10 Recent Games That Suddenly Vanished

[@jasong782]

Battlefield 2042 player base suddenly vanished

[@Southwestsilva]

Got em’!

[@Muhammad_mujataba]

Lol

[@afibuffygirl]

Lol. I personally don't play pvp games but from all I've seen about 2042, I can see why people aren't interested.

[@trexypoo]

There was a player base?🤣

[@InfinityHS]

LOL

[@EvanRomeoSantos]

0:00 final fantasy XVI 1:28 Beyond Good and evil 2 2:37 Hollow knight silk song 3:26 Prince of persia sands of time 4:44 Skull and bones 6:00 Obsidian's new game 7:46 everwild 9:10 Hytale 10:12 Perfect dark 11:28 metroid prime 4

[@nataliecameron]

XVI

[@solimandar22]

Thank you.

[@guillermoelnino]

doing the lord's work son

[@Skeletoonz]

Thanks

[@CartmansEvlTwin]

🙌🤌👏

[@TheApacheNinja]

I'm surprised there wasn't a bigger mention of Dead Island 2 other than an honorable mention! That game was announced way back in 2014 and it has been nothing but crickets since then other than a few confirmations that it still exists from devs.

[@GHow1998]

They said it's "coming this year" lol

[@Mfkzknown]

He mentioned it at the end of the vid

[@TheApacheNinja]

@@Mfkzknown I watched the whole video and somehow didn't recognize that it was mentioned 💀 lol I edited my comment to better say that I'm surprised it didn't have a bigger spot on the list.

[@gameranxTV]

the only reason we didn't dedicate a whole point to it is because we've talked about it in similar lists for the last few years...needed to shake it up a bit

[@TheApacheNinja]

@@gameranxTV lol that's fair 😂 gotta keep the content fresh. Thanks for the response!

[@ItMoDaL]

Vampire, the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 vanished, too. The First release Date was around the time Cyberpunk 2077 should have been released at first, they were even very active with online events etc. until they announced they had to push their release date back, too. It went from first quarter of 2020 to last quarter and then to tbd. Afterwards it vanished from the face of the earth

[@JWaltz91]

On top of the big ones other people have mentioned in the comments, I'm surprised the list didn't include Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, where we got an update in February of 2021 that Hardsuit got released from development and, much like some of the other games in the list, the only evidence to suggest it hasn't been dropped is quarterly earnings statements that Paradox Interactive has released and a vague Twitter post essentially saying "Don't worry. It's still in development. We just don't want the new devs to worry about anything except making the game."

[@christianwright5813]

same cause that was essentially being released and like a month before they just went silent

[@arellajardin8188]

TES6 didn’t really “vanish.” Bethesda was pretty upfront that it wasn’t coming for a very long time. That it was really in a pre-production phase until Starfield was almost done. They only put the teaser out to shut people up.

[@tdenzel101]

pretty much which is why I wish they didn't show it. cause it never made sense knowing it's going to take a good lil minute to develop.

[@LaikaLycanthrope]

@@tdenzel101 Well, they did it because some people jumped the gun and assumed that there'd be no more pure single-player games because of TESO and FO76. That's why Todd made a point of saying "And it's single player" when he rolled the teaser.

[@tdenzel101]

@@LaikaLycanthrope Sony already proved singleplayer games still and will have a place In the video game market which pushed Microsoft into snagging new developing studios for their own single player experience titles. So honestly it was no point.

[@jrag1000]

I would rather have e6 instead of starfield...

[@malazan6004]

I wish Starfield would just go away people only want Tes6 Starfield is just a waste of resources

[@CarlosIzcoa]

You know what is sad? That Half Life 3 isn’t even part of the conversation anymore. The granpapa of missing games. The holy grail. It’s been so long that we have an entire generation of new gamers that have never even heard of it.

[@DingusOfTheNorth]

Eeeeyup... Also it doesn't help the fact that Valve has most likely geared their focus on entirely on VR being the go-to platform for Half-Life 3 (whenever it does happen), which I can imagine will have to take some further development before they're satisfied with actually going with the dreaded number "3".

[@luckyluks549]

Was actually thinking the same thing

[@logangaskill4]

From what I have heard, valve now a days only really makes games to test and show off new tech, like how alyx was used to show off valve's vr stuff and how desk job was used to show off the portable console

[@bigmacgaming5019]

Half life 3 couldve been a good game, but uh remember when people thought tf3 was coming.

[@ブレイヴフェンサ]

Ah one fur old times sake: There’s three A’s in “granpapa” half life 3 confirmed!

[@JordaanEben]

I feel that all the Fable fans out there have been waiting for a while for a new release. Definitely excited to see what Playground studio will be giving to the community.

[@foofoo3344]

Yeah, we haven't had a good Fable game in a long time.

