DJ, bottle service, $7.99 all-you-can-eat buffet experience that Las Vegas is known for. And thanks to the cancellation of This Is Vegas, we're going to have to wait even longer. First hinted at in 2006, the splendor of This Is Vegas wasn't fully revealed until 2008, and was scheduled for release later that year. Unfortunately, thanks to publisher Midway's own personal financial woes (many of them likely brought on by This Is Vegas' ballooning costs), the game and studio were sold to Warner Bros. In August 2010, Warner Bros. officially cancelled the Vegas fantasy simulator (a fantasy which apparently includes pressing buttons in a dancing mini-game ).

StarCraft Ghost (revealed: 2002)

Here it is: the White Whale of vaporware. Blizzard is known for only releasing games when they're "done", whichof course means it takes years longer to make than most, and the studio isn't afraid to shelve something if it's not worth continuing - even if that means cancelling a game after years of development. StarCraft: Ghost would have put players in the role of the eponymous sniper as she sneaks her way through various sci-fi environments, completing objectives, and generally shooting a lot of Zerg baddies in the face. Development didn't go as smoothly as Blizzard had hoped. Originally planned for a 2003 release, Ghost underwent numerous delays, and even changed hands from developer Nihilistic to Swingin' Ape Studios. It was then relaunched at E3 2005 and slated for a release in 2006. This window came and went, and Ghost was still a no-show. Around that