Tag Archives: Cancelled

While we have started to see a surge in the number of adaptations based on various video game properties in recent years, the Resident Evil franchise has always released a whole host of non-video game related media – most recently of which was the Netflix Original live-action Resident Evil show. …

A couple of years ago following Diablo Immortal's BlizzCon reveal, we learned that Blizzard was also working on a number of other mobile games, several of which were set in the Warcraft universe. This year, one of these games was officially announced, but Blizzard seems to be scrapping two other …

Ubisoft held its quarterly earnings report this week, revealing multiple delays and cancellations. Not only has the upcoming Avatar game been delayed, but four projects have been cancelled – Ghost Recon Frontline, Splinter Cell VR and two unannounced projects.  As reported by VGC, during the earnings call, Ubisoft confirmed that …

Late last year, it was confirmed that Daybreak Games had begun working on a new Marvel MMO as one of several new projects currently in development. Just six months later, the game has been cancelled after a period of pre-production. Based on details revealed following the cancellation, the game would have …

2021 was supposed to be a great year for Elite Dangerous across all platforms thanks to the Odyssey expansion. Unfortunately, this extra content arrived in a rough state on PC, leading to Frontier delaying the release on consoles so it could focus on fixing the game. Now almost a year …

While Nvidia initially planned to reveal more details on the RTX 3090 Ti in January, but that timeline swiftly went out the window when production faced delays, as we reported at the time. Now, Nvidia is reportedly planning to launch its new RTX 30 series flagship on the 29th of March, and the previously rumoured 16GB RTX 3070 Ti has been scrapped. 

Today, the ESA has announced that E3 will be an all-digital event once again this year, cancelling in-person plans for the third year in a row. As was the case in the previous two years, concerns around COVID-19 have led to the cancellation for 2022.  In a statement issued this …

The video games industry is a rather secretive place, with many developers, publishers and more keeping all of their projects close to their chest. While this does mean that unannounced games get cancelled all the time at various stages of development, not many of them would have had as much …

After multiple delays and staff turnover, Paradox made the decision to boot Hardsuit Labs off of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 and switched to a new development studio to continue working on the game. At this point, the game is delayed indefinitely, but at one point, it was almost scrapped …

Earlier this year, Magic: Legends, an action RPG spin-off for Magic the Gathering, released in open beta on PC, with plans to expand to consoles later down the line. Unfortunately, the game did not get off to a good start and is now being cancelled.  Magic: Legends entered open beta …

Amazon Game Studios and Athlon Games were co-developing a new MMO set in the Lord of the Rings universe, but it looks like those plans have now been scrapped due to a dispute between both parties.  As reported by Bloomberg, Amazon has cancelled yet another video game. Following Breakaway and …

Computex won't be returning to its normal format this year after all...

In the build-up to Cyberpunk 2077's launch, CD Projekt Red teased that it was working on a big multiplayer spin-off for release sometime in the next couple of years. Unfortunately, it looks like that project may no longer see the light of day, as the studio has “reconsidered” its plans. …

Rumours about a 20GB version of the RTX 3080 and a 16GB version of the RTX 3070 have been discussed since the launch of the RTX 30 series. These cards were even listed in Gigabyte's Watch Dogs Legion redeeming form and mentioned in Galax's roadmap, but apparently, they have now been …

Even the biggest names in the games industry have projects cancelled from time to time. This week, we learned that this very thing recently happened to Hideo Kojima, who wasn't too happy about the project being scrapped. In an interview with Japanese site, Livedoor, and translated to English by VGC, …

Shortly after yesterday's news that Paris Games Week has been cancelled, the organisers behind the Tokyo Game Show have also confirmed that there will be no physical event this year. The Tokyo Game Show was initially due to take place in late September.  This is the first time that TGS …

For many years now, fans of the Prince of Persia series have been clamouring for a new game. As it turns out, Ubisoft was working on one called ‘Prince of Persia Redemption' around the same time that Assassin's Creed 3 was in development, and footage of the game has been …

Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen a lot of major companies pull out of the Game Developers Conference in early March. Despite the growing list of drop-outs, a few days ago the organisers behind GDC still planned to go ahead with the event. That changed last night, …

Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen a number of companies pull out of appearances at Mobile World Congress due to Coronavirus concerns. The organising company, GSMA, previously announced safety measures that were being put in place for this year's event in an effort to alleviate those concerns but …

The success of Hearthstone spurred along a big card-game resurgence on PC and mobile, with many developers creating CCG spin-offs for various IP. Bethesda is one of the biggest examples, with The Elder Scrolls: Legends hitting the market three years ago and even undergoing a massive overhaul this year. Despite …

After shipping The Witcher 3's final expansion, some of that development team decided to stay on the path, refining GWENT into its own standalone card game. The game has been out on PC for a long time now and spread to Xbox One and PS4 late last year. However, with …

Way back in September 2017, Apple not only announced that it would be supporting Qi wireless charging on its iPhones going forward, but also announced the AirPower charging mat. This was a fairly ambitious product, which would support wireless charging for up to three devices at once. Apple has been …

After Visceral Games was shut down by EA in October, 2017, assets for its Star Wars game were moved over to its Vancouver Studio, transforming the project from a linear action-adventure game into an open-world space epic. It turns out this approach was just a little too big for the …

After the series took a break from the bi-annual releases with only one game in 2016, fans of Five Nights at Freddy’s were looking to creator Scott Cawthon for an update on the next title. Cawthon went on to announce the sixth entry to the point-and-click horror before promptly cancelling …

Back in 2014, Blizzard officially announced that it was pulling the plug on its next generation MMO known as Titan. The game was stuck in various stages of development for seven years but eventually, the whole game was scrapped and the team working on it went on to create Overwatch …

While Oculus is struggling with meeting shipping dates thanks to a supply shortage, HTC is facing some problems of its own. The Vive begins shipping this week but unfortunately some of those that pre-ordered the device have found their orders cancelled without warning. However, HTC has been quick to narrow …

Grand Theft Auto is a series that has stood the test of time so far and has only managed to grow in popularity over the years. However, the series main games rarely venture outside of the US and now we know why, as it turns out that Rockstar was planning …

Microsoft is making some big changes to its studios based in the UK and Denmark this week. The company just announced today that firstly, Lionhead Studios will be ceasing production on Fable Legends and the studio will likely shut down following on from that. Secondly, a studio in Denmark will …

A few weeks back we heard rumors that Ubisoft may be giving Assassin's Creed a break this year, with no main installation to the series set to release this year. Now this move has been confirmed but Ubisoft isn't just pushing back the next Assassin's Creed game, it is also …

This week, reports began circulating, claiming that Apple has officially suspended its Internet TV service, though we didn't have many details at the time. Now, some more information has come to light as just as you would expect, Apple was unable to get networks to agree on pricing, or channel …