Every canceled video game 2025

While this is usually the last last resort, unfortunately, video game cancellation is a reality in the gaming industry.

The development of years has evolved several months later or more frequently, why the game doesn't reach the finish line. The reasons for canceling the game range from fast shifting market dynamics and company restructuring to Fierce development costs and other creative challenges.

In 2025, 17 games have been confirmed or reliably cancelled so far. Each of these games is listed below, ordered in chronological order according to official announcements or reports cancelled.

Transformer: Reactivate

On January 8, 2025, it was announced that Transformers: Reativate, an online action game developed by Tencent-owned studio Gears Tactics, has been cancelled. Statement in the studio x Account No reason for cancellation was provided.

“This decision was not easy to come true, and it was a tough time for the studio and our staff,” Splash said at the time. “We wanted to take a moment to thank the team that dedicated and passion for Transformers.”

Transformers: Reactivate for the first time December 2022 On the Game Awards.

Two unnotified PlayStation Live-Service games

January 16, 2025, Bloomberg Report Sony canceled Two unannounced PlayStation games: Real-time service projects in development for Bend Studio (Days Gone) and Demon's Souls Remake in development for BluePoint Games.

Sony confirmed in another statement that despite the cancellation, neither Bend Studio nor Blues Game will be closed and that Sony will work with studios to determine its “next project.”

Although the reasons for the cancellation were not reported, these decisions may be related to Sony's previous efforts Reduce its on-site service plan. PlayStation used to have Close Concord Developer Firewalk Studio and cancelled other on-site services such as The last multiplayer game for Naughty Dogthere are rumors Spider-Man Online Game, Live Service Twisted Metal Game,one Destiny split is called reward.

Earthblade

On January 22, 2025, the extremely good game was announced It canceled Esterbladea 2D platform game designed to be its follow-up Celeste, the famous platformer. The cancellation is three years after Eastlade's first appearance reveal At the 2022 Game Awards.

exist Blog Posts In the case of explanation of the cancellation, the very certain game showed that the decision to cancel Esterblade was made in December 2024 after studio members disagree with former art director on Celeste's IP rights. After the dispute, the team evaluated the status of Esteralblade and believed that “after this protracted development process, this is not what people expect.”

The studio said it is now “prototyping again and exploring at our own pace and trying to rediscover game development in a way closer to it at Celeste’s or Tower Fallfall Inception.”

Football Manager 25

Football Manager 25 was cancelled February 6, 2025. This is the first time that Sports Sim of the year skipped a 21-year-old release.

Football Manager 25 has been postponed twice before the official cancellation, and developer Sports Interactive concluded that the final decision to end development “cannot achieve the required standards (even the adjusted schedule, the standards of the game (release game).” The studio specifically cites the question of “overall player experience and interface”.

Sports Interactive is expected to resume the series at 26:00 later this year.

Wonder Woman

February 2025, announced Wonder Woman game cancelled Developers, Monolith Productions will be closed. Wonder Woman would have been a follow-up to the studio’s famous Middle Earth attractions and is expected to take advantage of it Patented nemesis system.

The decision came from parent/publisher Warner Bros. “Our hope is to provide players and fans with the highest quality experience of iconic roles, and unfortunately this is no longer possible in our strategic priorities,” a Warner Bros. spokesman said in a statement.

After the cancellation of Wonder Woman, comic writer Gail Simone works on the project, saying that the game that has been aired is “Gorgeous and vast“Add” (Monolith) ensures that it has WW and DC legends in every aspect of the game. ”

Wonder Woman is the first Announce At the 2021 Game Awards.

Rebirth of Multiplayer FPS

one Unannounced Multiplayer First Person Shooter Respawn Entertainment, a developer from Apex Legends, was cancelled in early March 2025. It is considered an incubation project, which means it was in the early stages of development.

IGN reports that shooters are being conducted by a group of reborn developers who spin a Star Wars first-person shooter from the team Cancelled in early 2024.

New Titanfall game

One month later, Bloomberg According to reports, EA cancelled Unannounced Titan Fall Game The company affected about 300 workers as part of the broader cuts. Of the 300 employees affected by the layoffs, 100 are from Respawn Entertainment, the Giant Project and the aforementioned multiplayer shooter are under development. No further details about the project were reported.

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The Kingdom's Heart is Missing Link

square Cancelled Kingdom Hearts Missing Links May 14, 2025. The planned mobile game will become an action RPG that tells a brand new story of the Heart of the Kingdom and will utilize Pokemon GO-like GPS mechanics.

In a statement from Square Enix, the lost link is cancelled once “it is determined that it will be difficult to provide a service that will be satisfied for a long time.”

