Crimson Skies may fly high again

by Dustin Burg { Apr 26th 2007 at 9:00AM }

In the April issue of OXM the Rumor Mole speculates about a sequel to semi-breakout hit Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge. The rumor fueling evidence on a sequel comes straight from developer Airtight Games' website. Their website lists numerous ex-Crimson Skies employees under their company bios section and also shows off prototype images/videos that include objects eerily familiar to the Crimson Skies world. Need more proof? Under Airtight's current projects section they say that they are "working with one of the industry's leading publishers on a major unannounced title". Suspicious we say. Suspicious.

True or not, there is definitely a possibility that a Crimson Skies sequel in the works. But even if the game is in development we aren't expecting to see this game releasing anytime soon. So, anyone up for a little high flying sequel?

[Via GameFaqs, Thanks SeNiLe911]

Tags: airtight, airtight games, AirtightGames, crimson skies, crimson skies 2, crimson skies high road to revenge, CrimsonSkies, CrimsonSkies2, CrimsonSkiesHighRoadToRevenge, rumor

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zarile @ Apr 26th 2007 9:26AM

Hell yeah! That would be awesome...that was my favorite Xbox game released, it was also the first game that I played on Xbox live. I would absolutely love to see a sequel!

FusionWhite @ Apr 26th 2007 9:30AM

I played more Crimson Skies online then I did Halo 2. Such a great game and I hope the sequel is even better.

AG @ Apr 26th 2007 9:33AM

A great game but something was lost from the OG PC version. We need a return of the fully customizable planes and paint.

Alex @ Apr 26th 2007 9:41AM

I just hope they add a cockpit view or it'll suck.

J.Goodwin @ Apr 26th 2007 9:53AM

Yes, of course.

I think there have been hints that Airtight was working on this for quite some time now though.

Paul @ Apr 26th 2007 9:55AM

I never played it = but after playing the flying parts of Battlestations Midway I would be very interested.

mgroves @ Apr 26th 2007 10:09AM

I would much prefer more Blazing Angels--I prefer more realism over Sky Captain type of stuff.

Tony Bowman @ Apr 26th 2007 10:10AM

like a previous poster, i played more of this online than Halo. one of my all-time favorite games.

Hexx @ Apr 26th 2007 10:20AM

This is actually extremely old news, but it's always good to see Crimson Skies in the news again.

martyfinkle @ Apr 26th 2007 10:20AM

I bought my original XBOX to play crimson skies! A sequel would be awesome.

Mikeawesome @ Apr 26th 2007 10:40AM

Fuck yeah!

Bring it on, I loved this game a lotttt.

Drunk Ste @ Apr 26th 2007 11:10AM

I'd love to see a sequel, the original was one of my fave Xbox games and it’s so much better than Blazing Angels. What’s even better is that the original game is on the back compat list and I’d advise anyone to pick us a used copy and give it a try.

trigger @ Apr 26th 2007 11:27AM

Definitely.

It was one of my favourite online games on the good ol' Xbox!

xenocidic @ Apr 26th 2007 11:47AM

GREAT NEWS......i loved this game !...

Mike Pernecky @ Apr 26th 2007 12:12PM

I could see this being a great XBLA game with multiplayer functionality obviously. As for an actual hard-copy release, I don't see how people would buy it since it's very simplistic.

I just think millions of people would spend $15 on this game, but not nearly as many willing to spend $60.

Andrew @ Apr 26th 2007 12:32PM

that would be sweet, my roommate and i still play it on my 360 over live.

Jon @ Apr 26th 2007 12:40PM

That would be very sweet indeed if they made a sequel to this game. The Xbox Live multiplayer was awesome...even though the single player was so so.

When I look at PS3 warhawk...I totally think that it's a Crimson Skies copycat.

Tarl @ Apr 26th 2007 1:01PM

Definitely looking forward to a 360 sequel. Would be nice if it was free like the last one too...

Jolard @ Apr 26th 2007 5:12PM

I would love a sequel. Didn't have an original xbox, but bought the game used at Gamestop for $5, as it is backwards compatible on the 360. Works great, and is a lot of fun, especially for $5.

eight @ Apr 26th 2007 5:48PM

Wow, i didn't realise how many Crimsion Skies fans were out there. This was one of my favorite games for the big black box, and one i was happy to see make the BC list... unlike X-men Legends...

I played this on LIVE alot, and would love to see more of it on my 360. The first game set the bar pretty high and I am excited to see where else they'll take the gameplay. Here's hoping the up the ante on the multiplayer to make it even more spectacular.

BowserUSC @ Apr 26th 2007 9:23PM

I dont know what your basis for saying warhawk is a copycat is but warhawk was out on the PS a while ago, although I'm not sure if it was out before the original PC game, it probably was.

I'm quite excited for this if they can do it well. the original game was defifinately better the xbox solo, so if they can combine the multiplayer from the xbox and the career style from the original I would love this.