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    A horror game by Guillermo del Toro.

    Insane To Be A Trilogy, Game Rights Go To THQ

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    Edited By BradNicholson
    Guillermo del Toro and Volition's oft-teased project, Insane, won't just be a one-off title. Publisher THQ has announced that Insane is a trilogy of "triple-A games" to be published under the company, the first chapter of which we won't see until 2013.
       
    There's woefully little we can share about even the first title, despite its reveal at the 2010 VGAs over theweekend. Insane is obviously a horror game, as evidenced by the screaming, the weird music, and the tentacles in the teaser.  
     
      
        

    "With this new series of video games, I want to take players to a place they have never seen before, where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality," del Toro said in a statement. "THQ and Volition are equally excited to make this vision of a completely new game universe into a reality."

    If this series does well, you've got to imagine that del Toro is thinking of some sort of film adaptation of the IP. Movies are kinda what he does best. Oh, and speaking of that? Del Toro owns the rights to any movie associated with the IP, while THQ owns the rights to the video games.
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    #1  Edited By BradNicholson
    Guillermo del Toro and Volition's oft-teased project, Insane, won't just be a one-off title. Publisher THQ has announced that Insane is a trilogy of "triple-A games" to be published under the company, the first chapter of which we won't see until 2013.
       
    There's woefully little we can share about even the first title, despite its reveal at the 2010 VGAs over theweekend. Insane is obviously a horror game, as evidenced by the screaming, the weird music, and the tentacles in the teaser.  
     
      
        

    "With this new series of video games, I want to take players to a place they have never seen before, where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality," del Toro said in a statement. "THQ and Volition are equally excited to make this vision of a completely new game universe into a reality."

    If this series does well, you've got to imagine that del Toro is thinking of some sort of film adaptation of the IP. Movies are kinda what he does best. Oh, and speaking of that? Del Toro owns the rights to any movie associated with the IP, while THQ owns the rights to the video games.
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    #2  Edited By crusader8463

    MUHAHAHA!!!!
     
    EDIT:Sounds interesting on paper, but I will wait for gameplay before I make an opinion on it though.

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    #3  Edited By Gargantuan
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    #4  Edited By thegoldencat7

    How presumptuous of them.

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    #5  Edited By GenghisJohn

    Call me when its Insane Clown Posse

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    #6  Edited By DeadFish

    So, this has nothing to do with his movie, "At the Mountains of Madness"?

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    #7  Edited By Afroman269
    @GenghisJohn the second game is called Clown and the last will be called Posse.
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    #8  Edited By l4wd0g

    They need to not plan these things as trilogies. Make a damn good game then ass to it if it works. 

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    *please don't be like Advent Rising, 
    please don't be like Advent Rising, 
    please don't be like Advent Rising, 
    please don't be like Advent Rising*  

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    #10  Edited By Kyle
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    #11  Edited By Baillie
    @Kyle said:
    " When has announcing a trilogy before the first game's release ever been a good idea? "
    You mean like Gears of War & Mass Effect?
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    #12  Edited By boku
    @xombi242 said:

    " *please don't be like Advent Rising,  please don't be like Advent Rising,  please don't be like Advent Rising,  please don't be like Advent Rising*   "
     


     I'm still waiting for that sequel...  :'(   
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    #13  Edited By skudfisher

    Your mom is a trilogy

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    #14  Edited By jacer18

    i cant wait? wait im excited for a thq game?

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    #15  Edited By Drakkel

    Of course, we have no idea what the game is like at this point, it could turn out to be just fine. 
     
    That said, I'm no game developer but to me it seems obnoxiously shortsighted to just assume everyones gonna love the first game so much they'll rush to buy two more games. It would be way smarter to put as much polish as you can into the first game and then see how the market reacts.

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    #16  Edited By Kyle
    @Baillie said:
    " @Kyle said:
    " When has announcing a trilogy before the first game's release ever been a good idea? "
    You mean like Gears of War & Mass Effect? "
    Neither of those were announced as trilogies before release.
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    #17  Edited By redwing42

     where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality     
     
    Oh, you mean kind of like Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem?
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    #18  Edited By microshock

    Great, now stop announcing games 2 + years before they'll ever come out.

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    #19  Edited By gbrading

    Saying "It's going to be a trilogy" right off-the-bat isn't a great idea. What if Insane flops? Far better to say they would like for it to be a trilogy but will see how things pan out.
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    #20  Edited By Deusoma
    @Microshock said:
    " Great, now stop announcing games 2 + years before they'll ever come out. "
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    #21  Edited By zFUBARz

    you know what if it IS even close to eternal darkness I'll be happy as hell, that game was messed up on every level.

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    #22  Edited By REDRUN
    @Microshock said:
    " Great, now stop announcing games 2 + years before they'll ever come out. "
    agreed
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    #23  Edited By Deeveeus

    I smell another Too Human...

