http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-cancels-eight-days-and-the-getaway

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped 
production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the Sony 
London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.

A statement from the Corporation read as follows: "It has been agreed that 
production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due to 
the redistribution of resources and budget.

"This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it was 
deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party titles 
coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be 
reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.

"Worldwide Studios has a reputation for innovative and entertaining games, 
with titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SingStar,Buzz, EyeToy and Eye of 
Judgement, and will continue to push the boundaries on all PlayStation 
platforms."

The move follows shortly after the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as the head 
of Sony Worldwide Studios, replacing previous company icon Phil Harrison, 
who departed to take up the role of president at the re-imagined Atari.

Eight Days was first announced at E3 in 2006 with a trailer showing a 
mixture of what appears to be in-game action and cinematic footage, 
involving a shoot-out at a remote truck-stop in the Arizona desert.

The Guardian reported just a few weeks ago that the title was "just ramping 
up to full production," suggesting that the decision was taken only recently 
to terminate the title.

The Getaway, which was due to receive full attention once Eight Days had 
been released, was apparently still in the early stages of development.

Sony London Studios was previously responsible for the fantastically 
successful SingStar and EyeToy franchises. There has been no indication that 
the decision would result in any redundancies.

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved 
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

Ok step right up folks, place your bets, it's the Blig Merk Wheel of Excuses 
Game.
Place a bet on which excuse Blig Merk will give when responding to the 
cancellation of these two
AAA EXCLUSIVE PS3 titles that have been SHITCANNED after being promoted with 
slick
pre-rendered or canned real-time demos at E3.

1. Sony Doesn't need The Getaway anymore with the success of GTA4 and the 
upcoming Saints Row
2. Eight Days was never really going to be a big title in their lineup, 
that's why you didn't see more about it
3. LOL at the XBOT FANBITCHES falling over themselves to laugh at this news 
when the XFLOP THREESHITTY has only Gears of War 2 to crow about
4. Nobody cared about The GETAWAY or EIGHT DAYS except you SNIVELING XBOTS 
anyhow
5. METAL GEAR, HOME, and LITTLE BIG PLANET are the Trifecta of the PS3 this 
year, NOTHING else really matters.

Winners get a zipfile full of filters and killfiles custom tailored to 
removing the diarreah that comes out of bliggy's 5 year old brain.


"Shill"  wrote in message 
news:lxz1k.6209$gc5.83@pd7urf2no...
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-cancels-eight-days-and-the-getaway
>
> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped 
> production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the 
> Sony London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.
>
> A statement from the Corporation read as follows: "It has been agreed that 
> production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due 
> to the redistribution of resources and budget.
>
> "This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it 
> was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party 
> titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be 
> reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.
>
> "Worldwide Studios has a reputation for innovative and entertaining games, 
> with titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SingStar,Buzz, EyeToy and Eye of 
> Judgement, and will continue to push the boundaries on all PlayStation 
> platforms."
>
> The move follows shortly after the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as the 
> head of Sony Worldwide Studios, replacing previous company icon Phil 
> Harrison, who departed to take up the role of president at the re-imagined 
> Atari.
>
> Eight Days was first announced at E3 in 2006 with a trailer showing a 
> mixture of what appears to be in-game action and cinematic footage, 
> involving a shoot-out at a remote truck-stop in the Arizona desert.
>
> The Guardian reported just a few weeks ago that the title was "just 
> ramping up to full production," suggesting that the decision was taken 
> only recently to terminate the title.
>
> The Getaway, which was due to receive full attention once Eight Days had 
> been released, was apparently still in the early stages of development.
>
> Sony London Studios was previously responsible for the fantastically 
> successful SingStar and EyeToy franchises. There has been no indication 
> that the decision would result in any redundancies.
>
> UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved 
> permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.
>
>