[@JordaanEben]

@@foofoo3344 right!

[@addisonsullivan6463]

Yeah. Fable 2 in 2008.

[@celine_poike]

Can't believe it's been 4 years since they announced it

[@MetallicA4658]

I hope they bring an experience similar to Fable 1. Love it so much I beat it atleast once a year

[@PBHorrorGaming]

How about "WiLD", that game looked real interesting.

[@quintonsidoti874]

Was just coming here to mention that one! It looked really cool with all the old, primal gods you could find.

[@dizzygaming6120]

@@quintonsidoti874 it was cancelled

[@zzirfamo24]

Can you put a link to a video to that game?! I wanna see a trailer

[@dizzygaming6120]

@@zzirfamo24 your literally on youtube just search for wild wild gameplay

[@ficklepickless]

it's really sad because i was also looking forward to it for like 7 years, but it's cancelled cancelled. like completely dead, they're never touching it again cancelled

[@malazan6004]

I love how Perfect dark and the initiative was supposed to be the first AAAA game but majority of the developers have quit and they are now relying on another developer to help.

[@nrxia]

It was a game for PS3 called "City of the Metronome." I loved the art style and couldn't wait to play it. Then it vanished. The devs behind it later went on to create Little Nightmares 1 & 2, which were great. It's easy to see how the work on City transformed into those games, but there's still something about the initial game's original style that makes me still want it.

[@urielrcha]

Jeez... Back in the... 2005 E3, maybe 2004? Dude u unlocked a memory I didn't remember at all

[@F34RDSoldier805]

I have a lot of faith in FF16 considering the team working on it. They have shown to be really passionate about FF and with experience working on FF14, I just feel like they earned and continue to earn this faith in them.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Yeah, I have plenty of hope in this one. It's a storied franchise and it can take its times

[@arxeha]

YoshiP really carries Final Fantasy IP so hard right now

[@Gatorade69]

I haven't played a FF game since X-2. Actually I lied, I played FF7 Remake but that feels... different. Personally I would love to see the series return to It's roots. 9 is still my favorite. Maybe not a mainline game but I actually love the turn based combat...

[@BlakeAustin2011]

Considering they delayed Endwalker because Yoshi-P wasn’t quite satisfied with the story, massive delays should not come as a surprise. It looks to be using a lot of 15 resources. Also, I suspect they want the PS5 to be in more households than it currently is.

[@thumbdown1354]

​@@Gatorade69 I mean Square does still come out with games that are considered their 'roots', but they're either mobile or indie games since well those style games aren't anything more than indie games now a days. They have one coming out this year that looks nice (The DioField Chronicle), but you won't see the mainline FF games go back to that style. I'm cool with that though... it's kind of refreshing and it appeals to a larger audience too

[@o.Struggler]

Beyond Good & Evil is one of those games I will always hope truly exists, just the small gameplay trailer we got all those years ago is constantly in my head and I just hope I get to play it one day.

[@ono446]

I wouldn't get your hopes up, so much can change and it's being a little too ambitious imo

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

I just don't think we will ever see it

[@aaronwoodsfilms]

its still in production as we speak but could change

[@celuiquipeut6527]

I played the 1. It was amazing and one of a kind. I wish the guy wasnt such a poser and a fraud.

[@Hackeysacked]

Cannot agree harder. The thumbnail of this video made me sad

[@matodragonespor5000]

Something funny about Everwild is that months after its announcement the developers commented they still had no idea what kind of gameplay the game will have :/

[@nick15684]

Metroid Prime 4 is definitely a big one. Been waiting for a new entry in the series for a very very long time. Never gotten anymore than their word that it's in development. Luckily we've had other great Metroid games in between, but still been a hell of a wait.

[@Thelastgamer313]

To be fair, metroid prime 4 restarted development wholesale which reasonably set them back a long time so they wouldnt have any real footage of the game to show yet but we can rest assured itl probably be better now that the original metroid prime devs are back on the project

[@elgato1199]

Check the news! It’s about to come out soon!

[@nathanaelcaballero217]

At least we got Dread in the meantime

[@romeskiie]

Y'all should do a Top 10 (or Top 20) games that had the most significant art styles or technological breakthroughs. Like hearing Silent Hill 3 doing the moving walls in the otherworld, which was the first of its kind in all PS2 history, or LA Noire for having uncanny valley facial animations, or also Cuphead for having the most retro-modern art style.

[@corporateshill7473]

I support any opportunity to praise Silent Hill.

[@InnerSunshine]

Also the trailer for the 2.5 D cyberpunk game and the updated new 2020? Christmas trailer with the giant Xmas tree in 2.5 D. The traler and a fan-made video about the long dev cycle is on youtube. It's informative.

