A new report rounds up five games that have spent years stuck in development hell. One of them is Beyond Good & Evil 2, which Ubisoft was still saying was in development as recently as January 2026.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 has been hanging around since it entered pre-production in 2007. Ubisoft said in January 2026 that the prequel was still moving forward. That came after showings in 2008, 2009, 2017, and 2018, plus a run of setbacks, including Michel Ancel’s exit in 2020 and Emile Morel’s death in 2023. Star Citizen dates back to 2011 and has been playable in alpha since 2014, but there’s still no full release. Squadron 42 is said to be close, and Star Citizen funding passed $1 billion by May 2026.
The Elder Scrolls VI was announced in 2018, but if you’ve been waiting since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2011, the frustration makes sense. Starfield got in the way, and reports pointing to 2028 or later don’t help. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was announced in 2017 and restarted at Retro Studios in 2019, with some goodwill earned when Nintendo admitted the first version wasn’t good enough. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was announced in 2019, lost Hardsuit Labs in 2021, resurfaced with The Chinese Room, and was reportedly close enough to cancellation that people talked about it as a real possibility.
If you follow any of these series, this update is worth a look. You can see the same mix every time: ambition, silence, hope, and exhaustion, even if the reporting still comes up short on developer perspective and international insight. You can keep watching the publishers for the next update.
Author: Jesús Bosque
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