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[benny_a]

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/revisiting-xbox-e3-2014-remembering-the-dead

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that Scalebound, its Platinum Games-developed open-world action game, was cancelled. This marks the end of a game first announced at Microsoft's E3 2014 presentation. That press event was key because it was the first event after the launch of the Xbox One and the first event with former Microsoft Studios general manager Phil Spencer as the head of the entire Xbox division. It was a look forward, promising more games and less of the general entertainment that categorized Microsoft's E3 press event a year earlier.

It goes on to talk about: Halo Master Chief Collection, Fable Legends, Crackdown, Phantom Dust, Project Spark & Scalebound

Read the full article on the site.

 

[Beartruck]

So 3 major cancellations and 2 major bungles. Meanwhile Sony has actually resurrected things everyone thought were cancelled (The last guardian). Amazing.

 

[Tonky]

Assets for Fable Legends should be re-purposed for Fable 4. That game was beautiful.

 

[benny_a]

Assets for Fable Legends should be re-purposed for Fable 4. That game was beautiful.

Who would make it though? Rare?

 

[Dominator]

Who would make it though? Rare?

Should have made Lionhead switch to it. I think it could have done well.

 

[blakep267]

Why do people keep including Project spark. It launched with a physical disk. But nobody really wanted to play it. I wouldn't call it cancelled as much as shut down

 

[Lime]

Although it wasn't revealed in 2014, the now defunct Press Play also had a Xbox/PC project in the pipeline.

 

[Tonky]

Who would make it though? Rare?

Not a bad choice. Maybe ReAgent Games after CD3 is out the door, could include some kind of cloud implementation.

 

[bloodyroarxx]

I totally forgot about Fable Legends

Man and the still absent Cuphead and Below

man

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Still can't believe they killed Fable.

 

[icespide]

this is depressing

going forward I will be very skeptical of any new game announced by Microsoft unless it is Halo, Gears, or Forza

 

[DriftingSpirit]

I totally forgot about Fable Legends

Man and the still absent Cuphead and Below

man

A dev on Cuphead reassured it is coming in the Scalebound thread.

 

[wapplew]

The definition of smoke and mirrors?

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

That was the same year as the Crackdown 3 reveal which has gone dark as well.

 

[Tonky]

That was the same year as the Crackdown 3 reveal which has gone dark as well.

MS confirmed it for 2017 after Scalebound's cancellation. Probably waiting for the Scorpio reveal.

 

[benny_a]

Should have made Lionhead switch to it. I think it could have done well.

Phil Harrison of (then) Microsoft Studios Europe disagreed.

Lionhead was explicitly not allowed to make Fable 4 or something that would evoke Fable 4.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Both Spark and MCC released tho?

 

[d00d3n]

People, those projects had to die to funnel money into the no expense spared Lost Odyssey sequel that will be announced this E3!

Spoiler

I wish in my most deluded and pathetic dreams

 

[cakely]

I'm confused that the ratio of posts in Xbox One announcement threads to posts in Xbox One cancellation threads is so high.

 

[W.S.]

Who would make it though? Rare?

Cyanide Studios (Styx, Blood Bowl 2) would be cool or Splash Damage since they're London based.

Phil Harrison of (then) Microsoft Studios Europe disagreed.

Lionhead was explicitly not allowed to make Fable 4 or something that would evoke Fable 4.

I'm glad that guy is gone, his contribution to Lionhead's closure was pretty big.

 

[LordKano]

Both Spark and MCC released tho?

Spark didn't even lasted a year (due to Microsoft's bad avertisment, especially the whole Conker thing) and MCC released broken for months.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

I'm confused that the ratio of posts in Xbox One announcement threads to posts in Xbox One cancellation threads is so high.

Lol preempting those coming posts huh?

 

[Shambala]

I'm confused that the ratio of posts in Xbox One announcement threads to posts in Xbox One cancellation threads is so high.

Hmm I wonder what you're trying to start here🤔

 

[Tecnniqe]

Spark didn't even lasted a year (due to Microsoft's bad avertisment, especially the whole Conker thing) and MCC released broken for months.

Even then it just seems to be there to make a list even longer for list warz and nothing else.

Spark I had 0 interest in but MCC was broken, but I could still play it even in its broken state. I wouldn't call that "dead" and in the same boat as literally incomplete games.

 

[Newtype-001]

Honestly thats pretty crazy


Halo Master Chief Collection-ended up a mess
Fable Legends - Cancelled
Crackdown - still in works
Phantom Dust -cancelled or being repurposed
Project Spark - released and then shut down
Scalebound - Cancelled

Thats a pretty destructive e3 list from them

 

[icespide]

I'm confused that the ratio of posts in Xbox One announcement threads to posts in Xbox One cancellation threads is so high.

if a games potential OT would be less pages than its cancellation thread, it should be canceled

 

[CCIE]

This thread is just depressing...

