Earth No More


Earth No More is a cancelled first-person shooter video game that was supposed to be published by Radar Group.

Setting

Earth No More opens in a small New England town quarantined due to a mysterious outbreak. Poisonous red vines have been spreading quickly simultaneously strangling and terra-forming the environment. The main character is at the town with the four other characters that he will team up with.

Development

Earth No More was initially developed for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles by the Finnish developer Recoil Games, and was initially published by 3D Realms, scheduled for a release in 2009, but in 2009, the release date was postponed indefinitely due to financial reasons with publisher 3D Realms which resulted in them shuttering its developing and publishing business.
In February 2011 Recoil Games told the Finnish financial newspaper Kauppalehti that they are no longer involved in the project.
Following this, the Radar Group website, the developer of the game is listed as "unannounced".
In June 2012 Earth No More appeared on several websites including Gambitious, Symbid and Impact Crowd all of which are websites dedicated to projects being invested in by people in the game industry. Labeled as Earth No More - 3D Realms with the description Mankind's relentless destruction of Earth awakens a biological response from deep within the planet's crust that threatens an environmental apocalypse. This signaled the rumored revival of Earth No More under 3D Realms' helm with rumors circulating the internet about a Summer 2012 announcement of the title. Still, nothing was ever released.

Controversy

In February 2008 Edge reported that 3D Realms was being sued by Cinemagraphix Entertainment for stealing the idea of the Earth No More video game. Cinemagraphix claimed that they had pitched the idea in 2005 to various game developers including 3D Realms. Cinemagraphix complaints accuse the defendants, of copyright infringement, unlawful competition, misappropriation, unfair business practices, unjust enrichment, conspiracy and other claims. They said that 3D Realms had not just stolen the name but the premise and concept art as well, stating that their concept and the in-development shooter are "virtually identical in substance".