I guess they'll bring this game back at some point then

If true, this will be the best move Microsoft has done in awhile.

Bringing any game back from the dead, has never ended well. Let it rest in peace.

Interesting. Course we wont see the same game that was made by platinum though if theyll even ever bring the game to life again.

Show it on E3 And Cancel again LOL,Good strategy

Nintendo has renewed Eternal Darkness

Rockstar has renewed Agent

Capcom has renewed Deep Down.

Happens all the time.

People should bare in mind that Rockstar continuously renews the Agent trademark yet we've heard nothing for nearly 10 years

Are they bringing it back because of the embarrassment or the genuine interest of bringing games to their fans?!

It's likely nothing special just typical up protection this is probably something that gets done automatically for all their ip

ROFL.

If true well played Microsoft.

Lol. Don't think MS is interested to throw money at this failure of a project. Just extending trademark so that no one else can use it.

Excellent

I'm not getting my hopes up just yet.

BRUUUUH!!!!

this IP is a fail just like many of the sony's IP's so i guess both are on the same level

If the game is in development again, they better get rid of that lame main character.

Doesn't mean anything. The IP obviously has value so it wouldn't make sense for them to lose it. Sony renew the rights for properties like Alundra, but the IP is dead.

That isn't to say that Microsoft won't revive it, just that this doesn't point to that.

What the fuck is happening.

I knew it would be revisited. I was saying it all along.

Trademarks usually mean they are working on something. But it doesn't mean it's actually coming out. This is good news though.

I do hope it comes out and do hope it gets made bigger and better. It had lots of potential.

Maybe theyl'e rework it as a F2P game ?

This is the one game on Xbox I was actually interested in, but after the cancellation debacle, I'm far less confident now, even if it does end up resuming production.

Not really news when companies do this all the time. MS doesnt want to lose the name for this title.

Speaking as a potential consumer, and not as an outlet, I think it's only fair that many will have lost faith in the project regardless as to whether or not it is built from scratch - assuming all of this is true of course.

Still, Microsoft push so hard to tap into the Japanese market. Scalebound was probably one of the few titles they had going that would have appealed to them. Cancelling it in the first place without decent explanation was wrong. If this is a comeback, hopefully the development process is much smoother than the previous.

Wow
Microsoft is giving the people what they want so all of that talk of xbox have no games should stop lol news news and more news u like this camp let me see what don't is saying and doing hmmm nothing I guess that's why all of don't fans are here

How many times Nintendo renew Eternal Darkness...this does not mean shit,MS most likely renew the IP name in order to protect it from Platinum and Kamiya will,lets not forget Hideki san stated that Scalebound was the game he always wanted to build since he was a developer.Imagine Platinum* making it and ending a big IP game without the need from Microsoft support.That would be a blow on Microsoft side.

Oh shit, the hype is real! Dub-step jersey shore protagonist for the win!

They renewed the IP for nothing, they just won't lose it

Huh???? All this did is prevent Platinum from selling to another publisher. I swear MS spends more money to limit and prevent games from being published, than they do on new IP.

I see the potential for a Horizon zero dawn type game, but multi player too.

Would be great if MS actually started supporting the groups that could make them more dominating in this business. I think it's sad that MS is missing out on the competition. We all know that competition creates both better systems and games and what MS really need, is quality games. I was hoping for this one and was kinda let down when it got canceled. Here's to hoping MS actually start supporting developers more and not giving up!

virtually no cost to them..

The twitter user isn't an insider, he's a misterxmedia fan spreading rumours.

Renewing the rights likely just to protect the IP & name from being used by someone else. Edit: I am also suspect of the "insider" that said the work continues on Scalebound. He seems like he is more just flipping news he sees on the internet and re-announcing things for almost all his posts. Not really seeing any true inside info.

Be crazy if this game some how comes out for playstation as well

The news speaks only of the renewal of IP (something totally real). Rumors about continuing to work on the IP have been denied and have nothing to do with the news.

Calm down people. All they did was renew the rights. Doesn't mean this game is coming back to life. Renewing rights happens all the time so they can still claim ownership of an IP. It's like Konami renewing their rights to Contra.

I think that this is only to stop others from making it! (imagine the humilliation if suddenly sony announced it as a ps4 exclusive)

Salebound is Scorpio bound sweet

make it happen, god damn it.

This is great! Bring a new Fable, Mech assault and Crimson skies too!

They renewed it so they still own it....it simple yall.

Seriously this comment section doesn't f'ing have a clue what renewing the rights to an IP means and doesn't mean. All it means is that MS still claim ownership of the IP so nobody else can publish it, not that they're going to use it anytime soon (if ever again), You're all getting hyped for nothing. MS already said they Scalebound is dead in the water.

MS still claims ownership of Sudeki too. GET HYPE!!! XD

Fascinating. Considering that Platinum hasn't said much since Nier: Automata, they might be working on this again.

On the other hand, if it is Microsoft that owns Scalebound in name and property, I suppose they could get anyone to work on it. Would they really do that though? Kamiya isn't someone to take things like that lightly.

Scalebound now to be a f2p MMO exclusively for XB1 with microtransactions and will have a significant upgrade on Scorpio.

Oh you mean the game that platinum used to steal millions of dollars from ms. Just let this train wreck die already please

Most likely they will have someone else work on it if true. I liked the idea of it, however the game didn't have that epic fast-paced punch that Platinum Games is known for. It looked very slow and clunky which is unusual. I wish the best of luck for whoever may potentially work on Scalebound.

