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Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned

Disney Interactive announced an open-world pirate role-playing game with moral choices and naval combat, then closed its developer before the voyage could begin.

HOW CLOSE TO REALITY70/100
CATEGORYGames
LIFECYCLE2009—2010
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Quick facts

Existence state
Never Born
Peak stage
full production started
Research confidence
high
Last verified
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What it was

A cancelled action role-playing game developed by Propaganda Games for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The game followed original pirate James Sterling through a Caribbean world shaped by supernatural powers, player alignment and ship-to-ship combat.

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Existence timeline

Game announced

Disney unveils an original Pirates of the Caribbean role-playing game.

Full production

Propaganda builds combat, sailing and morality systems across three platforms.

Press demonstrations

Journalists receive guided access to playable sections.

Studio restructuring

Disney reduces Propaganda Games while reviewing its projects.

Game cancelled

Armada of the Damned ends before ordinary public access.

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Why it ended

Disney cancelled the project in October 2010 during a restructuring at Propaganda Games, months before its announced release window.

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Last confirmed trace

Preview builds shown to journalists, trailers, screenshots, concept art and developer accounts document the substantial production.
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What it left behind

Its systems foreshadowed the demand for a large single-player pirate adventure later met by unrelated franchises.

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How we classified it

The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.

The strongest verified milestone maps to full_production_started under Arrival Score V1.

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Sources & verification

Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.

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