Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Has Not Been Cancelled, Skydance Tells Staff

Skydance has told the team behind Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra that the game has not been cancelled. The message followed a rumour that spread online claiming the project was over.

Executive producer Lu Gigliotti told staff that he had spoken directly with Skydance leadership, and that they had confirmed there is no truth to the cancellation claims. According to Kotaku, Gigliotti named Dan Prigg, Shawn Kittelson and Andrea Benavides as the executives he had spoken with. The rumour traced back to a fan post on X, which has since been deleted.

The game is an action-adventure. Players control Captain America, Black Panther, Gabriel Jones and Nanali as they fight Hydra, the villainous organisation from the Marvel comics. It is the first game from Skydance New Media, the studio led by Amy Hennig. The project began in 2019 as Hennig's idea within the studio. It was first teased in 2022 and fully revealed in 2024.

The release date has moved several times. The game was first planned for late 2025, then pushed to early 2026. Shawn Kittelsen, head of Paramount Games Studio, has now said it will not come out in 2026, but that it remains in development. Kotaku has reported a further delay into 2027 and beyond.

Kotaku's reporting also describes a project that has changed a great deal. The game was originally pitched as a Netflix title before becoming a game for consoles and PC. It is reported to be well over budget, and its length and content have been cut back from the original plan. Kotaku also reports that the current version relies mainly on a single button, with little in the way of interaction.

Skydance has told developers that the game is approaching an Alpha milestone later this month. An alpha is an early internal version that includes the main systems, though it is not yet close to a finished game.

Kotaku also reports that at least 30 roles at Paramount Games were cut after the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros., with many of those roles coming from the former Skydance team.

For players, the headline is simple. The game is not cancelled, and a 2026 launch is off the table. The next confirmed step is that Alpha build, and the new timeline now runs into 2027 and beyond.