It was intended as the first installment of a planned trilogy of Insane video games.

[2] Insane was first announced by Guillermo del Toro and Volition at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards on 11 December 2010 in the form of a thirty-second teaser trailer.

THQ and Volition are equally excited to make this vision of a completely new game universe into a reality.

"[4] THQ announced the cancellation of Insane on 6 August 2012, with the intellectual property rights transferring to del Toro.

[5] Reasons for the cancellation was never officially disclosed, however THQ would file for bankruptcy just five months later.