Scalebound was supposed to be an Xbox One exclusive (Picture: Microsoft)

A former producer on Scalebound has rubbished rumours the title could be resurrected as a Nintendo Switch exclusive.

Developed by PlatinumGames, the open world action role-playing game was mysteriously cancelled by Microsoft in 2017 – which was a surprise as it was one of the most heavily promoted Xbox One exclusives at the time.

A number of reports recently claimed the title will return as a Nintendo Switch title, but now a former creative producer, who left the studio following the game’s cancellation, has expressed his doubts on the idea.

Responding to the story on Twitter, Jean Pierre Kellams wrote: ‘Shit. I don’t know. I don’t work there anymore and haven’t talked to anyone about it, but I’d highly doubt this is a thing.’




Explaining his reasons to a user who remarked about the IP’s ownership, he added: ‘That and the hardware differences.

‘At that point, it makes more sense to just make a brand new game. It’s not like Scalebound was a beloved IP. It never got a chance to be that.’

He later stated how he’d ‘love to work on it again and finish what we started’, explaining how he left the project because he couldn’t see it ever materialising.

‘The game literally burnt me out, put me in therapy, disappointed me, made me learn a ton, pushed me to try new things and new places; all sorts of positives and negatives,’ Kellams wrote.

Scalebound was developed by PlatinumGames (Picture: Microsoft)

PlatinumGames and Nintendo have worked together on a number of different games already, staring with Wii U exclusive The Wonderful 101 in 2013. Nintendo then helped revive Bayonetta for a sequel on Wii U, with a third entry planned for Switch.

The developer also recently announced another exclusive for the Nintendo Switch in Astral Chain, which is set to be released later this year.

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