Quantum Redshift: the forgotten Xbox exclusive Microsoft paid $1m for to take on WipE

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This month marks the 10 year anniversary of Xbox Live, Microsoft's ground-breaking online console gaming service - but that's not the only Xbox exclusive that turned 10 in 2012.

Do you remember Quantum Redshift, the racing game that launched in September 2002 for Microsoft's fledgling entry into the console game market? It was a futuristic racer Microsoft hoped would take on Sony's successful WipEout series at its own game and complete the Xbox's portfolio of genres that already included a sci-fi shooter and a realistic racer.

But Quantum Redshift failed, its developer closed and Microsoft walked out on a contract that guaranteed a sequel after spending one million dollars to put the brakes on WipEout.

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