[@VENENOSEASON]

Valve wins that for sure

[@romeskiie]

@@VENENOSEASON Portal games obviously. The gaming industry never made anything like that until Valve did.

[@VENENOSEASON]

@@romeskiie yup , valve is way ahead of it’s time

[@TheHufflepuffSaint]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't forgotten about Skull And Bones. It's seriously gone off the radar. Hopefully Ubi can somehow get it back on track.

[@ArcaneSorceror]

*Glances at Ubisoft* All NFTs point to 'No.'

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

The way Ubisoft has been going, getting it back on track would either destroy the game or salvage sone of their reputation.

[@sniffleblox2354]

They’ve updated its page with a new logo just recently, so they’ve definitely been making some progress.

[@knightshade3d51]

Seeing how they’re looking to sell I don’t see Skulk and Bones happening. At least not anytime soon.

[@rickythomas9698]

I actually remember all of these games and that's why it's painful to see it not coming to fruition.

[@RiceAndRun]

It’s so clear what a contemporary perfect dark game would be. I was playing timesplitters 2, the other day, I feel like there’s still a real gap in the market for single players games with a tiered list of objective in a meticulously created world. The closest thing would be the hitman reboots, but they’re more sandbox’y and less of a proper scripted experience. I was surprised at how much stuff like goldeneye and timesplitters hold up, as game concepts; also shooting is such a background part of these games.

[@milinddixit6583]

It is a big risk releasing a linear mission-based AAA(A) shooter today, when multiplayer and sandbox games are perceived to offer better value for money - especially at launch prices. I still go back and play Perfect Dark HD though, it's a classic but I can't see that sort of game working at big budget and big price levels.

[@M33f3r]

@@milinddixit6583 there’s no reason to not have multiplayer. Goldeneye and perfect dark were awesome couch multiplayer. If they include that and online it would be awesome. N bombs and slappers only is nuts.

[@danielthomas7193]

I definitely agree and hope it turns out this way. While I enjoy "regular" FPSs, having ones with actual objectives beyond find the keycard, I find more entertaining.

[@_ElisDTrailz]

My big 3 we've really heard nothing about are the System Shock remake, System Shock 3 and Vampire the Masquerade 2

[@Yaboi_Noct]

i can't believe jake didn't even mention the vampire masquerade : bloodline 2, not even in the bonus mention, guess that game goes in the dark figuratively and literally

[@henryfreundt9197]

What I really hope to hear someday is about a Parasite Eve remake and a Dino Crisis Remake

[@deputybluevein93]

2 class games

[@stitchfinger7678]

There was word a while ago that they were renewing some copyrights, but looking at the current state of PS Plus, a rerelease there might be what it was for. PE Remake would slap hard, but I think Dino Crisis is more likely, at least first.

[@wschnabel1987]

Would also love a VR remastered of Star Wars Republic Commando.

[@ooberguy12]

I was interested in Capcom’s Deep Down way back when. I know the original creator left the studio and the former SIE chairman stated later year “he has no idea” what happened with that development xD

[@broguardians5952]

Last time I looked up info on it, it was canceled 😔 it was on mind for many years.

[@ooberguy12]

@@broguardians5952 so sad indeed. Looked like an interesting mix between RE2:remake and a soulsborne entity. Oh well.

[@charoleawood]

We saw people playing it and it looked amazing! The only thing that ever gave me pause was the randomly generated dungeons. I wonder if there's a world that would support both Deep Down and a new Dragon's Dogma, seems to me that you'd just fold a lot of the ideas from Deep Down into Dragon's Dogma rather than resurrect the Deep Down project from the grave. Still, I like Dragon's Dogma to be Dragon's Dogma, I want to believe that Deep Down can still exist as its own game. Here's another one for you: Project Awakening. Is that game real and can it be even half as good as the CG concept trailer looked to be?

[@ooberguy12]

@@charoleawood a lot of truth to that! Though for thematics, I think they would really need to be considered in their own realm. Project awakening… now that is one I completely forgot about xD the moment I saw that lizard or wingless dragon, I remembered.

[@mrhappy623]

I get why Beyond Good and Evil 2 has dissapeared since it always looked very conceptual, but Skull and Bones had a lot shown, and it seemed like it had a pretty clear idea of what it was going to be, so I really don't get what happened there.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Probably Ubisoft shenanigams.

[@yuri_cobaia]

They should have named assassins creed: skull and bones and just keep doing their own spin off saga of assassins creed so they could just keep improving the pirate side of gameplay now they have to deal with this dillema of doing a game that is literally assassins creed but without the assassins gameplay, just the pirate side of it

[@tylerriddle7748]

1 its not assassin Creed and 2 someone in charge probably got cold feet about it and thought it wouldn't make money

[@AndrewB23]

It's Ubisoft so it actually makes perfect sense

[@ShadowGun625]

Oh you guys didn't see the kotaku article about skull and bones which showed what a shitshow the development has been.

