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Rumor of the day: According to a "cast iron source" quoted by Computer and Video Games, Warner Brother's open-world tourism simulator This is Vegas has been canceled. How much did the foray into Sin City cost? Reportedly over $50 million.
The game was originally begun at Midway who apparently spent around $43 million developing it, then WB snapped it up along with other properties when Midway went bust. It limped along for awhile, until, apparently, it was canned, along with Surreal Software, the studio behind the game.
"It was moving along to a point where the title was on the schedule for release late last year - but still needed another eight months to a year to finish with a studio burn rate of $250,000 per month," CVG's source said. "It's a ridiculous waste of money,"he/she added. No doubt.
Want to see what some people in video gaming think is worth 50 million? Check out this video, from way back in 2008:
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CALiiGeDDon
awww I wanted this game to be released...no wonder why there hasn't been any new info, it was canceled.
DreamingDarklyRobin
I thought they canceled this a long time ago.
Tmidiman
I really wanted this game and would have purchased it day one. Love open-world games. Well thank goodness I can play Mafia 2 to make me feel better.
Ok G4 I need you folks to look into another game I was interested in. Ride To Hell! How's that game coming along?
Tmidiman
I really wanted this game and would have purchased it day one. Love open-world games. Well thank goodness I can play Mafia 2 to make me feel better.
Ok G4 I need you folks to look into another game I was interested in. Ride To Hell! How's that game coming along?
tdogg06051991
Man this would be a let down. They must have done a lot of partying with 250,000 per month to perfect the sin city touch. Too bad well never see it.
Adampro123
Such a let down. i love the vegas setting and was really wanting this game to make it.
ProjektX13
Damn.....I was really looking forward to this game. Every time I went to the end of the list of upcoming games on Gamestop.com I would see This Is Vegas and The Heist. But now The Heist has been cancelled and this one seems to have gone that way. I guess Aliens: Colonial Marines is next.
MasterNoble6
garbage belongs in the garbage... only rockstar could fix that game.
aztecyankee
BTW ...the game has almost 1 million copies to break past even...pretty big gamble!! yikes!!!
aztecyankee
I can see a game like this working. However it needs to be released during those drought months like January,Feb, or April with less competition this game would sell with a little marketing push or maybe drop to say 49.99 to push sales.
Dirtyj78
yet another reason why Midway went under
MyXxBitterXxHeroics
"Come out mid-March," and with those words This Is Vegas fate was sealed.
Luck702
Honestly the game didnt look that good. Las Vegas being my home town, i dont like how they used fake hotel names and locales like "The Myan" which is obviously supposed to be the luxor but they didnt get the copyright i guess. another thing is they seem to only talk about vegas as one giant Strip club or bar. Vegas really is alot more different if youve had the disfortune of living here. the novelty wears off.
Mandal
Its a darn shame. Looks really fun.
golden.child
this seemed like an interesting concept, but Rockstar has already done this with their GTA series. Shame that all that money was wasted for nothing though.
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