Square Enix's Gun Loco Gets Canned

Don’t expect to see Gun Loco in 2011 or, uh, ever. Using the game’s official Japanese site to carry the message, Square Enix has announced that the curious third-person shooter has been canned, according to translations. The game was supposed to debut on the Xbox 360 exclusively at some point this year.

Gun Loco was announced back in August and it turned heads with its strange art. The misshapen, odd assortment of characters, wearing anything from bunny suits to new-age gladiator gear, were a product of toy maker Kenny Wong’s design. Wong is probably best known for his role with Hong Kong-based company brothersfree, which has churned out some toys that feature a similar twisted style.  
 
  

Scary rabbit

Probably for the best

The trailer didn't do much for me so I can't say I'm sad.

Yeah, given what we've seen, I can't say I'm too upset. 
 
With the likes of Brink, Bulletstorm and Duke Nukem this year (absurd/hyper-fps), it would likely have just been lost among the crowd.

Yeah, that was probably a good idea.

A mate of mine was convinced they would, he was right on the mark.  
 
Probably the right decision, did not look good. 

if you like this type of shit, check out nasa's a volta video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3D-SCHiVzc

Making more time for Final Fantasy Caterpillar Chrysalis.

Wow that looked worse than I suspected.

Good call.

Wow, that looked awful.

Alright, cool.
 
So tell me about Just Cause 3 now.

You know what? I feel bad if there is any layoffs because of it, but I have to admit this is also good news. As big as SE is, they need to damn focus on the numerous projects they have at hand first that has higher potential of bringing in revenue to fund further projects. 
 
tl;dr: Stop spreading your workers and focus on the major titles.

" Alright, cool.  So tell me about Just Cause 3 now. "

" @skinnyluigi:  You are an idiot. "

American McGee and Kenny Wong would probably get along great.

God damn it. It would have been good at best, mediocre at most likely, but I really wanted to see it. It was crazy enough to get my attention, and now Square has to go and shit on my day.  
 
The thing to do here is for Square to sell the IP to someone else, preferably a Western developer such as People Can Fly. It'd be a real shame to squander such a cool idea and design aesthetic.

We here at Square are in the business of making bad decisions, and business is good.  

Really don't understand Square sometimes as it seems that every time they try to get away from FF/KH to some new IP they tend to turn tail or not fund it as well. Maybe someone from the team will be able to take this somewhere else to get worked on as the game itself looked interesting enough to dive a bit further into it (though didn't look that great but might have a few interesting moments in it).

I wasn't expecting this to do well or be very good

Someone cancelled the sequel to The Club before it had a chance to stay out of the bargain bin.

Ugh, glad this was canned. That video footage was released THIS YEAR and not in 1999?

Yeah, that game looked pretty fuckin' bad. No surprise there.

" We here at Square are in the business of making bad decisions, and business is good.   "

"

Really don't understand Square sometimes as it seems that every time they try to get away from FF/KH to some new IP they tend to turn tail or not fund it as well. Maybe someone from the team will be able to take this somewhere else to get worked on as the game itself looked interesting enough to dive a bit further into it.

"

" Making more time for Final Fantasy Caterpillar Chrysalis. "  

It is for the best , man that was awful

" @Krakn3Dfx said:

" Alright, cool.  So tell me about Just Cause 3 now. "

Guns. Scorpion guns. "

that is a bummer i guess.

I bet the one guy excited for it will be very disappointed.

Good riddance.

Wait, was this announced?

" Wait, was this announced? "

This is only for the better,because all I've seen of this game was terrible.

For once developers understood a game is genuinely going to be crap and decided to scrap it.

Thank goodness, this game didn't look to good in the trailer.

I was kinda looking forward to trying this.

" @ZombieSpace said:

" @Krakn3Dfx said:

" Alright, cool.  So tell me about Just Cause 3 now. "

Guns. Scorpion guns. "

Scorpions made of guns holding guns made of scorpions. "

Thank god.

" @VilhelmNielsen said:

" Wait, was this announced? "

Yes, last year. "

Oh no, not another shitty Eidos game!

" Thank god. "

" Probably for the best "

" @Hailinel said:

" @VilhelmNielsen said:

" Wait, was this announced? "

Yes, last year. "

Thanks for the honest answer to my snarky, sarcastic asshole hypothetical question. "