Project CARS for Wii U canceled

Following months of silence regarding the fate of the Wii U version of Project Cars, publisher Bandai Namco and developer Slightly Mad Studios have said that the game is not coming.

"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 Wii U despite our very best efforts," said the company in a statement to Polygon.

"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."

Slightly Mad Studios first revealed the crowd-powered racing title Project CARS for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U. The PS3 and 360 versions got dropped in 2013, but the Wii U version remained in scope. Trouble appeared when the Wii U version was singled out as being delayed, though release on all platforms was later pushed back as well.

Project Cars was released on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 in May, and sold one million copies in a month. A sequel is already in development, with Slightly Mad looking for another $10 million in crowdfunding.

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