[@OddballEddie]

Well I'm not too surprised System Shock 3 has gone dark due to the issues and delays the remake of System Shock 1 was having, not sure if it's the same team, but not even SS1 Remake has been out and since the last demo the devs seem to be really quiet and the release date got pushed back to the end of the year. So I'm guessing it'll be a long time before we see SS3.

[@andybrown4284]

Ubisoft seem like they might be getting themselves into a financial hole with the way the company keeps shouting about how great it'll be to have NFT's noone wants shoehorned into their games. The more money they drop into pushing that tech the less they'll have to put towards the actual games. Skull&bones could have been out by now but it does seem like they've been holding it back because they can't work out how to milk the players after the initial buy in. Shame as all they really needed to do was create a set of new islands and oceans to be piratey in minus the nonsense of the assassin stuff.

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

Ship Sails that are the NFTs! Famous ships $14.99 a piece, cannonballs 3 for $1.99.

[@diamantis9436]

Wild from Wildsheep studio was a ps4 exclusive game announced in 2014 and we saw a gameplay reveal in 2015. Unfortunately nothing ever since... It was developed by Michel Ancel back in the day, he abandoned the project at some point. It really was and still is my top anticipated game of all time. I am praying that Sony will make it happen again.

[@ineedmoneysp]

This was the game I made a comment about and I thought would be talked about in the video but it wasn’t. Last time I tried to look something up in it there was news that it was still in the works and wasnt cancelled but that was in 2020 maybe end of 2019

[@diamantis9436]

@@ineedmoneysp Later in the summer of 2021 they said it was cancelled, but that doesnt mean that the game wont be revisited as a project at some point in the future. We can hope...

[@ineedmoneysp]

@@diamantis9436 yes we can. It seemed like a really cool idea for a game. Of all the games I thought Dead Island was cancelled for sure cause I’ve heard nothing at all about the game. I had no clue it was still being worked on

[@Forever_Zero]

As a Final Fantasy fan I'm already used to watch a trailer for a new game and say to myself: "Welp, see you in 5 or 10 years"

[@StatiqueQueel]

I love that pretty soon after this video was released, Skull and Bones got a massive leak and an official tweet saying "Keep your eyes on the horizon". Gameranx just manifested Skull and Bones back into existence

[@evelynhagan2532]

Mewgenics by Edmund McMillen/Team Meat. It's been in development for well over 9 years at this point, it's been cancelled, rebooted, and completely changed numerous times, and it still is supposedly at least another year or two out (but they have been posting development updates on Twitter finally).

[@VodulinMyer]

There was a game called Witchfire that was revealed during one of the Game Awards a few years ago. It looked cool, but I haven't seen it since.

[@amkdream]

They just announced 3 months ago that its gonna come to early access in Q4 2022

[@ZAPcon]

They actually have a dev log with lots of updates about the game's design. There is plenty of updated gameplay footage now. Really excited about this one as the gameplay is described is feeling similar to Destiny and Dark Souls - both inspirations for my personal game project as well!

[@johnr8165]

I'm glad you mentioned Hytale, I am still curious about what news they have coming up, especially to see more of why they have had to push the release date so far back compared to the original information from the first few blog posts they have.

[@Hazmatt36000]

Love that companies are taking the time they need to make games better. There is so much to play that nothing needs to rush.

[@OH-uh4pc]

most of these are more so extreme internal issues not really a good thing lol Duke Nukem Forever took like 10 years and that game is the game of all time.

[@texamurai]

@@OH-uh4pc Duke Nukem Forever sold 18 morbillion copies

[@50shadesofgandalfthegrey]

IMHO, if a game like Beyond Good And Evil 2 goes silent for years, to me, that is good news. i don't wanna hear anything other than reassurances that the game is taking a long time to make. take your time, do it right, release the FULL COMPLETED GAME, without bugs or controversy, like so many we've already seen *cough cough* Cyberpunk *cough cough*. take your time, COMPLETE your ambitious project, and release it WHEN IT IS PROPERLY READY!

[@Voltaic_Fire]

People need to remember that Obsidian isn't the company they were when they made New Vegas, they've even drifted a bit from who they were when making Outer Worlds. A game team gets its spirit and ethos from the developers making it and the turnover in the industry is *huge.*

[@_BiggKuntry]

Should've put "Deep Down" on the list! It was supposed to be a free to play soulslike, dungeon, co-op game from Capcom showing off their new engine for the Playstation 4. It was supposed to be a Playstation launch exclusive for PS4 back in 2013 and had been delayed and delayed and delayed, but everything I've tried to check out for the game it looks like it's still in development, but I'm not sure what's going on with it. It looked REALLY good and I was super excited for this game. Would love to know what really happened to this game if gameranx could do a little research for more games that have vanished?

