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Highlander: The Game Canceled
Posted: 11.12.2010 01:54 by JonahFalcon Comments: 8
There can be only ONE!
This is not unexpected, but Square-Enix has formally announced that Highlander: The Game has been canceled.

The game was first announced back in 2005 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and was going to put to put the player in the role of Owen MacLeod, a relative of Connor and Duncan, who appeared in the film and television series respectively, while the action would take place in Ancient Gaul, Pompeii, and modern-day New York City.

The game's premise and story was highly promsing, and even written by David Abramowitz, head writer and creative consultant of Highlander: The Series.

The game was being developed by WideScreen Games for Eidos; Square-Enix inherited the property when it purchased Eidos. Square-Enix gave no reason for the cancellation, but it's easy to surmise that the long development time under a cash-strapped Eidos probably made the project unsustainable.

It'll be interesting to see if another publisher decides to pick up the IP, which still has a lot of cache amongst science fiction fans and gamers.
Source: IGN

Comments

By djole381 (SI Elite) on Dec 11, 2010
djole381
Too bad they canceled this game. I really wanted to play it.
By VHugoSama (SI Core) on Dec 11, 2010
VHugoSama
Well the game did look good but 5 years and nothing! Thats a lot of time indeed...
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Dec 11, 2010
herodotus
Lopping off heads and being zapped by random charges of electricity, all the while avoiding wearing a kilt. Nah, the original movie was good but the rest of it rubbish.
By djole381 (SI Elite) on Dec 13, 2010
djole381
@herodotus Yeah, I completely agree with you. Part two was especially awful.
By RaviL (SI Core Member) on Dec 13, 2010
RaviL
"And another one bites the dust" This reminds me of TIBERIUM it had the same outcome, perfect graphics, perfect story, nice demo videos, it goes in to beta and than BAMMMM we be dead now, its a shame to see good games canceled.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Dec 14, 2010
herodotus
"Just one year of love, is better than a lifetime alone....". Queen's songs combined with Michael Kamen's rousing romantic score has the film as one of my Top 10 faves of all time.
"Better to burn out, than it is to fade away".
By djole381 (SI Elite) on Dec 14, 2010
djole381
@herodotus Ahhh the legendary Kurgan :) That was one of Clancy Brown's best roles.
By Eversor (SI Elite) on Dec 14, 2010
Eversor
Just like Tiberium. I sure hope somebody picks this game up and finnishes it.