THE ALLIANCE IS OVER
Another much anticipated title bites the dust as X-Com Alliance is canned.
It's always sad when we announce 'a death in the family', especially when that family member happens to be a much anticipated first-person shooter based on Julian Gollop's fantastic X-Com universe.
Having heard rumours that X-Com Alliance was hanging in the balance, we spoke to Simon Callaghan, PR Manager at infogrames' London Office, to see if he could put the record straight.
Unfortunately, Simon confirmed that Alliance has indeed been officially canned. "We acquired assets from Hasbro when Infogrames took over and looked at each title individually to see if they would fit in with our release schedule," said Simon.
And before fans start sending Infogrames poison pen letters, Simon did go on to explain that Alliance's future looked pretty shaky even before they picked it up from Hasbro. He also added that the title just wasn't "strong enough" or "far enough along" to warrant handing it over to a new development team.
X-Com afficionados shouldn't despair just yet, however. "I'm certain that the X-Com franchise will rear its head again in some form," Mr Callaghan assured us.
We hope so. But in the meantime, let us have a minute's silence