GameDaily has a titter-inducing little article about the doomed release of State of Emergency 2, and the subsequent destruction of its parent company's Scotland division. Commented DC Studios chief executive Mark Greenshields:

We had to pay a lot of money in order to complete the game. A lot of things were discovered after the acquisition. But when you buy something out of receivership, it's buyer beware.

"A lot of things," huh? I had no idea SoE2 was even released! Poking around for a few minutes revealed that it was set ten years after the first game, and the screenshots make it look a bit Blade Runnery. Might have to pick this up, just to play the game that sacked so many Scots.

I am a wee bit guilty about laughing at these poor devs' misfortune, but when a game is so bad that not only will its original distributor "pass" on it, but its release results in downsizing, one cannot help but be amused.

Poor bastards. Eliza gauger

More. [GameDaily]