Enough with the indirect attacks on the OP and derailment of the thread.

Discuss the topic at hand or do not post.

Who else thought the game looked interesting? I thought that it was interesting and different from a lot of the games that I see.

Its only a system seller for a small niche group that cared about the original.

Lets not exagerate the hype this was receiving and it hasnt been cancelled. MS said it was still being developed in response to the original studio shutting down.

its in the OP

http://kotaku.com/how-a-small-game-studio-almost-made-it-big-1696997142

Unfortunate but sometimes just the way business works in gaming. Some pubs. may not garner enough interest from a dev., hence their refusal of support.

I thought the game was still being made though?

according to microsoft, who have lied through their teeth about many pieces of info regarding the game apperantly. of course, it could possibily still be in development, but until we see for ourselfs something we wont really know. 

After reading the article I don't think Microsoft were being assholes, its more like the decision was base more like it came from  a business standpoint. Like what Burek said the three minute video shows (did you watch it? It was posted here in the thread) that the game wasn't really going to take off well so it was wise not to waste more money on it.

it was a business decision yes, i get that, but they still were assholes. they agreed on a deal, they would fund the studio 5 million for a certain product. after just a week MS started demanding new things, after a while they demanded a 6 hour long single player. then they went on to announce the game without the studio even knowing about it, setting a look and feel for the game with a CGI trailer without using any of the assests the devs were using, and then went on to say it will be a "30 long hour JRPG" without the devs even knowing about MS's intention.

the studio was overwhelmed with MS's demands, they had to put all their staff on phantum dust, they went all in because they were forced too, and couldnt take any more projects. then they tried to present a verticle slice of the game for MS which was said MS liked, yet they didnt even want to fund them, 5 million wasnt enough because MS keept demanding more and more things, which resulted in the studio going bankrupt because MS cancelled on them. 

yeah it was a business decision to not spend more than 5 million on a game like phantum dust. but they clearly went and fucked over the studio because of it. 

Based on the leaked Video, i wish Microsoft had funded the project to the end no matter how long it took or how much the cost.