Just today we had the reveal of a trailer for a proposed Duke Nukem game – and speaking of Batman and DC Comics, artwork from a possible Batman: Arkham Knight sequel made its way online, and Superman nearly got a game alongside Batman: Arkham Asylum. It’s certainly not the only promising-sounding game to get cancelled. System requirements Lab runs millions of PC requirements tests on over 8,500 games a month. Happy Weekending, all! May the Power Protect You! ⚡️ #powerdown 6/6 /PUJN8u2GTz Can I Run it Test your specs and rate your gaming PC. Unfortunately, Saban couldn’t finance such a project itself, and “big shifts” in business saw any potential developer or publisher partners back out – so it seems like the project never really got off the ground, despite sounding great.įor now, let's simply relish in this amazing art, and its kick-ass set up:Įltar, under occupation, being freed by a myriad of Rangers from across the cosmos. Let's talk about the 2016 AAA #powerrangers game that never was: PROJECT NOMAD! ⚡️ #powerdown 1/6 /injTXorSdq
The cancelled title was revealed by Jason Bischoff, who served at Blizzard for eight years before joining Power Rangers license holders Saban in 2016 – even becoming director of the entire Power Rangers brand for a time in 2018, according to their LinkedIn profile.īischoff pitched a triple-A Power Rangers game to Saban, which they describe as an “ambitious, open-world co-op that captured the energy, teamwork, and history of the franchise through a fresh lens” – going so far as to call it “basically, ‘Arkham’ Rangers… or Gotham Knights 5 years before announcement.” The cancelled Power Rangers game, nicknamed ‘Project Nomad’ internally, would probably have been released about the same time as Battle for the Grid – or may even have come out around now, since it was only pitched in 2016. The most notable Power Rangers game in recent years has been fighting game Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, which launched in 2019 to moderate acclaim – not to mention becoming the first beat-em-up to have cross-play across four platforms. The project would’ve been open-world and co-op, and is described as “basically Arkham Rangers” or “ Gotham Knights five years before announcement.” An ex-developer has lifted the lid on a cancelled Power Rangers game from 2016, with a load of details and some excellent artwork.