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Crimson Skies to make a comeback? News

Xbox News by Ellie Gibson

3 August, 2009

The man behind classic airplane game Crimson Skies has plans to bring the series back to life.

Jordan Weisman recently founded his own company, Smith & Tinker, but he can't help remembering the good old days. "Most of my time is invested in [Smith & Tinker], but in the wee hours of the night, I spend time thinking about the older properties," he told Gamespot.

"I think Crimson Skies is something we'd love to get some energy around, and we have some devious plans - we'll see if those materialise."

Whatever happens, it doesn't sound like Weisman himself will be heavily involved. "The older properties - MechWarrior, Crimson Skies, Shadowrun, those kinds of things - those are kind of grandfathered in," he said.

"They're not really what we're all about, and we won't be developing and publishing those ourselves as a result. We'll be, like we are now, talking to other publishers and finding good homes for those, but they're not what Smith & Tinker at its core is about."

Here's hoping they manage to work something out - the original Crimson Skies was brilliant fun and scored 8/10 on Eurogamer. Failing that, it's still not too late for a movie tie-in for Biggles: Adventures in Time, surely?

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Mentalist(air)
03/08/09 @ 09:02
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Wasn't there some buzz at MGS about a new installment of a 'well loved' franchise recently?

Mechwarrior, Crimson Skies and even Shadowrun could qualify for that.
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03/08/09 @ 09:11
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Mechwarrior was already announced.


Talking of Crimson Skies, the speed, zoom and slow down methods, and the island on Air Sports in WSR gave me flashbacks to Crimson Skies.
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03/08/09 @ 09:16
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I'd like a game about Shogun. I think.
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03/08/09 @ 09:25
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I would really like a proper Shadowrun game.
Xerx3s
03/08/09 @ 09:38
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/taps nose

CS was originally released on the PC so it would be more logical to put it in that section.
Xerx3s
03/08/09 @ 09:39
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I would definitely be up for a sequel to the 360 version of SR. Best and most innovative MP FPS game of this generation by a long shot.
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03/08/09 @ 09:40
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I'd look forward to a new MW game but considering that the company that does it also made transformers...
Whizzo
03/08/09 @ 09:52
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Hopefully any new Crimson Skies would be more like the PC original than the Xbox version, it wasn't a patch on the original game.

And bring back the original voice actor for Nathan if his character features.
Domovoi
03/08/09 @ 10:21
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New Crimson Skies = awesome. I'd prefer something like the original PC version, but I'd definitely just go for a sequel to the Xbox one.
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03/08/09 @ 10:36
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Will be awesome and multiplayer should be massive this time around with
more online gamers than the first time around. Current gen also would perhaps be able to realise the potential more?
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03/08/09 @ 10:39
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I loved both the PC and Console versions of the game. I'm quite tempted to get another copy of the Xbox one as I gave mine to the son of a friend who'd had all his Christmas presents nicked by some lowlifes two days before Christmas. What was I thinking? I'm such a sap.
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03/08/09 @ 12:25
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"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!"

Hahaha. I'm amazed anyone else on earth can remember that epic fail of a movie! Like Flash Gordon without the intentional camp excess... Biggles and his "time twin"... Peter Cushing living in Tower Bridge... LOL Way to waste a license!

Now a Crimson Skies revival would be good. Why's this in the oXbox group tho? Presumably the "new" game would be 360/PC/multi?
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03/08/09 @ 12:51
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"The original"? Surely that was the much better PC one, not the 360 version you chaps linked to!
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03/08/09 @ 14:04
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Now a Crimson Skies revival would be good. Why's this in the oXbox group tho? Presumably the "new" game would be 360/PC/multi?

The last one was 360 only, so it makes sense to assume that the next one might be too. For now.
rhinoxious
03/08/09 @ 15:10
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Shadowrun = a sort of deus ex game with magic too?

I love shadowrun, but I reckon there's almost too much there (gunfights, cybernetics, multiple races, hacking, rigging, astral combat) to fit into one game!
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There's definitely a market for a PROPER Shadowrun game I think. Just get Bioware to do it:)
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03/08/09 @ 19:02
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I met Jordan several years ago, and he struck me as incredibly smart and enthusiastic - was thinking of online gameplay ideas years ahead of the pack.

Add to that that Mechwarrior and Crimson Skies were the best online games for a fledgling Xbox Live, I can't wait to see what he might come up with next...
Moribundman
03/08/09 @ 19:19
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Sorry, thought you were on about Katie Price then and was going to question your sanity... ;-)
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03/08/09 @ 19:56
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To whomever might buy the CS license and make another game:

I have $60 sitting on my desk. It is yours for more Crimson Skies. You may consider this a binding contract.
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03/08/09 @ 21:35
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Yes please. More Crimson Skies thanks.
Xbox360 if you don't mind but I'm happy for you to put it on the PC too or they'll get all upset.
Just er, don't mess it up with motion control or anything utterly utterly loathsome like that yeah.
thx.

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