Phil Spencer Share A New Update On Phantom Dust, Microsoft Is "Still Commited"

Xbox Head Phil Spencer has confirmed on Twitter that, while there won’t be news about the game at the upcoming Gamescom 2015, Microsoft is "still committed" on making the best possible Phantom Dust title for Xbox One.

Last year, the game was announced to be a completely new experience in the series, kind of reboot of the original title that was released in partnership with Majesco Entertainment on Xbox. Then, the developer Darkside Games, which was asked not to reveal it was working on the project, was removed from it and the production halted.

Being "still committed" means that, as Spencer also said in the past few months, Microsoft is still working on searching the right developer for this game.

Phantom Dust is going to be a strategic, turn-based role playing game to release exclusively on Xbox One. We hope we’ll learn more about it next year.

"strategic, turn-based role playing game" sounds nothing like the original, which was basically an action game with a deck builder mechanic. We'll see how it turns out. The gameplay was kinda hampered by the deck mechanics, imo, so maybe a change isn't a bad thing. The narrative was actually really compelling. Hope it works out.

I hope this game makes it

That's cool. I never played the original but I'll keep my eye on this one and if interested I may check it out.