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    #24  Edited By Baillie
    @Kyle: Pretty sure they were, at least gears was. I knew it was a trilogy before it came out,
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    #25  Edited By MisterMouse

    hmm I want to see gameplay of this sometime... but it is so far away...

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    #26  Edited By recroulette

    This reminds me of the Xenosaga series. It was supposed to be five games long but it only made it to three

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    #27  Edited By gamb1t

    im interested but the THQ makes me who cares till it comes out

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    #28  Edited By Roger778

    I find Guillermo Del Toro to be a fascinating man with a great sense of imaginaton.  Pan's Labyrinth, was a great movie, that had a sad ending, but amazing visuals.   
     
    I have to say I'm very intrigued that he is going to make a new Video Game.  My only concern is that he's planning to make it part of a trilogy.  He should develop the first game, and then wait to see if game critics, and the gamers love it or not, before moving on with the series.   
     
    I wish him the best of luck, though.

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    #29  Edited By richardnixon

    This stinks of Too Human/Advent Rising syndrome.

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    #30  Edited By DonPixel

    you people really try hard to put out a "smart" "bashing" full of negative comment about almost everything!..  perhaps you should look for personal satisfaction in more creative/positive endevours.   
     
    It´s a know fact for psychology that internet trolling it´s basically the release of personal frustration.. sooo keep it going you all such winners. 

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    #31  Edited By RichardLOlson

    Game sounds interesting just by the title alone, but I will have to see some game play to full make up my mind.

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    #32  Edited By Skald

    Great. At this rate, we can expect the trilogy to be completed by 2019, and that's if it's any good.

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    #33  Edited By corijo

    2013? Are they fucking insane?

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    #34  Edited By jangofett88
    @corijo said:
    " 2013? Are they fucking insane? "
    I see what you did there.
     
    So yeah, Insane III coming holiday 2019.
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    #35  Edited By MegaGoat
    @DonPixel said:
    " you people really try hard to put out a "smart" "bashing" full of negative comment about almost everything!..  perhaps you should look for personal satisfaction in more creative/positive endevours.    It´s a know fact for psychology that internet trolling it´s basically the release of personal frustration.. sooo keep it going you all such winners.  "
    DANGER!
    Troll Ahead
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    #36  Edited By dancinginfernal
    @Kyle said:
    " @Baillie said:
    " @Kyle said:
    " When has announcing a trilogy before the first game's release ever been a good idea? "
    You mean like Gears of War & Mass Effect? "
    Neither of those were announced as trilogies before release. "
    Mass Effect was, I know for a fact. Gears of War, no idea. Doubtful.
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    #37  Edited By Baillie
    @dancinginfernal said:
    " @Kyle said:
    " @Baillie said:
    " @Kyle said:
    " When has announcing a trilogy before the first game's release ever been a good idea? "
    You mean like Gears of War & Mass Effect? "
    Neither of those were announced as trilogies before release. "
    Mass Effect was, I know for a fact. Gears of War, no idea. Doubtful. "
    Ah, thanks for backing me up. I knew Gears of War was going to be a trilogy by the time I first got my hands on it, so I think that counts.
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    #38  Edited By Kyle
    @Baillie said:
    " @dancinginfernal said:
    " @Kyle said:
    " @Baillie said:
    " @Kyle said:
    " When has announcing a trilogy before the first game's release ever been a good idea? "
    You mean like Gears of War & Mass Effect? "
    Neither of those were announced as trilogies before release. "
    Mass Effect was, I know for a fact. Gears of War, no idea. Doubtful. "
    Ah, thanks for backing me up. I knew Gears of War was going to be a trilogy by the time I first got my hands on it, so I think that counts. "
    Noooooo! It burns!!
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    #39  Edited By Baillie
    @Kyle: Haha, not that it matters, just because 2 games have done it, I don't think there's been a game that's in such early production that has been confirmed for a trilogy, it is a very bad move. At least when we heard that Gears and Mass Effect were going to be trilogies we had at least seen them and they looked very good. Both are by renowned developers too.
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    #40  Edited By Kyle
    @Baillie: Exactly.
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    #41  Edited By biospank
    @DeadFish said:

    "So, this has nothing to do with his movie, "At the Mountains of Madness"? "


    probably cuz booth game and movie is a lovecraft flicks
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    #42  Edited By catpowerd

    Insane to be a trilogy sounds like a Wu-Tang clan album.

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    #43  Edited By ShadowLegend300

    Huh...guess we'll never even see the first one...

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    #44  Edited By Justin258

    @Microshock said:

    Great, now stop announcing games 2 + years before they'll ever come out.

    And almost two years later, does anyone know anything about this game...?

    EDIT: Nevermind, THQ canceled it.

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