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{{Infobox video game
|title = Earth No More
|image = EarthNoMore logo.jpg
|developer = Radar Group
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|engine = [[Unreal Engine 3]]
|released = Cancelled
|genre = [[First-person shooter]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]]
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'''''Earth No More''''' is a cancelled [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] that was supposed to be produced by Radar Group (formerly by [[3D Realms]]).
==Setting==
''Earth No More'' opens in a small New England town quarantined due to a mysterious outbreak. Poisonous red vines have been spreading quickly (similar to the [[red weed]] in ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'') 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/860/860395p1.html|title=Radar Group Announced|publisher=IGN|date=2008-03-18|accessdate=2008-03-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119141222/http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/860/860395p1.html|archivedate=2012-01-19}}</ref>
==Development==
''Earth No More'' was scheduled to be released in 2009<ref name=3drealms>{{cite web | url=http://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2007/06/earth_no_more.html | title=3D Realms News: Earth No More | work=3D Realms | date=2007-06-18 | accessdate=2014-06-07}}</ref> for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] video game consoles by the Finnish developer Recoil Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23652 |title=Gamasutra Q&A |date= |accessdate=2011-05-06 |publisher=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> The release was postponed indefinitely in 2009 due to 3D Realms' financial reasons and their layoffs,<ref name=edome>{{cite web | url=http://dome.fi/pelit/uutiset/suomalaispeli-earth-no-more-jaihin-recoil-keskittyy-muihin-puuhiin | title=Suomalaispeli Earth No More jäihin, Recoil keskittyy muihin puuhiin | date=2009-12-13 | accessdate=2014-06-07}}</ref><ref name=pressrelease>{{cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/05/3d-realms-were-not-closing-spent-20-million-on-duke-nukem-forever/ |title=3D Realms: We're not closing, Spent $20M on Duke Nukem Forever |date=May 18, 2009 |accessdate=May 19, 2009 |website=[[Kotaku]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522225923/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/05/3d-realms-were-not-closing-spent-20-million-on-duke-nukem-forever/ |archivedate=May 22, 2009}}</ref> and in February 2011 Recoil Games told the Finnish financial newspaper [[Kauppalehti]] that they are no longer involved in the project. In the Radar Group website, the developer of the game is listed as "unannounced".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radargroup.com/projects.html |title=Earth No More developer |date= |accessdate=2011-05-06 |publisher=Radar Group}}</ref>
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. A description of ''Earth No More'' by 3D Realms was: ''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, but nothing was ever released.
===Controversy===
In February 2008 ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edge-online.com/news/3d-realms-sued-over-earth-no-more/ |title=3D Realms Sued Over Earth No More - Edge Magazine<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=Edge |accessdate=2014-06-07 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715183837/http://www.edge-online.com/news/3d-realms-sued-over-earth-no-more/ |archivedate=July 15, 2014}}</ref> 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 (3D Realms), 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".
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.radargroup.com/projects.html Radar Group website]
[[Category:Video games about alien invasions]]
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[[Category:First-person shooters]]
[[Category:Cancelled Xbox 360 games]]
[[Category:Cancelled PlayStation 3 games]]
[[Category:Science fiction video games]]
[[Category:Unreal Engine games]]
[[Category:Video games set in the United States]]
[[Category:Cancelled Windows games]]
[[Category:Vaporware video games]]
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