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<\/a><\/p>\nBased on the successful Knights of the Old Republic<\/i> games, The Old Republic<\/i> is an MMORPG combines the lightsaber-swishing fun of Star Wars<\/i> with the epic questing of World of Warcraft<\/i>. It had an equally epic $200 million budget, which makes it the 3rd<\/sup> most expensive game ever made.<\/p>\n Needless to say, makers EA and Bioware were expecting a lot of players. And they got them \u201d\u201c for a couple of months. After 7 months, EA were forced to introduce a free-to-play element to tempt gamers back in, which wasn\u2019t exactly the original plan.<\/p>\n The game now has around 1 million monthly players, which doesn\u2019t sound too bad until you compare it to World of Warcraft\u2019s<\/i> 6.8 million players<\/a>. The Old Republic<\/i> wasn\u2019t a major failure, but it was far from a runaway success either.<\/p>\n We didn\u2019t even though this existed, but apparently Microsoft had a Halo <\/i>massively multiplayer online game in the works and they spent a massive $90 million on it. That\u2019s $90 million on a game that <\/i>never got released.<\/b><\/p>\n Details on why the game was scrapped are relatively thin on the ground, although an interview with ex-Ensemble Studios (the developers working on the project) employee Dusty Monk<\/a> suggests that it was due to Microsoft\u2019s desire to target Wii players with more casual games.<\/p>\n The project was clearly quite far along, as these images show<\/a>.<\/p>\n What a shame \u201d\u201c and what a waste of $90 million!<\/p>\n You probably recognise Too Human<\/i> from the bargain bin of your local games store but, like a now-broke millionaire, it actually used to be a bit of a big shot.<\/p>\n Too Human<\/i> cost $60 million to make, which is frankly jaw-dropping for a game that scored \u00a065 on Metacritic. How on earth did they spend that much on such an average game?<\/p>\n Easy: they took 9 years to make it. Too Human<\/i> started life as a 4-disc PlayStation game, before being developed for the <\/i>GameCube. After that went wrong, the rights were eventually sold to Microsoft in 2005, and they took a further 3 years making the game.<\/p>\n So, actually, the finished product probably didn\u2019t cost that much to make!<\/p>\n You probably haven\u2019t heard of This is Vegas<\/i>, and that\u2019s because…erm, it was never actually released.<\/p>\n Like Halo MMO<\/i>, This is Vegas<\/i> was scrapped during development \u201d\u201c but only after $50 million was sunk into it. It was cancelled after developers Midway went bankrupt in 2009 and sold their assets to Warner Bros, who cancelled it a year later<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested, This is Vegas<\/i> was a GTA-<\/i>style game where you are challenged to take over Vegas with a few dollars, a dream and your fists. Here\u2019s a trailer for what might have been.<\/p>\n
\nHalo MMO ($90 million, about \u00a356 million)<\/h4>\n
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\nToo Human ($60 million, around \u00a337 million)<\/h4>\n
\nThis is Vegas ($50 million, \u00a331 million)<\/h4>\n
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