{"id":1978972,"date":"2026-06-08T13:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1978972"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:04:41","slug":"arkane-lyons-blade-game-isnt-dead-despite-rumours-following-xbox-games-showcase-no-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1978972","title":{"rendered":"Arkane Lyon&#8217;s Blade game isn&#8217;t dead, despite rumours following Xbox Games Showcase no-show"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a 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data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-08T13:04:41+00:00\">June 8, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/arkane-lyons-blade-game-might-be-dead-following-xbox-games-showcase-no-show?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          16 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"9e7867c9-3f67-4fc9-8807-5bbccb4449df\" data-name=\"Marvelu0027s Blade\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Marvelu0026#39;s Blade\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvelu0026#39;s Blade\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Marvelu0027s Blade\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvelu0027s Blade\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Marvel&apos;s Blade\" title=\"Follow Marvel&apos;s Blade\"><br \/>\n  Follow Marvel&#8217;s Blade<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><strong>UPDATE 2.38pm: <\/strong>Arkane&#8217;s Blade project has not been cancelled. <\/p>\n<p>Since his earlier comments started making the rounds online, Jeff Grubb has shared a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffGrubb\">social media platform X<\/a> saying it &#8220;sounds like there are reasons we haven&#8217;t seen it, but those reasons are not because there are problems with the game&#8221;. He assured Blade is &#8220;not dead&#8221;, as he had previously suggested.\n<\/p>\n<p>The original story continues below. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL:<\/strong> It sounds like the upcoming Marvel Blade game from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/deathloop\">Deathloop<\/a> developer Arkane Lyon could be no more. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/deathloop-developer-arkane-lyon-making-marvel-blade-game\">Marvel&#8217;s Blade was unveiled during The Game Awards 2023<\/a>, when it was said this would be an original story for the half-human, half-vampire, as he takes on &#8220;a supernatural emergency&#8221; in the streets of Paris. That emergency is, of course, vampires.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Marvel&#8217;s Blade, Eric Brooks is the legendary Daywalker, half-man, half-vampire torn between the warm society of the living and the rushing power of the undead,&#8221; the official announcement blurb read.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel&apos;s Blade Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2023\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCSI-8Q_wP8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uCSI-8Q_wP8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel&#8217;s Blade Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Marvel&#8217;s Blade Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2023. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uCSI-8Q_wP8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/concept-art-for-arkane-lyons-blade-game-looks-fang-tastic\">beyond a little bit of concept artwork<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/timur222.bsky.social\/post\/3ltlhwfmlac2i\">financial document which revealed that the game only entered full production towards the end of 2024<\/a>, we haven&#8217;t heard anything much about Arkane&#8217;s Blade game, and according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Z8ze2K-Rjw4?t=4559s\">Giant Bomb&#8217;s Jeff Grubb<\/a> the project &#8220;might be dead&#8221;. The insider &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">who correctly leaked that Gears of War: E-Day was skipping PS5<\/a> &#8211; added that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvels-iron-man-is-using-a-community-council-to-feedback-on-everything-during-development\">Motive Studios&#8217; Iron Man game should still be in development<\/a>, even if Blade potentially isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, to be clear, this is just Grubb&#8217;s word, and at the time of writing Blade is still listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkane-studios.com\/en\">Arkane Studios&#8217; website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArkaneStudios\">social media channels<\/a>. Towards the end of last year, meanwhile, Arkane&#8217;s studio director and co-creative director Dinga Bakaba said the team was &#8220;hard at work&#8221; on Blade, and everyone was &#8220;super proud and out doing themselves&#8221; on the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please be patient,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DBakaba\/status\/2003458441139118463\">Bakaba said in December<\/a>, &#8220;it will be a special game and we all hope it will be meeting the high standards that we set for ourselves and for you all.&#8221;  Eurogamer has asked Bakaba for comment on Blade&#8217;s development, and will update you if we hear more.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blade concept art showing the lead character looking over a city scape\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Blade-concept-art-showing-the-lead-character-looking-over-a-city-scape.