There's a The Shield Q&A on Worthplaying discussing the upcoming police game, and its resurrection from a near-death experience: "The Shield was at Alpha when it was cancelled. Although not tuned, it was mostly content complete and had a modest amount of QA by Sammy Studios. After The Shield was cancelled, most of that team rolled on to World Championship Poker 2. Fortunately, a few of the key artists and programmers were able to roll back on to the resurrected Shield project after Poker. Some of the NARC and NASCAR guys worked on The Shield, but they mostly focused on helping the remnants of the team realize their original vision for the game."