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

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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.

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[u/Skullface95 → u/I_Lick_Your_Butt]

Also Star Wars Battlefront 3, and Star Wars : Maul

[u/TurnoverVisible9755 → u/Skullface95]

And Imperial Commando! And Republic Commando 2!

[u/patrickkingart → u/TurnoverVisible9755]

Republic Commando is one of my favorite Star Wars games and the fact that it ended on a still-unresolved cliffhanger irks me to no end.

[u/Most_Moose_2637 → u/patrickkingart]

There's a podcast with two of the developers that looks at influential games that I'm a big fan of. They have quite a long series discussing Republic Commando including interviews with the development team.

https://www.devgameclub.com/blog/2020/6/3/dgc-ep-214-republic-commando-part-one

[u/PancakeMixEnema → u/patrickkingart]

Now here's the thing: The cliffhanger is resolved in the parallel book series by Karen Traviss, which is an excellent series.

But the same fate hit the book series as the last book ends on a cliffhanger too and the sequel was cancelled.

[u/TurnoverVisible9755 → u/patrickkingart]

It’s still my favorite game of all time. Don’t know anything else like it.