Unbelievable But True Game News of the Week 0
Ghostbusters canceled? Aerosmith selling? Jet Grind Radio returns?
By Ted Hucklebuck
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Activision is unloading tons of Sierra published properties from their release schedule, some of which are real shockers. On the cutting room floor, but not necessarily gone for good are Ghosbusters (WHAT?!) and Brutal Legend (YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME). Nooooooooo! Say it ‘aint so! |
The Bourne franchise has officially been offloaded, and Wet (which was starting to look really good, too), some game called Zombie Wranglers and the latest Chronicles of Riddick, World in Conflict, Leisure Suit Larry and 50 Cent games are all totally shit-canned for now.
What games survived the culling? Prototype, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro. Seriously? The official motherf**king sequel to Ghostbusters cut in exchange for Crash Bandicoot?! Unbelievable. Someone better pick these titles up soon before we miss out on some really great games. Except for 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. That one’s just retarded. It’s like 50 Cent and his “homies” killing terrorists in Iraq or something. I swear I did not just make that up.
What kind of world is this in which a game like Brutal Legend not a publisher’s first priority?
In other news, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith inexplicably sold over 1 bajillion copies, despite the fact that no one has given a crap about Aerosmith for at least 100 years. This has prompted Activision (them again?) to jack themselves off publicly over all the bands that are now going to have their own Guitar Hero editions in the future, like Metallica and Van Halen. Because if there’s anything people don’t like, it’s variety, right guys? This sort of thing should be downloadable content at best, not stand alone games. Amirite?
Lastly, word on the street is that Sega is going to be developing a new Jet Grind Radio game for the Wii. For those of you who are not smart enough to know this already and need to be told, Jet Grind Radio for the Dreamcast is one of the best games ever made, and there hasn’t been a sequel of any kind in forever. This is great news for Wii owners that have nothing to play but lame ports of PS2 games and ugly, offline stepbrother versions of Xbox 360 and PS3 games.
