Overview
- The game announced at The Game Awards 2023 did not appear at the Xbox Games Showcase on Monday, June 8, prompting fresh concern about its progress.
- Giant Bomb commentator Jeff Grubb said on a livestream that the project “might be dead” and then later posted on X that his remark was speculation and that the game is “not dead.”
- Arkane Lyon art director Jean‑Luc Monnet replied to fan questions with a short social post reading “Let us cook,” an informal signal that the team is still working on the title.
- There has been no new trailer, release window, or formal statement from Arkane, Bethesda, or Xbox since the project's 2023 reveal, though Arkane lists Marvel’s Blade as still in development and the director said in December 2025 the team was “hard at work.”
- Observers note that studio pedigree and recent Microsoft/Bethesda reshuffles have raised scrutiny of long‑quiet projects and say the next clear signs of progress would be an official studio update, a new trailer, or a dated release window.