A remake of Xevious was planned to be released in 2002 for PlayStation 2 by Project Aces (Namco Bandai design team), using the Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies engine, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Xevious. The project was shelved to shift time and resources to work on Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. When the Project Aces got more than 5000 followers on Twitter, the company decided to share online a video with a Xevious prototype from the PlayStation 2 console.