35 Cancelled PlayStation 3 Games - PS3

Sorry for the absence of this series lately, but this one took ages to put together. Yes, Cancelled Games is back, looking at 35 PS3 games that never made it to release...
Check out the rest of the Cancelled Games series here:
• 15 Cancelled Sega Drea...
Video sources:
Reich pitch - twim35ify
/ @twim35ify
Reich - noignition
/ @noignition
Aliens: Crucible - VGLens
/ @vglens
Redwood Falls - meetajhu
/ @plugpulled
Road Rash - Kev Connolly
/ @krazymations
Wildlife: Forest Survival trailer, Killer Freaks trailer - IGN
uk.ign.com/
Wildlife: Forest Survival gameplay - ryancgrant64
/ @ryancgrant64
POTC, Doom 4, Legacy of Kain, This Is Vegas - NeoGamer - The Video Game Archive
/ @neogamer
Tiberium - djchange
/ @djchange
Faith & a .45, Devil's Third, The Witcher, The Outsider - PlayscopeTrailers
/ @playscopexp
Project Dropship - Final Fantasy Universe
/ channel
Dancing Eyes - Replay Burners
/ @replayburners
TimeO - Bostjan Troha
/ @bostjanzoot
Pilot X - TornadoStudiosMedia
/ @tornadostudiosmedia
Pain - 8213killer
/ @8213killer
The Outsider - ShiggyNeo
/ @shiggyneo
Rate Race - paco12jones
/ channel
Harker trailer - Ademar440
/ @ademar440
Harker gameplay - Boneywhitemeat
/ @boneywhitemeat
Death Monsters - DestyNova0
/ @destynova0
Killer Freaks gameplay - Sascha Neitzke
/ @perfectdark1982
All other footage from Unseen64:
www.unseen64.net/
Background music from PS3 versions of:
Arcana Heart 3
Blur
Burnout Paradise
God of War III
LittleBigPlanet 3
Pac-Man Museum
Street Fighter IV
Sly Cooper & the Thievius Raccoonus
Soul Calibur IV & V
The Wolf Among Us

[@aceofhearts573]

Tiberium was the last straw for me. After that I never bought another EA game. RIP Pandemic and Westwood

[@onaretrotip]

Bastards.

[@theultimategamer95]

Road Rash look soooo freaking fun! RIP man. Other games that interested me here: - Reigh - Eight Days - Pirates of the Carribean (Could've been better than the AC pirate games tbh) - James Bond 007: Risico - Wet 2 (RIP, I quite liked the first one) - The Outsider - Legacy of Kain - This is vegas Quiteee a few from EA here though, goddamn. Also, that last Rabbids one sounds terrifying...

[@onaretrotip]

Defo Otley some games with potential here, good list. R A new Road Rash would've been great; even at that early stage it looked fun! Ha, yeah the Rabbids game does look terrifying - no wonder they changed their minds.

[@Ilshatey]

You mean Reich?

[@Tombola1993]

I know there was a couple of Crash Bandicoot games originally intended for the PS3. One was a sequel to Crash Team Racing, the other is an open world platformer titled Crash Landed. Plus Epic Mickey was going to be on the PS3 as well.

[@onaretrotip]

There was also a Crash Landed for the DS, being developed by Renegade Kid. Different game, but also looked interesting.

[@Tombola1993]

@@onaretrotip Yes, that’s right.

[@Tombola1993]

@@onaretrotip There was even some animation tests of some miniature bandicoots and Dingodile.

[@GimblyGFR]

I was missing some new entry on the Canceled Games series, but it came back with a 48 minutes bang. Great episode, as usual. Thanks for the info and the entertainment.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha glad I could deliver mate! Thanks for watching, as always.

[@oddpodshow]

Really enjoyed this, love your cancelled games series, hope to see more sometime. It's a shame some of these games never came out

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Dan! More to come, but probably less frequently now.

[@wrena79]

Excellent video. I’ve watched a few channels recently (who shall naturally go unnamed) and all I can say is it’s refreshing to have such a well narrated and well researched video so thank you 👍. I can imagine a lot of effort must go into each one of these - sourcing material etc so hats off to ya. The Brooklyn game is certainly not my normal go to genre by any stretch but that game looked excellent. An intriguing and original concept for sure.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, thank you, that's very kind. Yes, a huge amount of research and editing goes into these, but love doing them as I always learn a lot. Brooklyn Stories is an intriguing concept indeed, shame that one never happened.

