State of Emergency was a fantastic beat’em up originally developed by Vis Entertainment in 2003 for PS2, Xbox and eventually PC. The game garnered widespread recognition for its raw depiction of cities overrun by protestors and police officers running amok. It was a game like no other, and one that…
Kill.Switch [PS2, Xbox, PC] Beta and Cut Content
Kill. Switch is a third-person shooter developed by Namco Hometek and published by Namco in 2003 for PC, Xbox, PS2, and the Game Boy Advance. The game revolutionised the TPS genre by introducing several groundbreaking concepts that ultimately influenced high-profile titles like Uncharted, Gears of War, and Rainbow Six: Vegas.…
Swords of Heaven [PC] – Cancelled
Swords of Heaven was a strategy-infused hack-and-slash title in development at Afkar Media for over a year and a half before ultimately being cancelled in 2005-2007. The project aimed to transport players back to the 7th-century Arabian Peninsula, placing them in the boots of a formidable Arab warrior leading his…
Dead to Rights: Double Tap [PS2] – Cancelled
Dead to Rights: Double Tap was supposed to be the follow-up to Dead to Rights: Reckoning. Unfortunately, the game didn’t progress far into development aside from a few concept artworks. According to Project Lead Tim Jones, the game would have used the Guncon capabilities on the PS2 to introduce players…
Project Flame [PC] – Cancelled
Project Flame was a cancelled 2D run-and-gun game that began development in 2008, originally conceived as a Flash-based title with plans to expand onto PC, iOS, Android, and even consoles (Xbox 360 Arcade). Spearheaded by a Syrian developer based in the UAE alongside a small team of artists and programmers,…