sad...

How stupid is this?

I hope they make a game so incredebly bad taste it will make Jack Thompson cry. Postal does not cut it.

Well, can't say I'll miss it. A game about being a drug lord doesn't interest me at all.

I don't know what to say... On one hand, I don't think such tasteless games should come into existance in the first place.

But on the other hand, you see the same kind of content (and worse!) in movies, and noone cries out. And I just don't think it's right when companies make games aimed at adults, and people cry out about them.

I think I'll side with The Other Hand here...

while I in no way would have bout such a game,what I really notice is how far we have to go as a comunity(gaming).movies have been dealing with this kind of subjuct matter for some time,blow,scareface and countless others,and yet simply because of the subject matter (most likly) a game is caned. Story telling trough gaming still has so very far to go.

I've never heard of this game untill now, but I'm still kinda dissapointed. My favorite part of the last GTA game was how you could take new blocks of land for your gang. After a while it makes you feel like you've actually accomplished something.

A strategy game like would have been awesome. Balls =(

"Take Two subsidiary 2K Games officially announced today that it has cancelled Snow, a drug-dealing strategy, has been cancelled."

lol.

"Take Two subsidiary 2K Games officially announced today that it has cancelled Snow, a drug-dealing strategy, has been cancelled."

Welcome to the Department of Redundancy Department!

I will probably never miss it (the game), anyway...

yea i read this and was like where did Take Two's balls go?

As cartman said just have to get the espisode pulled and then there integrity is gone...

I mean something like this would only build buzz for these games, it not like it's some satan worshiping devil game...

it's dope wars with graphics.

that game looks amazing, and from the sound of it would probably be a really cool one to play.. i probably would have bought it. i hope this doesn 't mean Take2 is completely abandoning the game.. only putting it on hold.

i think it sucks when controversy starts leading to developers being forced to censor themselves and walk on eggshells. media is expression, and expression doesn't work if it's limited to what's politically correct.

Someone has to come around and buy up the rights to this one, you just cant get great advertising like this.

Nowhere does it say why the game was cancelled.

Given all the financial and quality problems Take Two is having it wouldn't surprise me at all if the reason was financial and/or the game sucked so bad it got scrapped before the development wasted any more money on a title that wasn't going to sell one bit.

Thumper is, of course, going to trumpet this as a resounding victory for the righteous, but I think the real reason is more to do with bean counting than backing down under pressure from blowhard hypocrites.

How pathetic a game. Their next game will be full of child abusers or rapists.

How far 2k sports has fallen... from making the most dominant innovative football game, ESPN NFL 2k5 (whole 2k series), to this.

Why oh why couldn't they have been bought by a decent company?!?

Lynette, how do you know the game was pathetic? You haven't seen it, you haven't played it, you hardly even know what the game was about. A one sentence description of the game theme hardly says anything about what the game is like, especially when said description is written by CNN Money reporter, who probably knows next to nothing about games.

If it was rated appropriately, what exactly is the problem with the game?

You really think it'll be a good idea for the Content Police to approve all games to be released in the US?

Take two problems are related to their stock value, since they gave up their private holding to play the stock game, they are subject to all the bs going along with it

IE your shareholders dont like Hot Coffe you have to eat it.

To Lynette:

if you dont like it dont buy it. just like you dont like a movie "the davincci code" pisses you off dont pay money to go see it. Dont like the game dont buy it.
dont want your kid to be exposed to violent Television be a parent and know what he's watching.

the problem isnt the game makers or the movie studio's
it the lack of parent giving a shit about there childrens lives, it makes me sick to my stomach to hear all these idiots blame everyone but themselves for there own genetic problems.

If you have a relationship with your child. he including you in what he's doing then you can explain to him what reality is and what a video game is. instead of turning the xbox on for little jimmy the 6 year and walking out of the room.

becasue a 11 year old isnt supposed to be playing Halo 2 let alone a 6 year old.

But if i want to bully kids or pretend to be a drug king pin what im doing is no different then reading a book and using your imagination to envision the same behavior. the only difference is some people can't see it that way.

If Jack Thompson wasn't completely incompetant, I'd of thought he was behind the cancellation.

I for one am disappointed, I always liked the cell phone/pda game "dope dealer/wars." Although dry and text based, it was a good display of how monotonus but rewarding yet fleeting investment's can be.

That's what we need are games that show kids how to make money (like that "rich dad" game "Cashflow" but more marketable) because they sure aren't learning it in school. What would be better is a game that shows kids how to make money legally... well... as legally as most rich people get it.

It actually sounds like it could have been a pretty cool game with some interesting visuals and packaging. I probably would have given it a shot.

...and no, I've never done drugs and I don't even drink. I don't believe in either, but it's a game. Somehow, people lost that distinction that (games != reality).

Though this reminds me that I still need to pick up a copy of The Warriors. I played it when it first came out and it was awesome.

I'm with Lynnette here. What a lame game. Good riddance.

no way, that picture sold me. cell shading is cool on its own, never mind drugs aswell.

all you gays "good riddance bla bla", i bet you dont mind your FPS's? whats worse between killing (read: murdering) poeple then say drug pushing? not much, because its MAKE BELIEVE/PRETEND/FANTASY/FICTION/most importantly: A GAME.

ill miss this game

I played it at E3. It's terrible. This is really no loss.

I would expect the poor quality and complete lack of direction/cohesion for the game is what killed it.