 The game's cancellation was announced on January 9, 2017.Reflecting on the game's cancellation in May 2019, Platinum studio head Atsushi Inaba said it “wasn’t easy” to see publisher Microsoft receive criticism for the decision as he felt “both sides failed,” and that ultimately, the game “didn’t do all of the things that we needed to do as a developer”.In February 2020, Inaba said that while "Scalebound" remains a intellectual property fully owned by Microsoft, PlatinumGames would want to return to it if given the opportunity to.