Project CARS has just been cancelled for the Wii U version, as announced by its game developers, Slightly Mad Studios. The Windows PC Version of the game is currently under development.
Bandai Namco, Project CARS game publisher, have confirmed about the Project CARS Wii U cancellation earlier today. Project CARS' Wii U version was expected to launch this year, but not anymore.
In a statement made by Bell two months ago, he said that a Wii U version of Project CARS was never guaranteed, and that they would rather wait for the next console that will be released by Nintendo, rather than coming up with a product that disappoints and doesn't meet their standards.
Just last week, Slightly Mad Studio's boss, Ian Bell, confessed that the game developers are having a hard time working on the Wii U version.
The recent statement made by Slightly Mad's creative director, Andy Tudor, on the cancellation of Project CARS Wii U version are as follows, as cited by IGN:
"Despite much perseverance on the Wii U version of Project Cars ,we will no longer be actively pursuing development on it as the quality does not meet our own high standards nor our intended vision for the title on this platform. We eagerly look forward to any announcement of further hardware from Nintendo but right now Project CARS is simply too much for the Wii U despite our very best efforts. Apologies to our Nintendo fans out there that have been waiting for further news on this but have no desire to release a product that isn't at the very least comparable with our highest-rated versions on other platforms. We optimistically look forward therefore to what the future may hold."
After experiencing delays and doubts regarding the platform back in 2012, Project CARS was launched on Windows PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One just last May, as recalled in End Gadget.
Tech Radar, on the hand, mentions how the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions were cancelled too during their development stage.
The team of Slightly Mad had their hopes up as they expected further announcements from Nintendo during the E3 2015 but to no avail. Just last June, Slightly Mad announced that they are aiming to make the sequel of Project CARS through crowd funding, and be able to raise around $11 million to work on it. As of press time, Project CARS 2 for Windows PC is still under development.
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