Amid multiple delays and radio silence, a rumor that Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra had been canceled began circulating this week. Developer Skydance quickly said the game is on track and nearly done—but it might not be what you expect.

According to Kotaku, executive producer Lu Gigliotti told Skydance employees that he had spoken with the studio's executive leadership team, and that the game had not been canceled. "They asked me to make sure you all hear that directly. There is no truth to these claims," Giglotti reportedly wrote in the Skydance Slack group. Kotaku added that the game is approaching its Alpha milestone and is "close to done," but after reportedly running significantly over budget, the vision for this project has been scaled back. Marvel 1943 was also originally envisioned as a Netflix game before it was announced for PC and consoles, but most of its action is apparently mapped to a single button, and it's "lacking significant interaction" during gameplay.

Essentially, the game might be structurally similar to Quantic Dream's interactive stories like Detroit: Become Human, rather than a meaty brawler like Insomniac's Spider-Man games. "We're continuing development on it, but Amy and the team have big ambitions for the level of quality that they want to hit. They are a relatively small team considering the AAA quality that they're delivering,” senior executive Shawn Kittelsen said earlier this year about the game's lengthy development.

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