XBLA Yaris drives into the sunset

We're trying to get an answer from Microsoft on what exactly happened, but we have to ask: If a driving game once referred to as "a festering turd" by X360 Magazine isn't safe from being deleted, who among us is? [Update: As much as we'd like to think Yaris was deleted for turdiness, apparently "the title was removed since the program is now over" according to Xbox Live's Major Nelson – meaning the advergaming tie-in period had lapsed. Bet you wish you downloaded it while you still could!]
[Thanks, James]





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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
tmmoore_nc @ Nov 5th 2008 9:34AM
Wasn't it originally announced that it'd only be out a year?
offday @ Nov 5th 2008 9:36AM
byeee.
Jakka @ Nov 5th 2008 9:39AM
What? I liked Yaris!
FAT MAN @ Nov 5th 2008 10:45AM
Time to start a cult following.....
"WE WANT YARIS 2 DAGNABIT!, IT WAS SO UNDER APPRECIATED!"
Poisoned Al @ Nov 5th 2008 8:16PM
I also liked Yaris. Almost as much as I do cutting myself.
joeybeast @ Nov 5th 2008 9:39AM
To think those come after us will never have the joy of driving a shoe box brings tear to my eyes.
xGeneral DEATHx (Mr ESC Resurrection Force) @ Nov 5th 2008 10:23AM
I always envisioned it as more of a clown shoe or a rollerskate.
Wubbytoes @ Nov 5th 2008 9:41AM
Yaris really is one of the worst games I've ever played. Toyota should sue the developer for damaging the reputation of their car with that shitty game.
bise @ Nov 5th 2008 10:26AM
damaging the reputation?
i was almost gonna buy a yaris 'cause i thought i would be able to shoot at fat bike-riding luchadores from the mechanical tentacle of my car!
Tiptup300 @ Nov 5th 2008 12:33PM
I was going to buy a Yaris because it gave you acid.
Wubbytoes @ Nov 5th 2008 7:04PM
That's what I'm talking about bise! I bought one thinking it could do that, and was extremely disappointed. I ended up writing several very strongly worded letters to Toyota because of this issue.
pwnetheus @ Nov 5th 2008 9:42AM
Gonna miss those free achievement points.
pwnetheus @ Nov 5th 2008 9:42AM
Naaahhhhht
FAT MAN @ Nov 5th 2008 10:48AM
Those were some of the hardest achievements i've ever seen for a shitty game. Or maybe its because they actually wanted me to play it for more then 5 minutes, which was too unbearable.
Erluti @ Nov 5th 2008 9:43AM
Maybe it's because Yaris quit paying the bill and Microsoft doesn't condone free advertising.
dark_inchworm @ Nov 5th 2008 9:46AM
It's kinda fun, in a "holy shit this is so bad but I gotta have those achievements" kind of way.
MC Double Def DP @ Nov 5th 2008 9:49AM
I want to know who was looking for it to notice it was gone?!
Jakka @ Nov 5th 2008 9:57AM
Cheevo whores?
xFenixKnightx @ Nov 5th 2008 9:54AM
Smell ya later...
Patrick @ Nov 5th 2008 9:57AM
It's been taking up my (20GB) hard drive space since I bought my 360 (March '07), and I've never played it. Guess I might as well see if it's worth playing.
Neuromancer @ Nov 5th 2008 11:56AM
Protip: It's not.
Poisoned Al @ Nov 5th 2008 9:57AM
Nothing of value was lost.
Fernando Rocker @ Nov 5th 2008 9:58AM
I never finished the game... I can't play with normal controls.
I would have finished the game and get some achievements if only the game had inverted controls.
DBoyFlex @ Nov 5th 2008 10:04AM
Inverted FTW! I hate it when games don't give the option. Poll idea: normal or inverted? That would be interesting, don't ya say?
xFenixKnightx @ Nov 5th 2008 10:06AM
Inverted?! o_O
INSANITY!!!!!
xFenixKnightx @ Nov 5th 2008 10:12AM
BTW, Banjo: NaB demo is killing me with its inverted underwater controls. It just doesnt make sense to have normal above water, then inverted under. >:(
Especially since I found this glitch :) Once you get it its pretty sweet to be able to explore Showdown Town more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGFgJw7Gsrg
Fernando Rocker @ Nov 5th 2008 10:13AM
Inverted with analog sticks... It feels more natural.
