{"id":90991,"date":"2016-06-28T15:01:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=90991"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:02:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:02:47","slug":"7-cancelled-games-that-would-have-been-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/90991-7-cancelled-games-that-would-have-been-amazing","title":{"rendered":"7 cancelled games that would have been amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Game development can be a difficult industry at times, and developers constantly encounter challenges throughout the process of making a game.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes game developers face legal issues which force them to abandon their ideas, and sometimes the demise of a project is\u00a0simply due to money issues.<\/p>\n<p>The gaming industry has produced some great and memorable titles over the years,\u00a0but some\u00a0equally amazing\u00a0games never made it to the public, despite the great promise they held.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s take a look at some amazing video games that never should have been cancelled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Star Wars 1313<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Star Wars 1313 was the Star Wars game that all Boba Fett fans longed for.<\/p>\n<p>Revolving around the bounty hunter in his youth, players would navigate through a relatively dark and gritty story set on the planet Coruscant.<\/p>\n<p>Star Wars 1313 featured fast-paced third-person shooter gameplay which elected to focus more on gunplay and gadgets then lightsabers and the Force.<\/p>\n<p>The game had a bright future ahead until Disney ceased production of all LucasArts titles on 3 April 2013.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_1_Nvn7DPM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Fallout Online<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fallout Online was\u00a0a\u00a0Massive Multiplayer Online game based in the Fallout universe.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Elder Scrolls fans have a AAA MMO created by Bethesda, we can get a glimpse at the type of game Fallout Online would have been.<\/p>\n<p>Fallout Online was being developed by Interplay and was approaching completion when Bethesda attempted to acquire the Fallout Online title through legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies eventually reached a settlement and the Fallout Online name\u00a0eventually disappeared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fallout-online.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-90997\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fallout-online-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Fallout online\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fallout-online-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fallout-online-230x130.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>EverQuest Next<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Daybreak Games&#8217; EverQuest Next had a massive amount of potential when it was first announced.<\/p>\n<p>The game had the potential to be an\u00a0MMO which stayed true to the original EverQuest games while revolutionising the genre with a fully destructible voxel world.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, after releasing Landmark &#8211; the world-building tool for EverQuest Next &#8211; Daybreak Games cancelled the game and released Landmark as a standalone title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3fshkUwZ0HI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Pirates of the Caribbean:\u00a0Armada of the Damned<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A unique role-playing game that never made it into circulation, Armada of the Damned was to be the ultimate pirate experience.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring gorgeous graphics with a slightly cartoony art-style, Armada of the Damned offered open-world Pirates of the Caribbean gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>The game looks like it could have been a modern take on Sid Meiers: Pirates! and seemed to be doing well until it was cancelled by Disney only months before its planned release date.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YtcqSws81bc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Star Wars: Battlefront III<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Star Wars Battlefront III was the Battlefront sequel fans of the series deserved.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, EA gave them something completely different,\u00a0and players were left largely disappointed by the Battlefield-style gameplay and multiple DLCs which limited the game.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the alpha footage of what could have been the sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront II.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2WeX41WfOsY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>The Lord of the Rings: The White Council<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Lord of the Rings: The White Council was an ambitious game\u00a0developed by EA Redwood Shores.<\/p>\n<p>The game was to be an open-world role-playing game set in Middle-Earth. Players would be able to explore the whole world that was populated by\u00a0NPCs who gave out\u00a0procedurally-generated in addition to the game&#8217;s main quests.<\/p>\n<p>It was the closest thing to Elder Scrolls:\u00a0Middle-Earth that players could hope for, and it was cancelled by EA in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/udB2GLnWWe0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Fable Legends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alright, so Fable Legends didn&#8217;t look like it was going to be an absolutely amazing game.<\/p>\n<p>But with the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/90959-fable-developer-lionhead-studios-officially-closes-down-today.html\" target=\"_blank\">recent closure<\/a><\/strong> of Lionhead Studios, it may be pertinent to reflect on the great games the studio has made, such as Fable 1, 2, and 3, and the unique Black &amp; White franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Fable Legends was not going to be an industry-changing game by any means, but its cancellation along with the closure of Lionhead Studios eliminates the\u00a0possibility\u00a0of another great role-playing\u00a0game by the brilliantly quirky British development studio.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-xvcFryLPcQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The plugin every PC gamer needs to install\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/90123-the-plugin-every-pc-gamer-needs-to-install.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The plugin every PC gamer needs to install<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Jolie to Vikander: 20 years of Lara Croft actresses,games and photos\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/90847-jolie-to-vikander-20-years-of-lara-croft-actressesgames-and-photos.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jolie to Vikander: 20 years of Lara Croft actresses,games and photos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Popular Twitch Streamer banned for accidentally exposing herself\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/90819-popular-twitch-streamer-banned-for-accidentally-exposing-herself.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Popular Twitch Streamer banned for accidentally exposing herself<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some amazing games never made it to the public, despite the great promise they held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":90993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,11681,4],"tags":[19893,17576,13656,1966,2664,753,11712,1494],"class_list":["post-90991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-amazing","tag-best","tag-cancelled","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-list","tag-lotr","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91021,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90991\/revisions\/91021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}