#game-cancellation

#game-cancellation

Public CVs from former Eidos Montreal employees have revealed that the company was working on a "Dark fantasy ARPG" prior to being laid off. However, Insider Gaming claims that sources have told them that the game was actually a "soft reboot" of Legacy of Kain, and that it was cancelled a few years ago. Insider Gaming goes on to say that the project - dubbed P16 due to it being the studios 16th project - was around a year into development when it was cancelled.

They came to me and said, 'We have to stop.' I do not exactly remember the reason--probably the team was not able to find the game. It was a great concept, great idea, but you know, the gameplay didn't really come to be,

In 2013, Microsoft briefly showed off a teaser for a spy game codenamed Project Ranger, which was in development by Blue Tusk Studios--the studio that later rebranded itself as The Collective. Project Ranger was abandoned over a decade ago, but a new report has shed some light on what was meant to be Xbox's answer to Uncharted. Liam Robertson's Did You Know Gaming channel has posted an in-depth look back at Project Ranger, which Microsoft and Black Tusk initially had high hopes for.

This is not the outcome any of us - at Hypixel or at Riot - wanted. But after years of pushing forward, adapting, and exploring every possible path, it became clear we couldn't bring Hytale to life in a way that truly delivered on its promise.