Hideki Kamiya he hasn’t given up yet scale world. Nine years after the Platinum Games-developed action game was officially canceled, the famed game director is back to talk about the possibility of reviving the project, speaking directly to the new Xbox CEO: Asha Sharma.
In an interview with VGC, Kamya explained that he had not contacted Sharma personally, but took the opportunity to send her a very clear message: “Well, no, but this is my chance to say it again: If they want to do it, then do it!”.
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person in charge four leaf clover He added that studio president Kento Koyama would also support the idea. Kamiya also asked VGC to show Sharma some of the Scalebound videos that have been released over the years, apparently in hopes that the project will return to the Xbox desktop.
PlatinumGames announced Scalebound at E3 2014 Xbox One exclusive. After being re-launched at Gamescom 2015, the project gradually began to fade from view, until a delay to 2017 and subsequent rumors of development difficulties. In January 2017, Microsoft officially confirmed the cancellation of the game. Kamiya has left platinum games and contributed to Clovers’ foundation in late 2024, but has returned to the topic several times. The studio is currently in development on Okami 2, but that doesn’t seem to have stymied the director’s desire to finish what he started more than a decade ago, sooner or later. Apparently he had to take this almost as a personal matter.
During the interview, Kamiya also discussed a recent dinner with some developers who had worked on Scalebound. Gaming wasn’t the only topic of the night, but it came up several times in their conversation. According to Kamiya, everyone remembers “how fun it was to work.”
Hideki Kamiya hasn’t given up on the idea of making Scalebound
“Obviously there were difficult moments, but people still remember that period of fun, and that’s very meaningful to me as a project manager,” he explains. However, disappointment over the cancellation remains: “Obviously unfortunately the project never saw the light of day, which is still a shame even today. I really hope it can be doneif possible. When I say that, I mean it very seriously. “
Kamiya acknowledged that Clover might not be able to handle Scalebound immediately, but still considered the project a possibility. “I’m a firm believer that if you want something bad enough, you’ll eventually find a way to do it,” he said.
The director related this reasoning to the great master: “This is what is happening now in the great master. Even after so many years, the opportunity arises again, and I hope the same will happen with “Scalebound” in the future.”
At the same time, Xbox has also undergone profound changes from when Scalebound was developed. Played by Asha Sharma In February, he was appointed CEO of Microsoft’s gaming division.Taking over from Phil Spencer, the company has since launched a number of changes. There are decisions popular with gamers, such as a recent plan to convert physical copies of Xbox games to digital licenses, but there are also more controversial measures, including laying off 3,200 employees and closing or downsizing some studios.
