A PS5 console exclusive dark fantasy action RPG has quietly been canceled, according to a concept artist for the game. Ballad of Antara was supposed to launch sometime in 2025, but we haven’t received any news or updates since September 2024.
PS5 exclusive RPG Ballad of Antara was revealed during May 2024’s PlayStation State of Play
Announced during May 2024’s PlayStation State of Play, Ballad of Antara is (or was?) in development at TipsWorks, set to be published by Infold Games (Infinity Nikki). It looked promising in its reveal trailer, and the 14 minutes of gameplay footage we received in September of that year looked pretty decent, too.
There have been no updates since.
A Reddit user spotted a tweet from a now-deleted X account of a concept artist with over 2,000 followers, who went by the name yuehai2000. The user shared character designs that they had made, in response to which a follower asked what game they were for.
“A canceled game project titled Ballad of Antara,” yuehai2000 replied. Although the account has been scrubbed, we can still see the original tweet.
If true, it seems that Ballad of Antara was canceled sometime a year after its announcement. The game’s website is still live, but its social media pages ceased posting by the end of 2024.
