Until Dawn and The Quarry developer Supermassive Games has reportedly canceled an in-development Blade Runner game that was set to release some time in 2027.
That's according to an Insider Gaming report, which cites anonymous sources that supposedly worked on the project. According to Insider's report, Blade Runner: Time to Live was a "character-focused, cinematic action-adventure" game that would have run around 10-12 hours.
The game would have featured the four key pillars of "stealth, combat, exploration, and investigation", which would have set it apart from Supermassive's usual fare; the developer is mostly known for movie-style adventure games that don't usually feature much in the way of gameplay.
According to Insider Games, you'd have access to various skills and abilities that you could upgrade in Blade Runner: Time to Live, and you'd also be able to use "past memories to figure out the story", as well as using "in-game technology to complete your investigations".
It sounds like the game would have been a pretty ambitious one, and it sounds pretty far out of Supermassive's usual wheelhouse as well; it puts me in mind of The Chinese Room's work on the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
Supposedly, Blade Runner: Time to Live would have arrived in 2027 across PC and current-gen machines, as well as the next generation of PlayStation and Xbox consoles (assuming there is one where Xbox is concerned, of course).
Insider's report says that the project would have cost around $45 million before music, testing, and other expenses, and that Blade Runner rights holder Alcon Entertainment is the reason the game was canceled, although the report doesn't go into specifics "to protect the sources of the information".
As for what's next for Supermassive Games, the studio is currently working on the sci-fi adventure Directive 8020, which looks closer to the studio's traditional output, although it will also feature stealth sections and other more interactive gameplay trappings.
Supermassive is also the developer on Bandai Namco's Little Nightmares 3, which will be the first game in the series not to be developed by original studio Tarsier.
