„Times are tough.” More Eidos Montreal employees laid off, and the studio has only one aim
Embracer has again made cuts at the Eidos Montreal studio. Their effects include developer layoffs and the cancellation of a new game from the Legacy of Kain universe.
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Adrian Werner
December 3, 2025
This project had the chance to match the impact of Assassin’s Creed 2. Dante's Purgatorio was to show the war of hell and heaven
Dante's Inferno could have had a sequel that would have been to it what Assassin's Creed II was to the original AC. Unfortunately, Dante's Purgatorio never saw the light of day.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 29, 2025
Iconic gangster game that could get a sequel. Scarface: Empire would send Tony Montana to Las Vegas
Radical Entertainment studio was developing a sequel to Scarface: The World is Yours. Unfortunately, Scarface: Empire didn't make it through Activision's publishing „sieve”.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 22, 2025
Serious issues killed this game. After many months, gameplay from the adaptation of Escape from New York has leaked
More than a year after its cancellation, gameplay footage from the game based on the movie Escape from New York has leaked. Development was put on hold due to problems at Embracer Group.
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Martin Bukowski
November 18, 2025
„Hytale is saved.” Hypixel team announces that they bought back Hytale from Riot
Not only has the team acquired Hytale from Riot, but they say an Early Access date will be announced soon. The once-canceled game might soon be playable.
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Matt Buckley
November 17, 2025
One of the biggest scams in the history of the game industry. Areal was supposed to be the spiritual successor to STALKER
After the „death” of GSC Game World and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise, the series was to have some spiritual heirs. Areal was created as one of them, which ultimately turned out to be one big scam.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 16, 2025
This is what a new quality in multiplayer shooters from the Star Wars universe was supposed to look like. Battlefront III would have let players fight on planets and in space at the same time
The TimeSplitters series creators were to deliver the third installment of the iconic Star Wars shooters. Their Star Wars: Battlefront III was to bring a new quality to this universe, allowing us to fight simultaneously on planets and in space.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 9, 2025
This open-world game about Batman could predate Arkham Knight by years
Batman had no luck with video games for many years, and its bad streak was only broken by the Batman: Arkham series. Nevertheless, another project set in this universe had a fair chance of success, but it was missed.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 2, 2025
„You would have loved it.” Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO was planned to last a decade, but it didn't even make it to release
Amazon had a lot of plans for its new Lord of the Rings MMO. Meanwhile, the game has become just another victim of major layoffs.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 31, 2025
It was supposed to be the great return of the cult stealth series. All that's left are a few trailers and the regret of IGI series fans
I.G.I. is a series that may not have conquered the world, but certainly won a sizable group of devoted fans. Years later, the series was supposed to get a prequel, but the project was put on hold, and the studio behind it was shut down.
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Christian Pieniazek
October 19, 2025
Without this failure, there would be no Silent Hill 2 Remake. Untold story of a game that for many never existed
Less than two decades ago, a game began to take shape that was supposed to combine Gothic horror with Slavic mythology. Sadness was never released, but it laid the foundations for Silent Hill 2 Remake, The Medium, Layers of Fear, and other titles.
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Christian Pieniazek
October 12, 2025
Ubisoft canceled a game in the Assassin's Creed series. It was supposed to be too controversial and too political
Ubisoft was to cancel a game in the Assassin's Creed series set during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The company's executives felt it dealt with too controversial topics.
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Martin Bukowski
October 9, 2025
From a canceled MMO to a smash-hit shooter. How a huge failure was turned into one of Blizzard's best decisions
Although this is not true of all setbacks, some of them can lay the groundwork for success. This was the case with Blizzard Entertainment's Titan project, without which we might never have played Overwatch.
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Christian Pieniazek
October 5, 2025
From merchant to monk. This survival game promised everything, but the ambitious goal proved too much for its creators
A group of games touching on the subject of the medieval plague epidemic was to be joined by an action game with RPG and survival elements titled The Black Death. Ultimately, the developers failed to deliver on their promises, which led to the project being scrapped.
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Christian Pieniazek
September 28, 2025
This game revolutionized horror without ever being released. If not for it, the genre would look very different today
Hideo Kojima had an idea for a horror game that was to make a lasting mark not only on the Silent Hill series but also on the entire genre. Although Silent Hills was eventually canceled, it managed to significantly change the industry landscape.
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Christian Pieniazek
September 21, 2025
Just Cause devs worked on a big project. Contraband was supposed to take us back to the 70s and let us step into the shoes of smugglers
After a wave of success, Avalanche Studios has found itself on a slippery slope. Although Contraband was a huge undertaking, the project will apparently never see the light of day.
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Christian Pieniazek
August 31, 2025
They lost millions on this „supergame.” Its cancellation turned out to be the best news for Alien: Isolation fans
Sega has had countless successes, but also many failures. One of the most egregious among the latter is Hyenas, a shooter whose development was entrusted to the visionaries at Creative Assembly.
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Christian Pieniazek
August 24, 2025
They promised a dark action RPG. Years later, Techland fans got something completely different and were disappointed
Today, Techland is mainly associated with the Dying Light franchise. Years ago, however, the developers had a more diverse portfolio to power Hellraid, an FPP action game with RPG elements in a dark fantasy universe.
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Christian Pieniazek
August 17, 2025
Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell wouldn't have been made without this game. Ubisoft's The Drift was to turn into James Bond
The video game industry has it that other projects are built on the ruins of some. Such was the fate of The Drift from Ubisoft, which can be considered the prototype of the Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed series.
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Christian Pieniazek
August 10, 2025
Fate of new open-world game from Microsoft's studios is reportedly on the line. Mad Max and Just Cause creators may not be telling the whole truth, though
Development of the new game from Avalanche Studios, Contraband, has been stopped. According to unofficial reports, Microsoft has completely canceled it.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
August 8, 2025