Many of my readers asked me to write about games that were cancelled for one reason or another. So, here is my list of the best cancelled video games.
We saw a huge number of wonderful games that entered the hearts and history of the gaming industry. But there are also many games that could become masterpieces, but for one reason or another, they simply did not see the light. Below I have presented the best cancelled video games, so scroll the page down to put up a stingy tear about the games that we will never see.
Tiberium
The tactical first-person shooter in the Command & Conquer universe – Tiberium – was developed for two years and was canceled in 2008 due to non-compliance with Electronic Arts quality standards.
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Los Angeles
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Canceled: 09/30/2008
Reason: Publisher Quality Mismatch
Eight Days
The game talked about two tough “die-hard” men with diametrically opposite views of the world, joining forces to fight a common enemy.
One of the features of this exclusive for the PlayStation 3 was the so-called real life clock. We started the game at night, then it was night in the game, we decided to play early in the morning – be so kind as to watch the dawn in the virtual world too.
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Developer: SCE London Studio
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Canceled: 06/04/2008
Reason: Transferring resources to first-party projects closer to completion
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium
The long-suffering MMORPG in a clear universe with big plans for the future (in which there is only war), but a lack of money for their embodiment. In the process of development, the game turned from MMO about WH 40k into single-player, but did not reach the release even in this form.
Publisher: THQ
Developer: Vigil Games
Platforms: PC
Canceled: 12/20/2012
Reason: Publisher Bankruptcy
Shenmue Online
Direct continuation of Shenmue II with the promised QTE, announced in 2004.
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega and JC Entertainment
Platforms: PC
Canceled: 2007
Reason: Unknown
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Point-and-click quest about the adventures of the notorious Horde leader – Thrall. The plot of the game tells about how young Thrall came to such a life.
Publisher: Animation Magic
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Platforms: PC
Canceled: 1998
Reason: Publisher Quality Mismatch
Turok 2
The cancellation of a new unannounced part of Turok, which, according to rumors, could turn out to be a restart of the series, became known thanks to a banal leak into the network.
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Developer: Propaganda Games
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Canceled: 2009
Reason: Unknown
Command & Conquer: Generals 2
A rare occurrence in the gaming industry is a game that has been canceled due to the high level of dissatisfaction among players. But in fact, the sequel of our beloved “Generals” was rolled out. There were free2play, Premium and other damn things, and then the word Generals was removed from the name. Who will like it?
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Victory Games
Platforms: PC
Canceled: October 2013
Reason: Inadequate player expectations
StarCraft: Ghost
A third-person tactical shooter with stealth elements in the StarCraft universe and only for consoles. The release of this miracle was carried over a lot of times and as a result, was “postponed indefinitely.”
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Platforms: PlayStation 2, Xbox
Canceled: March 24, 2006
Reason: Unknown
Fallout Online
Another long-suffering MMORPG that fell victim to a lawsuit between Interplay Entertainment and Bethesda Softworks over the ownership of the rights to an online game in the Fallout universe.
Publisher: Interplay Entertainment
Developer: Interplay Entertainment
Platforms: PC
Canceled: 01/09/2012
Reason: Loss of publishing rights
Call of Cthulhu: Destiny’s End
Call of Cthulhu: Tainted Legacy
Two sequels to the magnificent Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth with an eye on the co-operative for two players.
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Headfirst Productions
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Canceled: December 2005
Reason: Developer Bankruptcy
LMNO
In 2005, renowned director Steven Spielberg announced his collaboration with Electronic Arts to create a game that will turn the gaming industry upside down.
The revolutionary project was created as a first-person action game with parkour elements and escape-focused gameplay, and one of the game’s key characters was the mysterious humanoid alien Eva.
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Electronic Arts
Platforms: Unknown
Canceled: 2010
Reason: Unknown
Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
Another game from the Propaganda Games studio, canceled by the evil Disney. In fairness, it should be noted that Propaganda Games was not such a successful company and was safely dissolved in 2011.
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Developer: Propaganda Games
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Canceled: October 2010
Reason: Unknown
Darth Maul
The game in the Star Wars universe, the protagonist of which was supposed to be the famous Sith Darth Maul, does not even have a name, but only a sad story of a long development, and a small piece of the gameplay video as evidence of existence.
Publisher: LucasArts
Developer: Red Fly Studio
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, WiiU
Canceled: 2011
Reason: Unknown
Star Wars 1313
So, another ambitious adventure game in the Star Wars universe with a third-person view, that died under the onslaught of evil (Disney).
Publisher: LucasArts
Developer: LucasArts
Platforms: PC
Canceled: 04/03/2013
Reason: Buying LucasArts by Disney and transforming the development studio into a publisher with the consequent closure of all past projects
Halo Online
In the period from 2004 to 2007, the game was developed under the wing of Microsoft, aimed at successfully competing with World of Warcraft – MMORPG in the Halo universe codenamed Titan.
At the close of the project, the budget was $ 90,000,000, and fresh ideas for the genre were later pulled away by other MMOs.
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Ensemble Studios
Platforms: PC
Canceled: 2007
Reason: Unknown
So, these were the best cancelled video games in my purely subjective opinion. Please write below which of these games you would like to play.
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