{
  "id": 5604891,
  "title": "Hideki Kamiya Tells Xbox CEO He's Ready to Make Scalebound When She Is",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/hideki-kamiya-tells-xbox-ceo-hes-ready-to-make-scalebound-when-she-is",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T16:31:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/hideki-kamiya-tells-xbox-ceo-hes-ready-to-make-scalebound-when-she-is"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hideki Kamiya, creator of Bayonetta and head of Clovers studio, has expressed his willingness to develop Scalebound when Microsoft's Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is prepared to do so. Scalebound, an action RPG canceled by Microsoft in 2017, first appeared at E3 2014. Kamiya has expressed his desire to see the project through, stating that he and others who worked on it have always been ready to bring Scalebound back to life. While Kamiya is currently involved in developing Okami 2, he remains hopeful that the opportunity to revive Scalebound may arise in the future.",
  "summary": "Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya has a message for Xbox CEO Asha Sharma: When she's ready to make Scalebound, he'll be waiting.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}