Remember Eight Days?  Sony London’s cover shooter that was making waves in 2005?  Come early 2008 we believed the game was entering full production. Come mid-2008, the game was cancelled and later replaced with…EyePet. Now all that’s left of Eight Days is the lost development footage found floating on youtube.

The game’s supposed Animation Director has uploaded a test level demonstrating the game character’s basic navigation.  The animation system is clearly impressive, being fluid yet responsive and even displaying similarities to Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Sadly, this developer was none too pleased with the game’s cancellation:

The London studio decided to shift its focus from ‘hard core’ games to ‘lifestyle’ games and [...] Eight Days did not fit into the budget for the next financial year.

To be honest, it would have been easier to accept it’s cancellation if the game wasn’t very good.

Sigh.

Tags: cancellation, eight days, scee, sony london, the getaway

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2 Comments » madpuppy on September 21, 2008 1:11 pm wow, looks like it would have been cool……by the way? is everybody on vacation? ripten is starting to look like a static website. Blah….. madpuppy on September 21, 2008 11:00 pm did you guys forget to turn off the lights when you left……. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.