It took Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine three years after winning big at IGF 2010 to see a release date and, in that time, certain features were inevitably going to hit the cutting room floor. Among them were a couple of competitive multiplayer modes -- Cops and Robbers and Thief vs. Thief.

Monaco creator Andy Schatz said in a Reddit AMA (via Polygon) that the two game modes had reached a playable state, but were ultimately cut due to balance issues and an incompatibility with the game's existing maps. Thief vs. Thief was meant to pit players against each other in a race for coins, while Cops vs. Robbers would have introduced playable constables into the equation.

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Monaco: What's Yours is Mine has been a pleasant little diversion on the PC, but Xbox 360 users have had to wait while Pocketwatch Games worked out a few bugs in the heist game. But the wait is almost over, according to the developer.

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