Rumour: Assassin's Creed Invictus Is So Bad That It Could Get Cancelled
… The website claims the project is led by For Honor developers who are hoping to replicate the live service success of that game.
… The website claims the project is led by For Honor developers who are hoping to replicate the live service success of that game.
Update Tue 31st Mar 2026, 3:45pm : The cancellation of a "massive" project that's been in development for "quite a few years" is the reason behind the freshly confirmed layoffs at Eidos Montreal. …
… No doubt another victim of the company's extensive structural overhaul, the project was apparently shut down just this week. According to Insider Gaming , staff were informed of the cancellation while at work, and were subsequently told to take the rest of the day off. …
… But, at that time, the leader was surrounded by people who were always saying yes, and they were living in the glory of their success going onto their fourth project.” Apparently, another director was asked to review the project, and they concluded that it “sucked”. …
Crimson Desert has obviously made a colossal splash recently, and that's prompted Avalanche co-founder Christofer Sundberg speak up on his former studio's old project. Said project was called AionGuard, which you may have heard of back in the day. …
… The comment comes from the project's game director, Vinit Agarwal, who's been speaking about it publicly considerably more as of late. In a social media post, he vows to never let his work "not see the light again", seemingly hurt by the cancellation of The Last of Us' multiplayer side game. …
… Information about the Last of Us multiplayer project has slowly been trickling out in the wake of its cancellation, which has only added fuel to the fire. …
… Are you surprised to learn that such a project was in development? …
… Naughty Dog instead pursued one of the most ambitious projects in its history, and eventually scrapped its work once it realised it would probably have to dedicate its entire studio to supporting the game moving forwards. …
… Gilligan last acknowledged the experience in 2022, noting that “making games is damn hard” and the project “never came to fruition”. It’s one of a spate of cancellations at the Liverpool studio, which was also working on a new Twisted Metal at one point. …