Warhawk PS3 Cancelled ?
There was only one game for the PS3 that I was excited about (and I haven't picked up a PS3 yet because, frankly, $660+ is too much to pay for just one game). That was a remake of one of the first games I ever developed - and the game I most enjoyed working ON. That game, of course, was Warhawk.

Now, I was a little concerned about it being "re-imagined" (After all, wasn't our own imagination good enough? ) But I was very anxious to hear about the new version, especially since some old friends of mine (many of whom I worked with on the original Warhawk team in 1994 / 1995) were working on it.

But now comes this tidbit of news, followed by these rumors. And this speculation. By the sounds of it, Sony is voting "no confidence" for the resurrected bird, and is possibly considering if there's any way of salvaging it (such as cutting it up and selling the finished pieces as downloadable content). Of course, the original article doesn't specify Warhawk by name, but apparently people have come to this conclusion.

I haven't heard squat other than these rumors (I don't keep in touch with the Incog guys like I should), and I am REALLY REALLY hoping they turn out to be false.

If they are true, however, it should be a lesson to all of us indies... even mainstream, publisher-owned, well-funded studios can blow their scope and focus. (But why'd it have to be Warhawk?!?!)

Oh - and something fun I found at one of these links. Here was a gameplay video we did for the "teaser" for Warhawk. It alternated with the CGI-rendered opening as kind of an "attract mode", specifically for kiosks. It says, "Air Assault" at the end... I don't remember if that was the name we gave it for Japan, or if that was one of the working titles it was under. As far as the graphics are concerned... just remember this was 1995, and everyone thought "3D" meant only Doom and StarFox for the SNES. This was LUSH in 1994 :)



(Vaguely) related digital ramblings:
* Warhawk Flies Again
* Warhawk Re-Imagined?
* Easter Eggs
* Hand Me My Walker Already!
* Warhawk Movie And Endings
* Twisted Metal Trivia

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Labels: Biz, Mainstream Games, retro

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