10 Canceled Open-World Games You Wish They Hadn't Killed

10. The Flash

Well, this would have been a doozy. As you’ll probably know, Marvel’s Spider-Man was one of the most successful open-world adventures of recent years, especially in the superhero sphere. This 2018 romp through a brilliantly realized New York City was a real blast, a slam dunk from Insomniac Games and a great exclusive coup for PS4.

Before all of this, though, a very different red-clad superhero was set to bring us his own open-world title: The Flash. Brash Entertainment had been working with Warner Bros. on the project, which was set to be released back in 2009.

Its focus was on Wally West rather than original Flash Barry Allen, and it was set to take our hero across various different cities (including Batman’s beloved haunt, Gotham). Understandably, this ambition was later scaled back to key locales, and some considerable progress was made on the game before disaster struck: Brash Entertainment was forced to close its doors in 2008 and the game was abandoned.

From the footage that remains of the title in its in-progress state, it’s clear that this would have been a whole lot of fun and a real passion project (so many character cameos and epic encounters were planned), and it’s such a shame that the team didn’t get the chance to finish what they started.