 

[benny_a]

Even then it just seems to be there to make a list even longer for list warz and nothing else.

I wanted to mention the games that get touched upon in the article.

If you have a less inflammatory way of listing those games I'll replace it with your version.

 

[bidguy]

its just mind boggling how they havent made a new mainline fable yet. that was one of my fav game on the og xbox.

now THAT was a good console even though it didnt sell well.

 

[Slayven]

Spark had me excited until they pushed back the 360 version to sell windows 8 and the xbone versions

 

[icespide]

I wanted to mention the games that get touched upon in the article.

If you have a less inflammatory way of listing those games I'll replace it with your version.

list them out in a sentence with commas instead of a bulleted list. I'm not even joking

 

[Anth0ny]

Both Spark and MCC released tho?

did they?

 

[Kremzeek]

good on them for bringing up Halo MCC again.

that is such an embarrassing black eye stain that should never have been released in that horribly broken state.

 

[Alx]

Spark had me excited until they pushed back the 360 version to sell windows 8 and the xbone versions

Honestly it might have been too ambitious for a 360 anyway.

 

[benny_a]

list them out in a sentence with commas instead of a bulleted list. I'm not even joking

It wasn't a bulleted list but I've converted the newlines to commas.

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

To be fair, those weren't the only MS-published games featured at the briefing. There were, too:

Killer Instinct Season 2
Forza Horizon 2
Dance Central: Spotlight
Ori and The Blind Forest
Inside
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Crackdown 3

Plus the usual mix of third party games, obviously.

 

[Devilgunman]

Honestly thats pretty crazy


Halo Master Chief Collection-ended up a mess
Fable Legends - Cancelled
Crackdown - still in works
Phantom Dust -cancelled or being repurposed
Project Spark - released and then shut down
Scalebound - Cancelled

Thats a pretty destructive e3 list from them

Wow, that's depressing. All those games are either shit, dead or vaporware.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Both Spark and MCC released tho?

And respectively were 1) shut down and 2) broken for months. That's still a pretty poor showing even if they were officially released.

 

[icespide]

It wasn't a bulleted list but I've converted the newlines to commas.

yah it's dumb but I think it's better, some people even just seeing lists of games on new lines flips their list warz switch

 

[Rob2K19]

Press X to pay respects.

 

[Unknown?]

It's not their worst, they aren't at late 360 bad on software output but they are not very far away. Also their emphasis on only releasing 90% of their titles at the end of the year makes their overall experience worse.

 

[benny_a]

yah it's dumb but I think it's better, some people even just seeing lists of games on new lines flips their list warz switch

Next step: CSV wars.

It's not their worst, they aren't at late 360 bad on software output but they are not very far away. Also their emphasis on only releasing 90% of their titles at the end of the year makes their overall experience worse.

I think mostly showing games that release the same year or within a year is great, I don't think this showing is that.

 

[Tecnniqe]

I wanted to mention the games that get touched upon in the article.

If you have a less inflammatory way of listing those games I'll replace it with your version.

The talking points is not the issue, the title is; Remembering All The Games That Died

While games talked about is still in development / released / shut down after release being put in the same boat.

And even then, since 2014 they have released a good few games.

did they?

Sure

And respectively were 1) shut down and 2) broken for months. That's still a pretty poor showing even if they were officially released.

For sure, not gonna disagree on that. I just found the title itself to drag attention towards everything as dead, while not 100% true.

 

[LordKano]

Even then it just seems to be there to make a list even longer for list warz and nothing else.

Spark I had 0 interest in but MCC was broken, but I could still play it even in its broken state. I wouldn't call that "dead" and in the same boat as literally incomplete games.

Yeah but the purpose of the article is to point how, in retrospective, the E3 2014's press conference of Microsoft was a huge joke in our faces.

 

[timberger]

Never gonna trust an MS conference again.

Looking back at reactions now is a truly headshaking exercise.

"Mic drop" indeed.

 

[Kaako]

R.I.P to the cancelled projects.

MS E3 2017 needs to deliver software wise and deliver hard.

 

[Wedzi]

Spoiler

I believed

 

[Armaros]

Yeah but the purpose of the article is to point how, in retrospective, the E3 2014's press conference of Microsoft was a huge joke in our faces.

The especial irony given how it was their 'mic drop'.

Ita some sort of drop all right.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

I'm confused that the ratio of posts in Xbox One announcement threads to posts in Xbox One cancellation threads is so high.

An announcement is normal and usual, late cancellation of previously announced games are not.

 

[uncledonnie]

Honestly it might have been too ambitious for a 360 anyway.

Yeah performance on XB1 wasn't exactly a stable 30.