You’d be forgiven for forgetting that Amy Hennig’s superhero game Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra exists, but apparently it’s still in development despite its many troubles and rumours to the contrary.

Reassurance comes from Skydance’s Slack work chat where, Kotaku says, executive producer Lu Gigliotti told the team they’d spoken “directly” with Skydance leadership and could reassure staff the game wasn’t going to be cancelled. “They asked me to make sure you all hear that directly,” Gigliotti reportedly told staff. “There is no truth to these claims.”

This follows a recent rumour that the action adventure title was potentially going to get the axe in the near future. The rumour originated from a Marvel 1943 fan account, and while the original X post has since been deleted, it didn’t stop it from spreading online, including amongst the game’s own development staff.

According to Kotaku’s report, Rise of Hydra is close to its alpha state, despite seemingly five years of development. The game is said to have had multiple issues through its long development.

The current build is reportedly “light on gameplay”, featuring only one interaction button. This is understood to be the result of Rise of Hydra having reportedly been originally envisioned as a Netflix game. According to the same report, the game is late and over budget, which resulted in cuts to its scope and scale throughout development.

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra was fully revealed in 2024, and is the debut title of Skydance New Media, the studio headed by veteran designer and writer Amy Hennig, who’s famed for her work on the Uncharted series of games.

Though the game was originally planned for release in late 2025, it was later delayed to early 2026 and then again to “beyond early 2026”. Earlier this summer, Paramount Games Studio boss Shawn Kittelsen said Rise of Hydra won’t be out in 2026, but assured fans it remains in development. According to the report, Rise of Hydra was later delayed to 2027 and beyond.

Tensions are particularly high at the moment following the colossal recent Paramount and Warner Bros. merger, which has already resulted in some job losses at Paramount Games, a group that oversees the game’s development, among other projects.