EVERYONE excited for the release of the upcoming dragon brawler from Platinum Games suffered a devastating blow yesterday after the game was cancelled.

But that's especially true for the game's creator, Hideki Kamiya, who's taken to Twitter to express his sadness and issue a big apology to fans.

As you may have already heard, Scalebound has unfortunately been canceled. I'm very sorry to everyone who was looking forward to this game. — 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) January 11, 2017

Sorry to bring you such bad news at the start of the year. All I can do for you is to promise to keep delivering fun games. — 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) January 11, 2017

I'll work extra hard to never have to let you down like this again, so I hope you will keep watching over us in the future too. — 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) January 11, 2017

Microsoft announced on January 10 that it would be cancelling the game, without really giving a definitive reason why its future had been totally snuffed out.

"After careful deliberation, Microsoft Studios has come to the decision to end production for Scalebound," came the official statement.

The game has been in development for over four years and although it suffered a few release date delays, a full cancellation is quite an unprecedented move.

Microsoft has even gone as far to wipe all trace of Scalebound from its Xbox YouTube page following the news, with any still linked to by tweets or web pages now listed as private or totally removed. The dragons are extinct once more.

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The news has come as quite a shock to fans, who were incredibly excited at the thought of a major AAA release from the folks over at Platinum Games, a studio which has also created titles such as Bayonetta and its sequel.

They took to Twitter to react to the news, emoting mostly through the medium of GIF.

I'm crying — Cynthia Ⓥ🐾 (@_cynthaquil) January 9, 2017

First thing I see when I get home is this Scalebound news. Shit, man. Heart goes out to Platinum and everyone who worked on the game. — Liam Allen-Miller (@RSSLiam) January 10, 2017

Man my ass is chapped about Scalebound being canceled. Was really looking forward to having a coop RPG experience. And a dragon. — Adam Ellis (@GilbyRanger) January 10, 2017

Entire Scalebound situation is shitty, but Platinum will live on and make more interesting games I'm sure.

It never loses it's lustre. — Matt 'I Know About The PoP Remake' McMuscles (@MattMcMuscles) January 10, 2017

Hundreds of users have been calling on Sony and Nintendo to pick up the game to bring it to either the PS4 or upcoming Nintendo Switch instead.

It wouldn't be the first time Nintendo has done such a thing for Platinum Games, as it picked up Bayonetta 2 for a Wii U exclusive after its own development was abandoned.

One user even went as far as to call out Microsoft's inability to produce any of the games it announced back at its E3 2014 show, gaining him much applause from his fellow Twitter users.

Microsoft's E3 2014 announcements:



✅ Ori and the Blind Forest

❌ Scalebound

❌ Phantom Dust remake

❌ Project Spark

❓ Crackdown 3



Uhh... 😬 — Nick Robinson (@Babylonian) January 9, 2017

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Scalebound was supposed to be an action role-playing game (RPG) with four-player co-op where you play as Drew, a young man thrown into the world of Draconis. Through the game, Drew would form a strong bond with a gigantic, customisable dragon called Thuban with whom you'd fight against the beings plaguing the world.

Despite Scalebound's cancellation, Microsoft still maintains it has a strong line-up of Xbox One exclusive games landing this year.

"We're working hard to deliver an amazing lineup of games to our fans this year, including Halo Wars 2, Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves and other great experiences."

What's interesting though is that out of those four titles, only one has a concrete 2017 release date and that's Halo Wars 2, which launches on February 21.

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