On Jun 4, 10:52 am, "The Binzer"  wrote:
> Ok step right up folks, place your bets, it's the Blig Merk Wheel of Excuses
> Game.
> Place a bet on which excuse Blig Merk will give when responding to the
> cancellation of these two
> AAA EXCLUSIVE PS3 titles that have been SHITCANNED after being promoted with
> slick
> pre-rendered or canned real-time demos at E3.
>
> 1. Sony Doesn't need The Getaway anymore with the success of GTA4 and the
> upcoming Saints Row
> 2. Eight Days was never really going to be a big title in their lineup,
> that's why you didn't see more about it
> 3. LOL at the XBOT FANBITCHES falling over themselves to laugh at this news
> when the XFLOP THREESHITTY has only Gears of War 2 to crow about
> 4. Nobody cared about The GETAWAY or EIGHT DAYS except you SNIVELING XBOTS
> anyhow
> 5. METAL GEAR, HOME, and LITTLE BIG PLANET are the Trifecta of the PS3 this
> year, NOTHING else really matters.
>
> Winners get a zipfile full of filters and killfiles custom tailored to
> removing the diarreah that comes out of bliggy's 5 year old brain.
>
> "Shill"  wrote in message
>
> news:lxz1k.6209$gc5.83@pd7urf2no...
>
> >http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-cancels-eight-days-and-the...
>
> > Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped
> > production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the
> > Sony London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.
>
> > A statement from the Corporation read as follows: "It has been agreed that
> > production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due
> > to the redistribution of resources and budget.
>
> > "This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it
> > was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party
> > titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be
> > reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.
>
> > "Worldwide Studios has a reputation for innovative and entertaining games,
> > with titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SingStar,Buzz, EyeToy and Eye of
> > Judgement, and will continue to push the boundaries on all PlayStation
> > platforms."
>
> > The move follows shortly after the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as the
> > head of Sony Worldwide Studios, replacing previous company icon Phil
> > Harrison, who departed to take up the role of president at the re-imagined
> > Atari.
>
> > Eight Days was first announced at E3 in 2006 with a trailer showing a
> > mixture of what appears to be in-game action and cinematic footage,
> > involving a shoot-out at a remote truck-stop in the Arizona desert.
>
> > The Guardian reported just a few weeks ago that the title was "just
> > ramping up to full production," suggesting that the decision was taken
> > only recently to terminate the title.
>
> > The Getaway, which was due to receive full attention once Eight Days had
> > been released, was apparently still in the early stages of development.
>
> > Sony London Studios was previously responsible for the fantastically
> > successful SingStar and EyeToy franchises. There has been no indication
> > that the decision would result in any redundancies.
>
> > UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
> > permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

1) WTF does  any of this have to do with the TWO Xbox groups it was
posted to or the astronomy group you cross-posting douche

2) Games get  canceled all the time.  Crappy games get canceled even
more frequently.  Who the hell cares about either of these games?  If
you check Gamespot or other gaming sites that track "anticipation
factor" or "heat" in terms of upcoming game popularity, these aren't
even on the radar.

3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
still makes you a dumb ass.

The Binzer wrote:
> Ok step right up folks, place your bets, it's the Blig Merk Wheel of 
> Excuses Game.
> Place a bet on which excuse Blig Merk will give when responding to the 
> cancellation of these two
> AAA EXCLUSIVE PS3 titles that have been SHITCANNED after being promoted 
> with slick
> pre-rendered or canned real-time demos at E3.
> 

Well to be far I don't think PS3 owners, much less Blig Merk were on the 
edge of their seats about either of these games. Particularly The 
Getaway, the previous games in that series pretty much speak for themselves.

-- 
NiGHTS/Nightcrawler [mWo]
I feel asleep!

"If Gods so fuckin' perfect why'd he fuck up on you?"

Shill wrote:

> UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
> permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

wow, this is really going to impact on my xbox!
-- 
Paul  (We won't die of devotion)  
-------------------------------------------------------   
Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Paul Heslop wrote:
> Shill wrote:
> 
>> UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
>> permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.
> 
> wow, this is really going to impact on my xbox!

Well at least it'll help with your interest in astronomy.

-- 
NiGHTS/Nightcrawler [mWo]
I feel asleep!

"If Gods so fuckin' perfect why'd he fuck up on you?"

NiGHTS wrote:
> 
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> > Shill wrote:
> >
> >> UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
> >> permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.
> >
> > wow, this is really going to impact on my xbox!
> 
> Well at least it'll help with your interest in astronomy.
> 
> --
> NiGHTS/Nightcrawler [mWo]
> I feel asleep!
> 
> "If Gods so fuckin' perfect why'd he fuck up on you?"

heh, I think there's one relevant group in that bunch

-- 
Paul  (We won't die of devotion)  
-------------------------------------------------------   
Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

"Shill"  wrote in message 
news:lxz1k.6209$gc5.83@pd7urf2no...
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-cancels-eight-days-and-the-getaway
>
> UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved 
> permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.
>

How dose Sony game studios having financial difficulty impact my 360? Or my 
GT5/Blu-Ray player?

3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
> still makes you a dumb ass.

You're so right about that...

On Jun 5, 11:45 am, drolet...@hotmail.com wrote:
> 3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
>
> > still makes you a dumb ass.
>
> You're so right about that...

Yup, calling someone an idiot for responding to an idiot probably
isn't the brightest idea. Not calling anyone an idiot here. Just
makin' an observation.

Regie_Satanis wrote:
> 
> On Jun 5, 11:45 am, drolet...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > 3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
> >
> > > still makes you a dumb ass.
> >
> > You're so right about that...
> 
> Yup, calling someone an idiot for responding to an idiot probably
> isn't the brightest idea. Not calling anyone an idiot here. Just
> makin' an observation.

If all these idiots stopped calling each other idiots then the idiotic
world would be a better place.

