''This Is Vegas'' is a cancelled action-adventure

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that was in development at

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and was to be published by

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, the

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, and the

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. In 2010 development on the game was cancelled.

Development

In January 2006,

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reported that game development studio

had posted job listings for artists to work on "an upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game that is, as of yet, without a title." In February 2008 the publishing company and parent of Surreal Software,

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, announced that ''This Is Vegas'' was in development at the studio. Midway released several screenshots and stated that it planned to release the game on Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360 in the fourth quarter of 2008. That same month Midway released the debut trailer for the game. During Midway's bankruptcy proceedings in 2009, the company sold the majority of its assets to

, including ''This Is Vegas'' and developer Surreal Software. In August 2010, it was reported that Warner Bros. cancelled development on the game. Midway and Warner Bros. spent between $40 million and $50 million developing the game.

References

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Debut trailer
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