Report: Faith and a .45 on hold

Chili Con Carnage creator Deadline Games said to be unable to find publisher for Bonnie-and-Clyde-inspired shooter, stalling development.

Just over a year ago, Total Overdose and Chili Con Carnage developer Deadline Games unholstered Faith and a .45, the Danish studio's first effort for the current generation of consoles. Unfortunately, it appears as if the action game has hit a jam.

PS3 Attitude reports this week that development on Faith and a .45 has been placed on hold. According to a source within the company, Deadline has been unable to secure a publisher for the game, a situation that has led a number of independent developers in the past 12 months--including Iron Lore, Factor 5, and Free Radical--to fold or make substantial staff cuts. Deadline Games had not responded to GameSpot's request for comment as of press time.

A new intellectual property, Faith and a .45 is a cooperative multiplayer-centric shooter that draws its inspiration from the real-life travails of famed bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde. The game follows Luke and Ruby, a couple of outlaws in love who are crisscrossing the country with guns at the ready. Looking to stop Luke and Ruby's spree will be a nefarious oilman and the oppressive forces at his command.

According to Deadline Games' Web site, the developer still has a number of other titles in development, including a range of family-friendly games based on the Hanna-Barbera license. Deadline is also at work on the Warner Bros. Interactive-published Watchmen film tie-in for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

55 Comments

  • modifyd

    Posted Mar 1, 2009 12:57 pm PT

    The bad part of about this.....is there is no more info since that E3 2 years ago...

  • Novemberfreeze

    Posted Feb 8, 2009 1:23 pm PT

    @darkgale17

    same here. now i feel dumb

  • hannify

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 3:13 pm PT

    @Gamer_4_fun

    ahaha me too. I thought it was a game to movie thing - hopefully it wasnt

  • Gamer_4_Fun

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 2:23 pm PT

    I thought Mirror's Edge related..

  • DarkGale17

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 1:31 pm PT

    Hm, i seen "Faith" and thought this had something to do with Mirrors Edge, guess i was wrong :/

  • jadefury27

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 12:27 pm PT

    i remember info about this game being leaked about 2 e3's ago.
    i forgot all about it since then.

  • Fire_of_Contee

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 10:03 am PT

    ummm, is it bad that i've never heard of this game...?

  • Generalmojo

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 9:41 am PT

    Why did i even come into this article

  • stalepretzels

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 9:02 am PT

    who gives a crap?

  • EnderSR388

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 9:00 am PT

    I had a lot of hopes for this game (still do!), but it appears it's just going to languish in development purgatory.

  • Mr_Versipellis

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 6:41 am PT

    Oh dear... This does NOT sound like a good game.
    Maybe the idea would have worked a little better in RPG form? I don't know.
    Oh well, I'm happy with Baldur's gate ATM!

  • MecaShadow

    Posted Feb 2, 2009 5:18 am PT

    @ ScionofEntropy

    But having a motive for what they are doing is so cliche. It would be nice to see some sort of story in a game or movie where the main characters or the antagonists are doing what they are doing for the hell of it, or simply because they find it entertaining.

  • ScionofEntropy

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 2:41 pm PT

    ia_mc:

    No, they have to be rebels WITH a cause. People won't care or sympathize with them at all if they're just outlaws for the sake of it. Who cares if it makes them less cool? We need motivation here.

  • ia_mc

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 1:28 pm PT

    Gotta love game stories. They're bank robbers, but their enemies are "a nefarious oilman and the oppressive forces at his command." Can't bank robbers just be bank robbers rather than holy crusaders out for justice?

  • nightmare07

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 11:04 am PT

    you can find the trailer on the youtube if you're interested in checking it and also, the game creator interview is there as well. it's co-op and they said they were working on the online co-op where your buddy can junmin the game as well.

  • imastryker

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 10:52 am PT

    i had never even heard of this game before now... and I go on sites like giantbomb and gamespot everyday looking at games and news.

  • bigd575

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 9:53 am PT

    I didn't know about this game until now.

  • zunit88

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 8:17 am PT

    heh...like i care

  • lucfonzy

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 8:05 am PT

    Haha yeah i thought it was gonna talk about a mirror's edge sequel aswell! D'oh!

  • red0584

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 7:08 am PT

    Oh, I thought it meant Faith from Mirror's Edge and a .45 gun, so kinda a sequel to Mirror's Edge with better gunplay.

  • INMATEofARKHAM

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 5:32 am PT

    Damn, was really looking forward to this one...

  • Fobeus

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 4:02 am PT

    Can't believe a talented studio like this can't secure a publisher, but that's exactly the same thing I thought about Iron Lore . Still seems like a cool game, hope everything works out (fingers crossed).

