The TMNT are back in the gaming world with the newly announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge by Tribute Games and DotEmu. To the delight of many, everyone’s favorite mutant turtles are making a return to gaming. The trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge dropped this morning and looks like it’s going to be heavily influenced
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Windjammers 2 was set to launch on Nintendo Switch and PC sometime in 2020. However, with the year quickly ending, developer Dotemu announced today that they’re delaying the game again. Now, fans of the bonkers take on Pong will have to wait until sometime in 2021 to get their fix. As you’ll see below, the
Dotemu’s upcoming sequel to the Neo Geo classic Windjammers continues to look rad as hell. If you’ve never seen, the game plays kind of like Pong dripping with tubular, 80s style. Soon, you’ll be able to check it all out for yourself. Starting on June 16, the Windjammers 2 demo goes live on Steam as
With what’s been happening in the past and especially in light of current events, it’s important to reflect on the video games that have centered or been inclusive of black characters, as well as games led by black developers. Representation has been an ongoing conversation in video games (and other forms of media), and the
French Twitch team Gwak held on May 10 a video interview with Olivier Deriviere, Cyrille Lagarigue and Jordi Asensio, developers of Streets of Rage 4. Cyrille Lagarigue and Jordi Asensio are the founders of Guard Crush. Olivier Deriviere is one of the many talented composers of Streets of Rage 4, who handled nearly all the
On May 10, french Twitch channel Gwak held a live stream interview with developers of Guard Crush, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4 alongside Lizardcube and Dotemu. During the stream, Streets of Rage 4 Game Designer Jordi Asensio most notably mentioned how at some point in development, he wished to put Joe Musashi from
If you’ve been excitedly waiting for Streets of Rage 4 since its announcement, you probably ordered a physical copy of the game. You know, something nice to put on a shelf and show off. Sadly, if you ordered a physical copy from Limited Run Games, you’ve probably been waiting for a while. Now, a newly released statement
The name Streets of Rage is a calling card back to the early days of video games. They’re days that I wasn’t around for, but from experiences in my own arcades, I understand; people lining up at a cabinet, crowding around someone who’s made it further into the game than anyone else. More than anything,
Streets of Rage 4 will be out on April 30 on PS4, Switch, Xbox One and PC for $24.99. The sequel was first announced in August 2018 by Dotemu and Sega with a really cool trailer by Bobby Prod, the animators behind Lastman. Now, we’re finally only a few days away from the game’s release
Early this morning, the long-awaited release date for Dotemu’s Streets of Rage 4 seemed to leak via the Nintendo eShop in Europe. While the date had the game tentatively scheduled to launch on April 23, it seems that this is not the actual day in which we’ll finally be getting our hands on the brawler. Via
In 2017, Lizardcube and Dotemu brought Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, an awesome remake of Wonder Boy III, to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Today, over two years after the title’s initial launch, the pair have confirmed that it has nearly sold 500,000 copies and revealed that they are bringing Wonder Boy: The
This might lose me some “gamer” cred, but I’ve never played a Streets of Rage game. Not that I can remember anyway. There is a small chance I played the first or second games from the beloved beat ‘em up series on my uncle’s Sega Genesis but I was a Nintendo kid. My beat ‘em
Windjammers is one of the greatest competitive arcade games that never got the recognition it deserved. Released back in 1994, the now defunct Data East brought this NEOGEO arcade sports game to the masses and it is really great. The controls are incredibly tight, the gameplay is fast-paced and fun, and the pixelated visuals are
Dotemu has released a gameplay reveal trailer for Windjammers 2 and it spares no time before getting into the action of windjammering. This trailer features returning players Klaus Wessel (Germany) and Hiromi Mita (Japan) duking it out on the courts along with new characters Max and Grace. New moves include jumps, smashes, and slapshots. This footage is
When I play an arcade game, there are many facets that can make it good. Music, art style, and replayability are all important when making an arcade package. However, there is only one characteristic that elevates that good game into a great game. When I approach that towering cabinet – or in this case, when
Windjammers is now available on Nintendo Switch in a surprise release. You can currently purchase the game via the Nintendo eShop for $14.99. A Nintendo Switch port of Windjammers was announced earlier this year in August but with no release date. Dotemu made the surprise announcement earlier this morning with a release trailer showing off
If you would have told me a few weeks back that during PAX West I would be able to check out both Windjammers 2 and Streets of Rage 4 then I would’ve thought you had lost your mind. With both franchises having not seen new installments since 1994, it seemed safe to say in 2018
Everyone’s favorite disc-throwing sports game Windjammers is due for a Nintendo Switch port. Publisher DotEmu made the announcement during fighting game tournament Evo 2018, in which Windjammers was featured as a side event. For the uninitiated, Windjammers is a fast and action-packed sports game, pitting two players against each other as they attempt to throw
Publisher DotEmu recently established a new brand division of their company called The Arcade Crew that focuses on publishing retro-inspired indie games. The first title they announced was a Contra-inspired shooter titled Blazing Chrome, and today the publisher revealing the second game they will be bringing to PC and consoles this year. That title is
Today Dotemu announced the release date of the previously-announced Xbox One version of the classic JRPG Ys Origin. The game will launch on Microsoft’s console on April 11th, celebrating the very first release of the Ys franchise on Xbox. It’ll even get two exclusive modes. The Speedrun Mode will allow players to compete on leaderboards via Xbox
As a prequel set 700 years before the events of the first entry in the long-running RPG series, Ys Origin marks a great entry for those that want to discover the Ys series and for those that want to experience it from the beginning, with the game about to hit a new platform for a new audience
Lizardcube and DotEmu’s remake Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap was one of the biggest surprises of the year for me, and I ended up giving the title an 8.5 in my review. Since then, the game’s soundtrack has been released and it was revealed that the game will be getting a physical release for PS4
Nicalis revealed that the will publish the retail version of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in the first quarter of 2018 for $39.99. Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is an animated remake of the Sega Master System game Wonder Boy III. Players will control a hero cursed by a dragon,
Tomorrow (August 29th), DotEmu will release Windjammers onto PS4 and PS Vita. It will be a glorious day: one for the world to remember. But before that happens, today, the french company has released an official launch trailer for the return of the Neo Geo classic. For all of you horrible people out there in the world
August just got way, way better. How? Because today DotEmu announced that Windjammers will hit PS4 and PS Vita on August 29th. For those that don’t know: Windjammers is the “original flying disc game” — aka a sports arcade game — that first hit all the way back in 1994 via Data East for the