In limbo: Big Huge Games ... games

by David Hinkle on Apr 9th 2009 1:58PM

Big Huge Games could be saved from the swinging axe, according to a report from Kotaku, which also details two games the company was in the middle of developing: God: The Game and Ascendant. God: The Game was planned for Wii, with obvious inspiration from games such as Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda, and seems to have been early in development based on the game art available.

The other title, Ascendant, was destined for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, and is (was?) an action RPG set in a fantasy world. A brief trailer for the game confirms that Ken Rolston, lead designer for Oblivion, was involved. Based on that trailer and some in-game shots, we'd say Big Huge Games was on the verge of living up to its name.

There could still be hope for these games, though. Unnamed sources claim that several buyers are checking out the developer, including Curt Schilling's 38 Studios. Hopefully, Big Huge Games can be big huge saved.

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Tags: 38-studios, ascendant, big-huge-games, god-the-game, layoffs, Microsoft, Nintendo, thq, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (12)

Hearing people get to keep their jobs is always welcome news these day....

I agree with you completely =] Would like to see a trailer on the title mentioned as well :)

@Moris The trailer and tons of concept art is at the Kotaku story linked in the article. I personally think both games look pretty badass.

I wish they would get off their butts and fix the graphics bug in Catan already!

What graphics bug do you mean? My only problem is that I have a hard time telling the difference between the orange and red player.

Both myself and one of my friends get a big graphics bug on the end of match statistics screen. All the icons are shifted out of place and overlap each other. You don't have that?