Scalebound Making Good Progress Reveal Next Month!

Xbox One's Scalebound Making "Good Progress," Reveal Coming Next Month

Executive Phil Spencer says the game is shaping up well; next major reveal slated for Gamescom in August.

Director Hideki Kamiya previously called it unlike anything he's made before. More recently, Microsoft creative director Ken Lobb offered a major tease about the game.

Upcoming Xbox Oneexclusive action gameScalebound, developed by Japanese studio Platinum Games, is making "good progress," according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer.

In a tweet, Spencer said, "Scalebound is making good progress; my first game with Platinum Games. I always learn working with new studios."

As for when we'll get to see it next, Microsoft previously confirmed that Scalebound will be one of the company's featured games for its Gamescom briefing next month.

"Scalebound is very real and very awesome," he said back in January. "And I think when people really understand what it is we are building, they're gonna be shocked. It is definitely big, AAA."

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-ones-scalebound-making-good-progress-reveal-c/1100-6428850/?ftag=YHR28b9ce3

I don't know why I am excited about a game on a platform I don't own, but I am excited. The thought that MS might get it's first true new AAA franchise in a genre that isn't aimed toward their so-called target demographic makes me excited as a gamer.

I am really looking forward to seeing this and how awesome it might be. Competition is good and even better if MS sees they can make games without focusing on pleasing the casual mainstream.

Amen or nah?

I wonder how Platinum ended up making an XBO exclusive.

the game to buy an Xbone for.

$

Hmm I wonder

Yeah, stupid me.

This and possibly Recore are the only games that could push me over to buying XB1 before the generation is over.

Cannot wait. Kamiya is too boss.

They go payed for it. Like all 3rd party exclusives. honestly, with Platinum it's even more understandable. They're going "mercenary" work for everyone. SEGA, Nintendo, SE, Activision, MS. Shit.

lol, It's cut throat out there.

"If you'll pay us, we'll do the job...no matter how dirty"

quote: Platinum Games

@playharderfool: Yup, but Platinum's games, sadly, don't sell that well. They actually wanted to be absorbed by Nintendo, but i guess W101 and Bayonetta 2 made that hard.

As it stands, my guess is that if P* finds a publisher where they can make sucessfull games with, they might sign a contract.

Like with Activision. Yeah Activision. First Korra, and now a full priced Transformers game? If they keep making more of them, and they're sucessfull by both parties's standarts, a merger isn't impossible. please no

If there is any game that will make me consider picking up the Xbone, this is it. Hope it's awesome!

Kamiya is gonna bring the ruckus.

This and Tomb Raider are my top upcoming games.

This and Killer Instinct are the only reasons I own a Xbone. Will be great, count on it.

Under the Spence man I can see MS being a serious contender if they don't drop out the race. His attitude seems to be different than the other xbox heads before him and it Scalebound gets an encore reception when it's shown I can even see them jumping to secure them before the game even comes out.

The biggest problem MS had with securing good devs like Rare in the past is that they squashed and limited their creativity to what they thought would sell instead of letting the dev create what they feel inspired by. As long as Phill and MS maintains an attitude of, "do your thing" then it could be a good thing to shack up this console generation creating some stiff competition for Sony. If not, then hell no, we don't need another good developers potential ruined by locking them away.

Hopefully it's good, it's about time Xbone got something worth playing.

Where has this been stated?

I'm psyched to see Scalebound, Crackdown 3, and Quantum Break at Gamescom. Microsoft just keeps delivering.

Scalebound and Recore are two pretty interesting Xbone games. Anything Platinum is always interesting anyway.

Hope it's a game I'll like.

Stopped playing MCC because I won't have anything much to play after that.

Already know it will be incredible. This and rare replay make we want to buy the console.

Hope crackdown looks good too.

@playharderfool: Oh i can definitelly see it happen. If Scalebound does well for all the parties, i could see another exclusive for MS afterwards. Full buy-out? Nah, abit too early. Publishers don't just absorb studios until a good work-relationship is stablished.

