It's been a great few years for gaming, with a shedload of quality releases across all the formats. But spare a thought for the games that didn't make it to release: cut short before their prime, their followers left clutching those first precious screenshots and scouring news sites with the agonised uncertainty of someone with a missing pet. Join hands with us now as we remember 🐓10 games that could have been contenders.

BC

Not just Walkiꦕng with Dinosaurs, but ganging up on the smaller ones and stabbing them with spears, Xbox's prehistoric adventure looked absolutely huge - perhaps too huge to ever stretch a game across. Talked up by overenthusiastic genius Peter Molyneux as 'the bloodiest game ever', we were at least hoping for a hack-and-slash out of the deal - much like his other gigantic Xbox project, Fable, turned out to be. But aꦺfter three years of waiting, BC became history.

Comeback chance?
Molyneux claimed BC could b🦂e continued – it's only been "delayed i🦂ndefinitely", not cancelled – but many of its designers have since moved on.