WayForward News Articles
Tuesday4th Jun 2019
News WayForward Celebrates 17 Years Of Shantae Video Games
Happy birthday!
Put your hands together for the half-genie hero, Shantae, who celebrated her 17th video game birthday a few days ago. Yes, the WayForward mascot created by Erin and Matt Bozon started out life on the Game Boy Color in 2002. Although the character's first game sold poorly due to the fact the Game Boy Advance was already out, Shantae...
Thursday2nd May 2019
News PEGI Rating Reveals A Mighty Switch Force! Collection Is On The Way
Four games in one
If you've somehow managed to resist all of the Mighty Switch Force! digital sales over the years or just happen to be a diehard fan of the WayForward series and would like every entry in one place, you'll be pleased to hear a collection is on the way. A PEGI rating has
Friday19th Apr 2019
News WayForward And Arc System Works Announce River City Girls
Joining forces to work on a classic IP
Earlier this month, a game rating was spotted for a new title called River City Girls. It has now been officially confirmed the independent game development studio WayForward (responsible for Shantae) and Arc System Works (known for game series like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear) will be collaborating on this brand...
Tuesday26th Mar 2019
News WayForward Announces Shantae 5, Arrives On Nintendo Switch Later This Year
The half-genie returns
WayForward Technologies has announced Shantae will be making a return "later this year" on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. As this is the fifth entry in the long-running series, it's tentatively titled Shantae 5. The character's hair notably makes up part of the logo. Following this announcement, a fan...
Friday28th Dec 2018
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Development Has "Reached Its Peak"
Working towards a 2019 launch
Last time we got an update on the Kickstarter project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Producer Koji 'Iga' Igarashi revealed WayForward would be assisting with the development by stamping out some really tough bugs. In the final
Saturday1st Dec 2018
News Limited Run Announces Shantae And The Pirate's Curse Physical Edition For Switch
Pre-orders go live on 7th December
It appears WayForward's Switch eShop release Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse will be receiving a physical makeover. In exciting news, Limited Run Games has announced pre-orders will go live next week on 7th December - the same day as the launch of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. There'll also be a "treasure-filled"...
Friday30th Nov 2018
News WayForward Joins Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Development Team
Solving "really tough bugs"
In a recent Kickstarter update, it has been revealed WayForward will be assisting with the development of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. After a series of delays, Producer Koji 'Iga' Igarashi said the experienced team would help him realise his "vision" for the game, and would hopefully be able to make it even better...
Wednesday1st Aug 2018
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Summer Surprise Adds Free Blaster Master DLC And New "Jammies Mode"
Available right now!
Earlier this year Shantae: Half-Genie Hero received DLC adding three new costumes. The scenarios each had new moves, storylines, voices and artwork, and were divided into Ninja Mode, Beach Mode, and a Police Mode which saw Shantae cross-promoting Mighty Switch Force!
Wednesday4th Apr 2018
News Costume Mode Comes To Shantae: Half-Genie Hero On 10th April
Suit up
Just yesterday, WayForward revealed the details and release date of the forthcoming Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition that will be including all DLC plus a few extra goodies. Granted, the final DLC—Costume Mode—still has yet to go live, but the studio revealed more details earlier this week and it sounded like a release date...
Tuesday3rd Apr 2018
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition Lands In North America On 8th May
Mark your calendars
About a week ago, WayForward revealed the details about the new Costume Mode coming to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, which will mark the end of the game’s current plan for post-release DLC support. Now, we’ve known that an Ultimate Edition would be on the way, so it stood to reason that an announcement likely wouldn’t be too...
Tuesday27th Mar 2018
News WayForward Reveals More Details About New Shantae: Half-Genie Hero DLC
Almost Ret-2-Go!
Though Shantae: Half-Genie Hero was an excellent game at launch, WayForward has since been working tirelessly on new modes and expansions featuring different characters and playstyles. It’s been a great run so far, though there’s been one major update left that was included as a stretch goal in the initial Kickstarter campaign...
