Another day, and I slept in again. I love it. Here’s the news.
- Rage 2 Gameplay Trailer
- Manga Based Famicom Mini
- Boss Key Studios Shuts Down
Rage 2 Gameplay Trailer
Bethesda delivered, like they said they would. Today we wee a gameplay trailer for the recently announced Rage 2 game. We can parse a few things from it. There’s more environment variety, ranging from sand dunes to jungle forests. There appear to be large mechs and a wider variety of enemies. It’s being developed by Avalanche Studios and id Software. It also keeps that newfound silly vibe we say in the announcement trailer. Clearly, they aren’t taking this as seriously this time. You can watch the trailer for yourself here.
Famicom Manga
Nintendo announced a second release of the Japanese Famicom Mini, which is the JP equivalent of the NES Classic for us westerners. But this time, its full of Manga based video games. This is in celebrations of Shonen Jump, a popular weekly manga magazine, reaching their 50th anniversary. It will be on sale early June in Japan only.
Boss Key Studios Closes
Remember LawBreakers? How about Radical Heights? It’s ok if you don’t, they both bombed. The first was a hero shooter with an edgy 90s theme and gravity gimmicks, while the other was an 80s synth style battle royale game in early alpha. Both games I’ve criticised for being too late to their respective parties, while not offering anything new or worthwhile to the table. It seems everyone else felt the same way, because now the studio is shutting down. My sympathies go out to those who lost their jobs, but this is no surprise.
That’s all for today. Tune in tomorrow for another news post. Otherwise, have a great day.