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eurogamer.net - 27 days ago

News: Jagex cans MechScape at enormous cost

— eurogamer.net — Didn't meet quality standards, apparently. Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has confirmed that RuneScape successor MechScape has been... canned just prior to its release, GamesIndustry.biz reports. The decision, he told our sister site, was made in ... (more) News: Jagex cans MechScape at enormous cost

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gamesbrief.com - 27 days ago

MechScape cancellation costs Jagex tens of millions

— gamesbrief.com — It’s a brave CEO who cancels his company’s second largest project after four years of development and... shortly before release. But that’s exactly what Mark Gerhard of Jagex has done with MechScape. The new MMO from the makers of Runescape has been canned shortly before release. When Mark ... (more) MechScape cancellation costs Jagex tens of millions

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MechScape cancellation costs Jagex tens of millions
Games Brief — ... But that’s exactly what Mark Gerhard of Jagex has done with MechScape. The new MMO from the makers of Runescape has been canned shortly before release. ...

MechScape Cancelled
Blue's News — GamesIndustry.biz has word that Jagex cancelled MechScape just prior to the release of this sci-fi MMOG, with Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard saying: "It got near completion and we discovered, oops, it didn't do all of those things that we wanted it to. So we went back to the original design document and said 'let's do it again'." He says their success with ...

Jagex cancels MechScape in favor of new secret game
Big Download Blog — ... UK-based Jagex, creators of the popular broswer-based fantasy MMO RuneScape, has decided to cancel their plans for MechScape, their next major browser-based MMO. According to Gamesindustry.biz the decision came in a late stage of ...

Jagex Confirms 'Expensive' MechScape Cancellation
Worlds In Motion — ... CEO Mark Gerhard told GamesIndustry.biz that the company aimed to incorporate four years' worth of Runescape design lessons in its new MMO, but "it got near completion and we discovered, oops, it didn't do all of those things that we wanted it to," Gerhard said. "So we went back to the original design document and said 'let's do it again'." ...