[@Shinzon23]

....the words "Playstation Exclusive" and "from Capcom" aren't a big enough clue? Exclusives are always tricky, and Capcom has a bad habit of sitting on something for awhile before using it again... *Glances at Monster Hunter and how it'd been almost a decade since the last non handheld launch.... and how Capcom is doing that shit again with the latest game* IDK about you, but ever since the info about Nintendo being dicks to both their employees and fans came out, my urge to buy a Switch plummeted.

[@froglung6656]

i was so stoked for this one, no clue what has been going on with it

[@marduke45]

didnt deep down get turned into bloodborne?

[@_BiggKuntry]

@@marduke45 No “Deep Down” was it’s own thing. You should check out some gameplay of it… It looked pretty cool and had several videos and gameplay demos put up.

[@MWRuger]

When Ken Levine dissolved his studio after Bioshock Infinite we were supposedly going to get a new game from a new developer published through Take 2. I have heard NOTHING about this and I loved that series so much.

[@devastatheseeker9967]

I was really excited to play advance wars but a few days before release I found out it was delisted and pushed forward supposedly because it's "inappropriate" with the current russian/ukraine situation. Ironically they've had this war of mine on sale for like the whole last month after saying that which is a game that is much more intense than a cartoony turn based strategy game.

[@viktorvondoom9119]

This is that Game Boy game right? I still play this game every year when I travel per plane during the holidays

[@stitchfinger7678]

@JRRR92 It isnt to "help", it can just be an insensitive time. Like going to an NRA rally 3 days after the 200th mass shooting this year.

[@vaasmontenegro481]

The Last Night is one I was super stoked to see more of but unfortunately its gone radio silent. Still, the trailer is a masterpiece in its own right no thanks to the killer music by Lorn. Still have a small glimmer of hope that something will come of it soon....ish

[@misoppas]

I love Prince of Persia games. Kinda mix feelings with the remake cause sometimes remakes don't go well but I'm totally down to try it when finally releases.

[@songsayswhat]

I was certain Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 would be on this list.

[@shanehumberstone5262]

Yeah bloody horizon worlds for one,I actually downloaded and played it the other week on my quest 2, but couldn’t even find it on my quest 2 the next day,proper bizarre

[@wastelandwanderer2693]

Some smaller known games I've been wanting to hear more about are Lost Soul Aside. It's a Final Fantasy looking main character but with Devil May Cry hack n slash gameplay, a lot of people probably don't even know this game but I still remember it. Also Granblue Fantasy ReLink, an action JRPG. Thought I saw somewhere on the internet that it could be coming this year but idk.

[@crzymage]

Re;Fantasy by Atlus was announced in 2017. It's a new IP with very little update from it aside from the "in development", development has "reached its climax" statements, and apparently being caught up in other bigger projects that prevented them from working on it properly. I'm hoping there's some news on it this year, but I have almost no hope in that happening.

[@B3rten]

Couple of games I'd like, that have gone radio silent or are most likely in dev hell - '83 - Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2

[@wiseblast]

I hope everwild keeps the art direction, that announcement trailer really hooked me.

[@shmjb5790]

I was really looking forward to getting vampire masquerade 2 this year! Well maybe next year🤷

[@PoorMuttski]

I would absolutely LOVE a modern Perfect Dark! Right now, if I want feature-rich, fun as hell FPS action, I go to the Borderlands games. But, the biggest thing about PD was how the levels were such interesting puzzles. I think it would be hard to create a fast paced puzzle FPS that isn't just another Immersive Sim (Deus Ex, Dishonored, and the rest). Doubly hard because all the free stuff that PD would throw at you for completing levels is usually the kind of stuff that carved out for DLC. They could borrow a bit from Borderlands and let you earn some things and pay for others... I feel like greed is king, in todays gaming market, though...

[@chrisj320ac3]

You're not wrong.

[@Alirian2]

Kinda wonder what's going to happen now with it since Square Enix just sold Crystal Dynamics

[@malazan6004]

It's a shame most people at the initiative have quit and they are now relying on other companies to make the game. It seems it's in development hell but would love for it to turn out good as a big fan of N64 pd

[@Shinzon23]

so long as the laptop gun returns and can still be yeeted onto any surface, I'll be amused! Now I wonder if they'd carry on the alien themed stuff....

[@YounRangr]

What made Perfect Dark for me: The Atmospheric Soundtrack The Carrington Institute acting as an open world game menu Weapons with diverse secondary modes & dual weilding The Corporate Goverment Conspiracies The list of multiplayer AI Bot types Weird but fun easter eggs Joanna's thicc polygons with DK mode 😅 There are way too many FPS that never came close to what this game featured. CoD Black ops 1 and 2 was the closest.

