This Is Vegas
{{Short description|Video game, cancelled 2010}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = This Is Vegas
| image = This Is Vegas Logo.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Surreal Software
| publisher = Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
| designer =
| engine = Unreal Engine 3
| released = Cancelled
| genre = Action-adventure
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
}}
This Is Vegas is a cancelled action-adventure video game that was in development at Surreal Software and was to be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360. In 2010 development on the game was cancelled.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/this-is-vegas-cancelled-50-million-lost-lol/|title=This is Vegas cancelled, $50 million lost|last=Wilde|first=Tyler|website=GamesRadar+|date=2010-08-25|language=EN-US|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526200942/https://www.gamesradar.com/this-is-vegas-cancelled-50-million-lost-lol/|url-status=live}}
Development
In January 2006, IGN reported that game development studio Surreal Software had posted job listings for artists to work on "an upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game that is, as of yet, without a title."{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/19/surreal-preps-for-next-gen|title=Surreal Preps for Next-Gen|last=Dunham|first=Jeremy|date=2006-01-19|website=IGN|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526200942/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/19/surreal-preps-for-next-gen|url-status=live}} In February 2008 the publishing company and parent of Surreal Software, Midway Games, announced that This Is Vegas was in development at the studio. Midway released several screenshots and stated that it planned to release the game on Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360 in the fourth quarter of 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2008-this-is-vegas/1100-6194308/|title=E3 2008: This Is Vegas|last=Dodson|first=Joe|date=2008-07-16|website=GameSpot|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526200941/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2008-this-is-vegas/1100-6194308/|url-status=live}} That same month Midway released the debut trailer for the game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg247.com/2008/02/08/this-is-vegas-first-trailer/|title=This is Vegas - first trailer|date=2008-02-08|website=VG247|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526200942/https://www.vg247.com/2008/02/08/this-is-vegas-first-trailer/|url-status=live}}
During Midway's bankruptcy proceedings in 2009, the company sold the majority of its assets to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, including This Is Vegas and developer Surreal Software.{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/warner-bros-now-owns-midway-mortal-kombat-5312018|title=Warner Bros. Now Owns Midway, Mortal Kombat|last=McWhertor|first=Michael|website=Kotaku|date=11 July 2009|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526200942/https://kotaku.com/warner-bros-now-owns-midway-mortal-kombat-5312018|url-status=live}} In August 2010, it was reported that Warner Bros. cancelled development on the game. Midway and Warner Bros. spent between $40 million and $50 million developing the game.{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/technology/2009/02/what-s-killing-the-video-game-business.html|title=What's killing the video-game business?|last=Zelfden|first=N. Van|date=2009-02-16|website=Slate Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-date=2018-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707131340/http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/gaming/2009/02/whats_killing_the_videogame_business.html|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5DSyyGi5U0 Debut trailer]
{{Surreal Software}}
Category:Action-adventure games
Category:Cancelled PlayStation 3 games
Category:Cancelled Windows games
Category:Cancelled Xbox 360 games
Category:Open-world video games
Category:Unreal Engine 3 games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Surreal Software games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games set in the Las Vegas Valley