April 03, 2003 - Tork was supposed to be one of Microsoft's big games of 2003. Not anymore. The Tiwak developed platformer, where you control a minute caveman with the abilitiy to transform into various creatures, has been officially cancelled by Microsoft. At one point we were told to be prepared to be amazed by how much Tork has progressed. But if Tork's to become a reality, it won't be from Microsoft.
Microsoft's official statement read as such:
"Microsoft Game Studios has made the difficult decision to end development on Tork. We recognize that Tork is a great game and value our developer relationships, so we are doing everything we can to help Tiwak bring their ideas and development of Tork through another publisher. We currently have a huge portfolio of titles in development, including a number of exciting platformers and great new games from Rare, and made the decision to focus our resources on other games."
Whether Tork will land with another publisher is unknown. However, the little platformer that couldn't now adds to the slowly growing dead pile of games seen at E3 2002 only to be cancelled before seeing the light of day (Tork joins The Unseen). Which games of E3 2003 will end up on the scrap heap? We'll have to wait and see.
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/392/392237p1.html
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