According to insiders inside Xbox, Microsoft appears to be working with Platinum Games to bring back their canceled game Scalebound.
In 2014, Microsoft announced the exciting partnership for the first time with developer PlatinumGames (Nier: Automata, Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance) to make Scalebound, a hugely ambitious and epic action game. Unfortunately, the game suffered from development issues, was pushed back to 2017, and was canceled that same year. Very sad. But dry your tears, friends: Scalebound could come back.
The best Xbox game that never existed could be resurrected
This wonderful hope comes from the Xbox Era podcast, and more specifically from its co-host, Shpeshal_Nick, an expert on all things Xbox and a long-time trusted source. According to him, “PlatinumGames is again working with Xbox to see the possibility of bringing back Scalebound.”
Although Mr. Nick is a decent source overall, we of course have to take this with a grain of salt until it’s officially confirmed. He also warns that it’s still “very, very early” and it’s unclear if the game will be picked up or if development will be restarted.
Still, this is pretty exciting and would make sense. Platinum used a lot of ideas and resources from Scalebound and introduced them in Bayonetta 3, the last game from it. We could see them giving ideas like large controllable summons another go, especially since the Xbox One struggled with the high demands of the game.
Original article written by Faris Delalic
