Renegade Kid News Articles

Thursday28th Jul 2011

  • News Renegade Kid Shopping ATV Wild Ride 3D to Publishers

    ATV sequel takes shape on 3DS

    Renegade Kid, best known for its work on such DS titles as Dementium and Moon, is already hard at work on a 3DS sequel to its DS ATV racing title ATV Wild Ride. ATV Wild Ride 3D will take many of the same racing conventions of its predecessor, but this time the developer is tossing in a wealth of new gameplay functions,...

Tuesday19th Jul 2011

  • News A Week in the Life of Renegade Kid

    Behind the scenes look at game development

    For those of you who enjoy an inside look at the daily life of a game developer, Renegade Kid co-founder and Creative Director Jools Watsham has just the thing for you. All this week, Jools will be posting a vlog on his YouTube account each day in which he'll talk about some of the interesting aspects of...

Saturday11th Jun 2011

  • First Impressions Mutant Mudds (3DSWare)

    Something old and something new

    There are some games that just grab you right from the moment you begin playing them and that was exactly the case when I began making my way through the levels of Renegade Kid's upcoming 3DSWare title Mutant Mudds. For those of you not familiar with the game, it actually began life as a free-roaming 3D retail title...

Saturday28th May 2011

Saturday5th Mar 2011

  • News See How Face Kart: Photo Finish is Developing at SXSW 2011

    Renegade Kid's debut title on the 3DS

    As we approach the South by Southwest Interactive festival next week, indie developer Renegade Kid announces that it will be an exhibitor at the SXSW ScreenBurn branch of the media event. From 11th - 13th March, Renegade Kid will be at SXSW 2011 in Austin, Texas, at booth 110 of Exhibit Hall 2. There will be...

Tuesday4th Jan 2011

  • News Planetary Body Spotted and Named by Renegade Kid

    Developer wants to bring a conversion of an existing game to the 3DS

    Another year, another cycle for our dear old planet Earth, and, in true planetary fashion, co-founder of Renegade Kid Jools Watsham has revealed that a 3DS game is in the works. It's possible as well that for fans of Moon, the title might seem quite familiar indeed. Speaking on his...

Monday13th Dec 2010

  • News Lend Your Support to Get Renegade Kid's MUDDS on DSiWare

    Only you can make it happen

    Renegade Kid's Maximilian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds (known as MUDDS) was a DS project that failed to find favour with a publisher, but in this age of digital distribution that doesn't mean the project has to fall by the wayside. Jools Watsham of Renegade Kid has opened up the possibility of bringing Maximilian to...

Tuesday7th Dec 2010

  • News Renegade Kid's New DS Game is ATV Wild Ride

    Didn't see that coming

    Renegade Kid has made a name for itself with atmospheric first-person games for DS – Dementium II and Moon in particular – but now it's trying something a little lighter, with ATV Wild Ride on the way in January. Using the same engine that powered Moon and Dementium, the game runs at a smooth 60 frames per second and...

Monday24th May 2010

  • News Renegade Kid Excited by 3DS's Potential for Original Games

    Dementium developer thinks new machine could reignite third parties

    When it comes to creating superb DS-exclusive titles, nobody rivals Nintendo: we know this, you know this and developers certainly know this, resulting in a marked decrease in DS boxed releases as publishers look to distribute their funds elsewhere. Jools Watsham, founder of...

Saturday19th Dec 2009

  • First Impressions Dementium II

    Clean pants recommended

    Renegade Kid are responsible for some of the more innovative and undeniably horrific first-person experiences on DS, having already given us Dementium: The Ward as well as the excellent Moon. Dementium II was recently announced for release in 2010, hitting North America on February 16th and reaching Europe a few weeks later...

Tuesday7th Jul 2009

  • News Rygar and Moon Slip Quietly Onto Euro Shelves

    Rising Star Games release Nintendo duo in The Old World

    Rising Star have been working wonders lately, releasing some real gems of gaming goodness in Europe. Two more titles were launched over the weekend in the shape of Renegade Kid's DS FPS Moon and Tecmo's Rygar: The Battle of Argus. We covered Rygar a while back and were a little disappointed...

Wednesday1st Jul 2009

  • News Renegade Kid's Moon Finally Getting UK Release

    First person blaster hitting Europe this month

    Renegade Kid may be working on new projects but the developer's highly rated DS FPS Moon is only now getting a European release, thanks to publisher Rising Star Games. American DS owners had the chance to enjoy this technically-advanced game back in January. Shamefully we've yet to review the game here...

  • News Renegade Kid Developing 3-D Platformer for Nintendo DS

    The Nintendo DS FPS specialists take on the platforming genre.

    Renegade Kid, developers of two of the Nintendo DS system's finest FPS titles in Dementium: The Ward and Moon, are currently hard at work on yet another DS release titled Maximillian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds. Unlike Renegade Kid's previous DS offerings, this time around the...