While the Middle East is gradually witnessing a resurgence in the gaming industry, with investors across the globe channelling their time and capital in hopes of nurturing their stakes into something more prosperous, there remains a conspicuous scarcity of knowledge surrounding the history of Middle Eastern-made games from the 1980s…
Inversion [PS3/Xbox360/PC] – Beta & Concept Art
Inversion was an impressive and ambitious third-person shooter that allowed players to control gravity. While the concept was over-the-top for its time, it wasn’t really appreciated. This is a short article that delves into the beta content and includes some concept art found online. Concept Art: Beta Content: Point of…
Tork: Prehistoric Punk [Xbox] – Beta
Tork: Prehistoric Punk was a fun platformer released exclusively on the Xbox. This game was made by ex-Rayman developers and, early in development, was supposed to be a big triple-A contender against other competitors like Jak and Daxter and Super Mario. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out. Below, we can see…
Ted Shred [PC/PlayStation] — Cancelled
Ted Shred is a cancelled skateboarding action-adventure game that was in development by Digital Domain for PC and PlayStation. The game was scheduled for release at Christmas 1996, but it never happened because Digital Domain couldn’t secure a publisher. Digital Domain is an American company specialising in visual effects and…
The Lost Keys [PC] – Cancelled
The Lost Keys was an action-adventure game in development by 2Digital Productions in Dubai, and scheduled for release in 2003 for PC. The game took heavy influence from old-school platformers, including Crash Bandicoot. Unfortunately, the project was never released for unknown reasons. From one of the developer’s archived blogs, we…