[@wamerteen780]

Scalebound. An xbox exclusive which packed an vast-world adventure that was in development by Platinum Games and was dropped in 2017. Fans have been awaiting a resurrection. It's just a theory I've been hearing ,but it would be nice to see its continuous development. Gameplay was great

[@MakoSDV]

This made me think of Bloodlines 2. It was supposed to release two years ago, but at this point, I'm not sure it'll ever get released.

[@EmoEmu]

The Obsidian game is really the only one that I'm looking forward to and that's... way off. I love Final Fantasy, but they keep going more and more in the direction of action combat and away from what I used to love about them.

[@Gatorade69]

Same. 9 was my favorite and I actually love turn based combat...

[@EmoEmu]

@@Gatorade69 7 was my jam but I really enjoyed 8 and 9 as well. Since then I havn't found any of the FF games to be nearly as good.

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

Outer worlds sucked so I have low expectations

[@dsappointmnt2448]

@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd outer worlds was a good game when you talked to the companions and see how they react to the things you do i will say though that just when it felt like i was about to sink my teeth into the game it ended it was far to short of a game with what felt like little reason to care about why im doing my mission

[@hotpockets69]

FF went down hill after they started being released on Xbox. Their entire combat mechanics shifted to becoming more and more action oriented. I really wanted to like FF15 after waiting two console generations, but I eventually uninstalled it about three hours in. FF7 Remake I got because it was a PS+ game one month and I honestly don't regret not buying it even though I beat it. I miss the turn-based JRPGs.

[@thehalfman110]

"Project Awakening" Is a game that looked amazing when it was announced i believe in 2018 it has a website that consists of a single video and a few screenshots. Super hyped when i first heard about it and now I'm just trying not to forget it still exists XD. There was a video showing engine footage around Nov 2021 and i personally haven't heard anything since.

[@bryan2439]

I search for any news on this game ones a month, but not much on it sadly🥲

[@diamantis9436]

Thanks, I am not the only one who remembers it

[@charoleawood]

I think it was a CG render made to look like gameplay. Still, i WANT to believe it's real and is good

[@HunterRaider13]

I think a notable mention should have been Ad Infinitum. It was announced in 2017 ang has went totally radio silent until mid 2021 with a possible release in 2023

[@BeefMode88]

Routine was a pretty interesting looking 1st person horror game announced at Gamescon in 2013, with a release date trailer in 2016, citing March 2017. The last update was March 23rd '17 announcing a small delay, and then complete radio silence. A damn shame, what we got looked interesting, and it even had Mick Gordon as the Audio Director (you can still view it on Gordons own website). The website for the game is still up, and the developer Lunar Software still has a functioning website as well.

[@GRGCompletionist]

Skull and Bones had...or i guess has so much potential...The only AAA experience that exists like it is AC4 and ever since that all we got when it comes to open world pirate rpg's were mmo's or early access low budget pc strategy titles. Imagine a modern AAA pirate open world with tons of ship battles and island exploration and crew management. Maybe add some mythical stuff like the Kraken or the Scylla in there as special events as well instead of trying to fit them in recent AC games.

[@yuri_cobaia]

yeaeh people are starving so much to a game like this that they have to play sea of thieves and pretend that is good

[@GRGCompletionist]

@@yuri_cobaia lol facts

[@jonathonsanders2508]

Yeah I was pretty hyped for Skull and Bones. When I saw the Sea of Thieves trailer, I told my friends "naw...I'll wait on Skull and Bones". Sadly...I have played Sea of Thieves because of the wait lol. I had Assassin's Creed Black Flag when I got the PS4 at release. I was saying then that if they gave me a game with nothing but the ship battles, I'd play it.

[@102Starkiller]

To be fair for Final Fantasy 16, Square has already released a statement a few months ago stating Covid impacted development hard and that it'd take longer.

[@legendsclan9108]

Man BEGAE2 is a long time coming, especially after showing Jade as the antagonist in this one.

[@Ken6384]

Final Fantasy 16 was shown at State of Play at week or so ago and Silksong Hollownight was just shown at the Xbox Showcase

[@AoiYukinoMisharu]

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 would also fit in here... after the sudden changing of hands between studios I feel like it dropped off, not lookin' good.

[@karanjoshi2662]

I am ready for silksong when it comes. It's a very small team that's making it so I understand whatever delay they make but the game looks awesome and can't wait to play it.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@dmo848]

I jus got into that game. All took over my life for days. Omg it's really that good but pisses me off in a good way which is weird to understand but I'm sure u get it.

