Scalebound is a major AAA title, different t/ Monster Hunter

There's not that much info but still info and something to look forward in 2015 (although it may not release in 2015)

Scalebound, the next major release from Platinum Games, will feature a massive world and dragon companions. In an interview with our partners at The Inner Circle Podcast, Ken Lobb stated that Platinum approached Microsoft two years ago and pitched the game to them. They wanted to partner with a major Western studio in order to expand their audience. Lobb added, “Scalebound combines the best of what Platinum does and what we do”.

He also confirmed that dragons would play a major part in the game and would not be adversaries. Lobb stated that “the dragons in Scalebound are companions and they are awesome”. When asked about the scope of the game, Lobb said that it was a major “AAA title” that would have its own space. The game “might or might not release in 2015” because Microsoft already has a packed schedule this holiday season. Lobb also played down comparisons to Monster Hunter, describing it as "grindy", before emphasising Platinum Games' strengths in action titles.

Lobb is a creative director at Microsoft Studios and known for creating the Killer Instinct series. Platinum Games have developed some of the best action titles ever including Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2, Vanquish, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Hideki Kamiya is also working on Scalebound. Kamiya previously developed games like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil. His stories and sense of direction are superb and the Microsoft exclusive will only benefit from having him in charge.

Lobb told The Inner Circle Podcast that Scalebound gameplay should be out this year. This is definitely one to keep an eye out for because it is a very unique collaboration. Stay tuned to XboxMAD and The Inner Circle Podcast for more information on this game as soon as it is available.

Sounds awesome! Can't wait for gameplay

big fan of Platinum Games. probably my most anticipated X1 game

All I got from that was:

DRAGONS AS COMPANIONS !! :O

And honestly that's more than enough! :P

Failbound

Kamiya in control means guaranteed goodness from Platinum. Never played a bad game from them, but I also haven't had access to all of them sadly.

Luckily I know people with Xboners.

Can't wait.

Sounds fun. I love their action games. Vanquish was a great game no one played and the bayonettas are amazing. Hoping e3 will have some gameplay footage

I'm a Kamiya fan and this was already well known. Kamiya makes AAA games, that's what he does.

TC, if you were a Kamiya fan, you should go back and play his games. I get the impression you don't like Japanese developers based on other threads, but I guess if it's made for Xbox your opinion for the developer changes?

Sounds good. I will be anticipating more info and footage.

@SolidTy Nope, you're mistaken, I just strongly dislike most of run-of-the-mill JRPG trash, but this genre thrives on handhelds, though and had some notable exceptions on consoles. I am also fond of Japanese cinema and music, however their video games don't hold a candle to their films / music.

Platinum games making a game with dragon companions. It sounds too good to be true.

Platinum, dragons and comparisons to MH? This has piqued my interests.

I'll be looking forward to some gameplay trailers, hopefully it'll be good.

Ahhhh, JRPGs. I see. Hopefully Scalebound lives up to what you expect. I know I'm a day one buyer, but I've done that for all of Kamiya's games. :P

I'd say I'm a big fan of Platinum Games as well. They are the quintessence of what makes a console fun.

Platinum I like for sure, but Kamiya I have followed since Capcom's Resident Evil 2 and years later with his creation DMC1, then he was at Capcom Clover (with his titles like Viewtiful and Okami) before the Capcom boyos left to create Platinum Games. He's one of my faves for over a decade as he concentrates on tight gameplay.

I'd love to say that it sounds interesting but we don't really know much beyond that there are dragons, so I guess the only interesting thing about it right now, is that it's Platinum (and when we can expect to see it released on PC).

No real details, confirmation that it won't come in 2015.

Wow, Ken Lobb, go on a fanboy podcast to try and build hype then use a lot of words to say nothing.

Why do you care about info for the game? It's not coming out for the PS4 and I'm sure you don't have an X1?

Because, genius, the Xbox brand is only going to do well if it brings back formerly console agnostic people like me. I was more than happy to see when they had planned pre-reveal. And then...

lol the Xbox brand is doing quite well without you, but it's nice that you think so highly of yourself, good job.

It shambling along unless it's bargain season as which point MS eats a loss is hardly relieving.

Not that it'll matter for much longer, Elop will be selling the brand soon. :)

I think September-December will be more packed than this year. Quantum Break, Halo 5, Tomb Raider. 2 must have games, and then TR which is a decent game. Not to mention a new CoD, AC, and other multi-platform games which could receive GOTY award. I believe him when he says they might delay it to 2016 because it's to crowded during holiday season.

*yawn*, so basically, all speculation and hype? also, your OP implies that the developer is saying it's not monster hunter at all

@foxhound_fox: I get the dragon. I even get the arm+sword thingy. Flower on eye socket? Not so much :P

"The game “might or might not release in 2015”because Microsoft already has a packed schedule this holiday season."

So this is further confirmation that xbone won't be seeing any games for at least 9 more months? lol.

lol, MS and their drought til "holiday season" game release strategy at work. All this announcement proves is that MS doesn't have any games to play til the ass end of the year. I feel sorry for people who fell for lems telling them to impulse buy xbones this past holiday season because of the "deals".

xbone won't have any games until next holiday season when they will have more "deals" so there was really no reason to buy the system at all this year. PS4 has games coming out back to back starting next month plus all xbone multiplats which are superior on PS4. This should be a lesson to anyone thinking about buying a xbox1...this is what you have to look forward to every year until MS takes it off the market.

