Overview
- Hideki Kamiya publicly renewed his pitch for Scalebound in a Video Games Chronicle interview on Friday, asking new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to consider bringing the project back.
- Kamiya said several former Scalebound developers, including Clovers CEO Kento Koyama, are ‘on board’ to return, but he emphasized that his current studio may not be able to take the project on immediately.
- Multiple outlets report that Microsoft is still widely believed to own the Scalebound intellectual property, meaning any revival would require Xbox approval and the company has made no announcement of plans.
- After the interview, Kamiya pushed back against social-media claims that he misused Scalebound development funds and threatened legal action against users spreading the accusations.
- Scalebound was announced at E3 2014 and canceled by Microsoft in 2017, and persistent fan interest plus surviving footage keep the title in public conversation as a possible revival target.