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Blade concept art showing the lead character looking over a city scape\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Blade-concept-art-showing-the-lead-character-looking-over-a-city-scape.webp\" height=\"607\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Arkane Studios<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in super hero-related news, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-not-out-in-2026\">recently learned that Amy Hennig&#8217;s Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is playable, but won&#8217;t be out for some time<\/a>. &#8220;We&#8217;re continuing development on it, but Amy [Hennig] and the team have big ambitions for the level of quality that they want to hit,&#8221; Shawn Kittelsen, senior vice president, and head of creative and production at Paramount Games Studio, said this week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><strong>UPDATE 2.38pm: <\/strong>Arkane&#8217;s Blade project has not been cancelled. <\/p>\n<p>Since his earlier comments started making the rounds online, Jeff Grubb has shared a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffGrubb\">social media platform X<\/a> saying it &#8220;sounds like there are reasons we haven&#8217;t seen it, but those reasons are not because there are problems with the game&#8221;. He assured Blade is &#8220;not dead&#8221;, as he had previously suggested.\n<\/p>\n<p>The original story continues below. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL:<\/strong> It sounds like the upcoming Marvel Blade game from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/deathloop\">Deathloop<\/a> developer Arkane Lyon could be no more. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/deathloop-developer-arkane-lyon-making-marvel-blade-game\">Marvel&#8217;s Blade was unveiled during The Game Awards 2023<\/a>, when it was said this would be an original story for the half-human, half-vampire, as he takes on &#8220;a supernatural emergency&#8221; in the streets of Paris. That emergency is, of course, vampires.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Marvel&#8217;s Blade, Eric Brooks is the legendary Daywalker, half-man, half-vampire torn between the warm society of the living and the rushing power of the undead,&#8221; the official announcement blurb read.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel&apos;s Blade Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2023\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCSI-8Q_wP8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uCSI-8Q_wP8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel&#8217;s Blade Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Marvel&#8217;s Blade Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2023. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uCSI-8Q_wP8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/concept-art-for-arkane-lyons-blade-game-looks-fang-tastic\">beyond a little bit of concept artwork<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/timur222.bsky.social\/post\/3ltlhwfmlac2i\">financial document which revealed that the game only entered full production towards the end of 2024<\/a>, we haven&#8217;t heard anything much about Arkane&#8217;s Blade game, and according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Z8ze2K-Rjw4?t=4559s\">Giant Bomb&#8217;s Jeff Grubb<\/a> the project &#8220;might be dead&#8221;. The insider &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">who correctly leaked that Gears of War: E-Day was skipping PS5<\/a> &#8211; added that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvels-iron-man-is-using-a-community-council-to-feedback-on-everything-during-development\">Motive Studios&#8217; Iron Man game should still be in development<\/a>, even if Blade potentially isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, to be clear, this is just Grubb&#8217;s word, and at the time of writing Blade is still listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkane-studios.com\/en\">Arkane Studios&#8217; website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArkaneStudios\">social media channels<\/a>. Towards the end of last year, meanwhile, Arkane&#8217;s studio director and co-creative director Dinga Bakaba said the team was &#8220;hard at work&#8221; on Blade, and everyone was &#8220;super proud and out doing themselves&#8221; on the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please be patient,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DBakaba\/status\/2003458441139118463\">Bakaba said in December<\/a>, &#8220;it will be a special game and we all hope it will be meeting the high standards that we set for ourselves and for you all.&#8221;  Eurogamer has asked Bakaba for comment on Blade&#8217;s development, and will update you if we hear more.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blade concept art showing the lead character looking over a city scape\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Blade-concept-art-showing-the-lead-character-looking-over-a-city-scape.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Blade concept art showing the lead character looking over a city scape\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Blade-concept-art-showing-the-lead-character-looking-over-a-city-scape.webp\" height=\"607\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Arkane Studios<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in super hero-related news, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-not-out-in-2026\">recently learned that Amy Hennig&#8217;s Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is playable, but won&#8217;t be out for some time<\/a>. &#8220;We&#8217;re continuing development on it, but Amy [Hennig] and the team have big ambitions for the level of quality that they want to hit,&#8221; Shawn Kittelsen, senior vice president, and head of creative and production at Paramount Games Studio, said this week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marvel&#8217;s Blade Arkane Lyon&#8217;s Blade game isn&#8217;t dead, despite rumours following Xbox Games Showcase no-show The Big Fang Theory. 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