Over four years ago, back when fanboys were still dreaming about the "Xbox 2" and "Nintendo Revolution," WarDevil wowed with stunning trailers and screenshots supposedly demonstrating the power of next-gen. IGN's Hilary Goldstein proclaimed it "one of the most anticipated games of 2005."
Rest assured, you didn't miss WarDevil in 2005 -- or since. Every so often, developer Digi-Guys has chimed in long enough to let the gaming community know that "it's still coming," dropped a new but very familiar-looking trailer, and then faded back into obscurity. This year is no different: we received such communication and trailer from Digi-Guys this morning, and you can view both after the jump.
But this year, an interview with UTV -- the company that owns Digi-Guys and publisher Ignition Entertainment -- suggests that we might finally see WarDevil in 2009.
Digi-Guys sent GameCyte the following message this morning:
We'll be releasing new material in 2009, but when/how is in the hands of our Publisher - therefore, we must keep to their schedules.
WarDevil is progressing to plan - it has a long development process as we're creating an Engine, a Game & Short Movie and each of these elements can take a lot of time on their own.
When I asked to be put in contact with their publisher Ignition Entertainment instead, I received the perplexing message:
Ignition won't be able to release any details about WarDevil, that all comes through Digi-Guys (now through TeamWarDevil).
Most of the reason we can't release material is linked to their plans.
The virtues of bureaucracy, I was afraid, would keep me from providing GameCyte readers with any real information. But just then, another message floated into my inbox:
WARDEVIL CHRONICLES
To round off 2008, Digi-Guys is launching a WarDevil related mini-site, featuring some all-new teaser content.
WarDevil Chronicles is a companion piece to the main WarDevil Project - how it fits into the main storyline & game content, we're not at liberty to divulge - yet.
For now, enjoy a sneak-peek of WarDevil in a 2D animated style at www.wardevilchronicles.com
As 2009 unfolds, there'll be more 'Chronicles' materials released, alongside all new Games & CGI content from the main WarDevil Project.
Happy New Year from TeamWarDevil!
It seems that the "Short Movie" the team was referring to just might be an animated feature.
While this latest trailer does nothing to prove that there's actually a game in production at Digi-Guys, the WarDevil team did offer their first official denial to recent accusations that the game is vaporware. "Recent forum postings have no basis in fact," they told GameCyte.
And as I mentioned earlier, this year UTV seemingly upholds the reality of WarDevil as well. In an interview with India's Business Standard (via GoNintendo) CEO Ronnie Screwvala mentioned that the company intends to release three "original," "high-value intellectual properties" for PS3, Wii and 360 in 2009, one each developed at the company's London, Japan and Florida studios.
Digi-Guys was previously revealed to be that London studio.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Five years and counting. At least the cartoon series might actually get finished. Playable demo at next show? We'll see.
March 1st, 2009 at 1:54 pm
this game have been development like forever this game better look as good as killzone 2 or better. at lest i hope we see some game play at E3 this year.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Hey Sean. Want to know the inside track about DG and wardevil?
March 5th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
@Anton:
I'd love to. What do you know?
March 6th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Can you get my email address from my account details?
March 21st, 2009 at 5:41 am
The game is a scam. It's so far behind and this cartoon took over a year to produce. It was originally started in november of 2007. All that wait for this?
scam.
Leearcher was right.
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
This game will never see the light of day. Why doesn't UTV/Ignition just pull the plug now instead of jerking us all off (or themselves I guess?) with this title?
If its to be out this year we would see it all over the mags and sneak peaks as part of a marketing campaign, but so far... nothing.
its complete bullshit.