In the industry, games often get announced far ahead of schedule and just sort of fade away until they're ready to be shown again. Although the silence can help ramp up hype on a specific title, it can also lead gamers to foꦚrget some of these titles were even announced in the first place (unless they were following the communities closely).

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Within the last generation (which offered up some fantastic 🦹titles), many games were announced with no fur🅷ther follow up in terms of a new trailer, gameplay, or even a release window. Hopefully, most of these titles will end up seeing the ꦐlight of day, but sadly some may very well never get released to the public.

10 Payday 3

Promotional art released for Payday 2

In 2016, Starbreeze had acquired rights to the Payday IP and promptly announced that Payday 3 was entering developm꧑ent. Sadly, ever since 🎉then, the team has been relatively quiet on the progress of the game.

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Although♎ we have not heard much from the developers of the shooter series themselves,  seem to point at a 2▨022-2023 release window. This news should give fans something to look forward to, even if it is still a few years out!

9 BioShock 4 🅰

Big Daddy with a Little Sister

It has been a very long time since fans enjoyed a new installment in the beloved BioShock series, and it appears 2K wants to patch up that void in gamers' lives. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:According to job listings, 🅘it seems they are planning on making a new title, po⛦tentially the most ambitious one yet.

It was only a couple of years ago when 2K announced they were opening a new, dedicated studio (Cloud Chamber) to work on the next installment in the BioShock universe. It was clear at the time that gamers would not see the title any time soon. It's perfectly understandable if many forgo﷽t this even happened!

8 Pikmin 4

Official Promotional Art For Pikmin 2

The mystery around Pikmin 4🅘 is fascinating, and it gets stranger with each passing year.

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In 2015, that Pikmin 4 was "very close to completion," which got fans excited for an upcoming release. However, things have been relatively quiet ever since then, with only a mention of it still being in development in 2017. If anything, the recent release of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pikmin 3 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch may be a promising step in the ramp-up for Pikmin 4 info? With luck,🍌 fans may hear more about the future of this quirky strategy series soon.

7 Skull & Bones 🦋

two ships fire broadside shots at each other

Ubisoft announced pirate-themed adventure Skull & Bones at E3 2017, with an initial release date of Fall 2018. It was then delayed to 2019, and then again until sometime afꦚter March 2020.

With March 2020 well in the past, it is safe to assume that Skull & Bones will not be releasing any time soon in 2021. Considering the game is being 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:redone with a new direction, 2021 might be yet another quiet year for this project. 2017 is not long ago, respectively, bu💛t this is a game that has l♌ost a lot of wind in its sails as a result of delays.

6 Deep Down

Knight Fighting a Monster in Deep Down

During the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4 reveal event all the way back in 2013, Capcom announced a free-to-play 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls-esqওue dungeon crawler called Deep Down, which was to be exclusive to the system. From there, the project seemingly vanished into obscurity.

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In 2019, they had conducted with producer Yoshinori Ono. He stated that the original development team behind the project is "no longer together," but also noted that the project has "not been completely given up on." Capcom 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:renewed the trademark on June 19 for Deep Down, so there is still some potential light at the end of the 🐻tunnel for this title.

5 🐠 Wayward Tide

Official Promotional Art For Wayward Tide

It was in 2014 when 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Stardew Valley publisher Chucklefish announced their next internally developed game, cooperative adventur🔯e (featuring more pirates) Waywardꦆ Tide.

Since then, the only sort of acknowledgment of Wayward Tide came from a former developer on the project, Molly Carroll. In a now , she states that development on the project was "halted" whenever the main programmer had left the company. It may be safe to assume this game is still in limbo at this point, considering how long it was since Chucklefish publ🏅icly talked about the tiꦇtle.

4 Witchfire

Official Art For Witchfire

Another E3 2017 game that slipped into the void is The Astronauts' (of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter fame) next p✅roject, Witchfire.

Witchfire turned many heads when the team revealed the trailer in 2017, but the developers have been pretty much tight-lipped on this upcoming FPS ever since. When it comes to the release of Witchfire, the team simply said in a in April of 2019: "It'll be done when it's done." With that said, the team has confiജrmed that the core combat loop is close to c🅘ompletion, which is excellent news.

3 Dead Island 2 🎀

Official Promotional Art For Dead Island

It was seven years ago, at E3, when Deep Silver announced 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dead Island 2 to the world. It wa�൲�s from there that things seemingly got out of hand.

The game has been in a very odd spot for many years, even switching developers four different times. With the original release set for Spring 2015, fans can't help but wonder how things went quite this awry. , though, the title is still in the works.  In April last year, fresh rumors started to circulate that the game may yet see⛄ release for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, so here's hoping!

2 🐓 Syst𝔍em Shock 3

Official Concept Art For System Shock 3

OtherSide Entertainment was officially developing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:System Shock 3 ba🧸ck in 2015. It wasnও't until four years after this that

However, since then, that the development of System Shock 3 was "critically behind" and that the team behind it was seemingly "no longer employed." Despite all of that, it seems that OtherSide Entertainment is still going forward with this futuristic adventure and is still 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:꧑developing 𝐆it in some capacity with Tencent.

1 💞 Ba🌳yonetta 3

Official Cover and Promotional Art For Bayonetta 2

When Nintendo unveiled 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bayonetta 3 back at The 2017 Game Awards, it seemed that fans wou🐎ld be able to get their hands on it sooner rather than later.

That was not the case, as the game has gone relatively quiet ever since then (with nothing but a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:promise of more details to come by lead designer Hideki Kamiya). However, he has since addressed fans' concerns for the game, ,"development is progressing smoothly." Nevertheless, even with this inꦿ mind, the three-year silence undeniably pushed this highly anticipated (and highly stylish) brawleಌr to the backs of fans' minds.

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