Epic Cancel Two New Games

Epic Games have cancelled two unreleased games deeming them new, but as they will not come out now, the term new remains up in the air. 

Gears of War: Exile was a Gears of War videogame subtitled ‘Exile’ for the Xbox 360. We chatted to Mike Rattlegun about the Kinect Gears of War game.

“It was an on-the-rails shooter for the Kinect but it never took off. We wanted the player to feel immersed in an entertainment experience as they stood in their living room and bent their knees slightly, pretending to shake their hands as they shot the heavy, big and shaking guns in our popular videogame franchise. The problem we encountered was that on-the-rails gameplay is more commonly linked to gameplay for babies. Jack Thompson was reported to be hanging around the car park at lunchtime. We put two and two together”.

He added: “I felt more confident in the project after lunchtimes and so we had a go at it again between 1pm and 6pm. Every day I would stand on a chair and say the following takes place between 1pm and 6pm. Microsoft didn’t want a shooty violent game for Kinect though. We tried to rebrand it as ‘Exile 360 for Xbox 360’ but they weren’t having any of it. I did a chair dance but it didn’t work”.

He recommended that players craving unrelenting gameplay of Gears of War to check out Dance Central 2.

Bulletstorm also released to murky waters that gulped harshly in early 2011 and according to the president of Epic, Sean Unreal, “There’s no more Bulletstorm, there’s no Bulletswarm or Bulletform”. Later, Microsoft announced the Bulletform that lets you scroll through contracts faster on your Android and iOS devices.  

According to website http://christandy.webs.com, Sean Unreal offered shimmerings of hope, of light by adding, “Now’s not the time but there will be a time. Everyone has their lunch and dinner at fixed times and it’s not dinner time yet for Bulletstorm 2. We have People Can Fly working on something else right now but I can’t tell you because it’s a secret”.

As developer Epic Games creates games and destroys games, all we can do is flounder in the car park of their announcement plans.