Leaked animation footage of Eight Days

  • Posted September 22nd, 2008 at 04:46 EDT by
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Over the weekend, early animation footage for SCE London Studios’ canceled title Eight Days leaked onto the net, revealing some impressive use of technology that has us wishing the game was still in production.

According to Sony Computer Entertainment's Shuhei Yoshida, Eight Days went under review for cancellation as the game lacked an online mode; a factor that did not mesh well with Sony’s plans to move towards more online-orientated projects.

Check out the tech demo below:


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  1. fullz06

    • 5:07am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    yeah they deffinatley should hav incorporated online in it

  2. clarick | clarick01

    • 5:12am BST - September 22nd, 2008

     wow that is very impressive. i wish the game was still under production, but if not maybe the can lend this technology to the Naughty Dog team for the next Uncharted.

  3. bnolan56 | snowy311

    • 6:47am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    eh doesn't look that sweet. game wouldn't be that fun too strangehold/gears of war ish.

  4. Arimax

    • 7:05am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    The game doesn't have to have online to be a great game you know. This is why I hate the next-gen so much it actually started with Xbox. It's like everytime a game goes under review finished, or not it sucks if it doesn't have an online. Personally I think some of you guys need to get out in the sun more cause all this online **** wouldn't even be an issue if no play games that heavy.

  5. AntFarm

    • 9:19am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    I agree with Arimax. Uncharted offline, great game!

  6. Infernoz0 | Oblivian_92

    • 10:00am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    looks pretty cool , too bad its cancelled

  7. The_Sorrow_Gamer | The_Sorrow_Gamer

    • 10:01am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    cuz of online...thats gay

  8. Zephyr | Zyrak

    • 10:10am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    LOL Sony! Uncancel it and include an online mode an everybody will be happy.

  9. TekkenLord | HitMan00

    • 10:35am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    that was amazing, never seen a cover system like that. Wake up SCE London Studios’ that game have alot of promise.  As Clarick said may naughty dog would use this technology for the next uncharted.

  10. T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

    • 10:49am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    Its ashame that this game was cancelled.

     

  11. gingo | gingo

    • 11:14am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    psn id: gingo.... thats quite a poor reason to cancel a game because it doesn't have an online part to it, i think they should go back and finish this cause the animations look awesome

  12. Perishing_Mind

    • 11:39am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    meh I didn't like the  animations were he slides over the obstacles, looks to slick, totally unnatural, the ideas are rather good but it could have been improved - and btw online is not a MUST for a game...stupid to cancel this game

  13. A_Ninja | Arabia_Ninja

    • 11:40am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    untill now ... i dont belive that they really cancelled Eight Days ... every thing about it is so cool .... the pepole behind the cancellation should be SHOT ON THE HEAD

  14. Bronx666 | ZeVeX

    • 11:45am BST - September 22nd, 2008

    Thats some good animation right there, all flows together very well, and to cancel a game just because it lacks online is just wrong, not every game has to have online, some people still enjoy just single player storys.

  15. ttuna1

    • 12:03pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    looks quite cool but i think the animations would get kind of repetitive really

  16. Dr_tee18 | Drtee18

    • 12:19pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    the cover system reminds me of uncharted. sony definetly has management problems. it has so much games that dont have online and does real well, they dont need to be microsoft and be the leading online driver.

  17. ryuken

    • 12:26pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    all this online S%$# has been pissing me off. wtf!!!  really WTF!!!  this is going to sound f'd up but I wish somehow all connections would go down. People barly even "beat" games anymore. I have about 4 "new" racing games (I wont mention any names) and I cant even play with people who come over! Why do I have 4 PS3 controllers why!  I call BullS H I T.

  18. Denali2 | NEJI64

    • 1:24pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    it gotta be more to it to why this game got cancel but if its mainly because no online then Sony is crazy. its bad enough that Sony don't wanna buy third party exclusive but Sony canceling games and not founding them when they can be AAA games outrages

  19. GunTeng

    • 1:34pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    That is pretty good. Solid Snake meets Die Hard..lol.

    Mirrors Edge meets Uncharted?

    Although for me it would never have been a purchase as its a 3PS. I love to watch 3PS, but playing it is another matter. But in saying that, this seems to have offered what many games have been lacking. In fact, this is what StrangleHold promised to be & that failed miserably. If they made an FPS with this sort of movement (Mirrors Edge) then it would be fantastic for my tastes.

    Its a shame it was cancelled even if it was only a 3PS. I just hope the ideas & tech it used are put to good use.

  20. RandomBeef

    • 2:03pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    So that the resean why it was cancled but I still want to know why The Getaway was cancled!

  21. inphi | Mindplague

    • 2:35pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    Hope they incorporate this into an upcoming exclusive game. Its sad that the footage got leaked. Now "other" devs will try and copy it and all. Oh well.

  22. Bigdoggy | Gypscrew

    • 2:42pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    Guys, this game wasn't canceled because of the online.  It was canceled so they could put more resources/concentrate more on that stupid game or whatever it's called "eyepet".  Thanks to that gimmick is the reason both of these two games got canceled.

  23. NoMercy666 | Ask me...

    • 3:14pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this game canceled?

  24. rahstar2003 | explosive78

    • 5:07pm BST - September 22nd, 2008

    damn shame it got cancelled for such a stupid reason.

  25. killercop | killercop

    • 2:29am BST - September 23rd, 2008

    OMG such smooooth animations! :o

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    Developer:
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