3. Dead Rush (Xbox, PS2, Gamecube) (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwDXzjjVXCc OK, now we're entering the top three, otherwise known as WHY THE HELL DID YOU CANCEL THESE GAMES?" Ahem, on with Dead Rush. Of all the games on this list, knowing I'll never get to play this one... well, it hurts. Zombies: a common video game trope as Space Marines, AK-47 wielding militias and Private security operatives. This wasn't always so. Aside from Resident Evil and House of the Dead, there was no 'real' zombie games on the market, Sure, the walking corpses made appearances as 2-bit wooden targets in the occasional shooter, but an actual zombie game that embraced the carefully laid down rules of zombie movies? That was merely a dream. Activison announced Dead Rush at E3 2004 to the unbridled joy of zombie fans everywhere. Developed by the now famous Call of Duty developers Treyarch, Dead Rush cast players as Jake, a man suffering from memory loss who finds himself trapped inside a modern American city overrun with the shambling undead. Ignoring the cheesy live action trailer demoed to a bemused crowd, the game itself looked fantastic. Players would have to 'Drive to Survive'. This would involve using any vehicle you stumbled across to make it across the city without having your intestines ripped out and feasted upon by the hungry crowds of death. Spare parts could be collected and used to pimp out your zombie death mobile, or construct a new one entirely with the help of a hotheaded female mechanic. Think Grand Theft Auto meets Dead Rising. At the time, this concept was a revolution. Gamers everywhere (including myself) got excited, really, really excited Only to have Activision, a few months after announcing the game, that it was now cancelled. Fans took to gaming forums everywhere to vent their anger. Petitions were created, emails sent and forum posts typed angrily without regard for proper punctuation. All this was in vain as no word was ever again heard of Dead Rush. As it turns out, Activision moved the Treyarch team onto the upcoming next-gen Call of Duty games. It's not hard to see why Dead Rush was quickly forgotten. Zombie games now make up a substantial proportion of the market, yet, we're still yet to see a game like Dead Rush make its way into our hands.