Gaming these days is undeniably notorious for having games shut down just months after its release. GameSpot has dug up six games that came back to life. Mother 3, the sequel to cult classic Earthbound had a tough journey from the start. After its development in 1994, the sequel was jumbled over to the N64 and promoted in the US as Earthbound 64. The game was cancelled in August 2000 but three years later, it came back as a Game Boy Advance title.
Prey 2 depicted a grimy filthy, Blade Runner-esque world and cast players as a futuristic bounty hunter armed with all manner of gadgets and weaponry. Unfortunately, Human Head Studios plans for the game didn't go well and video game publisher Bethesda shut it down. However, the game was revived this year by Dishonored developer Arkane Studios and reimagined as a type of spooky, System Shock-inspired shooter.
Rainbow Six Patriots was established in 2008, but was cancelled in 2003 when it was deemed "not good enough", but it came back in 2014 as Siege, Ubisoft brought in a new set of developers to concentrate on a much different sort of vision: a multiplayer, esports-centric title that now appears to be paying dividends.
Team Fortress started as a Quake Mod helping to establish the idea of class-based shooters and Valve revealed expected sort of sequel that earned awards for its showing in 1999. Nevertheless, the game vanished but everyone was surprised when it returned in 2007 as its realistic art style was ditched in favor of a Pixar cartoon-esque look.
When the game was called off, Blizzard's Titan was resurrected as Overwatch. Titan was originally billed as an MMO shooter which players are passing through a sci-fi version of Earth. Blizzard's CEO Mike Morhaime said that they "didn't find the fun" in Titan. However, Blizzard kept the game's core development for Overwatch.
When Star Wars Battlefront III was put to rest, its legacy lingers with DICE's new Battlefront shooter which was released in 2015 and shipped some 14 million copies that makes it one of the best-selling Star Wars games in history.
