10 Most Disappointing Ubisoft Game Cancellations

The past two years have been rough for France-based gaming publisher Ubisoft, to say the least. The company has laid off hundreds of employees, shut down several game development studios worldwide, and canceled numerous…

Most recently, insiders discovered that a previously unannounced Assassin's Creed game, the second century ancient China set Assassin's Creed Destiny, was quietly canceled, despite some intriguing early gameplay footage and assets being leaked online.

Ubisoft canceling promising games isn't exactly new and, in light of Destiny's discovery, here's a look back at some of the worst Ubisoft game cancellations. The list is ranked by the potential these games had, how disappointed fans were to learn of their shuttering, and how vociferously fans are calling for these titles to be made or revisited in the future.

10 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Omega Protocol

Splinter Cell's Dive Into Virtual Reality

Developer

Red Storm Entertainment

Platforms

Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 3

Release Date

N/A

At the turn of the past decade, virtual reality games were all the rage, and Ubisoft strove to transition some of its popular franchises to the gaming medium. It started with 2023's Assassin's Creed Nexus VR, developed by Red Storm Entertainment for the Meta Quest 2.

However, Red Storm was also working on a Splinter Cell VR spinoff called Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Omega Protocol that was set to debut exclusively on Meta Quest platforms, but the game was quietly canceled in 2022 as a victim of one of Ubisoft's many restructuring efforts.

Little is known about the plot of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Omega Protocol, but given how well Assassin's Creed Nexus VR translated AC's stealth-focused gameplay to VR, Omega Protocol was sure to be another standout stealth VR game. Sadly, it's unlikely that Ubisoft will ever revisit Omega Protocol, due to Nexus VR having disappointing sales in the eyes of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

9 ZombiU 2

A Lost Horror Game for the Wii U's Small Library

Developer

Ubisoft Montpellier

Platforms

PC, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One

Release Date

N/A

The Nintendo Wii U is infamous for being one of the worst-received home consoles of the 21st century. It was often being confused as an accessory for the Nintendo Wii, was drastically underpowered compared to its competitors, and notably had one of the smallest game libraries in modern gaming.

One of the Wii U's most interesting console exclusives was Ubisoft Montpellier's ZombiU. This was a London-set first-person survival horror game that has an unnamed player-character strive to survive a supernatural zombie outbreak, utilizing a cricket bat, firearms, and explosives as well as the GamePad to manage inventory, scan areas, and solve locks.

ZombiU turned out to be a fairly decent horror game that was somewhat similar to Dying Light, but unfortunately, like so many Wii U titles, the game sold so terribly that the game was unprofitable for Ubisoft. This led to development on ZombiU 2 being quickly canceled, further limiting the Wii U's already small game library.

8 Rayman 4

Rayman's Long Lost Sequel

Developer

Phoenix Studio

Platforms

PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360

Release Date

N/A

Ubisoft is arguably best known for the Assassin's Creed series, but the company's official mascot is Rayman. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he headlined a popular 2D and 3D trilogy, only to go nearly a decade without a proper follow-up game until Rayman Origins launched in 2011.

However, fans never got a true 3D Rayman 4, despite Ubisoft's numerous attempts to make a true fourth entry in the Rayman series. A 3D Rayman 4 was prototyped several times following the release of Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, with one prototype being briefly worked on in 2005 as a more free-roam 3D game before being reworked into the party game Rayman Raving Rabbids.

Since Rayman 3, the franchise has never been able to successfully launch a 3D title reminiscent of Rayman 2 and 3, with the series instead solely focusing on 2D side-scrolling games. Much to the dismay of fans who grew up enjoying the original Rayman trilogy.

7 Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots

An Ambitious Tactical FPS

Developer

Ubisoft Montreal

Platforms

PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Release Date

N/A

After Ubisoft Montreal launched Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, it would be seven years until fans received another mainline entry in the Rainbow Six series, with Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. That wasn't always intended to be the case, though, as Ubisoft Montreal planned on releasing another entry in the series within that timeframe: Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots.

Originally announced in 2011, Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots was meant to be a far more cinematic and dark game than its predecessor. The game's campaign would follow Team Rainbow as they're deployed to New York City to take down the True Patriots, who have taken over the city to avenge alleged victims of Wall Street corruption.

Patriots appeared to be one of the most ambitious Rainbow Six games ever made, as gamers were expected to play as members of Team Rainbow, the True Patriots, and civilians. Sadly, the game was canceled in 2014.

6 Project Avalon

Ubisoft's Promising King Arthur Multiplayer Game

Developer

Ubisoft Quebec

Platforms

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Release Date

N/A

In late 2017, famed Dragon Age series designer and director Mike Laidlaw left BioWare amid Dragon Age: The Veilguard's rocky development. He joined Ubisoft Quebec as a creative director, to work on a brand-new game internally referred to as Project Avalon.

Similar to the Dragon Age games, Project Avalon was designed to be a fantasy title based on Arthurian Legends, but unlike DA, Project Avalon was said to be a cooperative multiplayer game similar in gameplay to Capcom's Monster Hunter series.

