In line with an interview with wrestler Tommy Dreamer, ECW had an settlement in place with Rockstar Video games to develop a sport with it earlier than Acclaim ended up taking the reigns.
As found by Hard4Games on YouTube (by way of, VGC), the interview with Dreamer, who was certainly one of ECW’s prime abilities on the flip of the millennium, sees the wrestler talk about how Acclaim got here to develop the sport.
“Video video games have been key to your success as a wrestling firm, and we had numerous corporations bidding for that sport,” he reminisced. “There was a fan, who labored for this firm, they usually have been like ‘Man, we wish this ECW sport to be our quantity two behind this different sport, and it’s revolutionary, it’s an ideal match for ECW.”
Dreamer goes on to debate how the fan attended an ECW enviornment present and spoke concerning the “different sport”, mentioning that “We simply want our one sport to hit, and if that sport hits you’ll be our subsequent sport”.
In line with Dreamer, the corporate “couldn’t wait as a result of monetary causes” as Acclaim had misplaced its license for WWE, main them to supply cash “on the again finish versus the entrance finish”. He then goes on to disclose, “That different sport, that if it hit we have been going to take off – that sport and that franchise was Grand Theft Auto – and you consider how ECW would have match that complete style, and that man was Kevin Gill who labored there, he was an enormous ECW fan”.
Gill is credited on Rockstar titles akin to Midnight Membership: Road Racing and Smuggler’s Run, and spoke concerning the deal in an interview with Tru Heel Heat Wrestling earlier in 2022. He talked about that he “really put collectively a deal for Rockstar Video games to do the ECW online game” with proprietor Paul Heyman.
It appears Gill has completely different causes for the deal not going forward to those publicised by Dreamer although, as he means that the corporate was not sure of ECW’s future and sustainability, saying that the corporate’s “monetary scenario was getting very shaky and at the moment, that is 1998, might have been 1999, all of the expertise was leaving”.
With video games taking years to develop and costing some huge cash, Gill says Rockstar had to consider whether or not ECW could be round in a number of years when the sport could be set for launch.
Regardless of the cause for the deal not going forward, ECW ended up signing the cope with Acclaim to create ECW Hardcore Revolution and ECW Anarchy Rulz, which have been met with nice criticism. ECW ended up collapsing in early 2001, owing nearly £7.5million ($9million) till its belongings have been purchased by WWE in 2003.
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