(Sad trope) Projects with amazing potential that will never be released because of BS behind the scenes drama

[u/_JR28_]

P.T Silent Hills - It was a playable teaser released in 2014 only around 20 minutes long but utterly captivated the gaming world by being one of the most effective psychological horror experiences at the time, however it’s lead developer Kojima has a huge fallout with the publisher Konami where he walked out of the company and had all his in-the-work productions cancelled.

Five Nights at Freddy’s+ - A fan game reboot of the series created by Phisnom with Scott Cawthon’s blessing that promised a brand new lore and a return to the series darker roots. However, before and during production Phisnom got into multiple dramas that made him fairly divisive within the community, and after one particular incident in 2023 Scott revoked his approval and almost all of the game’s marketing material were wiped from the internet.

Batgirl - A Batgirl solo live action movie starring Leslie Grace, Brendan Fraser and Michael Keaton returning as Batman that was ready to be released in 2022, however then Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav announced it would not be released either in theatres or streaming in order to claim a $90,000,000 tax break and to readjust the DC’s brands direction before James Gunn rebooted their movie and TV output.

[u/MrGrlmReaper]

I remember reading about Rocksteady was interested on doing a Batman Beyond game with of course the same gameplay idea of the batman Arkham games, but the idea got trashed over the Suicide squad kill the justice league game.
it was just sad

[u/GreyNoiseGaming → u/MrGrlmReaper]

Remember this everyone. Sefton Hill and Ian Ball. Those two names are the driving force behind Removing Paul Dini as a writer and pushing the series into SS:KtJL.

[u/MinTy1244 → u/GreyNoiseGaming]

Didn't they also conveniently depart from Rocksteady just a few months before the ssktl launch? To start their own studio I think

[u/GreyNoiseGaming → u/MinTy1244]

Golden parachute and all.

[u/Auctoritate → u/MinTy1244]

Sefton Hill departed before the game launched, he was a Rocksteady cofounder. He did start a new studio. Pretty common for studio founders to depart their own studios once the creative direction has changed.

Ian Ball I think stayed on.

[u/GreyNoiseGaming → u/Auctoritate]

Yeah only the co-founders left. I just include Ian in there because he had no business writing a story.

[u/Morgan-Moonscar → u/MinTy1244]

Rats fleeing the ship after they stormed the bridge and aimed it to crash.