Дата выхода Windjammers 2 назначена на следующий месяц, и она готова вернуть культовую классическую игру о высокоскоростном метании дисков в совершенно новой форме.
Разработчик Dotemu поделился датой выхода 22 января 2022 года вместе с новым трейлером игры, который служит кратким руководством ко всему, что могут ожидать давние поклонники и новички. Windjammers 2 направляется на Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Stadia, ПК, Xbox One и Xbox Series X и S, а также будет включен в Xbox Game Pass и PC Game Pass, как только он появится.
Windjammers was first released in 1994 as a Neo Geo arcade game by the now defunct Data East Corporation. Its unique fusion of sports action with fighting-game style inputs and special moves (we’d also be remiss not to mention its deliciously ’90s athletic fashion aesthetic) helped turn Windjammers into a perennial cult favorite. Then Dotemu finally gave it a remaster for modern gaming systems in 2016, complete with an all-new online versus mode.
According to a PlayStation Blog post from Dotemu brand manager Adrien Marie, the studio always planned to follow that remake with a full-fledged sequel. The studio took great pains to remain true to the fundamentals of Windjammers even as it added in all-new gameplay mechanics, characters, and arenas, and we won’t have to wait much longer to get our hands on the final result.
The original Windjammers has a ton of room for high-level play, but it’s also a lot of fun just to mess around with — here’s hoping the sequel has what it takes to make our list of the best party games.
Connor Sheridan
I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University — though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I’ve previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and now I’m a staff writer here at GamesRadar.