X-Wing dev's long-lost Xbox fantasy shooter Knights of Decayden unearthed in new report
A new report has detailed a long-lost title from Totally Games, the developer best remembered for its work on the X-Wing series. Known as Knights of Decayden, it was planned as an early exclusive for the original Xbox before its cancellation and subsequent fade into obscurity.
Totally Games was, of course, a big deal back in the 1990s, having made a name for itself with LucasArts' hugely popular series of Star Wars space shooters, which included the likes of X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and X-Wing Alliance.
Knights of Decayden was initially pitched to Sony under the name Knights of Utu for release on PS2, but eventually found its way under Microsoft's wing, with the plan being to release it as an Xbox exclusive in the year following the fledgling console's 2001 launch.According to Axios, Knights of Decayden - which has briefly surfaced once before in 2009, in a- was to take Totally Games' experience with space shooters and adapt the formula to suit a fantasy setting.
And here's a bit of trivia for you: the Microsoft executive ultimately responsible for pulling the plug on Knights of Decayden, was none other that today's head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, and that the cancellation was his first assignment when he joined the Xbox gaming team.is well worth a read, featuring various other fascinating little nuggets about the project's development and eventual demise.
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