"We ran into an unexpected financial challenge some months ago and we had to put The Crossing on hold," is the quote from Raphael Colantonio, CEO of Arkane Studios posted on Joystiq after they inquired about the "cross-play" game that was announced in 2006 and was intended for release sometime last year. Arkane, you may recall, was cut loose by EA last year amid EA's cost-saving efforts. "On hold" is often a euphemism for cancelled, but Colantonio does cryptically say, "I can't comment too much about The Crossing other than saying that we have a really fun demo (really, really fun)." He also tells them Arkane is still working on two projects, an iPhone game, and Harvey Smith's recently revealed first-person RPG.