Key art for C-SMASH VRS, the upcoming PSVR2 successor to the 2001 SEGA Naomi cult arcade game Cosmic Smash, whose Dreamcast port I played obsessively in 2002. The game is being developed by RapidEyeMovers, under the direction of Jörg Titel, who is collaborating with a talented group of creators, including renowned musicians Ken Ishii and Danalogue, as well visual designers Cory Schmitz an Arkotype. The teaser trailer shows how the team has been at pains to maintain the visual signature of the original game, at the same time expanding its single-player concept by introducing co-op and versus modes.
While the last years have yielded many surprising revivals of some of SEGA's most beloved intellectual properties through collaborations with smaller independent studios, the very notion of a new Cosmic Smash is redefines the word unanticipated. We have witnessed how Sony's appetite for filling the original PSVR system software library shelves enabled riskier ventures to be financed or endorsed. Undoubtedly, the team at REM recognized this as a unique opportunity to fulfil their long-held ambition. If the game is to remain exclusive to VR, it is questionable how much excitement it will elicit among devotees of the original; not only as a result of the steep admission cost, but the known fact that VR is still something of an unappealing foreign territory in the eyes of most traditional players.
2023 was the year where it seemed a lot of the titles we were waiting to release all found their way into our hands. I think it’s the first year in which I began thinking of PS5 and Xbox Series X as the current generation and no longer feeling caught between two generations and still calling this one the next.
I really enjoyed a lot of the games that released this year but still feel like I’m…
C-Smash VRS: la nueva experiencia VR en PlayStation VR2
Juega el deporte definitivo que te hace sentir a la vez estimulado y relajado. Un juego que puedes disfrutar en solitario o con un amigo, mientras admiras impresionantes visuales y disfrutas de la música dinámica y atractiva. La realidad virtual siempre ha sido una experiencia transportiva a través del cuerpo, espacio y tiempo.
RapidEyeMovers y Wolf & Wood, los pioneros en VR, están emocionados…
Limited Run Games announces over 20 new physical releases at LRG3 2024 - Gematsu
Limited Run Games announced over 20 new titles that will receive physical releases as part of its LRG 2024 showcase, including Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, Penny’s Big Breakaway, and more.
Get the details below.
In what proved to be a non-stop hit parade, LRG3 2024 aimed to deliver a killer line-up of classics, many of which have been requested by fans and collectors for many years. With fan-favorite titles such as Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition, Fear Effect, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection, and many more, the showcase featured an incredible list of new games coming soon to modern gamers.
Limited Run also teased a partnership on social media today with Grasshopper Manufacture for a future project. More news to come at a later date. (Editor’s Note: The teaser reads “one hell of a surprise,” suggesting it is a physical edition of Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered.)
Known for their unwavering love of physical, the following game announcements are set to arrive in physical form only:
Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition
C-Smash VRS
Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2
G.I. JOE: Wrath of Cobra
Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal
Jay & Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP
Ninja Five-O
Penny’s Big Breakaway
Rain World
Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
Toxic Crusaders
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
The following games have been developed using Limited Run Games’ proprietary Carbon Engine, designed to offer the highest levels of authenticity. Each of the following games, will also be arriving in physical form only:
Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection
Clock Tower: Rewind
Gex Trilogy
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Tomba! Special Edition
Tomba! 2
Upcoming releases due to ship digitally as well as physically, which also featured in LRG3 2024 included:
DoubleShake
Fear Effect
Fighting Force Collection
GHOST
Renaine
(Editor’s Note: The following three Clear River Games-published titles were also showcased:)
Assault Suit Leynos 2: Saturn Tribute
Gimmick! 2
Snow Bros. Wonderland
Commenting on the LRG3 2024 Summer Showcase, Josh Fairhurst, CEO of Limited Run Games said, “LRG3 2023 was a huge success for Limited Run Games, with our showcase and trailer announcements seen by fans more than one million times to date. We knew we had set a high bar and we’ve gone all out this year to deliver a presentation every bit as exciting, with over 20 massive announcements which we think gamers will go crazy for. We’re delighted to bring fan-favorite classics like Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition and Busby Collection back to modern gamers and can’t wait to share more details through the coming year.”