lectronic Arts has confirmed that it has canned Mirror's Edge 2,
stopping development of the project after early prototypes were deemed
to be disappointing.
Speaking to Press 2 Play, EA's Patrick Soderlund said that the series
was close to his heart, but that he had to acknowledge the poor sales of
the original.
'EA was shown a prototype, but declined with askance,' says Press 2
Play's report (in Swedish). 'The project has been stopped - involved
parties at DICE are working on something else now.'
Developer DICE had a small team working on a sequel to 2008's Mirror's
Edge since at least November 2010, according to Eurogamer.
In 2008 EA confirmed that it was planning sequels for both Dead Space
and Mirror's Edge, both of which had met with 'disappointing sales'.
Dead Space 2 saw a release only a few weeks ago.
Despite poor sales, Mirror's Edge is still a firm fan favourite, having
earned Sixth Place in our Top 10 Games of 2009 and 9/10 when we reviewed
it on release.
