Innovative FPS ‘The Crossing’ Gets Canned
This just in! The Crossing has been put on hold. Of course, that usually means it’s been, well, canned. The game, which blended both single player and multiplayer into one component, was being made by Arkane Studios. It was detailed as having real human opponents as enemies in the single player mode.
The reason for the title being put on hold was because of financial reasons. “We ran into an unexpected financial challenge some months ago and we had to put The Crossing on hold”, Raphael Colantonio (CEO and creative director of Arkane Games) explained. It also came from the recent EA layoffs, as EA (along with Valve) were helping with publishing the game.
Because of these layoffs, EA had to make some cutbacks, and The Crossing was one of the games that was tossed to the wayside. It’s unfortunate to see a title with so much potential to be cut like that. The idea of combining both single player and multiplayer together is a riveting concept, one that could’ve had a signficant impact on the game industry.
Post in the comments section below if you would have liked to see the game, or if you really couldn’t care less. We would like to see your opinions on this.
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May 18th, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Never heard of it. In what way(s) was single and multiplayer combined?
May 18th, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Damn. I don’t think I’ve heard about this title before, or if I did then I don’t remember. But it stinks this game will most likely be scrapped because it actually sounds like a cool kind of game.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Never heard of it either.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Never heard of it LOL so no big deal IMO
May 18th, 2009 at 8:30 PM
first time i ever heard about it
May 18th, 2009 at 9:48 PM
That sucks.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:09 AM
Yes, I’ve heard about it. Eh, but that was yesterday, reading it was cancelled.
Sounded actully somewhat boring. Seeing it cancelled does not affect my sleep.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:39 AM
Why are you telling us about a game that no one knows about?
Well a couple things…
Human opponents either usually suck, or are way too difficult. Wouldn’t be cool to be unable to beat the game 6 months after launch cause only the hardcore are playing it.
Also there’s more than enough FPS games.
Finally I think EA would have ended up not capitalizing on the potential and making a pretty decent game that could have been better, and that sold terribly because they marketed the damn game with 30 other releases in just 1 week.
Companies need to just start releasing more games throughout the year. It’s kinda dumb to put all of your eggs in so many baskets that most of them end up with rotting eggs before you get around to it.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:48 AM
never seen this one
May 19th, 2009 at 10:25 AM
never seen it.. so it wont be missed.