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THQ has announced that Guillermo del Toro's 'Insane' is no longer in production and effectively canceled. This happened in an investor call just a short time ago.
More when it comes but...
...this project always rung with an air of Vaporware to me and, if I can find it, I believe I wrote months ago that this project was probably never going to come to fruition.
THQ president Jason Rubin has said in a statement, ""We have decided not to pursue further pre-production on Insane, and have returned all of our IP rights to Guillermo del Toro."
No word on how far in production inSane actually went, but THQ has been on a mission lately to cancel unfruitful projects, and realign other services in order to make the company more profitable.
In light of this Rubin also stated, "Consistent with this vision, THQ has made a few changes to previously announced projects. First, we made the determination not to pursue any casual Facebook games. Second, we will not be publishing casual mobile games, including those with Innovative Leisure. And third, we have decided not to pursue further pre-production on Insane, and have returned all of our IP rights to Guillermo del Toro. By canceling these explorations outside of our core business, we feel we can improve focus on our core game portfolio, which remains unchanged."
This goes in line with statements THQ has made recently regarding the new "focused" direction of the company. Since taking over for CEO Danny Bilson in May, Rubin has been on a mission to get THQ back to profitability and has angered some with the companies new direction which has included slashing projects and possibly seeking a more serious direction for the Saints Row series.
Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean the complete end to this project. Guillermo del Toro currently retains all the rights to this IP -including film rights- so it's possible we may see it surface again in the future. Perhaps even in another medium if a different publisher fails to pick it up.
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11 years, 8 months ago
In the worlds of the very Emo Darth Vader.......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
11 years, 8 months ago
Did we actually know anything at all about InSANE?
11 years, 8 months ago
I remembered InSane being talked about in the 2011 VGA, but it was so brief and presented as if it was some film. Don't even remember if there was a trailer or not.
Agreed, Joseph. Vaperware indeed.
11 years, 8 months ago
I shouldn't have been shocked when I saw the title, but I was.
11 years, 8 months ago
God damn it no....damn it!!!
11 years, 8 months ago
I pray for another dev to pick up this project since Del Toro still owns the rights to the game.
11 years, 8 months ago
Its good that GDT still has the rights, but what was this game going to be? a Dear Esther-like psychological experience? guess I'll have to wait and see.
11 years, 8 months ago
oh thank god
11 years, 8 months ago
I can't get disappointed over something they didn't tell us anything about.
11 years, 8 months ago
Not surprising in the least.
11 years, 8 months ago
it always sucks, IMO, when a new IP is canceled, even though we knew nothing about it, but if it was something that he was serious about, Guillermo will probably find a way. maybe if we're lucky it will be released as a movie and we can all see what we lost thanks to THQ :)