Some series just have bad luck. Even though there were three fantastic releases in the Ys series over the past couple years, people will always remember the poorly-translated version of one of the worst games in the series on the SNES when they think of the title keeping them from picking up a new one. Few third-party companies supported the Dreamcast because of Sega’s irresponsible treatment of their audience with the Genesis’s unnecessary add-ons and pulling support of their own console, the Saturn. But at least they got a chance. READ MORE
In The Games that Weren’t, our writers take a look at their favorite stories behind video gaming’s canceled projects.
I’m an unashamed die-hard sci-fi fan. My favorite sci-fi franchise is Stargate, and my favorite entry in the series is SG-1. The SG-1 license was enough to make me interested in an MMO (the also-canceled Stargate Worlds), and if my PC had been capable of running it I would have lost many nights fighting with the SGC in Stargate Resistance (the only SG-1 game that actually came out). As it was, I had both a PS2 and an Xbox, and after watching the Season 8 episode “Avatar,” I was all sorts of excited to play through an all-new adventure dealing with new and old enemies. READ MORE