Please don't make the main character like a DMC Dante rip off....He's riding freaking dragons, please lose the fancy headphones and make fighting with a Bow more fun....

Could be clerical error. As in they forgot to inform the people in the office that handles trademarks to not renew it.

They will most likely remake the game from the ground up for Scorpio and have it released in late 2018 or 2019.

Wont' take as long because they have the base game there.

what a mess

HOLY CHET!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft probably did this so no one else can pick it up

Microsoft were not so much disappointed about the gameplay but the fact it was a new IP that had limited spin-off potential. Apparently that is why it was canned in the first place, because they are not interested in one-off games, but big franchise potential that they can grow beyond the single game into sequels and other non-game related markets.
Now they are renewing it and are wanting a totally different direction for the IP so that they can create something that can be franchised for years to come. It could mean a completely new type of game, or it might not be a game at all, it could be a TV or Movie project that could spin off.
I think someone at the original developers thought "action packed JPRG style game" and someone at Microsoft was expecting more Game of Thrones/Skyrim style game.

Companies do this all the time. Just to have a piece of mind. It doesn't guarantee anything

Hope they didn't dump their files.

Lol

Who besides Platinum can do this game justice? And what other dev would actually want to work on a project that's already caught flak

Was looking pretty good. Here is to hoping they get it to where in needs to be.

Hopefully this won't stay in development hell like Agent

The idea is great, the one that canceled this is dumb, let's hope for a revive.

I was kind of happy when this game went away. Dubstep dragons was a meh concept.

So what... is Microsoft going to do anything with it?

Not sure what to make of it. If Platinum isn't doing it then it may turn out rubbish. At this point Platinum is one of the only companies still producing these over the top arcade like action games similar to the old DMC games that are competent and that was why I was mostly interested in it...when the dev team is left to their own devices they usually make really fun games, but when people start to mettle and make unreasonable demands that's when things turn out crap.

Legend of Korra game is a good example of that. Activision, Nickelodeon, Pressure to meet an Outrageous deadline all that type of nonsense ruined what the game could have been. If you look into the history of Scalebound and see what the real issues with the development of it was then you see a similar pattern with what was going on and why PG decided to peace out.

Regardless a lot of people seemed to clown this game when it was still in development, me personal I was calling it Devil May Drakengard as a joke, but despite what I was saying I still had genuine interest in it because PG was working on it. I have a bad feeling about MS deciding to push the concept down someone else's throat like they did with PG, but hey it's their IP they can do what they want with it.

We all know what ultimately happens to games though that resurface from Development Hell.

This good news. Listen I was a day one Xbox buyer. I played Sony exclusives on the PS2, same with GameCube but multi plates I got on Xbox cause they looked better and of course during that time Xbox was my go to console because I loved their exclusives like Otogi one and two, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Strangers Wraith, Thief Deadly Shadows, Morrowind, Halo one and two(the last great ones excluding Reach and ODST, Munches Odyssey, Brute Force, Fable and so on. Then 360 again day one and it started good except when RRD hit and then again and then again. Alan Wake was the last game I played on a Microsoft system. After that I got a PS3 Slim and it ws over. I was won over buy their exclusives and haven't looked back. I didn't care for Microsoft's arrogance in the unveiling of Xbox One and it was a hundred more and yes they had some exclusives in the beginning but nothing that I had to own to buy one. So now we come to Scorpio and yeah it has some impressive power but for me to buy one it has to have killer exclusives. I supported them for years and as I've grown up I don't have to ow every system so it's their turn to earn my business and this is a step in the right direction.

This was just to stop Nintendo swooping in and picking up a goty game for pennies.

Will reappear as one of many unannounced Scorpio exclusives.

This doesn't mean anything really. Capcom has filed tons of trademark continuations for Deep Down, so many that they reaches their max and had to re-file the trademark.

And yet Deep Down is pretty much dead.

Raise your hand if you think this is just Microsoft keeping it away from competitors...

I am not surprised by this. Does not mean they are developing the game. Simply means the likes of Sony or any other devs can release a game called Scalebound.

It's like Rockstar with Agent. They have been renewing the right for that name for years now. But noting ever comes of it. They just don't want another devs using the name.

Wanna bet that the game can only be on the new xbox? Gee I wonder why.._.._.._.._

Who didnt see this one comming? The damage is already done... The people who were interested in this game no longer gaf. Just imagine how much worse any of the other 1st partys that sold poorly last year would have done if they were to get canceled and then told... But wait, we were just kidding guys. This is just pathetic. I hope it runs like poop on the xb1. Because they even stated the hardware was too weak to achieve the devs vision.

Lmao. They knew.

Thats definitely great but at the time looks like signs of desperation by MS.

Alright I can't wait to play this game on my Alienware 18 with Sli Gtx 880m's in native 4k. Glad to see Xbox didn't give up on this game as it is my most looked forward to game in their stable!

Microsoft did not renew the IP. Scalebound's trademark was renewed, not the IP.

Maybe there's hope for it. Definitely won't be the same game they showed before though.

Too late the damage is done, they shown their true intensions earlier.

Pressure of selling low due to not listening to the fans is the main reason.

That's normal.

By renewing the rights, MS are just preventing other companies from buying them. I always buy PG games so I was still hoping for a PC only release with a new partner but they just killed it for good. What a waste.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.