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

Loved this one Pete, you nailed it 😍

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks!

[@Retro_B8]

Yet another list of games I think I’d love!! Well quite a few anyway. Absolutely loving catching up on another one if your playlists, c64 next I can’t wait!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks mate! Glad you're enjoying them.

[@Sword420]

That was awesome. Best cancelled PS3 games video I've seen so far.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much, Mark! High praise indeed.

[@hovermotion]

Great production.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you!

[@evanhanley6437]

Fantastic video and research into these games. Love the use of the Soulcalibur series and Burnout 2 soundtracks. Some of them looked really good. If they were fully completed and put on shelves, I would have bought them.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Evan! Definitely some games with potential here. Love those Soundtracks, especially Soul Calibur V.

[@adammurphy8610]

Great video mate I knew some of the games on the video but some new ones as well the video was worth the wait 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you, Adam! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@mus247365]

Really interesting video - I remember getting excited for the Pirates of the Caribbean game, shame it was cancelled in the end 😔

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! That POTC game looks like a pretty interesting take on the franchise actually.

[@johnhorne3052]

It was a mercy killing. The main character was named Jim Sterling. Better dead than overfed.

[@RetroGamePlayers]

So much footage!! Man it sucks that many of these got cancelled. Funny that Dancing Eyes game is one of the funniest games on Mame, and Soul Reaver looks pretty awesome!

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, a lot of wasted potential here, Marcus. Haha Dancing eyes is hilarious.

[@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939]

I know that I'm weird, but that footage of that unfinished build of _Road Rash_ makes me wonder what a _Road Rash_ game either using the Sega Virtua Processor or running on the 32X could've been like… (That, and I wouldn't mind playing _Dancing Eyes_ … ._. )

[@onaretrotip]

That Road Rash footage looks great even at that early stage! Haha Dancing eyes is nuts.

[@Pupppeteer]

These types of episodes always make me sad for the games we didn't get and look how many we didn't get!!!

[@onaretrotip]

Me too mate.

[@DonnyKirkMusic]

I've always wanted to see the old builds of The Last Guardian leaked. I feel like they had something running on the PS3 for a while there (like, 2 years or more, even) but because of technical issues they had to keep scrapping what they had done.

[@onaretrotip]

That'd be interesting!

[@juicedup14]

Faith and a .45 is one of the coolest titles ive ever heard

[@onaretrotip]

I know, right!

[@theviciousheadsociety4923]

Damn, a lot of these had potential

[@onaretrotip]

Certainly did mate.

[@fandangobrandango7864]

@@djchristian82 Reich wouldn't havd popular on that gen hardware, doubt current gen cpu's could handle it to be honest either.

[@mtshark7]

Awesome video Pete! Man that's a shame all those games never got to see the light of day.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Mark. A real shame in some cases, there are a lot of promising titles here. And happy birthday mate!

[@mtshark7]

@@onaretrotip thanks Pete! 😀

[@Champion2D]

It really sucks that we missed out on a new Road Rash. I hope EA bring the series back as it still lends it self well to modern systems.

[@onaretrotip]

I know, right! Even at that early stage it looked really fun.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Ocean Warrior/Kevin Costner's Pro Skater (lol) has such a good idea for a setting. I know Waterworld, the movie, flopped but that idea is still great (hell, there's a reason the _stunt show_ at Universal theme parks has lasted for decades). It would be incredible to see someone like Avalanche's Mad Max team tackle an open world, apocalyptic, flooded Earth-kind of setting for a game sometime. So many open world games have cars, but how many have watercraft? Not a lot, I wager, and their inclusion isn't exactly substantial when they _are_ included. That idea should definitely be revisited. Maybe this next gen, game engines will get good enough that indie devs can tackle open world titles, and someone will finally bring that sort of idea to life.

[@onaretrotip]

LOL Yeah, I think it's an idea that's certainly worth exploring.

[@Gojiro7]

I remember Faith and a 45. getting a big cover story in Game Informer magazine which compounded that game fizzling out

[@onaretrotip]

Nice. Looks like it could've been fun that one!