[@FgmGoncalves]

it's not recent but, I've been looking forward to 5 years, an independent game called routine, developed by three people, company called lunar software that was scheduled to be released in March 2017 and never heard from again. It was a big promise for me. the trailer shown at E3 2012 was amazing and later another magnificent trailer too. Too bad it didn't go ahead.

[@SomeShows]

Came here to comment this one as well. It's weird how it's the first thing I think of literally any time this subject is brought up. Really disappointed it never came out and seemingly the closest thing we have is Alien Isolation which is luckily a really great game.

[@TheHarpoon]

Surprised VtMB2 didn't make the list, after being told the game's new devs would only need to finish off what Hardsuit had made followed shortly by a report that they nearly cancelled the whole thing and radio silence since.

[@TheHarpoon]

@JRRR92 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2

[@drg9812]

I'm surprised Vampire Masquerade 2 isn't on this list

[@Fleshvision]

I've been a part of the next American McGee Alice hype and I feel like I've been waiting for ever! I loved madness returns and I'm part of the Patreon and have been for 2 years.

[@BelieveInUrself93]

I reallllly hope Everwild keeps its art style and design. Looks so gorgeous and uniquely fantastical.

[@malazan6004]

I hope it's a return to form for Rare as imo they haven't launched anything good for a long time. They used to be my favourite

[@mrbrit8842]

I don’t remember it’s name but a game was supposed to come out where you played as a medieval monster where the adults were stronger and the kids were stealthier. I remember being excited for it but ended up forgetting about it

[@unknownmenace1957]

You might be talking about Darkborn. It seemed really interesting and then it was cancelled.

[@moon_and_water]

"2020, that was two years ago" Excuse me what? Beginn of covid feels like last month man...

[@datastorm17]

I remember watching the trailer for Scalebound years ago and thinking it was awesome. In this case it got canceled completely but I never knew why. It looked really good

[@Volfur2251]

Sadly it was cancelled because the staff weren't experienced enough to finish the multi-player (couldn't make it the way they promised) so it was pulled by Microsoft and its assists were used for another game instead

[@datastorm17]

@@Volfur2251 thanks for the info. I wonder if we'll ever get something similar

[@xXZakkiXx]

Elder Scrolls 6 was announced to show it was in development but also said they weren't saying anything until Starfeild launches.

[@himofn]

State of Decay 3 was revealed a few years ago then disappeared. This could’ve been a full list of disappeared Xbox games lol.

[@Volyren]

I'm still waiting on E.T. 2 for the Atarii 2600. I heard the search for alien relics buried in the desert was gonna be tight.

[@James_Ketchum87]

im still waiting for a sequel to Pong, i loved that game

[@slackamacgaming6721]

Yeah and where's DuckTales 2...

[@ShadowLegend300]

@@James_Ketchum87 Yeah, I can't believe they left us hanging all these years after that cliffhanger

[@SoranotRoxas]

Man, I'm waiting on Final Fantasy 16. The game looks exactly like how I wanted it. Going back to the whole castle and knight thing. A true fantasy!

[@oiMiKeyvx]

Well you’ve just got your FFXVI update. Let’s hope they don’t completely blow it

[@jamesadams2856]

Love you guys so much thanks for all the content

[@PandaApocalypta]

Although I have heard more about it since, I have been waiting for many years for Scorn. I backed it up through BrightLocker who has since shut down. Thankfully the orders are still valid as my understanding is they were passed over to another company. But I have had the demo for the game for a long time now and am still eagerly waiting for the game’s full release.

[@AlexBabbage]

It currently has an October release date, if you weren't aware.

[@TheBassKitty]

I've been waiting for this one a long time too!!!

[@PandaApocalypta]

@@AlexBabbage Cheers! I knew but yeah, I can’t wait! :D

[@PandaApocalypta]

@@TheBassKitty Nice! Whatcha getting it on?

[@matt34dogify]

So this will seem really random but hear me out. I go to a college called Ferris State University, and we recently had a media festival with a bunch of guest speakers. One of them was Robert Evans who is the Senior Character Modeler on the new Perfect Dark Remake. All he said about it was that it is still in the works and hopefully by holiday 2023 it will be out

[@blueblaze5160]

I’ve been looking forward to the new Fable since the moment it was announced, and have been hoping for a new Fable since that old one with 4 heroes and 1 dungeon master being asymmetrical PvP got canceled.

[@TheDaytontube]

pillars of eternity is one of my favorite RPGS ever, I really hope they can capture the world well in the format Avowed is going for.

[@DarkWaWeeGee]

Project 1v1 by Gearbox Studios and the semi-recent Dead Space looking horror game that I forgot the name of. Project 1v1 was literally just a 1v1 game with small maps. It kinda felt like Unreal Champions in terms of shooting. It had a tech demo like 6 years ago and I never got word it was cancelled, but I guess it must've been

[@3TDEV01]

Best of luck to the developers working on Starfield, really looking forward to playing it. ;)

[@sperre187]

Cyberpunk 2077 got developers scared to release anything.

