Two games recently announced cancellation xbox, 1348 Ex Voto and Nickelodeon Splat PackIt will still appear on competing consoles. There's been conversation in the gaming community for the past few months about the current state of Xbox, and the loss of two upcoming games may add to the discussion.
Game cancellations can be very upsetting for fans, and they seem to be happening with alarming regularity in recent years. In early January, Ubisoft's stock price took a sharp decline following news that six games, including remakes, had been cancelled. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Two games that recently had their planned releases canceled on Xbox are also moving forward on other platforms, but are still ongoing.
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Two games canceled for Xbox but still released on other platforms
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1348 Ex Voto
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Nickelodeon Splat Pack
Xbox fans will have to do without. 1348 Ex Voto and Nickelodeon Splat PackThese are two games that were supposed to release on Xbox Series X|S but are now only available on other platforms. Less than a week later, news broke about a medieval cinematic action-adventure game. 1348 Ex Voto It will be a PlayStation 5 console exclusive, despite previously being scheduled to launch on Xbox Series X|S. Developer Sedleo announced on March 12 that it was pulling out of Xbox to provide players with “the best experience on PlayStation and PC,” the platforms the game will be released on. The independent development team didn't elaborate on the reason for the change in platforms the game will run on, but it sounds like it feels like optimization. 1348 Ex Voto Having a single console in addition to your PC can make things run more smoothly, and Xbox is the unfortunate loser in this situation.
It's not yet clear how much the Xbox version cancellation will affect the game or console. Based in Italy, Sedleo is a small development studio comprised of 15 gaming industry veterans. Now, just a few years after its founding, 1348 Ex Voto It will be their first major gaming venture. Initial impressions of the game, set in a world ravaged by a pandemic, led me to compare it to its predecessors. Kingdom Come: Salvation series, and the cast included Jennifer English, who won Best Actress for her role at The Game Awards 2025. Claire Obsker: Expedition 33This will excite many players.
Another upcoming game that was recently left out of the planned Xbox release is: Nickelodeon Splat Packis a collection of three games originally released in the 1990s, centered around popular Nickelodeon cartoons and competition shows from a bygone era. Scheduled for release on January 30th, this pack features a video game adaptation of a sports competition show. tenacityside by side Ahhh!!! real monster and Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Days. Publisher Limited Run Games has stated that an Xbox Series X|S version of this collection is planned; Nickelodeon Splat Pack It's out now exclusively on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. No official reason has been given for the Xbox version's cancellation, and its announcement just days ahead of its multi-platform launch could catch potential players off guard.
These two games aren't the only ones canceled for Xbox in the past few months, although there have been a number of other cancellations within Microsoft. Summer 2025, Rare's cancellation Everwild and perfect dark The reboot was announced, which coincided with layoffs and the company's closure of Microsoft-owned studios. perfect darkdevelopment studio The Initiative.
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