Blood remake put on hold over Atari mess
By Alice Lynton on February 17, 2013 at 4:22 pm
Monolith founder Jason Hall has had to shelve plans to resurrect classic 1997 shooter Blood. Writing on The Postmortem, Hall said he’s received an “unusually short” email from Blood rights holder Atari pouring ice on the project.
“Obviously, I am disappointed. Particularly given Atari’s continued encouragement along with the amount of time, effort and correspondence that I have put into this venture,” he said.
“The only thing that can be done at this point is to wait and see what happens with Atari, and hope that they find themselves in a position and mindset to allow my efforts to continue on this matter at a future date.”
Atari said it was reluctant to proceed under the “current circumstances”, which probably refers to the US arm’s bankruptcy and detachment from its French parent.
Blood was Monolith Productions’ first game, before the F.E.A.R. series, and although not as well known as runaway successes like DOOM, is considered one of the classics of 2.5D shooters.
Source: The Postmortem via Polygon
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Sobbing.
Well that’s a shame.
That sucks. I hope it all works out, otherwise I guess Lucius of XLEngine fame can continue his project instead?
I didn’t even realise a remake was in the works. That’s a shame, would have been interesting; assuming of-course it was an adaptation of the original and not that abomination of a sequel.
Oh well, still got ROTT to look forward to.
We really need more high quality classic shooters, especially one like Blood. This really sucks.
didn’t know this was being done! now i’m pissed off lol blood was awsome, and blood 2!!
Love Blood, absolutely loved it. Even loved Blood 2, it had it’s problems but it was fun. Such a damn shame there isn’t a modern reboot of this or at least – same game new engine/graphics.
*flareguns cultist Atari figure*