  • grafkhun

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 10:34 pm PT

    Maybe Sega will pick it up... don't doubt it, they scooped up at least like 5 new IPs this year alone already.

  • msudude211

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 9:21 pm PT

    Seems as if people either really cared about this one, or knew nothing about it.

  • AC_pilot

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 9:21 pm PT

    Oh, maybe its because the people who made Titan Quest, the guys who made LOTRO, and the guys who made Timesplitters are either shutting down or downsizing because of the same situation? Just maybe? So yeah, maybe we don't know anything about this game, but they're situation is starting to look like all these companies situations. If this kind of trend keeps up Deadline won't be around for you to complain about knowing nothing about their projects.

  • Neolucifer999

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 7:37 pm PT

    WHy is everyone sad and concerned over a game we know NOTHING about ?
    Where is a video , a screenshots to even start complaining about a "loss" ?
    And what's even the point or even the journalism here gspot , without again said infos or pics ? I'm playing grumpy here , but yeah i'm torn at the possible loss of a cooperative shooter with a guy and girl ... gee that's unique and original

  • maverick_76

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 3:57 pm PT

    I think the main problem in backing a title of this nature is there is no benchmark to compare it to. The problem with publishing a "non-mainstream" game is the uncertainty of the game's success as proven by similar titles. Unfortunately it is not the coolest way to conduct business due to the usual hit or miss nature of the titles, but it is the safest by letting someone else take the initial risk and then making a similar title if the market proves the genre or style is a winner in consumer's eyes.

  • twisted_sith

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 3:33 pm PT

    lol same as DrKill09

  • DrKill09

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 2:07 pm PT

    Never heard of it.

  • asian_pride69

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 10:23 am PT

    Well this should be interesting.

  • necronaux

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 9:15 am PT

    .45 was a cool movie. Hope the game makes it out.

  • istuffedsunny

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 8:36 am PT

    One of the coolest concepts for a shooter in years, and of course there's no publisher because it's just not mainstream enough. I'm just gonna go ahead and add it to the list of cancelled would-be-amazing games, along with Cry On and Metronome.

  • firehawk998

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 4:35 am PT

    Why do I have a feeling this game will suck. @jacobmjl dude I also thought the same thing.

  • arc_salvo

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 1:26 am PT

    You're not the only one, jaobmjl, I thought this would be related to Mirror's Edge too. Either that, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  • faceman420

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 12:06 am PT

    *looks at Atari*

  • Battlehead90

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 11:43 pm PT

    @jaconmjl

    lol same here!

  • jacobmjl

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 9:09 pm PT

    me being dumb here, but i thought this was mirror's edge related before i clicked it. "Faith"....MIrror's edge' main character.

  • Nightrain50

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 7:46 pm PT

    the game sounds terrible, no wonder

  • clauwman

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 5:39 pm PT

    Man, that's a cool title! Also, I'm so pumped for Watchmen, that I might consider the game...

  • Galenti

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 4:01 pm PT

    Any publishers reading this, pick up the game! It looks awesome. Tons of new-ip titles looks like crap or are just ripoffs of other franchises. This one looks refreshingly new but easily accessible. Please, lots of people want to play this game!

  • NeonNinja

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 3:26 pm PT

    That sucks, I've been looking forward to this one.

  • akiwak

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 3:25 pm PT

    Total Overdose was a very fun game and Chilli con Carne fixed some of the issues TO had so I was really looking forward to this game.

    @ eagles_band
    U just proved to every one on Gamespot that you are an uneducated idiot...

  • nini200

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 3:19 pm PT

    They should use this time to further develop and tweak all the glitches and the such out instead of just sitting and waiting until the last minute. I must say, this game sounds great though. I hope they find a developer for it.

  • dark_being

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 3:13 pm PT

    Too bad. I was looking forward to this one.

  • k0r3aN_pR1d3

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 2:54 pm PT

    Make a movie about Bonnie and Clyde instead? >_>

  • caketoo

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 2:25 pm PT

    Maybe if the girls name was faith instead of "ruby" it would've gotten published.

  • bertm1975

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 2:15 pm PT

    Publishers haven't given up on fresh ideas. The consumers have. If people bought more original games and not sequals or generic shooters and RPGs then we would see more. So don't blame publishers. Just get used to the idea that people who want original ideas are in the minority, and the people who want a "safe" game for their $60 are what publishers HAVE to appeal to in order to stay in business.

  • XFoogyX

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 1:55 pm PT

    oh great. we're giving up co-op bank robbery game for more games based on movie/ cartoon licenses.
    I'm ready to give up on video games altogether if publishers keep ignoring fresh ideas.

  • jhpiv4

    Posted Jan 30, 2009 1:35 pm PT

    Is this honestly a surprise? I guessed from the beginning that it would be a long time if ever that this game would come out.

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