Hired Guns The Jagged Edge

Hired Guns The Jagged Edge has emerged from its ashes after a public and official cancellation earlier this year. The publisher's CEO, Dave Foley, told the Seattle Post that, as a result of the closure, we are no longer seeing the game. Foley says the game was set to be announced in April, but we're not sure how soon the game will be made. Foley's statement reads:

"After nearly eight years of silence from a PR partner on the game we finally found a suitable partner. However, we did not meet on the call until recently.

"With so many people still working on the game, we can’t say a lot about our vision or the style of the project we’ve been working on. We’ve been patient with the team and our understanding of the situation. Unfortunately, that won’t last forever."

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is due for release in Q4 2007, according to an LA Times report. The game is being published by N-Space. The THQ label is known for publishing the Kingpin games, to which N-Space's Edge reporter states that the studio is responsible for the upcoming WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008.

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Update: THQ has confirmed its inclusion of Space Channel 5 and MTV. It also said that it will publish the games under the Space Channel 5 label in the US.

Original story:

It has been nearly two years since the release of the original Space Channel 5 and the almost two-year wait for the sequel. The game was once part of a compilation pack for the show's tenth season and was to be developed by Sumo Digital. However, the series was being cut down, and the PS2 and Xbox versions of the game were scrapped. Now, it looks like THQ is considering making another entry into the series.

At its press conference today, THQ confirmed that the game will see a fall release on the Xbox 360 and PS3. However, a release date for the game hasn't been announced at the time of this writing.

We'll have more on the game as it becomes available.

UPDATE: THQ told Eurogamer that it would continue to develop its Space Channel 5 games under the guidance of Paramount Pictures.

"The original Space Channel 5 video game was developed in collaboration with the upcoming Paramount Pictures," it said.

"We hope that the new Space Channel game is well-suited to the growing trend of all-in-one entertainment, and we're hopeful that there will be a great Space Channel game from Paramount Pictures."

At the time, THQ was not available for comment.

UPDATE:

Just weeks after we reported on the cancellation of the game, THQ announced it had ended the sale of the game's intellectual property.

It said that THQ will continue to work with the original Space Channel 5 IP, "as the franchise will continue to operate as part of the Paramount Pictures strategy."

The announcement came after THQ acquired the licence from ITV. THQ said it had no immediate plans for the new Space Channel 5 video game.

Earlier today, a THQ representative told GameSpot that the studio had not received any consultation from the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the British Advertising Standards Authority.

"We continue to take the advice of the legal process of buying and selling all licensed content and licenses in the United Kingdom, and are assessing other options," the representative said.

The Metro: Last Light developer is currently seeking a lawsuit from the Metro: Last Light publisher, and the Metro series has been around since the 1980s. The complaint is based upon an intellectual property that was under license, but which has not been revived since 2008.

"We do not have any legal action to report this to the court," the representative said.

The Metro: Last Light developer did not reveal what has been removed from the game's page. The game's Steam page remains, as is the release date and price.

In June, Metro developer 4A Games said that a petition to get the game banned in Australia and New Zealand is not very far off. "We are currently asking for the use of [Metro: Last Light] in other countries, including the UK, Germany, and the US," the developer said.

The Metro series began in 2002 as a PC exclusive, while an Xbox 360 edition followed in 2003. All five games in the series are set in post-apocalyptic Russia and offer players "dozens of hours of gameplay," the developer said.

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