Supermassive Games, renowned for crafting thrilling horror adventures such as Until Dawn, The Quarry, and the chilling The Dark Pictures Anthology, has seemingly halted development on an undisclosed Blade Runner project. According to reports from Insider Gaming, the studio was deep into creating a narrative-driven, cinematic action-adventure title set in 2065 titled Blade Runner: Time To Live. The storyline envisioned a vintage Nexus-6 model named So-Lange, tasked with eliminating the leader of an underground replicant network. However, the protagonist would face betrayal and find themselves stranded in a perilous environment, navigating through stealth, combat, exploration, investigation, and emotionally charged interactions.
Blade Runner: Time To Live reportedly carried a substantial development budget of approximately $45 million, with $9 million allocated specifically for external performance capture and star-studded voice acting. The game was expected to deliver a 10-12 hour single-player campaign, commencing pre-production in September 2024, and was slated for release in September 2027 across PC platforms and next-generation consoles.
Unfortunately, the project reportedly unraveled due to complications involving Alcon Entertainment, which holds the rights to the Blade Runner franchise. As a result, the game was canceled during the latter part of last year.
In related news, in the summer of 2023, publisher Annapurna Interactive unveiled plans for their inaugural in-house title, Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth. This project marked the first addition to the Blade Runner series in a quarter-century. Since then, however, no updates or announcements regarding its progress have surfaced.
Currently, Supermassive Games continues to balance multiple ventures, including the forthcoming entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology titled Directive 8020 and Little Nightmares 3. The studio underwent layoffs last year, shedding around 90 employees, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, amid a period of strategic reassessment.
In other developments, Supermassive’s Until Dawn has made its cinematic debut with a feature film now showing in theaters. For a review of David F. Sandberg’s adaptation, visit here.
