Remember a few years back when Platinum Games' Scalebound just wouldn't die? The cancelled Xbox exclusive kept cropping up in conversation thanks to recurring rumours and remarks from Platinum staff - and now the game's original lead has brought the Xbox title up once again.

These days, Hideki Kamiya has formed his own studio — Clovers Inc. — but that isn't stopping the former Platinum dev from talking about Scalebound. This week, his new studio posted a clip of him "reminiscing about the development of Scalebound" - which Kamiya himself reposted, alongside a cheeky "let's do it, Phil!" message.

Hideki Kamiya: "Let's do it, Phil! "

Of course, Kamiya is referring to Head of Xbox Phil Spencer there - probably with a very slim hope that the Xbox boss would see his message and consider reviving the game again. However, with the amount of times this sort of thing has happened in recent years — and Phil's apparent lack of interest — the last thing we have on our Xbox bingo cards for 2025 is bringing Scalebound back to life.

Even so, it's interesting that Kamiya is still bringing this up even when he's moved on from the original developer. Would he have to start from scratch nowadays? Would Kamiya & co. even have the rights to work on it? Would Xbox just go back to Platinum if this ever happened? Honestly, who knows - but we certainly wouldn't hold our breath waiting for Scalebound to come back, even with this new social media message from Kamiya.

Who expected to still be talking about Scalebound on Xbox in 2025? Tell us of your disappointment down below.