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THQ Cancels Insane Trilogy

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by Jim Reilly on August 06, 2012 at 04:26 PM

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THQ said today it has canceled pre-production on Insane, the trilogy project from Volition Studios and movie director Guillermo Del Toro. The publisher said it has returned the rights of the game to Del Toro. The game was first revealed in December 2010. Since then, no other information has surfaced from the developer. THQ says Insane was in very early exploratory development and that no development teams have been affected by this announcement.

President Jason Rubin told Game Informer in an interview at E3 this June that Insane was still in production.

Previously, THQ also dropped publishing Devil's Third from Tomonobu Itagaki's Valhalla Game Studios.

Filed under: News, THQ, Guillermo del Toro, insane

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by Pauleragon Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:31 PM

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VOLITion is awesome
by Irwin529 Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:32 PM

I was wondering why this game has been silent lately.
by jpm1276 Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:32 PM

This is...insane
by markus1142 Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:32 PM

Tough break for del Toro. First, he can't get At The Mountains of Madness green-lit in Hollywood, now this. At least Pacific Rim sounds like it'll be a blast, but Guillermo is a horror/creature guy at heart. I hope he gets to put out more of his usual stuff sooner rather than later.
by Justin Stievenart Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:33 PM

Thq cancelled a game. Shocker.
by Bradamantium Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:35 PM

My only solace is that the game didn't sound too exceptional. It's a bummer, though, del Toro's responsible for one of my favorite movies in Hellboy II, and I think he'd lend himself pretty well to video game concepts and narrative. Here's to hoping he takes another jab at the industry.
by Smidgens Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:36 PM

I'll just say it.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

An awesome studio combined with the talents of Del Toro who's actually a gaming nerd himself....it was going to be glorious. D:
by Kyle Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:37 PM

Wow.
by My_Boomstick Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:37 PM

Ouch, I really thought this was gonna be THQ's secret weapon they were relying on in their back pocket ever since their troubles. Was expecting the release of Darksiders II and Insane to bring them out into calmer waters, but guess not :(
by caramel_cod Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:37 PM

Weird how tough it can be to get work published when you're the director of the highest critically rated film of all time. I'm hoping he goes on to work with the folks at Irrational. Ken Levine and Del Toro working together might create some sort of interdimensional brain-portal to the land of brilliant games.
by Triston Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:38 PM

Wow.
by ITS ME MARIO Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:39 PM

BOOO!
by Matt The Hedgehog Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:40 PM

I have a major bad feeling THQ might end up like 38 Studios, but if they can pull it off with Darksiders 2, then they'll survive.
by Data Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:43 PM

Well this is insane...
by Aaron Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:44 PM

Well, that sucks.

At least Del Toro is working on something awesome right now. www.google.com/url
by Aaron Quixote Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:46 PM

Hopefully someone else picks this up, it sounded so promising. We need more new, original IP's.
by 3nd3rth3 Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:46 PM

Well, THQ has been horribly mismanaged. Saving the company will take various sacrifices. I just hope that the Vigil team doesn't come under attack when Darksiders ships. Really love the lore/world of that game and want that franchise to thrive. It's tough, that's for sure.
by Zonified Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:49 PM

As sad as this is, I can understand considering the situation THQ has been in. That said, I hope this isn't gone forever. Maybe it'll come back in a new form, hopefully with a new company. Or possibly even when THQ is doing better?
by Master Chief Monday, August 06, 2012 at 04:49 PM

I sure hope THQ doesn't go under, hopefully Darksiders 2 and Metro Last Light do really good.