And normal with keyboard and mouse.
Jakka @ Nov 5th 2008 10:16AM
MADNESS!!1!
xGeneral DEATHx (Mr ESC Resurrection Force) @ Nov 5th 2008 10:26AM
Madness?
THIS...IS...** whoa, almost went for it. Yeah, I don't feel the inversion is natural, but it would make an interesting poll/study. Some of my friends just won't play without inversion.
Jakka @ Nov 5th 2008 10:46AM
GeneralDeath, you do realise MR.ESC came back ages ago?
dark_inchworm @ Nov 5th 2008 10:47AM
I'm on board Fernando's boat here. Normal controls with a mouse and keyboard, inverted with a controller. That Yaris never had the inverted option was sheer stupidity. How much effort would it have really taken to patch that in?
...oh wait, the developer collapsed upon release. Right.
DiggyStyle @ Nov 5th 2008 10:58AM
Inverted all the way for shooters! I played a lot of flying games early in my video gaming career so for shooters its like flying my head!
I am worthless without inverted controls all staring at the ground and spinning!
xFenixKnightx @ Nov 5th 2008 11:13AM
No, no, no, no NO!! If I want to look up I want to push UP on the thumbstick!! Up is up and down is down DAMNIT!
Thats why 99.9% of shooters come with NORMAL controls as default!
Damn wierdos!
:P
Neuromancer @ Nov 5th 2008 11:58AM
I agree with Fenix. Shooter's aren't flight simulators. People who use inverted controls have something deeply wrong with them, they are rotten to the core like a bad tooth.
xGeneral DEATHx (Mr ESC Resurrection Force) @ Nov 5th 2008 12:48PM
Jakka:
You DO realize that only recently (through certain changes I made to our web filter at work) I had returned to viewing/posting on Joystiq? No? You don't keep up with my every move in real time? Funny, I don't keep up with Mr. ESC's, either. Thanks for the info.
xGeneral DEATHx (Mr ESC Welcome Back Party Ultimate Mega Action Force) @ Nov 5th 2008 12:53PM
Fixed.
Gun Barrier @ Nov 5th 2008 1:27PM
lol i had the same problem with yaris, i needed inverted y axis.
Its not so wierd, its like the thumb stick controls the back of the head. Pulling the stick down makes my view go up. Thats how i see it anyways.
Kamizar @ Nov 5th 2008 10:09AM
Maybe, maybe we weren't playing Yaris at all, maybe Yaris was playing us...
Jakka @ Nov 5th 2008 10:18AM
Much Soviet Russia?
Duke @ Nov 5th 2008 10:09AM
You're all nuts! This game had you driving a Yaris with a gun...a gun. It was amazing. This is just proof that God doesn't like us anymore.
-No wait, the game blew. I remember now.
Jakka @ Nov 5th 2008 10:19AM
...fuck
xGeneral DEATHx (Mr ESC Resurrection Force) @ Nov 5th 2008 10:27AM
That's not a sunset...
StrangeBum @ Nov 5th 2008 11:25AM
It kinda reminds me of Mordhaus, but mostly because of your avatar.
craig64 @ Nov 5th 2008 10:43AM
This should've been removed before it was ever made.... if that's at all possible?
samfish @ Nov 5th 2008 10:47AM
I didn't think it was that bad....
Neuromancer @ Nov 5th 2008 11:59AM
Science has shown you to be wrong.
samfish @ Nov 5th 2008 12:41PM
I am nothing if not an anomaly.
Marty @ Nov 5th 2008 10:59AM
Well I still have it, and one of these days I'll find a few hundred hours to put in to get all the achievements.
FAT MAN @ Nov 5th 2008 11:13AM
i honor you brave soldier.
Courtney @ Nov 5th 2008 12:20PM
Fare thee well, poor Yaris. May you find the success you deserved wherever it is dead games go. Say hi to ET for us.