{"id":2128531,"date":"2026-09-04T18:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2128531"},"modified":"2026-09-04T18:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:22:42","slug":"nearly-a-decade-on-legendary-director-hideki-kamiya-says-hes-100-serious-about-reviving-xboxs-canned-scalebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2128531","title":{"rendered":"Nearly a decade on, legendary director Hideki Kamiya says he&#8217;s &#8220;100% serious&#8221; about reviving Xbox&#8217;s canned Scalebound"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/scalebound\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Scalebound<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Nearly a decade on, legendary director Hideki Kamiya says he&#8217;s &#8220;100% serious&#8221; about reviving Xbox&#8217;s canned Scalebound<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Fired up.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Scalebound_YeLk9nc.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Screenshot from Scalebound, showing a man riding a massive dragon through a thick, magical forest.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Scalebound_YeLk9nc.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Xbox<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kaan Serin avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1633424287.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"216\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Kaan Serin avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1633424287.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"216\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/kaan-serin\">Kaan Serin<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-09-04T18:22:42+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Sept. 4, 2026, 6:22 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"e6b55cf8-aca0-4913-9abb-c472d6b436fe\" data-name=\"Scalebound\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Scalebound\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Scalebound\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Scalebound\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Scalebound\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Scalebound\" title=\"Follow Scalebound\"><br \/>\n  Follow Scalebound<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Hideki Kamiya was being super serious about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideki-kamiya-still-wants-to-resurrect-the-cancelled-scalebound\">resurrecting Scalebound<\/a>, PlatinumGames&#8217; dragon-filled romp that was cancelled by Xbox nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The famed director has been at the helm of almost too many beloved games &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/bayonetta\">Bayonetta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-2\">Resident Evil 2<\/a>, Devil May Cry, Okami &#8211; so it&#8217;s pretty easy to look back and wonder what could&#8217;ve been with his canned Xbox project. But it seems that thought pops up in Kamiya&#8217;s head now and then, too.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Scalebound E3 2014: Xbox: Game On - Debut Gameplay Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xeczDPjRI0s?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xeczDPjRI0s\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Scalebound E3 2014: Xbox: Game On &#8211; Debut Gameplay Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xeczDPjRI0s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>When asked if he&#8217;s spoken to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma about reviving the game, in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/features\/interviews\/hideki-kamiyas-clovers-on-the-end-of-discs-capcoms-trust-on-okami-2-and-scalebound-hopes\/\">VGC<\/a>, Kamiya said no, but he&#8217;s more than willing to rekindle the professional relationship. &#8220;Now&#8217;s my opportunity to once again say that if they want to do it, let&#8217;s make it happen!&#8221; He also mentioned that a number of PlatinumGames alumni now work at his new development studio Clovers, which is currently making Okami 2, another long-awaited comeback.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, it&#8217;s very unfortunate that the project was unable to see the light of day ultimately, and that is something that even now I still very strongly desire to be able to see through if it&#8217;s all possible, and I&#8217;m being 100% serious when I say that,&#8221; Kamiya continued.<\/p>\n<p>He then explained that Clovers &#8220;might not be in a position to do that right this second.&#8221; The still fresh-faced studio is likely all aboard the Okami 2 train with publisher Capcom at the moment, but Kamiya&#8217;s remaining optimistic. &#8220;I strongly believe that if you want something strongly enough, you eventually find a way to make it happen. That&#8217;s the case with Okami right now, where even after all these years, the opportunity once again presented itself, and I hope that will be the case with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/scalebound\">Scalebound<\/a> in the future as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The much-hyped game was originally announced as an Xbox One exclusive all the way back in 2014 and spent about four years in development before Microsoft pulled the plug in 2017. A few years later, PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/microsoft-shouldnt-take-blame-for-scalebound-says-platinum\/\">said both parties were to blame<\/a> for the project&#8217;s demise.<\/p>\n<p>What we did see of Scalebound before its abrupt death looked very promising, though. Your headphone-wearing, sword-slashing protag was almost always accompanied by a huge dragon who would cause chaos, chomp your enemies up and splash fire all across the battlefield.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Hideki Kamiya was being super serious about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideki-kamiya-still-wants-to-resurrect-the-cancelled-scalebound\">resurrecting Scalebound<\/a>, PlatinumGames&#8217; dragon-filled romp that was cancelled by Xbox nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The famed director has been at the helm of almost too many beloved games &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/bayonetta\">Bayonetta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-2\">Resident Evil 2<\/a>, Devil May Cry, Okami &#8211; so it&#8217;s pretty easy to look back and wonder what could&#8217;ve been with his canned Xbox project. But it seems that thought pops up in Kamiya&#8217;s head now and then, too.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Scalebound E3 2014: Xbox: Game On - Debut Gameplay Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xeczDPjRI0s?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xeczDPjRI0s\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Scalebound E3 2014: Xbox: Game On &#8211; Debut Gameplay Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xeczDPjRI0s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>When asked if he&#8217;s spoken to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma about reviving the game, in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/features\/interviews\/hideki-kamiyas-clovers-on-the-end-of-discs-capcoms-trust-on-okami-2-and-scalebound-hopes\/\">VGC<\/a>, Kamiya said no, but he&#8217;s more than willing to rekindle the professional relationship. &#8220;Now&#8217;s my opportunity to once again say that if they want to do it, let&#8217;s make it happen!&#8221; He also mentioned that a number of PlatinumGames alumni now work at his new development studio Clovers, which is currently making Okami 2, another long-awaited comeback.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, it&#8217;s very unfortunate that the project was unable to see the light of day ultimately, and that is something that even now I still very strongly desire to be able to see through if it&#8217;s all possible, and I&#8217;m being 100% serious when I say that,&#8221; Kamiya continued.<\/p>\n<p>He then explained that Clovers &#8220;might not be in a position to do that right this second.&#8221; The still fresh-faced studio is likely all aboard the Okami 2 train with publisher Capcom at the moment, but Kamiya&#8217;s remaining optimistic. &#8220;I strongly believe that if you want something strongly enough, you eventually find a way to make it happen. That&#8217;s the case with Okami right now, where even after all these years, the opportunity once again presented itself, and I hope that will be the case with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/scalebound\">Scalebound<\/a> in the future as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The much-hyped game was originally announced as an Xbox One exclusive all the way back in 2014 and spent about four years in development before Microsoft pulled the plug in 2017. A few years later, PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/microsoft-shouldnt-take-blame-for-scalebound-says-platinum\/\">said both parties were to blame<\/a> for the project&#8217;s demise.<\/p>\n<p>What we did see of Scalebound before its abrupt death looked very promising, though. 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