Vampires rejoice, Harker on "indefinite hold"

Go back to school with your Mac, iPhone and TUAW

Vampires rejoice, Harker on "indefinite hold"

Posted Apr 22nd 2008 4:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

After a brief burst of early hype, The Collective's Harker -- a vampire slaying action game -- completely disappeared. Of course, that makes sense when you factor in the fact that The Collective (who have now been combined with Shiny to form the new Double Helix studio) was later handed the reins to the latest entry in the Silent Hill series. If Konami decided to let us make the next Silent Hill (note to Konami: not a good idea), we'd drop whatever we were doing too. Unfortunately, it looks like Harker might be buried in an early grave, as Double Helix's parent company Foundation 9 has announced that the project is on "indefinite hold." Frankly, we were looking forward to killing vampires using the game's environmental hazards and brutal combat engine.

Here's hoping Harker gets another chance to prove his undead-slaying worth.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: double-helix, foundation-9, foundation9, harker, the-collective

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

4-22-2008 @ 5:50PM

andyface said...

Sorry, what's "indefinite hold" actually mean. If it's meant to mean cancelled, why not say that (the developers, not you guys) can something really be on hold indefinitely, to me hold is a kind of temporary state of stillness, so to have something that is indefinitely in a temporary state seems weird. Maybe it's just my strange way of interpreting things.

4-22-2008 @ 8:31PM

ryan said...

pretty much canned like the Dirty Harry game.

4-23-2008 @ 11:31AM

Mauricio said...

Wheres this picture from? Looks like it would be an interesting movie if thats what it is...

Upcoming Releases

Name	Date
Fallout 3	Oct 28
MotoGP 08	Oct 28
Scene It? Box Office Smash	Oct 28
Score International: Baja 1000	Oct 28
Madagascar 2	Nov 4
EndWar	Nov 4
High School Musical 3	Nov 4
History Channel Civil War: Secret Missions	Nov 4
Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice	Nov 4
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace	Nov 4
Legendary	Nov 4
NPPL Championship Paintball 2009	Nov 4
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade	Nov 4
New and Upcoming XBLA Releases

Popular on X3F

The Story	Find More
XBLA in Brief: Portal: Still Alive	XBLA in Brief
X3F Hands-on: Gears of War 2 - Act One	Gears of War 2
First Halo 3: Recon details emerge	Halo 3: Recon
Teen runs away from home, parents blame online games	News
Fable II players report game breaking glitch	Fable II

RESOURCES

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Feeds by category

Featured Galleries

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (XBLA)

Fable II: The Albion Bestiary Compendium

Recent Comments

Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in:

Konami launches 'Commemorative Campaign' for MGO Street Fighter II HD submitted to Sony, target release date is this month Alone in the Dark: Inferno heating up Europe November 14th	World of Warcraft 3.0.3 Patch notes Patch 3.0.3 as good as confirmed for November 4th Server maintenance announced for November 4th
Microsoft promises a few surprises in 2009 Metacritic roundup: Gears of War 2 X3F TV -- Mirror's Edge Time Trial Demo Preview	Sonic Unleashed trailer is half the game we want NY Jets cheerleader reviews All Star Cheer Squad Team Ninja open to Wii
Mushroom Men: Rise of the Exploding Canisters Nintendo DSi floods Japanese market DS releases for the week of November 3rd	Imageepoch maybe working on a PSP title New CG Resident Evil flick also releasing on UMD Prinny screens show new enemies and vehicles
Study links children playing games with violent content with more aggression Far Cry 2 on top in latest top 10 best selling PC games list Alienware launches their first CrossFire gaming PC notebook	John Daly Can Explain Drunken Hooters Adventure: It Was a Misunderstanding Colin Montgomerie Knows He Has Man Boobs, Unaffected by Criticism Painter Refuses to Do Portrait of Colin Montgomerie Because of His Man Boobs