9 Video Games That Were Recalled For Completely Bizarre Reasons

8. Too Human

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The release of Xbox 360 exclusive Too Human was a right old mess. The title was in development hell for the better part of a decade, and when it finally did launch, it was met with a negative response that pretty much stopped plans for a trilogy dead in their tracks. But the game's problems were far from over.

The project was developed by Silicon Knights, who used the Unreal Engine 3 as their foundation. However, the studio was clearly unhappy with that choice, because in 2007 - before Two Human's release - they sued the creators of said engine, Epic Games. Apparently, Epic had "misrepresented the abilities" of the Unreal Engine 3 when licensing it off to Silicon, which gave the latter company some major headaches during Too Human's production.

Surprisingly, Epic then counter-sued its accuser, stating that Silicon was perfectly aware that the engine wouldn't be a completely polished product, due to the fact that it was still being iterated on and improved. Additionally - amongst other allegations - Epic claimed that Silicon had stolen code from the Unreal Engine 3 to incorporate into its own engine.

In 2012, Epic ended up winning this lawsuit, and as a result, Silicon was required to recall and destroy all unsold copies of games created using the Unreal Engine 3, including Too Human and X-Men: Destiny. Shortly after, the studio filed for bankruptcy, and collapsed.

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