Of the big survival-horror and or zombie series out there,Resident EvilandSilent Hillare among the most classic well-known. Still, even these massive series have had canceled games. ForResident Evilthere was a pitch was thrown out from theAlien: Isolationteam, to Capcom. ForSilent Hillthere isP.T., orSilent Hills, which is still getting rumors about a possible revival.
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While amazing projects likeUnseen64have archived assets from some of these amazing projects, it’s still a shame that many fantastic zombie titles seem to be forever lost to the ether.
10Zombies Ate My Neighbors 2
Zombies Ate My Neighbors 2wasa canceled gameplanned forXboxandPS2. Its existence was revealed when Daniel Ibbertson of Slopes Game Room on YouTube was contacted by a former developer on the project. There were plans for an interview after releasing a few art assets but nothing has come of this interview yet. It may never come out but fans of this forgotten SNES original can at least get excitedfor the remaster on June 29.
9Midway Zombie Shooter
This game does not officially have a title. It was being made by Midway somewhere around 2009 for thePS3andXbox 360. Players would not only fight zombies in the ruins of a city but giant monsters as well. The art assets and gameplay screenshots showcase this nicely. Another interesting fact about the screenshots is that the main character seems to have a spinal health bar like inDead Space.
8World War Z
World War Zwas another Midway project, specifically Midway Newcastle. The company pitched two ideas around 2008. One was forWorld War Zwhich was based on the book of the same name. The studio shut down in 2009 without much if any work being shown on this PS3,PC, and Xbox 360 project. Unrelated to this game or Midway, aWorld War Zgame would eventually get made via Saber Interactive in 2019 with the same name.
7Evil Spell
Evil Spellwas being developed by Dark Ride Studios, which was comprised of ex-Grin developers. Grin is infamous for working on aplethora of canceled gameswithFinal Fantasy Fortressperhaps being the biggest.
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This game was planned as a 2D brawler that mixed time periods together. It was planned for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and besides some art assets, there’s a video walkthrough of a level set in the medieval era in its alpha form.
6ZTA
ZTAwas a play off ofGTAorGrand Theft Auto. It was more or less the codename for this project which was pitched to Rockstar for thePSP. Based on the limited amount of screenshots, it does look a lot likeGrand Theft Auto IIIin particular but with zombies. The developer, Smack Down Productions, did not get their pitch picked up. It looks like they never got off the ground with any huge project either.
5Death Monsters
Death Monsterswasa canceled gamein development sometime around 2010, or 2011 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It was another 2D brawler, hack and slash, and shooter style of game similar toEvil Spell. The big gimmick of this experience was that players could turn into a werewolf to slay zombies and other creatures of the night. Birdies Road was the developer and it doesn’t appear they worked on anything else.
Road Tripwasa canceled gamebasicallyThe Last of UsbeforeNaughty Doghad released it. It would take place in a post-zombie world where an older survivor, TJ, would meet up with a young girl, Mia, and go on a road trip across the country. Sounds familiar right?
It was being designed by Hydravision Entertainment sometime around 2009 or 2010 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The company went bankrupt in 2012 and only a few art assets have survived besides behind-the-scenes history with some of the developers.
3Manhatten
Manhattentakes place in Manhattan if that wasn’t obvious after a violent zombie outbreak. It was planned as a PS3 exclusive around 2006 by one ofSony’s internal developers, Sony Cambridge. That team had worked on a plethora of exclusive titles as far back as the PS1.
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This game could not get off the ground though. The company would eventually transition into becoming Guerrilla Cambridge before closing in 2017.
2Gunhero
Gunherowas being made for the PS3 and Xbox 360 around 2007. The developer wasEA Los Angeleswho had previously worked onMedal of Honor: VanguardandMedal of Honor: Airborne. This game also would have a first-person viewpoint but would instead focus on melee rather than shooting. There are some art assets left, a short tech demo, and a planning document. It just never came together and joined the canceled games pile.
1Zombie High
Zombie Highis one of the oldest canceled zombie titles as it was planned for theSega Genesis. What makes this entry unique is the fact that a prototype rom exists of it online. The game starts in a high school with the teenage hero squirting zombies into oblivion similar toZombies Ate My Neighborsbut in 2D.
It’s a barebones demo which is also pretty short but for those interested in the history ofcanceled video games, it’s always nice to be able to experience one of them first hand.
