Crimson Skies to make a comeback?

By Ellie Gibson Published 3 August, 2009

Man who invented it has big plans.

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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  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #1 3 years ago

    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.

  • Canyarion #2 3 years ago

    I'd like a game about Shogun. I think.

  • gallow #3 3 years ago

    I would really like a proper Shadowrun game.

  • Xerx3s #4 3 years ago

    /taps nose

    CS was originally released on the PC so it would be more logical to put it in that section.

  • Xerx3s #5 3 years ago

    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.

  • Xerx3s #6 3 years ago

    I'd look forward to a new MW game but considering that the company that does it also made transformers...

  • Whizzo #7 3 years ago

    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 #8 3 years ago

    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.

  • GamesConnoisseur #9 3 years ago

    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?

  • prettyboytim #10 3 years ago

    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.

  • Moribundman #11 3 years ago

    "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?

  • node #12 3 years ago

    "The original"? Surely that was the much better PC one, not the 360 version you chaps linked to!

  • Domovoi #13 3 years ago

    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 #14 3 years ago

    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!

  • Scimarad #15 3 years ago

    There's definitely a market for a PROPER Shadowrun game I think. Just get Bioware to do it:)

  • quantumsheep #16 3 years ago

    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 #17 3 years ago

    Sorry, thought you were on about Katie Price then and was going to question your sanity... ;-)

  • busboy33 #18 3 years ago

    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.

  • Vermillion3000 #19 3 years ago

    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.