Pirates Of The Caribbean Game Sinks

Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned

It's always a bad sign when you go months and months without hearing a peep.

Disney Interactive Studios has confirmed that Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned has been canceled. The sandbox title was in development at Propaganda Studios and intended to release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, but a recent restructuring has caused the project to fall by the wayside. Disney's statement read:

"As a result of this decision, Disney Interactive Studios completed a restructuring of Propaganda Games, its Vancouver, BC internal studio, affecting one of the studio's two development teams."

Evidently, over 100 people lost their jobs during the process but at the same time, Disney has some reassuring words for those looking forward to Tron: Evolution: "The studio [Propaganda] is still in active production of Tron: Evolution, the video game, which will be released on December 7, 2010, with additional DLC support following the game's release." That's only 10 days before the movie, "Tron: Legacy," hits theaters nationwide on December 17.

But anyway, Pirates is no more. Too bad, too...we would've been interested to play a GTA-like seafaring game.

Tags: pirates of the caribbean, pirates game, propaganda

10/15/2010 11:29:01 AM Ben Dutka

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frylock25
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 11:41:18 AM
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cant say i would have bought this since i dont care for the movies. still sucks that more people are losing their jobs. this gen is really a make or break gen. imagine what next gen will do.

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frostface
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 11:42:13 AM
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Thats funny, 100 people lose their jobs but hey guys, you'll still get that Tron game we told ya's about. Aren't we a wonderful bunch!!!

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Reccaman18
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 4:05:36 PM

I was thinking the same thing. Im not sure that Tron outweighs job losses. lol

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booze925
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 11:46:33 AM
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its in davey jones locker?
lets get orlando bloom and kiera knightly and go rescue it!

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fluffer nutter
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:17:37 PM

Maybe they can lock Orlando Bloom in that locker to teach him a lesson for trying to act.

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Jawknee
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:32:10 PM

You can throw Knightly in there while your at it. I'm sick of seeing her weird mouth.

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Godslim
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 5:37:33 PM

fluffer nutter that made me LOL
i like him in lord of the rings tho :D

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Jawknee
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:10:02 PM
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Oh wow, I'm really sorry well miss out on this since the movies were so damn good.

/s

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main_event05
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:31:29 PM

I actually liked the movies a lot. And that's saying a lot since I think Disney is the Devil. But of course they had their flaws (Orlando Bloom) but overall the were pretty solid.

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Jawknee
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:32:49 PM

I didn't think any of them were that great. the first was ok, the second was meh and the third was pure torture.

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main_event05
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 2:13:11 PM

I'll give you that the third was crap, but I liked where they were trying to go though. I hope the next one will be better.

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FlyingKickPunch
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 5:18:19 PM

The first one was great. It all went downhill from there.

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Deleted User
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:24:19 PM
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a big fat MAH

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MyWorstNightmar
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 2:52:57 PM

Meh?

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Deleted User
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 3:54:43 PM

yep sorry ment to say a big fat MEH

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Naga
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 5:16:42 PM

Ha-ha Mah

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Underdog15
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:35:20 PM
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After reading that article, I was only upset by one statement...

"...with additional DLC support following the game's release."

Damn... I hate it when stuff that could easily get put in the game gets held back for more $'s in DLC... I'm cool with stuff developed after the fact... but this is one business practice I dislike...

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Jawknee
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:37:13 PM

Seems they should just keep their mouths shut about stuff like this. When i ever here that statement it pushes me NOT to buy the game. So they shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to this gamer.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 1:09:51 PM

I agree whole heartedly, they could at least pretend to make the DLC as a later bonus for fans.

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Underdog15
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 1:18:56 PM

@Worlds
no kidding. I 100% support being left in the dark on that issue. I would be much happier with the wool pulled over my eyes.

No seriously. I'm not being sarcastic. I really wish they wouldn't say that.

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Simcoe
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 1:39:20 PM

It's one thing if they pretty much have content ready for a DLC, like a month or two post release, that's available at no charge (to reward people for not trading in their game). It sucks if they want to charge for that content.

I don't mind if they have plans (meaning they've allotted development time) following a game to see which aspects of the game have been well received and develop premium content around that for release 6 - 12 months following a games release.

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Alienange
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:36:06 PM
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I never like to read about games being cancelled. And a pirate game to boot. That stinks. Was it not far enough along? Is interest in the subject matter completely gone? Were they just nervous about putting out a game about pirates?