-- 
Paul  (We won't die of devotion)  
-------------------------------------------------------   
Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

"Regie_Satanis"  wrote in message 
news:8fc0216a-a7c0-4eb1-8cf3-eb54050cf81d@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 5, 11:45 am, drolet...@hotmail.com wrote:
> 3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
>
> > still makes you a dumb ass.
>
> You're so right about that...

Yup, calling someone an idiot for responding to an idiot probably
isn't the brightest idea. Not calling anyone an idiot here. Just
makin' an observation.

**********************************************************************************

Actually starting off-topic posts that call out a specific person is 
idiotic.  So is defending such stupidity.  Also, trimming a post and then 
referencing said post out of context doesn't ncecessarily go along with 
nettiquitte but newbs probably don't know that so its acceptable.   Also, 
not calling anyone stupid, just makin' an observation about something that 
could potentially be seen as stupid.

There are 100's of Blig Merk posts.  The guy posts some of the most 
outlandish crap I have ever seen.  When some random decides, "Hey, I am 
going to get in on the action by starting my OWN post about Blig", there is 
something wrong.  He has been wrong so many freakin times, you could spend 
all day posting about crap he was wrong about.  But to turn every anti-Sony 
news item into a "Blig, how are you going to respond to this", is stupid and 
childish and annoying.

On Jun 5, 3:03 pm, Regie_Satanis  wrote:
> On Jun 5, 11:45 am, drolet...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > 3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
>
> > > still makes you a dumb ass.
>
> > You're so right about that...
>
> Yup, calling someone an idiot for responding to an idiot probably
> isn't the brightest idea. Not calling anyone an idiot here. Just
> makin' an observation.

Yeah, defend someone who posted PS3 news to an Xbox group and an
astronomy group and then have the nerve to imply that I'm an "idiot",
well thought out you two.  No wonder I don't know who you are.

"Shill"  wrote in message 
news:lxz1k.6209$gc5.83@pd7urf2no...
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-cancels-eight-days-and-the-getaway
>
> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped 
> production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the 
> Sony London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.
>
> A statement from the Corporation read as follows: "It has been agreed that 
> production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due 
> to the redistribution of resources and budget.
>
> "This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it 
> was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party 
> titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be 
> reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.
>
> "Worldwide Studios has a reputation for innovative and entertaining games, 
> with titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SingStar,Buzz, EyeToy and Eye of 
> Judgement, and will continue to push the boundaries on all PlayStation 
> platforms."
>
> The move follows shortly after the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as the 
> head of Sony Worldwide Studios, replacing previous company icon Phil 
> Harrison, who departed to take up the role of president at the re-imagined 
> Atari.
>
> Eight Days was first announced at E3 in 2006 with a trailer showing a 
> mixture of what appears to be in-game action and cinematic footage, 
> involving a shoot-out at a remote truck-stop in the Arizona desert.
>
> The Guardian reported just a few weeks ago that the title was "just 
> ramping up to full production," suggesting that the decision was taken 
> only recently to terminate the title.
>
> The Getaway, which was due to receive full attention once Eight Days had 
> been released, was apparently still in the early stages of development.
>
> Sony London Studios was previously responsible for the fantastically 
> successful SingStar and EyeToy franchises. There has been no indication 
> that the decision would result in any redundancies.
>
> UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved 
> permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

Mmm.  Do *any* game manufacturers have a decent space flight sim/
shoot 'em up, in the wings?
As far as I can see, all we have had in the last 15 years that actually
had 'playability' was the old X-Wing/Tie Fighter Star Wars series and the
(excellent)  I-War (Independence War.)  I'm sure I've tried a few others
in the last decade, but they must have been rather less than memorable..
'Nicking cars and slaughtering slightly realistic looking soldiers/people' - 
type
games are 10-a-penny.  Maybe that's what the average game player
aspires to these days though?  Ah well, I suppose I'll put my fifty quid
towards that SII filter, instead.
-- 
Rob

On Jun 4, 9:37 am, "Shill"  wrote:

> UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
> permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

Another one -

Heavenly Sword II - "Not economically viable".

Sony's official word is "You can't say we canceled a game we never
announced! NYAH!"

- Jordan

http://kotaku.com/5017126/heavenly-sword-2-axed-ninja-theory-moving

Chalk this up as pure rumor for now.

An inside UK source tells us that Heavenly Sword 2 has been canned by
Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe. The game was axed after months
in development because it is no longer seen as commercially viable,
our source tells us.

The news came during an emergency meeting set up for the Sony
Cambridge team which was working on the game.

On a side note, Ninja Theory, who have already said they weren't
working on the sequel to their Playstation 3 exclusive, have grown
increasingly bitter about their treatment at Sony's hands, our source
tells us. I'm told that the development studio, which once had offices
in the same building as Sony Cambridge, have started packing up to
move to a new location.

I guess when they said they wanted to move away from Sony and get into
multi-platform development they weren't kidding.

If true, this marks the third major project, counting Eight Days and
Getaway 3, that has been canned by SCEE. Is the Europe arm of Sony in
trouble? No clue, but we've asked for comment.