MS only cares about splurge holiday sales, so unless you only care about having games coming out in the holiday season and are satisfied playing those same games for the entirety of the next year, save your money.

Or because it won't be ready for 2015 and likely never was.

Enjoy the next six months of Xbox news. Just wait!

lol at the cow damage controll. Love this.

Anyway, game sounds amazing. Open wolrd style is exactly what i wanted. If they allow some sort of aerial combat with thos dragons while using a hack and slash combat system on the combat than **** yeah.

This is for the xb1 what bloodborne is for the ps4. Well, for me anyway.

LMFAO, that is some desperate and idiotic damage control I've ever heard. Seriously Deadline your xbox fanboy damage control truly knows no limits. You need to come off this "I am a hermit" charade because it's not very convincing.

A hermit going apeshit over an ANNOUNCMENT about a CONSOLE game that has only shown CGI? haha smh, yea that happens, not.

Please lem, tell me about this "cow damage control" you are somehow seeing? I'd love to see what kind of hair brained argument you are going to try to spin out for this one haha.

I think it's going to be bigger for Xbox One, than Bloodborne for PS4. Bloodborne is way to dark, it won't appeal to the broader audience, while ScaleBound, alhough we haven't seen a lot of it, looks more like a Elder Scrolls type of games.

Do you live and breath system wars? I have a Wii U and have stated countless times that i intend on buying a ps4 and xb1 when more exclusives that interest me show up. For now, Bloodborne and Scalebound are those games since i love Dark Souls and Platinum's other ventures, like Bayonetta 2 recently.

And why are you having a meltdown over this? The game may not be good when it releases, but boy are you going nuts over it.

Their track record was tainted by Korra. I'll still have some faith, however.

@FastRobby: Yeah, i don't really care. I just want the games to be good since From Software and Platinum are great dev studios

Since when the actual game publisher or maker of a game cab give it a AAA status isn't that a job of review sites.?

Basically what they say is Scale Bound is not coming in 2015 but it will be AAA (in our biased Opinion).

Ask sony about the Order and they will tell you the same,the only difference is the Order has been shown to hell and beyond and we haven't see a single drop of gameplay of scalebound just a crappy CG with the usual arrogant Dante like character which is play out by now..

What is to damage control my closet lemming friend.?

It sound amazing.?

This is the kind of shit i really love about blind fanboys they haven't see a single drop of this crappy games and all of the sudden it sounds amazing what the hell did he even say that sound amazing really man.?

Bloodborne has a lineage this game has shit and hasn't even been show,it could be the xbox one Lair for all we know..

Sound interesting, but unfortunately it's made by platinum games. I don't like the overhype garbage that they keep on making.

The talent behind this, shit's gonna be banging.

Your damn bold thing means i can't just bold your post, i have to switch to underlines...anyway on fucking point. Japanese game made by a studio that will ask the player to not suck dick at the game? He can't handle that shit. Let's not front, that's the real reason.

A few things

A: not Kamiya, who has a very good track record
B: Activision license game that was rushed in a year, Platinum's other stuff isn't rushed like that
C: Platinum isn't exactly that consistent. It's not like Madworld was good, and Anarchy Reigns was only okay.

They were also lesser budgeted titles (in the case of Anarchy Reigns it was a middle tier game) vs what Platinum does that can be describes as a Triple A game: Bayonetta and company.

No pics, no clicks.

I've played Resident Evil 1,2, Zero, Bayonetta, Viewtiful Joe, Devil May Cry and Okami. Does that count? Why would him making games for Xbone change my mind about anything? I resent such accusations. Especially that it gives other fanboys stupid ideas. I'm very fluent in the entire history of video games, unlike most System Warriors.

I'll gladly wait for a game like Scalebound than get crap like The Order 1886 in a month

Did you beat those Kamiya games, specifically Kamiya's Viewtiful Joe (GC/PS2), Kamiya's Devil May Cry 1 (PS2), or Kamiya's Okami (PS2)?

Did you own a PS2 and did you complete those PS2 games? I remember you owned a PS1 but not a PS2. Did you play demos or something?

Same for Kamiya's Bayonetta 1, you have no achievements for the game on 360 as I remembered being we are both XBL friends. Did you play a store copy of Kamiya's Bayonetta at a 360 kiosk?

Regarding RE, Kamiya directed RE2 and then went on to create DMC so your playtime with Zero and other RE games wouldn't have anything to do with Kamiya beyond RE2 (Shinji Mikami directed RE1 and Kamiya did learn the ropes with that title, but it was Mikami's, not Kamiya's game).

This game sounds absolutely amazing.

Also, it's Platinum and it's Kamiya, with the full backing and budget from Microsoft. It literally couldn't go wrong if they tried.

It's true, Kamiya's games are usually demanding skill from the gamer, but it's fair and well done.

It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'll take two cups.

Playing is one thing, not sucking at them is another.

Besides knowing half baked bullshit because you read wikipedia is ultimately irrelevant given how many other times you can out right state something with a straight face, and anyone even mildly well versed in the topic knows your ignorant as ****.

When publishers refer to their games as AAA it usually refers to a games budget (large budget). I believe only in system wars and a few other forums is AAA used to reflect a games score. This game is also being hyped due to who is making it and not for no reason at all as suggested by your "this game has shit" comment.