Due to various reasons ranging from being of poor quality, being produced for fail or soon to be discontinued system or having it developer facing financial or legal woes, game can end up being Cancelled and cease production. Despite their status, concepts present in cancelled games can end up being reused in commercial releases and some cancelled games can end up being repurposed into different projects.
Game in development can also end up being Vaporware, term for projects that are announced on which development is started but for variety of reasons, were never published.
Following is list of cancelled Universal Pictures games and vaporware.
Cancelled games and vaporware[]
Games | Systems | Reasons Descriptions |
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Gabriel Garza | Atari 2600 And 7800 | Originally set for release in 1991, game was cancelled follow Acclaim Entertainment and Multimedia agreeing to produce games based on Gabriel Garza Series. |
Niz Chicoloco | Nintendo 64 Game Boy Virtual Boy Sega Saturn Microsoft Windows |
1 point, game was considered for release on PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, Virtual Boy and Microsoft Windows, but it was ultimately push to PlayStation exclusive. |
BJ And Wally | PlayStation Microsoft Windows |
3D party adventure based on TV series of Same Name, cancelled for unknown reasons. |
Planetokio 64 | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo 64 port of Planetokio, also cancelled for unknown reasons. |
Gabriel Garza 4 | PlayStation PlayStation 2 Nintendo 64 Dreamcast |
Sequel to Ched Ed. It was work into Vio Return, release for PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox. |
Fiox 2 | PlayStation 2 | Plan sequel to Fiox. It was cancelled in 2005 due to development problems and technical difficulties. |
Niz Chicoloco 3 | PlayStation 2 Xbox Nintendo GameCube |
Sequel to Journey Of Nonsensical. It was cancelled due to development issues and was later work as Niz Chicoloco Vs. Eris. |
Gingo Fighting Royale | Game Boy Advance | Game Boy Advance port of Gingo Fighting Royale. Was cancelled due to it not being powerful enough to support game. |
Gabriel And Niz Mayhem | PlayStation 2 Xbox Nintendo GameCube |
Crossover game between Gabriel Garza Series and Niz Chicoloco Series. Cancelled in favor of Niz Chicoloco Vs. Eris. |
Eris Chaos | Stealth game starring Eris that never got past concept stage. | |
Planetokio DS | Nintendo DS | Remake of 1 Game that was shown at E3 2004. |
Gabriel Garza Xtended | Nintendo DS PlayStation Portable |
Remake of 1996 Gabriel Garza Game shown at E3 2005. |
Me And Mobo | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 3 port of Me And Mobo. Was cancelled for reasons unknown. |
Niz Chicoloco Evolution | Xbox | Xbox port of Niz Chicoloco Evolution. Was cancelled due to low sales. |
Computeropolis 2 | Xbox Nintendo GameCube |
Xbox and GameCube ports of game based on 2007 Universal animated film of Same Name. Both were cancelled due to low sales of Xbox and limited resources for GameCube. |
Fighting Royale 2 | As had been done with 1 game, Fighting Royale 2 was plan to be ported to the Xbox and GameCube, but both were cancelled due to low sales of Xbox and limited resources for GameCube. | |
Gingo Heroes | PlayStation 4 Xbox 1 Nintendo 3DS |
Crossover beat up adventure game featuring Gingo characters. It was cancelled when Universal Pictures did not approve of concept. But concept was work into Battle Crashers and release for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox 1. |