Celine for the scans!), the game was set in a medieval asian world, where the young winged hero, Tobu, had to rescue his uncle from the vile emperor, Nee Hithol, and his minions.

While the gameplay could have been similar to other platform / action games, the interesting part was the 360-degree freedom of flying in those stylish 3D worlds, to fight enemies, collect power ups and search for secrets and hidden areas. From what we can see in the few screenshots released, Tobu looks somehow similar to another cancelled game, Dead Phoenix for the GameCube and as the Capcom’s title, it could be compared to Kid Icarus too. Sadly the project was never finished for unknown reasons.

Thanks to Celine & Hey Hey for the contributions!

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Playstation 2 (PS2), Sony

Unsung Heroes [PS2 – Cancelled]

monokoma
06-07-2009
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Unsung Heroes was an action / adventure game that was in development at SCEA San Diego from 2002 to 2004 (formerly responsible for Mark of Kri), but the project was later cancelled when half of the team was laid off. There are almost no informations about the game, but from the few screenshots that remain, we can speculate that it was going to be some kind of super-hero game set in a sandbox world.

In 2007, developers of Sony San Diego tried to resurrect the project. Though this was all but successful, you may take a look at the video presenting a PS3 demo of the game.

Thanks to Hey Hey for the contribution!

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Microsoft, Xbox

Style Laboratory [XBOX – Cancelled]

monokoma
05-07-2009
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Style Laboratory was a “simulation” game that was in development by Watermarks Ltd, for the original XBOX . It was shown at the Tokyo Game Show 2001, but in the end it was cancelled, maybe for the low sales of the  Microsoft console in Japan. Players would had assume the role a budding fashion designer, to dress up fashion models in accordance with the four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. The goal was to become the top fashion designer in the world by the game’s end.

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