Games That Were Announced But Never Released

[Elijah Newton]

Werewolf The Apocalypse : The Heart of Gaia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKWK-7YjScE

Granted, I'd like to see it with current graphics but I'm a bit surprised nobody has pulled off a great werewolf game.

 

[Sectan]

6 DAYS IN MOTHERFUCKING FALLUJAH

Although it sorta doesn't fit in this thread because it was announced and made, and then Konami ditched and left a finished product without a publisher, because of some media noise because it's based on a real conflict.
So they went and made Breach and not a single fuck was given.

Don't understand why the developer couldn't have contacted Valve or some other distribution group. I know nothing about business so I'm guessing there were a shitload of hoops to jump through to get it out there.

 

[paintman]

Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke

 

[Ben Sutter]

I still remember when Earthbound 64 was the most exciting thing I could ever imagine... screenshots, promise times... and then off to the silicon scrap heap. At least they eventually made a sequel... for Japan only, of course.

 

[Mike Fang]

Nightmare Creatures 3. I played and beat the first game and enjoyed it. It was a pretty good 3D beat-em-up, and I thought the story was a clever one. The second game I haven't played, but I've heard the gameplay isn't as good, though the story might be. I've thought that the series could continue if it was handled properly and that the plot of an evil demonic alchemist seeking to rule the world through a plague could really work with the right people behind it. Maybe get the creators of Call of Chuthulu: Dark Corners of The Earth or the Diablo series to work on it.

 

[GonzoGamer]

This Is Vegas. It looked awesome! It was midways most expensive game ever and was in development for over 3 years costing upwards of 50 million dollars before they went under and were forced to cancel. Open World crime/adventure/gambling game. I would have bought it!

Oh yeah I remember that game! Looked kind of cool but I was never convinced it was anything more than a GTA ripoff.

Actually, that one reminded me more of Urbz (the "urban sims" game). My wife was looking forward to Vegas.

The ones I remember probably wouldn't have been very good. There was supposed to be a SNES game based on Akira and there was supposed to be a PS2 game based on Cowboy Bebop. Anime games either really suck or are pretty fun so I'm sure those titles are a lot cooler in my mind than reality.

 

[ResonanceGames]

Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Which is now almost certainly cancelled (Valve announced that the episodic model is done). And will probably be replaced by a full-blown sequel.

 

[EHKOS]

I got pegged by the first post. Edge of Twilight looked so cool.

 

[Scrustle]

For me it was True crime but Square Enix picked up the game so i will get my hands on it at some point.

I forgot about that one. I really hope that gets made. It didn't really get a chance before.

The ones I remember probably wouldn't have been very good. There was supposed to be a SNES game based on Akira and there was supposed to be a PS2 game based on Cowboy Bebop. Anime games either really suck or are pretty fun so I'm sure those titles are a lot cooler in my mind than reality.

An Akira game could be really amazing. I think if they stayed away from the plot of the film it could do really well. I can't see how the movie could be made in to a good game, but if they made their own story in the world of Akira then they would have a lot of freedom and cool stuff to work with. The player could be in some other motorcycle gang and have races through Neo-Tokyo, get in to gang wars and find some other kind of sci-fi conspiracy. Would be awesome.

 

[Scrustle]

EDIT: Blast it! My post didn't show so I did a double! Damn you internets!

 

[zuro64]

Battlefield 1943 to PC! I do play it on my Xbox(alot) but playing a FPS on a console with controllers is not the same as on a PC with mouse and keyboard!
Also someone mentioned Starcraft: Ghost wich I would very much like to have seen released, but Blizzard never sayed that they wouldnt release it only that they have put it on "indefinite hold". That was 6 years ago so i dont expect it to be released anymore, but then again it took 12 years for Starcraft II (3 years from when they annouched it) to come out and Diablo is to be release within a year(I think) and its 11 years since the last installment.

Blizzard takes there time so who knows!

 

[Thatnorwegian]

Dungeon Keeper 3. They only made a teaser, but it would have been sweet.

 

[Nokiro]

Dawn, a MMORPG with revolutionary ideas at the time...I've been waiting since 2001

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

How about that awesome looking game from Grandma's Boy?


It actually was a real game. It just got canceled.

 

[Marter]

Anyone remember Thrill Kill? 'Cause that game looked pretty fun. Too bad it wasn't released (officially).

EDIT: Apparently one other person in the thread has. Props to them.

 

[Kaland]

'Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld'. I was really excited for that. I still remember the first time I watched the teaser for it.

 

[GonzoGamer]

For me it was True crime but Square Enix picked up the game so i will get my hands on it at some point.

I forgot about that one. I really hope that gets made. It didn't really get a chance before.

The ones I remember probably wouldn't have been very good. There was supposed to be a SNES game based on Akira and there was supposed to be a PS2 game based on Cowboy Bebop. Anime games either really suck or are pretty fun so I'm sure those titles are a lot cooler in my mind than reality.

An Akira game could be really amazing. I think if they stayed away from the plot of the film it could do really well. I can't see how the movie could be made in to a good game, but if they made their own story in the world of Akira then they would have a lot of freedom and cool stuff to work with. The player could be in some other motorcycle gang and have races through Neo-Tokyo, get in to gang wars and find some other kind of sci-fi conspiracy. Would be awesome.

It was just for the SNES so it wasn't going to be too sophisticated. I only saw one screenshot in a magazine once and that was just an overhead of Kaneda's bike driving down a street.
I like your idea though.

 

[Scrustle]

An Akira game could be really amazing. I think if they stayed away from the plot of the film it could do really well. I can't see how the movie could be made in to a good game, but if they made their own story in the world of Akira then they would have a lot of freedom and cool stuff to work with. The player could be in some other motorcycle gang and have races through Neo-Tokyo, get in to gang wars and find some other kind of sci-fi conspiracy. Would be awesome.

It was just for the SNES so it wasn't going to be too sophisticated. I only saw one screenshot in a magazine once and that was just an overhead of Kaneda's bike driving down a street.
I like your idea though.

Well obviously a SNES game couldn't do that, I was just thinking about what someone could do if they decided that they would make one after all.

 

[TKretts3]

Metroid Dread.
But I still have hope!

 

[Brega]

Metroid Dread, they did say info about it was coming and that it would be released but neither came :<