[@Gojiro7]

@@onaretrotip fun yes, memorable in the grand scheme of things, probably not. I get the feeling had the game come out it probably would have been on the par of "Damnation" on the level of great concept, questionable execution.

[@adammurphy8610]

Got an idea you could do cancelled pc games from the 2000s, 2010s or other decades just an idea I think could work

[@onaretrotip]

I have a PC episode in the works but it pretty much covers all eras.

[@adammurphy8610]

@@onaretrotip YEA BOOIII 🤘🤘🤘

[@ricpasley3110]

Pete the Brooklyn one reminds me of Life is strange wish that someone could buy the rights to put it out and finish it awesome vid btw

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, me too. That one looks really interesting. Thank you!

[@DerangedVoices]

Damn... There's a lot of them I'd definitely buy. The legacy of Kain, harker, the Vegas one, Faith and a 45, and so many more that I now can't remember. Hopefully some of these will get picked up and made.

[@onaretrotip]

Definitely some potential here!

[@martinaurik2189]

That Silent scope and motor racing game looked promising.I’m still missing two canceled games tho.Where is “Killing Day” and “Identify”..

[@onaretrotip]

There are so many more cancelled PS3 games. Some of the multi-platform games were on my XBOX 360 video, and some on the PC one (which I still haven't made yet).

[@LeBossu77]

I've got to be honest, a lot of these feel a bit generic with maybe a few good ideas as variations on a theme, such as the impregnation element and choices in Alien Crucible, although that's more an innovation afforded by the source material than anything else. It shouldn't be surprising though, there are clearly going to be less genuinely innovative ideas to be had with every new generation, titles like Portal or Gravity Rush spring to mind as examples. Having said that, I do like the look of Brooklyn Stories, mainly because it feels like nothing I've seen before, at least outside of Hitchcock's Rear Window which is conveniently one of my favourite films. I wouldn't be surprised if the film was in their thinking when the game was conceived. Wildlife feels like a game created from an idea of the food chain as it's core concept, which would've been something different but maybe a bit unwieldy to implement.

[@onaretrotip]

Oh my god - Rear Window is one of MY favourite films!!!

[@LeBossu77]

@@onaretrotip A man of good taste! When I saw the screenshots the similarities were undeniable.

[@avalonjustin]

Reich was cancelled and Wolfenstein Young Bloods was released. What a messed-up world😭

[@onaretrotip]

🤦‍♂️

[@sbplankton_1999]

There is missing something on Timestamp: 11:15 - Fallen Frontier 12:08 - Brooklyn Stories 45:05 - Aftermath Here ya Go.

[@onaretrotip]

There are no timestamps, that's just KZbin's attempt at chapters. But thanks.

[@shockz16]

Tbf I'd of played the majority of those on the list. Ya know, I thought I'd made up Faith & a .45 in my head, good to see it on the list. I must've caught an article or video about it many years ago and it remained in a part of my subconscious or something. A new Road Rash game is way over due. It's a shame this PS3 version never got passed early development.

[@onaretrotip]

Ha, glad I could prove that you aren't insane. Well, at least not for that reason. Def need a new Road Rash game, that one looked great! Thanks, Adam.

[@soultiger267]

Man I Really Wanted To See Harker Get made Because I Need More Vampire Hunting Games In my Life And Attack Of The Killer Rabbids From Outer Space Sounds Cool Too

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, a vampire hunter game would be great. Why isn't that more prevalent?

[@soultiger267]

@@onaretrotip Yeah Idk Personally I Wanna See Harker Get Picked Back Up If Not I Wanna Se A Vampire Hunting Game With Visceral And Gritty Melee Combat

[@fandangobrandango7864]

Reich is the kind of stuff this new gen will be able to handle, it's ludicrous to believe that could have been done on last gen, never mind ps3

[@onaretrotip]

Yes, it looks like a brilliant concept!

[@awesome1ru]

We could've had: Smackdown vs RAW 2007 Bully GRAW Tony Hawk American wasteland Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Witcher 2 Left 4 Dead 2 Titanfall Rise of the Tomb Raider Dying Light Mad Max 😫😫😫

[@onaretrotip]

LOL

[@DadLadsGaming]

Some real good looking games in three Pete....and some garbage 😂 Love these episodes mate, cheers 👍🏻

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, a mixed bag for sure, but a lot of potential here. Thanks, Marcus!

