This month formally marked a disappointing anniversary for Xbox followers, as January ninth, 2017 noticed the cancellation of Scalebound. The collaboration between Microsoft and PlatinumVideo games had seen a lot of anticipation from Xbox One house owners, however the sport did not materialize. According to a new rumor from Xbox insider Shpeshal_Nick, the 2 corporations are again in talks to revive the IP (presumably on Xbox Series X|S), however issues are apparently nonetheless within the early levels. As with any rumor, readers are suggested to take this one with a grain of salt till we hear one thing concrete from Xbox!
Scalebound was first introduced at E3 2014. An action-RPG, the sport would have been set in a world generally known as Draconis. Players would have principally managed a character named Drew, and infrequently his dragon, Thuban. Drew would have been capable of management Thuban in a first-person “Dragon Link” mode, however doing so would have left him open to assaults from enemies, and if one character died, so would the opposite. In addition to a single-player mode, the sport would have additionally provided four-player co-op.
This all appeared very formidable, and it appears like it will have given Xbox one thing vastly totally different from the remainder of the corporate’s first-party choices. Unfortunately, issues fell aside for one motive or one other, and neither aspect has provided particular details about what went incorrect. Despite this, Microsoft does personal the IP, and PlatinumVideo games studio head Atsushi Inaba expressed an curiosity in revisiting Scalebound in a 2020 interview with Eurogamer.
Following the discharge of Bayonetta 3 final yr, it has been urged that PlatinumVideo games reused a few of its Scalebound concepts within the Nintendo Switch unique. It does not appear that is ever been confirmed, nevertheless it’s clear that Platinum hasn’t forgotten the sport, and was eager about coming again to it, no less than sooner or later. For now, Xbox followers will simply have to attend patiently to see if the IP does come again in some kind.
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