Unannounced Blade Runner Sport Canceled

A Blade Runner game referred to as Time to Stay was as soon as in improvement however by no means formally introduced—and now that title is not any extra. All that’s left are a couple of particulars about what may need been.

That’s based on Insider Gaming, which claims the undertaking was in improvement with Until Dawn developer Supermassive Video games. The title was reportedly a character-focused action-adventure title the place gamers would tackle the position of So-Lange, the only Blade Runner current in 2065 “effectively past their restricted lifespan.”

Pre-production allegedly started in late 2024, with a number of employees on 2023’s The Quarry concerned. Had it gone into manufacturing,  the sport was aiming to land in fall 2027 for PC and present and next-gen consoles. Paperwork obtained by the outlet point out gameplay would’ve been a mixture of stealth, motion, exploration, and investigation, just like Cyberpunk 2077 or the Deus Ex video games.

What reportedly did Time to Stay in was Alcon Leisure, which owns the IP. The corporate allegedly canceled the undertaking late final yr, although a selected purpose wasn’t given as to why; when requested, Supermassive informed Insider Gaming it was “unable to remark.” io9 reached out to each it and Alcon for remark, and the latter acknowledged “discussions” of a Blade Runner undertaking final yr that “didn’t proceed for enterprise causes.”

To this point, Blade Runner has had three video video games. The 1985 recreation was a shoot-em-up loosely impressed by the movie, and the 1997 title was a point-and-click journey. Then, 2018’s Revelations was a VR title from Seismic Video games. A couple of years in the past, Annapurna Interactive revealed it was creating Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, its first in-house recreation. Nonetheless, that undertaking’s standing is unclear following the developer’s internal collapse in late 2024.

Whether or not Time to Stay existed or not, Blade Runner has been progressively increasing into a bigger franchise these previous few years. Along with the video games, Prime Video has an upcoming TV series starring Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer.

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