[@thecunninlynguist]

I'm not sure how far along it was, but Getaway 3 is my biggest disappointment with cancelled games.

[@onaretrotip]

I loved those games, but they've aged terribly. A PS3 iteration would've been interesting to see.

[@Dimiblossom]

A few more: Coded arms: Assault Heavenly sword 2

[@onaretrotip]

There are soooo many more, like a ridiculous amount! As I said, some will pop up in the upcoming 360 and PC episodes, but there are loads that won't get a mention.

[@retrocysper3709]

There was supposed to be a version of WWE SmackDown! .VS. Raw 2007 for PS3 but cancelled for some reason.

[@onaretrotip]

So many cancelled wrestling games over the years!

[@retrocysper3709]

@@onaretrotip Yup there's many cancelled Wrestling Games.

[@joeyoung9596]

What about Coded Arms: Assault? I remember there was an E3 demo & trailer about that game.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, there are like hundreds of cancelled PS3 games, it's crazy.

[@farmerfreakeasy9577]

I've always seen acquisitions, mergers, and closures, as a very shady part of the videogaming industry. If certain organizations don't want your game released there seems to be an easy kill switch. Some interesting games listed here, and well narrated. Brooklyn Stories, Playing Borders and Warfare Afghanistan are certainly intriguing cancelations in their own ways. I wonder if any of these games will be released at a later date, just like 40 Winks was released on the N64 recently. And when will gamers get some brand new titles released for the PS3 ?

[@onaretrotip]

You never know. Often these long-dead projects get a new lease of life down the line.

[@360KB]

harker looks brutal

[@onaretrotip]

Haha, it does.

[@stepheng8061]

Pete is the man the best British KZbinr barre none right fellow American fans!?!?!?!?!?! I enjoy seeing your posts in our Facebook groups dude for real keep doing it I love being able to interact with you on social media and KZbin

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you so much, those are kind words indeed. Thanks for the support, Stephen!

[@briansaunders7274]

Dear EA, Bring back Road Rash!

[@onaretrotip]

👏👏👏

[@reaper4131]

The outsider feels a lot like Watchdogs

[@onaretrotip]

Wow, yeah it does!

[@cartoongodelitedevy4051]

I have a bit of a dilemma. I have the choice to buy any switch game, and I have narrowed it to Super Mario Odyssey or Captain Toad. But I don't know which. And I can only buy one. I have until this Tuesday to decide. Help? Also, maybe cancelled atari or switch games?

[@onaretrotip]

Hmm, I don't own either of those, but I'd say you can't go wrong with Mario Odyssey. Switch is too new for an episode, but maybe Atari (we'll see).

[@cartoongodelitedevy4051]

@@onaretrotip Update: I've chosen Super Mario Odyssey. That ends all.

[@kanob6440]

I still hate that we never got a Getaway game

[@onaretrotip]

😢

[@360KB]

the 7th generation of gaming was awful for a lot of developers and publishers not much money or return on investment ,alot of companies close shutdown and bankrupt and the Japanese customers not buying as much games as they used to and the ps3 was a nightmare to develop for. so frustrating to see creative titles get canceled to make the same game over and over like what ubisoft does but now we are lucky that we have independent developers developing creative games on ps4 switch and xbox . the 7th gen was just make gritty games and dont add any color to your game or you're going to be mistaken for a kids game that's the logic back than .8th gen with the thriving and lucrative independent games has been ,you can ignore the creatively corrupted AAA games and play something unique or just fun. the gaming industry it's at it best and worst

[@onaretrotip]

Totally agree. Sad that so many unique concepts (several of which are in this video) were pushed aside in favour of the next iteration of something familiar. Oh yay, it's Generic Game 17! Thankfully the current gen systems seem to have seen a resurgence of indie games with a lot of originality and freshness.

[@boywithanearring]

Road rash would've been awesome on ps3 it looks like alot of fun :(

[@onaretrotip]

Indeed!

[@mr.frozeman7115]

Generally almost all cancelled games are amazing...so sad: /

[@onaretrotip]

Gotta feel bad for the developers; it must be heart-breaking.

[@sbplankton_1999]

What about a Next Cancelled Games Series!?

[@onaretrotip]

It'll be back, but right now I'm focusing on other projects.

[@liquidgeorge]

Before I started this video I guessed how much brown I would see. I wasn't disappointed.

[@onaretrotip]

Who doesn't love a bit o' brown?! 😂

[@Marcus51090]

Yes there is a metamorph standing in front of me lol I’ll just stand here and do nothing lol

[@onaretrotip]

LOL Works every time.

[@Ilshatey]

Xenomorph*, if you're talking about Alien

[@BB0ysGames]

Most of those games would be great on PC

[@onaretrotip]

Indeed!

[@DocVolteer]

Man All this game Their could be good. With the Exception of Doom 4 1.0, Weird cause also Croteam the dev behind Serious Sam also were working on this doom game Fun fact Their use re-use Doom Enemies in Serious Sam 3 BFE.

[@onaretrotip]

Definitely some really promising concepts in this list!

[@DocVolteer]

@@onaretrotip And That really Show the problem with the Video games industry. It always about what mainstreaming rather Create Somethink Unique and memorable.

[@gaothhermesk1289]

You forgot Gravity Rush wich was supposed to be for the PS3 originally, but at the end was remde for the PSV.

[@onaretrotip]

Oh, there are dozens/hundreds more than this.

[@gaothhermesk1289]

@@onaretrotip Yea i know but that one is a really sad story as it didnt get the attention it deserves

[@Zoza15]

It seems the problem with these cancelled games are mostly publishers..

[@onaretrotip]

Yes, always about the money.

[@zackarymario1335]

i love your videos do you like sly cooper

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Yes, love those games.

[@360KB]

time0 looks amazing it's a shame that it got canceled

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, really cool concept by the sound of it!

[@MrDarkGrey13]

Кучу годных игр отменили. Смотрел видео после презентации PS5)

[@onaretrotip]

Yes, definitely some promising games here. Thanks!

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

so fckn good

[@onaretrotip]

😃👍

[@Gojiro7]

as awesome as the Reich game looked, Im pretty sure the majority of that footage of Pre-rendered proof of concept and a game THAT ambitious would have ran like dog turds on the PS3, honestly im not even sure the PS4 could make all that incredible chaos run well while not looking last gen.

[@onaretrotip]

You never know! Looks pretty interesting though.

[@Gojiro7]

@@onaretrotip with how much of a pain in the ass that Cell processor of the PS3's was to program for, I can garentee they'd never get a game to run that good, you'd need to go the Earth Defense Force route and severely sacrifice graphics to free up a massive amount of space to process that much stuff in game.

[@ScorpBerserker]

Here are some more cancelled ps3 games: 1) Eyedentify kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYuwgaWif9ynZ7c (This game was designed for the ps3 camera) 2) Adventures of captain Blood kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5q9foSMhaeEns0 (According to one of Russian gaming magazine, that game was almost done, until some moron who serves computers, didn't accidentally format the hard disk partition with the game's source files...... . P.S. but it's not officially confirmed by 1C company) 3) Elveon (action RPG) kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2KVq52Cr657fa8

[@onaretrotip]

Yes, there are a huge number!

[@krashdown102]

Still waiting for Agent from rockstar

[@onaretrotip]

LOL

[@mattsmith1960]

I want dancing eyes

[@onaretrotip]

👀

[@360KB]

rat race looks fun I wish they didn't cancel it

[@onaretrotip]

Definitely looks different!

[@longplaywatcher517]

What's your favourite PS3 game?

[@onaretrotip]

Hmm, another tough one. Not sure I can commit to an absolute favourite. Probably Fallout: New Vegas, closely followed by Skyrim and Fallout 3. I'm also a big fan of Blur and Hotline Miami.

[@klokateer4372]

Oooh a tigbitty 39:19

[@onaretrotip]

( o ) ( o ) 👀

[@klokateer4372]

@@onaretrotip lol

[@Ilshatey]

BOOBA

[@sayajin9077]

PlayStation 3

[@onaretrotip]

?

[@tchitchouan]

meh not a big loss

[@onaretrotip]

😮