This one stings a bit, even for people with only a passing interest in Minecraft. Two years after Mojang promised the Super Duper Graphics Pack, the developer has decided to move on, citing feasibility concerns. The eye-catching visual upgr...

There's an uncomfortable irony whenever a battle royale game is canceled. Within a genre that prioritizes survival above everything else, games themselves aren't immune to dying off. It's a dog-eat-dog world in every manner of speaking. Ala...

The main press conferences of E3 may be done and dusted, but there's still all sorts of cool tidbits and tales coming out of ongoing events such as E3 Coliseum and Nintendo Treehouse. Take, for example, this story of a Simpsons video game t...

Fun footage from an old Japanese television show has come to light, giving us a fleeting look at the planned, but ultimately cancelled, EarthBound 64 (or Mother 3) that was in development for the Nintendo 64 back in the mid-'90s.Unearthed b...

Come June 25, the final nail will be driven into Ouya's coffin. It's a coffin already riddled with nails, this last one more symbolic than fate-sealing. Ouya has been dead for some time now, but there's one final chapter to write. This epil...

Delisted videos. Missing social media accounts. A landing page that redirects to the publisher's main website. If these sound like signs that a game is easing itself out of existence, you'd be right. Two years ago, we learned about an all-n...

There has been a near-unanimous refrain following Microsoft's cancelation of Platinum's Scalebound back in 2017: How could Xbox, a platform that's light on first-party exclusives, shut down the most promising game in its pipeline? More...

Anytime there's buzz about a new game from Remedy Entertainment, everyone hopes for the exact same thing: A full-fledged, big budget Alan Wake sequel. Remedy dabbled in Alan Wake side stories with the fever dream-like Alan Wa...

Japanese developer Kadakowa Games has regrettably announced that RPG Maker MV has been cancelled on Xbox One. The humble PC release, which allows players to create their own fantasy adventures, is currently in the process of making the tran...

[Update: Overkill's The Walking Dead has been pulled from Steam and is no longer available to new buyers. In a February 27 statement, Starbreeze said it's currently "in discussions" with the game's license holder, Skybound Entertainment. "S...

[Art by Jorge M Velez] Not a lot is known about the now-scrapped game that was once called Metroid Prime 4. Some rumors say it was being worked on by multiple teams across the globe, with Nintendo directing them towards a unified vision as ...

While we're still trying to crack the egg of online video content creation, here's what's been happening in video games: Bethesda denies that Fallout 76 is going free-to-play! The Uncharted movie that won't ever happen has a new director!...

Rest in peace, Pioneer; we hardly knew ye. Ubisoft has canceled an open-universe sci-fi exploration game called Pioneer. Former Ubisoft director Alex Hutchinson (who's now at Typhoon Studios) confirmed on Twitter that the project is dead. ...

PQube Games has announced the cancellation of Song of Memories for Nintendo Switch. The announcement was made via an apologetic tweet from the developer earlier today.Anime-infused visual novel Song of Memories was originally conceived for ...

Low player bases and even lower revenues are forcing Robot Entertainment to axe two of its free-to-play games. Both Orcs Must Die Unchained and Hero Academy 2 will be shut down on April 8, 2019. In a message on its website, Robot ...

Before Celeste was even a thought, the devs over at Matt Makes Games were working on Skytorn. A procedurally generated Metroidvania, the title was sidelined when Celeste began development. After a few posts reassuring that the action game w...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's dead platforms keep piling up. A few years ago, the Wii U version was canceled in favor of flipping over to Switch -- a perfectly justifiable move. Earlier in 2018, the Vita port was scrapped altogether. ...

Despite the efforts of Daredevil fans on social media, Netflix's first Marvel Television show is joining Iron Fist and Luke Cage in the cancellation graveyard. Despite positive reviews (including one from us) for season 3, THR reports that ...

Does anyone remember Rockstar Games announcing Agent, way back in 2009? Hell, does anyone remember 2009? The video gaming world has sure picked up a pace since then. Regardless, Take-Two Interactive, publisher for many Rockstar titles, has ...

Hey, remember that Boba Fett movie that was apparently in the works by Logan director James Mangold? It's okay if you haven't because it doesn't sound like it's happening anymore. According to Deadline, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy ...

You know what isn't moving forward? Luke Cage Season 3.  Hot off the heels of Iron Fist's cancellation, it seems that Luke Cage is the next Marvel Netflix show on the chopping block. Despite Netflix saying earlier that they were "super...

This weekend was to see the launch of a new PUBG event mode called "Platoon." Taking inspiration from Fortnite's 50v50 mode, the game would see five squads of 10 people per team dueling on Erangel (the game's original map) for supremacy. At...

For most of us out there the fate of the Marvel Netflix shows seemed pretty up in the air. After Disney announced its own streaming service, the second seasons failed to attract the massive cultural buzz that the first seasons did, and when...

Due to unspecified tech issues, Ubisoft has had to cancel the first of the "Elite Mercenary" limited-time events in their open-world adventure Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The first event, which was expected to go live this week, would have al...

Telltale Games is nearly defunct after last week's sudden layoff of approximately 90 percent of its studio. A skeleton crew is staying aboard for a while to produce Minecraft: Story Mode. After that obligation is fulfilled, it's expected th...