Three months ago, Capcom and developer Big Rooster quietly cancelled the downloadable PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 adaptations of Games Workshop's fantasy board game Talisman, a project that was first announced in April 2007.

A message board post, made by Capcom strategic planning VP Christian Svensson, stated that the "the costs of moving forward outweighted the potential revenue."

Now, Capcom senior communication director Chris Kramer has stepped in with a blog post, in which he apologizes for the cancellation and expands upon it.

"I'd like to apologize to Talisman fans who have been waiting for the digital version of the game," wrote Kramer. "As a company, we felt that it was better to shut down the project early, rather than to publish something that would not do the original source material justice or compromise the fun of the Talisman experience."

Capcom production director Adam Boyes also touched on the ... Read more