Get Rockstar on the job. We need a REAL pirate game now. Preferably one without dancing in it.

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Jawknee
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 12:37:56 PM

Do you dress up like a pirate for Holloween?

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Underdog15
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 1:21:11 PM

Yes, but for Halloween?

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Alienange
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 1:29:15 PM

I hide in my basement and play games for Halloween.

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main_event05
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 2:14:17 PM

I dress up like a pirate every Thursday.

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bOnEs
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 8:05:52 PM

i agree... R* or bethesda would be perfect choices for an open-world of piracy... someone call the president, there's an emergency in the world of gaming!!! we've been plundered of possibly one of the greatest pirate game ideas ever...

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 1:08:37 PM
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Can't say I was interested in these, but Johnny Depp made those movies work. I laughed when I saw him show up at that school in character cuz that kid wrote him a letter asking him to lead a mutiny on their teacher.

If ya don't like Bloom and Knightly, they aren't gonna be in the next movie.

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Shams
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 2:26:51 PM

Another Pirates movie? Depp was my favorite, but still, Bloom and Knightly had their places. Yeah, they had their share of annoying qualities, but so did the lead man.

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Amazingskillz
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 3:10:03 PM
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I tried to watch one the pirate movies but it was straight garbage. I still dont know why they were such box office smashes. I think every film did over $300 million. They probably saved some money by not making the game. Just because its a hit movie doesn't mean its going to be a hit game!

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kraygen
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 3:26:59 PM
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Wasn't overly interested in either game, but I would have much rather seen the sandbox style pirate game, than a Tron hack n' slash.

Tron may be an interesting concept, but for a video game it is graphically poor, brightly colored outlines is boring.

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Alienange
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 5:15:14 PM

Gotta agree with you there. Tron over pirates just seems like a bad decision. I guess they're hoping for some extra sales because of the movie.

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FlyingKickPunch
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 5:19:39 PM
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This just proves Ninjas are superior in every way.

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Naga
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 5:26:32 PM

Heh-heh no..... it has been widely and bias'lly proven that wizards won the ancient pirate/ninja war with summon magic!

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Naga
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 5:20:22 PM
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I only hope tron evolution was cancelled.... I know it will flop critically.. but why cancel what could possibly be the only pirate game in development on Playstation?

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bOnEs
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 8:01:57 PM
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! now how long do i have to wait for an open world pirate game?!? :(... probably another 5 or so years... what a sad day in the world of, open world games...

Last edited by bOnEs on 10/15/2010 8:02:45 PM

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FxTales
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 8:46:09 PM
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I've been pondering this for a bit now but why hasn't anyone taken on the pirate genre? It's such a promising theme.

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Beamboom
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 9:35:33 PM
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Wasn't this game supposed to be a lot more than just a sandbox game, wasn't it supposed to be no less that something that could remind of a mmorpg on the ps3?
Or am I utterly mistaken again, as often is the case?

Last edited by Beamboom on 10/15/2010 9:36:01 PM

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A2K78
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 11:32:33 PM
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Why am I not suprised? Games are getting canceled left and right because they either 1)are overunning their budgets 2)look unprofitable or 3)chances will be hit hard by bad reviews. Again these just another consequence of high game development budgets.

Last edited by A2K78 on 10/15/2010 11:33:20 PM

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___________
Saturday, October 16, 2010 @ 1:13:10 AM
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............ you know disney, to actually make money you need to take a leap of faith every once in a while?
god, how many games have they canned now!?
give up, and go back to movies.
only decent game disney have come out with was split second, something im ashamed to say i STILL have not finished it!
:(

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Nerull
Saturday, October 16, 2010 @ 7:19:38 AM
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This actually looked decent enough to look forward to, which is more than I can say for Tron. The latter might be a bit flashier but we do need an epic open-world pirate game. there's been a couple but nothing with today's tech really behind it.

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tlpn99
Saturday, October 16, 2010 @ 11:33:48 AM
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I would have bought this. Not since Sid Meiers Pirates has there been a decent pirate game. A GTA seafaring pirate game would have been great. Oh well maybe someone else will consider doing one.

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spiderboi
Sunday, October 17, 2010 @ 7:23:39 AM
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Dar she blows....

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