Publisher AQ Interactive has revealed the cancellation of Cry On. An action-RPG originally announced in 2005, Cry On was to be the third Xbox 360 RPG from Mistwalker, the company formed by Final Fantasty creator Hironobu Sakaguchi.

"AQI decided to cancel the project after analyzing the current market environment and forecasts for the future," the publisher said in a press release, as translated by 1UP. "We deeply apologize for troubling those who were awaiting its release."

No screenshots of Cry On were ever released. Cavia was co-developing the title, and Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu would have handled the music.

Mistwalker and Sakaguchi have previously co-developed two other role-playing games for the Xbox 360: Artoon's Blue Dragon and Feelplus' Lost Odyssey.

Ignition Entertainment announced today that it is releasing Blue Dragon Plus, a Nintendo DS entry in Mistwalker's Blue Dragon (X360) series, in North America and Europe in March 2009.

Directed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, Blue Dragon Plus features character designs by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, and a soundtrack by famed composer Nobuo Uematsu. The game, which takes place one year after the conclusion of the Xbox 360 original, recently released in Japan to high marks in gaming magazine Famitsu.

Developed by AQ Interactive, makers of Bullet Witch and Driver: Parallel Lines, the DS title promises 30 hours of gameplay and one hour of dual-screen full-motion-video cutscenes. Ignition's press release promises "Exciting RPG Elements Such As Item Collection, Character Progression and Robot Customizations" in addition to a real-time battle system like the first.

Publisher AQ Interactive today announced that the universally maligned Xbox 360 action title Vampire Rain will be ported to the PlayStation 3 as Vampire Rain: Altered Species.

The publisher provided no media along with the announcement; the above screenshots are from the Xbox 360 version of the title.

Developed by Artoon, Vampire Rain is described as an intense stealth-action game set in the contemporary era, in which mankind battles superhuman vampires known as Nightwalkers. Players take up the role of John Lloyd, a member of a US government unit created to combat the bloodthirsty creatures.

"I want to know what they were thinking creating a game about vampires and not including any sexy females," said Shacknews staffer Chris Faylor. "Where is the sexy?"