Paranormal Activity: Threshold canceled

Paranormal Activity: Threshold canceled

Publisher DreadXP and developer DarkStone Digital have canceled Paranormal Activity: Threshold, the 2024-announced survival horror game from The Mortuary Assistant developer Brian Clarke, based on the Paranormal Activity film series. According to Clarke, more development time was required as not to release an unfinished product, and Paranormal Activty intellectual property owner Paramount Pictures did not…

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Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake and more as part of company-wide reset

Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake and more as part of company-wide reset

Ubisoft has canceled six games as part of a thorough review of its content pipeline, including the 2026-due Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, four unannounced titles—three being new intellectual properties—and a mobile game. Alongside this, Ubisoft has said it will allocate additional development time to seven games in order to ensure enhanced…

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Contraband no longer in development as Avalanche Studios ‘evaluates the project’s future’

Contraband no longer in development as Avalanche Studios ‘evaluates the project’s future’

Contraband, the open-world “cooperative smuggler’s paradise” game developed by Just Cause creator Avalanche Studios announced in 2021, is no longer in active development, Avalanche Studios announced following reports by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier and Game File. “Over the past several years, Avalanche Studios Group and Xbox Game Studios Publishing have collaborated on Contraband,” reads an update…

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ZeniMax Online Studios MMORPG code-named ‘Blackbird’ canceled amid Microsoft Gaming layoffs

ZeniMax Online Studios MMORPG code-named ‘Blackbird’ canceled amid Microsoft Gaming layoffs

A new massively multiplayer online RPG project from The Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax Online Studios has been canceled amid mass layoffs at Microsoft Gaming, according to a report by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier. The project, code-named “Blackbird,” was in development since 2018. It would have been ZeniMax Online Studios’ first brand-new release since The Elder…

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Electronic Arts cancels Black Panther game, closes Cliffhanger Games

Electronic Arts cancels Black Panther game, closes Cliffhanger Games

Electronic Arts has canceled its third-person single-player game based on Marvel’s Black Panther franchise and will shut down developer Cliffhanger Games, according to an IGN report. “These decisions are hard,” said Electronic Arts Entertainment president Laura Miele in an email sent to staff. “They affect people we’ve worked with, learned from, and shared real moments…

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Battle Aces canceled

Battle Aces canceled

Battle Aces, the action real-time strategy game from Uncapped Games, is no longer in development, the studio announced. “Creating Battle Aces has been tremendously rewarding and we are grateful for the passion and support from our community,” Uncapped Games said in a message. “Unfortunately, the returns from early testing were not strong enough to support…

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Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link canceled

Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link canceled

Square Enix has canceled development on Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, its April 2022-announced GPS-based action RPG for iOS and Android, as well as confirmed that it remains “hard at work” on Kingdom Hearts IV. Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link was originally planned for release in 2024, following a closed “Prototype Test” that ran in January 2023, but was…

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      Sony Interactive Entertainment cancels live service games from Bluepoint Games and Bend Studio

# Sony Interactive Entertainment cancels live service games from Bluepoint Games and Bend Studio

Sony Interactive Entertainment has canceled two previously unannounced live service games from Demon’s Souls remake studio Bluepoint Games and Days Gone developer Bend Studio, according to a Bloomberg report. On Bluesky (2), Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier said that the Bluepoint Games project was a live service God of War game, which it had been working on since finishing…

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