Warner Bros. dumps multi-million dollar project This is Vegas’

Publisher Warner Bros. seems to have thrown the This is Vegas game in the trash. Warner previously closed the development studio where the game was being worked on and now the project itself seems to have been killed.

The Computer and Video Games website claims that a source close to the project has stated that Warner Bros. This is Vegas has canceled. The game had been in development for three years, but the status of the game had been unknown for some time. This is Vegas was supposed to be released in the first quarter of 2010, but according to the source, it would have needed another nine to 12 months of development time. Warner Bros. has not yet confirmed the cancellation of This is Vegas.

The cancellation of This is Vegas could go down in the books as the biggest waste of money in the history of the gaming industry, according to the CVG source. When Warner Bros. This is Vegas took over from the ailing Midway in June 2009, it is said that $43 million has already been invested in the project. The now closed Surreal Software studio has been working on the game for another year, while the studio Warner Bros. cost about $250,000 a month at the time. Judging by these numbers, all from the same unnamed Computer and Videogames source, Warner Bros. 45.5 million dollars ‘thrown away’.

This is Vegas was supposed to be a game where players themselves are the protagonists in their own Las Vegas adventure. The game featured all of Sin City’s signature features, such as casinos, showgirls, and ugly Hawaiian shirts. The game was announced in early 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, and was scheduled to release in early 2010.