20 Announced Video Games That Are NEVER Coming Out

20. Tekken x Street Fighter

To be fair with this one, limbo is a generous term as it is teetering on the edge of cancelled. But with the game’s developer not confirming a cancellation and insisting the game is simply delayed indefinitely, it still makes this list. 

Originally announced in 2010, Tekken x Street Fighter was set to bring together the rosters from its two constituent universes. Development began at Bandai Namco, as they set about creating the star-studded crossover that would bring Street Fighter characters to 3D life in Tekken’s signature gameplay. By 2016 however, things had ground to a halt as Tekken head honcho Katsuhiro Harada told Gamespot that development had been paused due to fears of the crossover harming the success of other projects such as Street Fighter V and Tekken 7.  

Ironically, the success of Tekken 7 in particular became a big roadblock for Tekken x Street Fighter. With Tekken 7 becoming a big hit and receiving a steady stream of updates,  Harada publicly admitted that diverting resources to another game while one was doing so well was no longer justified. In 2021, the final nail appeared to be delivered when translations suggested Harada had confirmed the cancellation on his talk show Harada’s Bar. But that proved to be a false alarm as the man himself later clarified he had been mistranslated and that the while development remained paused at around 30% completion, the game was in fact not cancelled.