BattleBots



BattleBots is a cancelled PS2 and GameCube game from Warthog Games. It was to based on the hit show of the same name, which I never really watched.

Gameplay
You could of created your own battle bot and duked it out with other killer bots. You could also play as fan favourites from the show. Familiar arenas from the show appear as well.

The game plays like Twisted Metal, with the arena littered with powerups. Winning tournaments give more money to buy more deadly weaponry and decals.

The game got far enough in development for advertisements to appear in video game mags.



Cancellation
The TV show ended at the very end of 2002. The game was cancelled in early 2003.

Prototypes of the game were sold on the BattleBots website.

When the BattleBots show got revived in 2015, a copy of the game was purchased. As of 2022 the prototype has yet to be dumped, though extended gameplay footage has been recorded.

Videos
Gameplay footage.

Footage of the GameCube prototype.