Top 10 most anticipated video games that never came to fruition
The gaming industry is brutal. You need the right budget, a talented team, and a realistic working schedule to finish a project. These “best canceled video games” failed at least one of those three aspects.
Sometimes, fans get a metaphorical punch to the face when a game they’re looking forward to gets shut down. Let’s look at 10 games that had potential (or were exciting to hear about, at least!).
When series director Ken Levine announced BioShock on Vita on the PlayStation E3 2011 stage, I was intrigued.
How could you place the intensity of Rapture into a portable game? According to Levine himself on Twitter, it was supposed to be a “Final Fantasy Tactics style thing set in pre-fall Rapture.” The unique genre mixed in with BioShock‘s groundbreaking storytelling and setting would have been amazing. Hopefully, one day, 2K revitalizes the idea because I’m intrigued. It’s one of the best canceled games based on its concept.
How hasn’t an open-world Pirates of the Caribbean game been released yet?! It would be a slam dunk, and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag proved that it can work.
Armada of the Damned was actually going to give us this dream game before it was canceled. The combat looked clunky, but exploring the seas on a ship like the Black Pearl or the Interceptor would have been sensational for fans of the property. We did get a Pirates of the Caribbean expansion in Sea of Thieves, but it would be cool if a developer like Rare or Ubisoft went the extra mile with this Disney property.
The Xbox One was a rough era for Microsoft. Like Fable Legends (which could also be on this list), Scalebound was canceled. This particular game was something special. It offered an action-RPG experience that included dragon-focused
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