The Kingdom's heart lost its link is Announce In April 2022, with Kingdom Hearts 4. As part of the cancellation announcement, Square guarantees fans’ development the next Mainline Kingdom Hearts development.

Battle ace

A real-time strategy game with action-focused attention, called Battle ACES was canceled on May 23, 2025. It is developing a PC and will be the debut of developer Unpapped Games.

“The Battle Ace represents a bold vision – we are trying to reimagine a new generation of real-time strategies,” the studio wrote. steam. “We set out to create something fast, tactical and approachable while still providing the depth that sets the RTS apart.”

Development was stopped because “early testing (not enough to support) the rewards of sustained development.”

EA's Black Panther

The second comic-based game cancelled in 2025 is EA's Black Panther Game. The cancellation announced on May 28, 2025 is a closure with Cliffhanger Games, which develops Black Panther as its first project.

The decision was to “boosted our attention and put our creativity under the most important growth opportunities,” EA said in its acceptance of the cancellation and accompanying layoffs.

The Black Panther program is a single-player, open-world game led by Kevin Stephens, former studio director of now-modified Monolith Productions. Cliffhanger also includes experienced game developers who have previously worked as champions like Middle Erth: Mordor’s Shadow of Mordor, Halo Infinite, War of War of War and Call of Duty.

Black Panther is Announce In July 2023, under development as part of EA Multi-game deals with Marvel. EA says Black Panther’s cancellation has not affected the structure of the deal, but will still develop at least three Marvel games EA-motivated Iron Man.

Hytale

Minecraft-inspired sandbox game Hytale was cancelled in June 2025 along with the closure of developer Hypixel Studios.

“It's not possible to bring Hytale to life in a way that really delivers on its promises,” hyvixel said in a statement. “It takes more time to get (Hytale) to a place that can support an ambitious gaming vision,” and a compromise on that vision is not an option because “it's not the game we intend to make.”

Hytale was started in 2015 by a group of developers who previously worked on Minecraft multiplayer servers called Hypixel. Riot helped Hytale funding before acquiring Hypixel Studios in 2020.

Perfect darkness

On July 2, 2025, Microsoft announced 9,000 layoffs, including Xbox roles. As part of the cut, Xbox canceled its Perfect dark reboot and closed its developers, initiative. Perfect Dark is also co-developed by Tomb Raider Studio Crystal Dynamics.

Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, confirmed the cancellation in the internal email IGN received. “We have decided to stop developing perfect dark and eternal developments and have stopped several unannounced projects in our portfolio,” it wrote. “As part of this, we are closing a studio, namely initiative. These decisions, along with other changes in the team, reflect a broader effort to align priorities and concentrate resources to build our team in a changing industry environment for greater success.”

The initiative is built from the foundation of Xbox, a first-party studio that intends to make “AAAA” games for Microsoft. The reboot of the classic 2000 FPS developed by Rare for Nintendo 64 is the studio's first and only project.

The perfect darkness is reveal At the 2020 Contest Awards, then First game trailer June 2024.

Everwild

rare Everwild was cancelled Perfect darkness with July 2, 2025.

Xbox confirmed the cancellation of employees in the above internal email of Matt Booty of Xbox, which proposed “a broader effort to adjust priorities and focus on resources to build our teams to achieve greater success in the ever-changing industry landscape.”

Everwild will be the first new game for Storied Developer Rare since the live broadcast of Pirates Sea in 2018. Rare Announce Everwild in November 2019, the match was reportedly a third-person adventure in “Natural and Fantastic Worlds,” although no official details were disclosed.

After cancellation, VGC According to reports, 35-year-old veteran Gergg Mayles will leave the studio. Among his many achievements, Mayles commanded the N64 Classic Banjo-Kazooie and served as Creative Director of Sea of ​​Thieves. He had been supervising the development of Everwild before canceling it.

Zenimax Online's new MMO

Finally, Xbox canceled Unannounced MMO from Zenimax Online Studios (Online Elder Scrolls) July 2025.

Codenamed Blackbird, the game is said to be a new, sci-fi IP that has nothing to do with the Elder Scrolls or Fallout. Sources told IGN that it has been developing since 2018 and is approaching full production.

The Blackbird Development Team fired along with the cancellation. Matt Firor, director of Zenimax Online Studios, has held the position since its founding of the studio in 2007, and he also announced that he would resign. Studio General Manager Joseph Burba will take over him.

Two games from dying light developer Techland

July 4, 2025, Polish media PULZ BIZNESU The dying Light Studio Techland reportedly canceled two development games.

Techland acknowledges the report EUROGAMERAnd said in a statement: “Game development is by no means a straight line, and sometimes new ways to make great games are needed.” Techland also confirmed that there was no work due to “reported changes.”

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