And has i i'm about to tell Freedom, you can see what i was going with, in regards to Nintendo

http://mynintendonews.com/2013/08/29/platinum-games-would-love-to-become-a-second-party-nintendo-developer/

Kamiya admitted he’d happily see the studio become a second-party Nintendo developer. When asked if he’d like to see the company officially join forces with Nintendo, he replied, “I would love that. It would be great to work more closely with Nintendo.”

@deadline-zero0: Oh yup. I knew Kamiya wanting to do so. He's into the weird shit Nintendo pulls. It's why W101 happened.

@playharderfool said:

@deadline-zero0 said:

Cannot wait. Kamiya is too boss.

@Epak_ said:

I wonder how Platinum ended up making an XBO exclusive.

They go payed for it. Like all 3rd party exclusives. honestly, with Platinum it's even more understandable. They're going "mercenary" work for everyone. SEGA, Nintendo, SE, Activision, MS. Shit.

lol, It's cut throat out there.

"If you'll pay us, we'll do the job...no matter how dirty"

quote: Platinum Games

Yeah, partly why I wondered this was because they have been so close to Nintendo, I wonder if their next game is a 3rd party title.... ehm not an exclusive.

Good to hear. This game could definitely be one thing to push me to get an Xbone (among a few others)

I'm very excited for this game and it's an easy day 1 purchase. Hope they deliver.

All I need is the mother of dragons in it, and I will jizz in my pants.

Definitely intrigued by this... want to see more.

Xbox boss says Xbox game looks good. Considering it's been over a year since the first and only footage of it, a CGI trailer, it had better.

Considering Kamiya's own comments on it, I don't have much faith.

i want to see more info/trailer before assuming anything

I like that MS is focusing its money on big new AAA exclusives like Scalebound and ReCore from some of the best talent in the industry

While Sony throws money at Activision for timed COD DLC and Capcom for Street Fighter V

Something tells me I'll be buying this game after seeing it a review of it like I did for the Witcher 3. I hear good things about it but I know absolutely nothing about it. Game trailers reviews will give me just enough information to help me decide.

Hideki Kamiya is a beast so I have no doubt in this project.

Platinum games in general is always worth my time.

I really hope this game is a big RPG open world game(like some sources were hinting), I want this to give Horizon some good competition....

Probably more focused. They are calling it an action game not an RPG.

Looking forward to seeing more, the fact that it is more action - oriented is more up my alley, right now we know such little about it, hopefully they show gameplay

Guess we'll have to see...

Because I remember them saying its not going to be like their other games which is action heavy.

This game sounds pretty cool, making a bond with a Dragon? Pretty cool stuff if you ask me. I hope it does good, this is my favorite Xbox One game so far, was the Quantum Break game, but the more i read about this one, the more jealous i get.

I think we should make a deal and trade Platinum games like Pokemon cards, well trade yall a Nintendo Platinum game in exchange for a Xbox One Platinum game.

Sure, if you ignore the AAA, AA and A exclusives Sony's been throwing money at while you wait until the end of the year for games to show up, lem.

Oh yeah, SFV on Xbone? Never ever. Sorry. :)

Now this is one game I wish I could play on my PC as well. Platinum games ftw.

MS has something Sony lacks

$$$

It's a good thing this isn't coming out on PS4, most Playstation gamers would throw their controllers at the wall if they played anything that doesn't have QTE and hand holding

Hell even Bloodborne was dumbed down because all of the cows hated how challenging the Souls games were

Scalebound is the only game im really interested up till now for XB1 ... Sadly 1 game only wont do the trick to spend 500$ for

Looking forward to seeing & learning lots more about this new IP, game-play would be sweetness at GC, make it happen MS.

Yeah I've read about their financial problems, good thing at least the PS4 is selling well.

Well it is a Kamiya game so I have to be excited. Love his work.

Just stop, Sony did it for Nier 2 so just stop lem.

I have no doubts it'll be good but once it bombs, do you think that Platinum will do business with MS again?

Why not? Their games are known to bomb.

@truthhurtsyou:So are you naturally stupid or just a troll?