[@aiylaozdemir3143]

Alan Wake 2 is an example too and hopefully they're actually working on it currently. I've been waiting for that game since ever and everytime we just hear announcements and promises. I have so many amazing memories and nostalgia with the first one which I played during my high school time and I can't believe that we're 12 years later already and still waiting for the sequel.

[@ZombieNerd300]

They only announced that 4 months ago so I think it will be a while until we see something.

[@pablogarcia585]

@@ZombieNerd300 Yeah but the rumors about the sequel were literally circulating every year in the last 7 years. At this point I'm starting to have a hard time believing that it's actually coming out soon.

[@TheHarpoon]

@@pablogarcia585 That's the difference though between rumours, and officially announced and showcased games such as those in the video. Rumours are simply just that, rumours.

[@andrewzvara6102]

If Beyond Good and Evil 2 ever comes out, I seriously doubt it would be any good. Nothing that changes hands that much, and is in development that long, has ANY semblance of hope for a good end result

[@MajesticWorld19]

I've been really excited for Way to the Woods (two deer whose antlers can glow exploring a post-apocalyptic setting) ever since they showed a trailer at one of Xbox's E3 conferences. Apparently, it's still in development so that's good.

[@Jigalagg]

I'm looking forward to Avowed and Perfect Dark. Avowed is most likely going to be awesome. Although I am a bit worried that Perfect Dark won't be as epic and memorable as the Nintendo 64 version we older folks knew and loved.

[@KN4LB]

Hoped to see The Last Night on this list, definitely another game that’s seemingly vanished after being announced

[@kitsamkit2346]

Where the hell did this game go?

[@Elwaves2925]

One of the main two devs got pulled into the whole Gamergate thing over some comments he'd made in the past. That seems to have added to it moving to the background for a bit, along with it being a much longer development than they anticipated. You know, the usual thing of devs announcing a game far too early.

[@nocturnalnegus]

crazy how I felt like rewatching BG&E2 cinematic yesterday and this pops up. I feel with next gen hardware the game can finally get released on the level they want. most anticipated game for too long lol

[@lifeye8172]

The silk song one hit me too hard

[@alexandrumacedon291]

they said ff16 will be in q2-3 2023 so.... why dont they just make it and then say, it's out folks go buy it. it doesnt really help anyone to know it's gonna be released in a year. or 10. or whatever.

[@szymontrzoska8296]

Iam waiting the most for Dragon Age 4. Currently replaying inquisition and iam ready for a new epic adventure 😊 have a good day everyone. 😊

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

I have a good feeling that will be released, though I don't know what state it will be in

[@JTdaGoat2871]

Love the content keep it up guys!

[@mexanthriller8847]

Can you do a before you buy on the day before when it comes out

[@gameranxTV]

got you

[@MikeS42069]

oh hell yeah i'm hyped for this one! i loved the division and i hope they don't screw it up!

[@fcontini]

One that eventually got released but took several years was "The Last Guardian". It doesn't fit this list because it eventually came out, but it got announced soon after the launch of Shadow of the Colossus (mid-ps2 era), the announcement was for the new upcoming generation PS3, but only got actually delivered late-PS4 era. I heard the studio lost almost all of its employees, so that would explain why it delayed so much, but still...

[@justinhong7638]

Global Agenda was supposed to get a sequel, but then Hi-Rez Studios got busy with Smite and some other titles and it pretty much just kind of got forgotten about. The studio put together a test server earlier this year though, that some players accidentally found. No official word, but that seems like promising news. That was one of my favorite games of the 2010's.

[@Non-Negotiable]

How come no one is talking about Project 007 that IOI Interactive was making? Did it get nixed? Is it still being worked on? I hope so I can't wait for another great Bond game.

[@DarkRavenWolf50]

Omg yes. I comepletly forgot about that!!

[@ShadowLegend300]

Its in very early development so it might take a while

[@felixevans2627]

Keep up the good work 👍🏾

[@GeorgeFloyd67]

These games are like my dad!

[@coffeebeaned]

Fable 4. apparently the trailer came out back in 2020-2021 and then it just went dead silent. i loved the fable series and it was a huge part of my gaming career, and i was sad that i missed the trailer's release but also sad when i found out that microsoft went radio silent with it! :(

[@dbadaddy7386]

I pre-ordered Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory. It became available for download, but when I went to do so, I got a notice that the keys were temporarily out of stock. It's been a couple of years. The game is still listed on Steam as "coming soon".

[@LumenateTV]

totally forgot about Fable.