India, April 21 -- In the past, when games were delayed due to scheduling issues, it might just mean that the game's release date had slipped. Nowadays, most of the time when games are delayed, there is a larger issue at play. Games are frequently announced long before they are ready for development or have developed enough for a realistic path to their ultimate release.

This is why there are so many major franchises that sit in some sort of limbo status right now. They aren't necessarily canceled, but they aren't actually ready to be shown to anyone either. Some are being worked on without anyone knowing about it, while there are others that appear to be experiencing various financial difficulties, layoffs, structural changes, questioni...