10 PlayStation Games Sony KILLED

4. Punisher: No Mercy

MAG game
Zen Studios

Best-known for making pinball-based games, Zen Studios partnered with Marvel in 2009 to develop an arena-based shooter called Punisher: No Mercy.

The Marvel shooter isn't just bad. It's simply... nothing. The story mode is composed of four matches. That's it. Four. 

The multiplayer has a couple of options, but it's not engaging enough, due to the empty levels and minimal weapons. (Players can only carry three firearms at once.) Worst of all, the dull FPS doesn't try to have any fun with the Marvel brand, to the point where it's easy to forget this is a Punisher game.

Due to the poor reception, nobody would've blamed the powers-that-be if they closed the servers down. But since the Marvel licensing with Zen Studios was set to expire soon, it was wisely decided to put this trash out of its misery. In early 2011, this comic book dud was taken off the PS Store, less than two years after its debut.

Although there is often some outcry when a game is killed off for good, even the biggest Marvel fans didn't notice or care when Punisher: No Mercy was executed.

 
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