Unfortunately, Ubisoft's then chief creative officer, Serge Hascoet, rejected the game's fantasy setting, forcing Laidlaw and his team to rework the game into a sci-fi and a Greek mythology setting only for those concepts to be rejected. This led to the game eventually being canceled in 2019 and Laidlaw leaving Ubisoft in 2020 to found Yellow Brick Games.

5 Wild

A Neolithic Survival Game

Developers

Wild Sheep Studio, Ubisoft Paris

Platforms

PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

Release Date

N/A

It's rare to see games be set in the primal ages of humanity, taking place tens of thousands of years ago. While Ubisoft did eventually launch a game in this time period in the form of Far Cry Primal, it attempted to make a different game set in the Neolithic period a few years before Primal's launch: Wild.

A fantasy single- and multiplayer survival game, Wild was designed to have players embody primal humans and animals during the Neolithic period in procedurally generated worlds. They would be able to use shamanic powers to possess or tame animals like wolves, boars, and eagles to explore the world or fight other humans, animals, and fantastical creatures like living skeletons and giants.

Wild was in active development from 2014 to 2020 by Wild Sheep Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment, but after Wild's director and writer Michael Ancel retired in 2020, development of the game was shifted over to Ubisoft Paris in 2024 before being quietly canceled shortly thereafter.

4 Immortals Fenyx Rising 2

Continuing One of Ubisoft's Best New Games

Developer

Ubisoft Quebec

Platforms

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Release Date

N/A

While Ubisoft may be known as a publisher that just routinely releases Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six games, it does still occasionally work on brand-new titles and series. One of its most recent promising original games was Ubisoft Quebec's Immortals Fenyx Rising.

An open-world action-adventure game based heavily on Greek mythology, Immortals Fenyx Rising turned out to be one of the most popular games of 2020 and 2021, with many players comparing it to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in terms of gameplay.

Unfortunately, Immortals Fenyx Rising's fun gameplay, mythological world, and immersive soundtrack weren't enough to push high sales. This ultimately led Ubisoft to cancel the development of Immortals Fenyx Rising 2 in 2023, which would have explored other mythologies such as Hawaiian Polynesian myths.

3 Project Goliath

Ubisoft's Planned Legend of Zelda Spinoff

Developer

Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris

Platforms

Nintendo Switch

Release Date

N/A

At E3 2017, Nintendo made the surprise announcement that it would be partnering up with Ubisoft to develop the Super Mario and Rabbids crossover tactical role-playing game, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. It went on to do so well that Nintendo and Ubisoft worked together again on its sequel, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.

However, Sparks of Hope wasn't originally going to be the end of Ubisoft Milan and Paris' work on Nintendo mascots. The developers were working on a Legend of Zelda spinoff internally known as Project Goliath in 2023, which would have had people play as the series' long-running antagonist Ganondorf.

Sadly, the Ubisoft Legend of Zelda game was quickly canceled after its early prototyping stage despite the game being poised to be a fascinating and unique project. Its cancelation led many Milan developers to leave Ubisoft and create Day 4 Night Studios, as well as its upcoming debut game, Bradley the Badger.

2 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake

One of Ubisoft's Most Devastating Cancellations

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2026) Action Adventure Released 2026 Developer(s) Ubisoft Montreal Publisher(s) Ubisoft Franchise Prince of Persia Platform(s) PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S Genre(s) Action, Adventure

One of Ubisoft's first major breakout hits was 2003's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which not only turned out to be an excellent parkour-focused action-adventure game but paved the way for Assassin's Creed to be made. To celebrate Sands of Time's legacy, Ubisoft announced that it was remaking the game in 2020, with a planned launch for 2021.

However, the remake was quickly indefinitely delayed to a release window somewhere within the 2022-2023 fiscal year. It shifted development from Ubisoft Mumbai and Pune to Ubisoft Montreal, only for the title to be delayed again in 2024 to 2026. This was well past Sands of Time's 20th anniversary, and made the Sands of Time-themed cosmetics in titles like Assassin's Creed Mirage a bit odd.

However, just as the remake was nearing completion, Ubisoft scrapped the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake as one of the many games that were canned in early 2026 due to internal restructuring and investment issues. This left many Prince of Persia fans justifiably frustrated, after they waited six years for a game that was reportedly 99% finished.

1 Assassin's Creed: Project Scarlet

Assassins Vs. Templars in Reconstruction Era America

Developer

Ubisoft Quebec

Platforms

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Release Date

N/A

The cancellation of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake was easily one of the most devastating Ubisoft decisions this year, but it wasn't the only promising Ubisoft game to be canceled recently. Arguably the most disappointing Ubisoft game cancellation was Assassin's Creed: Project Scarlet.

Originally revealed to the public in 2025 by anonymous sources, Assassin's Creed: Project Scarlet was an Ubisoft Quebec game that would have followed a new Assassin in the United States' Reconstruction Era, as they sought to stop the machinations of the Templars and their allies.

While Project Scarlet seemed to be the Wild West AC game many fans had long hoped for, Ubisoft shut down the game early on in its development, after many gamers spoke out condemning the presentation of Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke.