Crackdown 2 (by Rare Ltd) [Xbox 360 – Cancelled]
The first Crackdown was developed by Realtime Worlds, a company founded in 2002 by David Jones, former founder of DMA Design, the studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series (that later was acquired by...
View ArticleGladiator 3000 (by Ion Storm) [Cancelled Pitch – PC]
Gladiator 3000 was a pitch from Ion Storm (the team behind such titles as Daikatana, Deus Ex and Anachronox) to Origin for a 3D man-to-man RPG combat simulator that would have been developed for the...
View ArticleShot (by Housemarque) [PC – Cancelled]
Shot is a cancelled first-person rail shooter developed by Housemarque (a team mostly known for Super Stardust, Outland, Dead Nation and Resogun) that was slated for release in 1999 for PC. While it...
View ArticleGame Zero (Zoonami) [GameCube – Cancelled]
Game Zero (later known as Project Z3796WP) is a cancelled sandbox action platformer that Zoonami has been developing from 2000 to 2002 as an exclusive game for Nintendo’s Gamecube. The project became...
View ArticleZenith (Climber) [N64 – Cancelled]
Zenith (also known as Climber in its early days) is a cancelled action / racing game hybrid planned for Nintendo 64 that was in development by DMA Design, the studio that created such popular games as...
View ArticleUntitled Wave Race: Blue Storm Sequel [Wii – Pitch / Cancelled]
In 2009, Nintendo Software Technology, some of the developers behind Gamecube launch title Wave Race: Blue Storm, were attempting to get a new entry in the Wave Race series into production for...
View ArticleFrog Dude [Genesis / MegaDrive – Cancelled]
Frog Dude is a cancelled platformer that was in development by Twilight for Genesis / Mega Drive in 1993. The game was never officially announced, but in 2014 Gamesthatwerent contacted through email...
View ArticleKurayami (Suda51) [Cancelled Pitch – PS3]
Kurayami is a cancelled psychological / horror game that was pitched by Grasshopper Manufacture as a PS3 exclusive and originally announced in Edge Magazine issue 162, in May 2006. Being inspired by...
View ArticleA playable proto of the cancelled Freak Boy N64 has been found at a carboot sale
If you had a Nintendo 64 in the late ’90 you probably remember one of the most interesting games announced but never released for the console: Freak Boy. Here’s a short snippet from the original press...
View ArticlePeaky Blinder [MegaDrive / Genesis / SNES – Cancelled]
Peaky Blinder is a cancelled sidescrolling platform game that was in development in 1994 by Storm / Sales Curve Interactive (SCi Games) for SNES, MegaDrive / Genesis / Mega CD and GameGear. Our friend...
View ArticleCity Diver [Arcade – Cancelled]
City Diver is a cancelled arcade 3D shooter that was being developed by Taito in 1994 / 1995. A demo of the game was shown at AOU Show 1994. According to an article published on Edge 8 (may 1994),...
View ArticleBanjo Kazooie: Grunty’s Curse [GBC – Cancelled]
Banjo Kazooie: Grunty’s Curse is the cancelled Game Boy Color version of the Rare Ltd. project that would later become Banjo Kazooie: Grunty’s Revenge, released on GBA in 2003 by publisher, THQ....
View ArticleOriental Blue [Nintendo 64DD – Cancelled]
Oriental Blue is a cancelled RPG in the Far East of Eden (Tengai Makyō) series that was in development by Hudson and Red Entertainment for Nintendo 64DD in late ‘90. The Tengai Makyo series was...
View ArticleTonic Adventure (Tonic Trouble 2) [Cancelled Concept]
Tonic Adventure is the cancelled sequel to Tonic Trouble, a 3D platform game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Montpellier, released in mid 1999 for N64 and PC. Tonic Adventure was being...
View ArticleLabyrinth / Legend [Playstation Tech Demo]
In the first months of 1994, before launching its first console, Sony created a few tech demos in order to show to the public their new Playstation hardware capabilities: F-1, T-Rex, Fighting Demo...
View ArticleBrothers in Arms: Furious 4 [Cancelled – PS3, Xbox 360, PC]
Announced in 2011 at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 was to be the next instalment in the Brothers in Arms franchise after Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway. The game was...
View ArticleAquaNox: The Angels’ Tears [PS2 – Cancelled]
Aquanox is a series of action / shooter / simulation games set in a distant future in which humans mostly live underwater and use futuristic submarines to explore the ocean. It all started in 1996...
View ArticleKnights [GameBoy Color – Cancelled]
Prior to their acquisition by Sony and going on to create the Killzone series, Guerrilla Games was a small development team based in Amsterdam, then known as Lost Boys Games; a subsidiary of Dutch...
View ArticleKnights [GameBoy Color – Cancelled]
Prior to their acquisition by Sony and going on to create the Killzone series, Guerrilla Games was a small development team based in Amsterdam, then known as Lost Boys Games; a subsidiary of Dutch...
View ArticleRainbow 6: Patriots [Cancelled – PS3, Xbox360, PC]
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots is the cancelled sequel to Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Vegas 2. It was being developed by Ubisoft Montreal with additional development support by Ubisoft Toronto and...
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