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In a new English language interview, PlatinumGames vice-president clarified that he wasn't joking about wanting to bring canceled Microsoft Games collaboration Scalebound dorsum from the dead. Kamiya is "totally serious" well-nigh reviving the canceled activeness-RPG multiplayer championship, but won't confirm or deny whether talks are ongoing.

Speaking to VGC as role of a much longer interview, Kamiya told how he has "been in a lot of interviews since the projection ended" and feels equally though he has "said many times" that he'd love to bring the game back from the dead. Kamiya adds that "as a creator [he'd] like to run into it to the end." Clarifying that his previous quotes weren't him joking around, as he's been known, Kamiya explains "no, information technology's not a joke: I'yard totally serious about information technology."

PlatinumGames and Kamiya desire to please fans with a Scalebound comeback, but he volition neither ostend nor deny that the studio, which is now focused on developing original larger and riskier games, is in active discussions with anyone about bringing Scalebound back, non just Microsoft.

Kamiya adds finally that "time passes… things are unlike now," and that he has had "time to think" and would "like to try making Scalebound again." Kamiya thinks PlatinumGames is in a better shape to deliver Scalebound now than it was dorsum when the game was canceled, with more experience in applied science and a larger staff. Scalebound could meet life notwithstanding, only fan voices will likely need to exist heard to assistance higher-ups realize there is still interest in the championship after all these years.