Starcraft: Ghost
Genres:Adventure, Shooter
Themes:Science fiction
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:StarCraft: Ghost is a cancelled military science fiction stealth-action video game previously under development by Blizzard Entertainment. Part of Blizzard's StarCraft series, the game was announced on September 20, 2002, and was to be developed by Nihilistic Software for the Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 video game consoles. Several delays in development caused Blizzard to move back the release date and the game has not yet materialized. Nihilistic Software ceded development to Swingin' Ape Studios in 2004 before Blizzard bought the company, and plans for the GameCube version were cancelled in 2005.
Blizzard announced in March 2006 that the game was put on "indefinite hold" while the company investigated seventh generation video game console possibilities. Subsequent public statements from company personnel had been contradictory about whether production was to be renewed or planned story elements worked into other products. The continued delay of Ghost had caused it to be labeled as vaporware, and it was ranked fifth in Wired News' annual Vaporware Awards in 2005. In 2014, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that Ghost was officially cancelled.
Unlike its real-time strategy predecessor StarCraft, Ghost is a third-person shooter, and was intended to give players a closer and more personal view of the StarCraft universe. Following Nova, a Terran psychic espionage operative called a "ghost", the game is set four years after the conclusion of StarCraft: Brood War and covers a conspiracy about a secretive military project conducted by Nova's superiors in the imperial Terran Dominion. Very little of the game's storyline has been released; however, in November 2006 after the game's postponement, a novel was published called StarCraft Ghost: Nova, which covers the backstory of the central character.Show more
Vote to bring this game to GOG and help preserve it.356
This is a game that was never released. I don't know if GOG could do something about this. For the moment is a lost cause because it was never finished. No Beta, no Alpha, even not a test demo.
a wasted master piece that blizzard let a game that would of been one of the best ps2 game ever to come out or key word WOULD OF if they didn't can the project when it was over 90% done just to be just get a chance to shine. thanks blizzard for letting us down even more. GoG if you guys get this game i would be forever grateful!
I do not have personal memoires of ever playing this game, and probrably never will get the chance to play it legitimately outside a few 'methods', on the internet. I did however managed to purchase the books based around this game. I gotta say. I really want to play this particular game when it was mentioned it was in development. The cinematic trailer gotten me so hype for it I couldn't help but scream out how cool it was going to be.
If it ever gets a chance to be released, I would be more than willing to show my love for the game I never got to play, but heard, decades after it was revealed to the public.
Odds are below zero this will ever be released, but among StarCraft / Blizzard fans this might be a most wanted. Though I fear most of them already surrendered and gave in long time ago eventually being able to play it. I fear the main reason is money. No monthly payment (like WoW) means no permamanent cashing in and doing a remaster, like Blizzard does on most of their games, takes approximately 10 years to appear reasonable. Retro graphics (see screenshots and trailers) in a brand new Blizzard game just wouldn't do the trick. They had to start from scratch in that and many aspects. Despite my pessimism, I'd be willing to pay 4 times the amount of a normal game to get my hands on this. Maybe Frost Giant Studio would bother to succeed the work on StarCraft Ghost? Or GOG gains the rights on this game, I bet they'd find many developers who would kill to get the permission to finish this one. Recoils like abandoning high potential releases are constantly pushing me further away from the joy of video gaming...
I've been playing Starcraft since I was a boy and naturally did not hear about SC Ghost at the time, but I guarantee I would've begged my parents for a PS2 the second I'd heard about it. Of course I would've then probably barely touched that PS2 because SC Ghost was never released. It would've been a soul crushing disappointment for younger me, especially because before I was even a third of the way through SC1 the first time I spent hours imagining what it looks like from the units perspectives. I remember pressing my face up to the old tube computer screen staring at the marines, firebats, wraiths, tanks, etc trying to see as much detail as I could. Just to try and figure out a way to imagine what it looks like down there. I even remember ranting to my mom about VR, which I also hadn't heard if and was barely a concept for most people at the time, and how a first person shooter where you play as a marine would be amazing.
Grand Theft Auto IVGrand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on-foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players play as Niko Bellic. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting.
Two expansion packs were later released for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IV storyline, and follow new protagonists.Open world Action
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and a prequel to the original Metal Gear. The game has a complex story with long cut-scene sequences, but there are fewer and they are shorter compared to earlier Metal Gear Solid titles. Most of the gameplay mechanics introduced in Ground Zeroes are carried over: it is still an action game and stealth oriented but replaces the linear corridor design from most earlier titles with large open world environments that offer the player unrestricted freedom for the approach. The world has now a real-time day and night cycle and various weather effects that influence enemy behaviour, visibility and sound. Sabotaging or destroying certain structures can also influence other parts of the map.Open world Action Fantasy Historical Stealth
Michigan: Report from HellMichigan: Report from Hell, released as Michigan in Japan, is a survival horror game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Spike. It was released in Japan on August 5, 2004, in Europe on September 30, 2005, and in Australia in 2005. This game was never released in North America. Directed by Akira Ueda and planned by Goichi Suda, the game focuses on a news crew for the fictional ZaKa TV, dedicated to covering strange phenomena. The game is unique in the sense that it is played almost entirely though the viewfinder of a camera; and the game is lost if the player runs out of film before solving the mysteries in a mission.Horror
Ori: The CollectionPlay both award-winning games of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition and Ori and the Will of the Wisps in this collection.
Embark on an adventure to the visually stunning hand-crafted worlds of Nibel and Niwen with the brave little spirt on a deeply emotional journey.
Face epic enemies and challenging puzzles with larger-than-life bosses, towering enemies and thrilling escape sequences.
Dive deeper into the world through the breathtaking and beautiful orchestral style music.Action Fantasy
Dragon's Crown ProThe most beautiful 2D action RPG in history, which enchanted over a million adventurers on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, is journeying to the PlayStation 4! With refined artwork and 4K compatibility, exploring dungeons and battling dragons has never looked so spellbinding. The soundtrack of swords and sorcery has also been revamped and re-recorded by a live orchestra. These improvements and more are conjuring a new era of high fantasy adventure!Action Fantasy Historical
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow CollectionCastlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection includes Castlevania: Lords of Shadow with codes in box for both its DLC and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD. It also has a demo for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.Action Fantasy Horror
Granny's GardenAn educational puzzle adventure game, designed to encourage children's reading skills and problem solving.Educational
Spirit Hunter: NGWhile its predecessor, Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, found its spirits in distinct, horrifying locales, Spirit Hunter: NG weaves fear seamlessly into the mundane. Face down monsters in quiet residential streets, neighborhood parks, and even the protagonist’s own home. Be careful—terror lurks behind every corner.Horror Mystery
MushihimesamaMushihimesama is a manic shooter developed by Cave and released by Taito in 2004. It was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2005 and iOS in 2011. An Xbox 360 port was released in May 2012 (with ver1.5 as first print DLC). A significantly changed "version 1.5" was released to arcades in 2011. The game has an insect theme as all of the enemies resemble various insects such as beetles and butterflies. The game is set in various forest environments. It received a sequel in 2006, known as Mushihimesama Futari, and a spin-off iOS game entitled Mushihimesama Bug Panic.Action Fantasy
Star OceanThe first game from tri-Ace released on the Super Famicon published by Enix. A huge scale role playing game with beautiful graphics and sound that were impossible on the regular Super Famicon, that includes skills, talents, special move system, item creation, private action and full motion active battles.Action Science fiction