an entertainment company founded
by The Walking Dead creator Robert
Kirkman and TV producer David Alpert.
Skybound Games most recently made
headlines for its decision to finish the
episodic adventure game The Walking
Dead: The Final Season, a project thatB
eamdog will be bringing
six classic Dungeons &
Dragons role-playing
games to modern
consoles in partnership with
Skybound Games. The enhanced
editions of Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s
Gate II, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter
Nights and Planescape: Torment will be
headed to PS4, Xbox One and Switch,
having originally been released on PC
between 2012 and 2018, as well as
the relatively new entry Baldur’s Gate:
Siege Of Dragonspear which was
released for PC in 2016.
Beamdog is a team founded by
ex-BioWare developers Trent Oster
and Cameron Tofer, which made its
debut in 2011 with the Wii version
of MDK2. Since then, the Beamdog
team has worked on the games
mentioned above. If you’re unfamiliar
with Skybound Games, that’s probably
because it’s a relatively young
company. The publisher was founded
in 2018 under Skybound Entertainment,T
hough no longer in the
Wii U-induced slump
that inspired its first leap
into the world of mobile
games, Nintendo has continued to
develop for iOS and Android due to
the success of games such as Fire
Emblem Heroes. The next game to
hit mobile platforms will be Dr Mario
World, a revival of the spin-off puzzle
game that’s being coproduced by
Nintendo and Line. Though Line isn’t
well-known in the UK, the company is
known best for its mobile app of the
same name, which is the most popular
instant messaging app in Japan. The
game is expected to roll out worldwide
early this summer, and we’d be
surprised if it differed greatly from the
console games in the series. Despite
this new announcement, Nintendo’s
mobile ambitions have been somewhat
dented by the delay of Mario Kart Tour,
which has been pushed back to a
summer 2019 release date.ATGAME S
GETS DISNEYREFRESHED
EGGSP
lug-and-play console
manufacturer AtGames
has announced a
tie-up with Disney, allowing
its past hits to be included
on new devices including
the Legends Ultimate Home
Arcade, Blast! microconsoles,
handhelds and retro consoles.
Properties include The Jungle
Book, The Lion King, Wreck-It
Ralph, Tron and Star Wars,
though no specific games
have been named. Recent
months have seen AtGames
add new licenses to its
repertoire, like Tetris, Namco,
Capcom and Data East, for the
Legends Flashback console,
while maintaining its existing
business relationships with
Atari and Activision.T
here appears to be
no end to the supply
of 'new' retro Dizzy
games that Philip and Andrew
Oliver have hidden in the
loft, as Panic! Dizzy is the
latest to be discovered and
given a belated release. The
Kickstarter campaign offered
both ROM images and new
cartridges for the lost game,
and it exceeded its £13,
target with over three weeks
to spare. Expect a chat with
the Olivers in a future issue.was in jeopardy following the collapse
of Telltale Games.
Details about these forthcoming
releases are currently thin on the
ground, but the games should begin to
appear later in 2019. Keep an eye out
for further coverage as we learn more.ATGAMES
PUBLISHER TO RELEASE CLASSIC DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
GAMES ON MODERN PLATFORMSSKYBOUND CASTS
RAISE DEAD
MOBILE DEVICES ARE SICK AND DR MARIO IS THE CURE
ONCALL DOCTOR
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ensure Dr Mario World doesn’t have
any bugs! ( We crack ourselves up. )NEWS WALL
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