There are many secrets that Microsoft must have kept somewhere in terms of consoles, ecosystem and games, since not all projects always end up seeing the light. This situation occurred with one game in particular, since images have been revealed of an Xbox exclusive that Phil Spencer was forced to cancel, which promised to be very ambitious.
through the portal AxiosIt has been revealed by the Totally Games studio, that a game under its authorship was going to be released for the original Xbox, but unfortunately by Phil Spencer it never saw the light of day. The title was known as Knights of Decayden, and it was developed by the team behind games like Star Wars: X-Wing.
Images of an exclusive Xbox game that Phil Spencer was forced to cancel are revealed
In January, Microsoft gaming chief @XboxP3 told me his first task at Xbox, in 2001 or so, was to “cancel Larry Holland’s game”
Intrigued, I started digging and discovered a planned Xbox exclusive from the makers of Star Wars: X-Wing.
I even got a cliphttps://t.co/XGvKw0IJWd
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) July 14, 2022
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According to the portal, the initial plan was for this game to be released in the first year of the original Xbox, but unfortunately it was canceled on orders from Microsoft under the supervision of Phil Spencer. At that time, the company did not trust external studies very much, so they did not bet on large-scale projects. Totally Games founder Larry Holland commented as follows: “The game was equal parts incredibly ambitious and a little silly. I was demoralized, but not entirely surprised that it ended up being cancelled.”
Incredible anecdotes that come to us from Xbox, which at the beginning of 2002, ended up canceling and burying a title that had great aspirations, but that could not see the light of day due to the extensive pressure that came from Microsoft. Stories that remain as memories and learning, in an Xbox that now relies more than ever on its studies.