10 Amazing Video Games From Last Generation That Were Never Made

The best PS4 & Xbox One games you didn't get to play! Silent Hills, Sleeping Dogs, Star Wars...

by Jess McDonell
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There’s a rhyme and reason to the game development process. Game gets announced, we get excited, game gets developed, game goes gold, game comes out, we get to play said game and everybody’s happy.

But that’s not always the way it goes.

No matter how great a game sounds from the outset or how massive the studio making it may be, sometimes things just don’t pan out and for one reason or another the game never makes it to market. If we’re lucky it’s just a delay or four, but sometimes even the most promising game concepts just can’t make it out of development hell.

You won’t find infamous games gone missing like Rockstar’s Agent or StarCraft: Ghost on this list as we’re putting the spotlight on just console and PC games that were due to come out in the last console generation.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.