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Long - lost footage of anXbox - exclusive sea horse jousting plot has of late been excavate , providing a riveting look at what could have been released at the genesis of Microsoft ’s first gaming console . In 2001 , the original Xbox launched and redefined several view of console table gaming , introduce a built - in ethernet port for cyberspace admission . Xbox also pioneered several now - iconic franchise likeHaloand persist one of the biggest name in the video game industry .
One of the biz developer that was well noted at the clock time of the original Xbox cabinet was Totally Games , a for the most part PC - centrical studio know for classicStar Warstitles like 1994’sStar Wars : TIE Fighterand its many follow - ups - which themselves have recently gotten a spectral successor in the form ofMotive Studios’Star Wars : Squadrons . However , in the other 2000s , Totally Games work with Microsoft to wreak flight computer simulation gameplay to the Xbox with a rubric that would ultimately never see the Light Within of day .
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Earlier this week , Axiosuncovered a trailer forKnights of Decayden , an unreleased first - party Xbox game once in development by Totally Games . According to author Stephen Totilo , Totally Games founder Larry Holland shared this footage , which was later posted onTotilo ’s YouTube channel ( viaGamesRadar ) . As this trailer shows , Knights of Decayden(orArchipelago , as it was also cry ) , put players in control of a warrior list Davro , who would be tasked with defending the “ Kestrel Clan ” by riding what appeared to be a flying sea horse across a extensive range of environments in the fantasy world of " Alhanna " - includingvast oceans and erupting volcano . arm with an muscularity - firing lance artillery , players would challenge enemy to joust - comparable conflict both in the aviation and underwater , launch fish as jury-rigged projectiles , and discover the secrets of a lose race .
all Games originally pitchedKnights of Decaydento Sony as a PlayStation 2 title in 2000 under the work on statute title ofKnights of Utu , though it would later be picked up by Microsoft with program to free it as an Xbox exclusive sometime around the system of rules ’s launching in 2001 . However , the project would at long last be scrapped in early 2002 , with Microsoft reportedly wanting to focus its efforts on titles that would well compete with Sony and Nintendo - such as2001’sHalo : Combat evolve . When asked aboutKnights of Decayden , Totally Games founder Larry Holland remember the game as being “ incredibly ambitious and sort of foolish in equal measures , ” with his studio apartment being put under a monolithic time crunch to getKnights of Decaydenfinished in sentence for its deadline - a trend that sadly cover to be rife at studio likeCyberpunk 2077 ’s CD Projekt Red .
The combination of this unstable work environment and Microsoft ’s diminish interest in Knightsof Decaydenultimately led to the undertaking ’s cancellation , but its early gameplay preview remains an interesting looking at into earlier game ontogenesis . There is no telling how a completed version ofKnights of Decaydenwould have fared atthe break of the day of the original Xbox , but it ’s interesting to think of Microsoft having another major flagship franchise for its still - prevalentXboxbrand if the project had been successful .
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Source : Stephen Totilo / YouTube(viaAxios),GamesRadar