Monday26th Mar 2018
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Is Getting A Retail Ultimate Edition With All The Extras
A genie's treasure
Publisher PQube has revealed Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, the fourth entry in the platforming series, is getting a rather fancy physical edition next month. The Ultimate Edition, which arrives on 27th April in Europe, includes the official Risky Beats soundtrack CD and an exclusive 100-page artbook. The bundle also throws in lots of...
Tuesday13th Mar 2018
News Shantae And The Pirate’s Curse Comes To The Switch Next Week
Surprise!
Shantae has already gotten some representation on the Nintendo Switch in the form of the excellent Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, but the series has a long relationship with Nintendo that dates back all the way to the Gameboy Color. The previous game, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, launched on the 3DS and Wii U, offering up a more pure...
Wednesday21st Feb 2018
News The Mummy Demastered Just Got A Large New Update
Back from the dead
We absolutely loved The Mummy Demastered when it came out last year, hailing it as another fantastic title in WayForward’s impressive portfolio and a lovely addition to the eShop’s lineup. That 9/10 score was well deserved, but WayForward evidently wasn’t satisfied with resting on its laurels, as it recently put out a new...
Wednesday6th Dec 2017
News WayForward Reveals a New Trailer for its Next Shantae Expansion
Assemble the team
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero was a remarkable game on release, though it did feel like it was a bit on the short side. Fortunately, WayForward addressed this with some plans to expand the game in new and interesting ways. A few months ago, the game received a DLC campaign starring Risky Boots, Shantae’s nemesis. Featuring remixed...
Tuesday10th Oct 2017
News The Mummy Demastered Comes Out on 24th October
Just in time for Halloween
One of the many promising indie games that we have to look forward to on the Switch is that of The Mummy Demastered, a slick Metroidvania game based on the ill-fated Hollywood reboot. Not a whole lot has been shown off about this game, but based off of the footage that has been shown and the knowledge that WayForward is...
Tuesday26th Sep 2017
Video Check Out the First Footage of The Mummy: Demastered
Looking good, WayForward
Universal’s new Dark Universe kicked off this summer with a new reboot of The Mummy, and, well, it didn’t go over all that great. Even so, the company remains committed to expanding the new universe with new movies and other related media in the future, and one notable piece of that is the upcoming video game, The Mummy...
Thursday21st Sep 2017
News XSEED Games Reveals What Will Come Included with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition
That's a lot of Shantae
Update: PQube has confirmed that it'll be publishing this Ultimate Edition in Europe, with its release to come in 2018. XSEED Games (below) is publishing in North America. Original Article: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero was a fantastic game right from the off, yet it was still improved even more when the additional Pirate...
Wednesday23rd Aug 2017
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Pirate Queen’s Quest Launches on 29th August
Risky business
We absolutely loved Shantae: Half-Genie Hero—on both Wii U and Switch—though one minor point of contention was that the game ends a little sooner than we would like. Of course, since launch, WayForward has been busy preparing a lot more content to add on to the game, the first of which is a new storyline in which you take control...
Friday21st Jul 2017
News The Art of Shantae Launches Sometime in 2018
Ret-2-go!
Shantae is a series that owes a lot of its success to the Nintendo audience; it’s always felt like something of a second party game to a certain degree. And with the latest success of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero on the Wii U and Switch, that series has no doubt been gradually accruing a much larger fanbase. As something of a gift to...
Friday9th Jun 2017
News Check Out The Mummy Demastered, WayForward’s Next Project
Bound for the Switch
WayForward has made quite a name for itself in the 2D action platformer space, with on titles such as Contra 4, Ducktales: Remastered, and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero as just some highlights on the studio’s impressive résumé. While it has done plenty of original work, the studio has also never shied away from producing licensed...
Tuesday30th May 2017
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Shimmies Onto Switch On 8th June
Wishes do come true
Earlier this month the lovely folks over at WayForward announced that that its newest Shantae platformer, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, will be receiving a Switch port. It seems they were not messing around as we now know that it will launch on the eShop in the UK (and Europe) on 8th June for the very reasonable price...
Thursday11th May 2017
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is Coming to Nintendo Switch
We got our wish
WayForward announced today via Twitter that its newest Shantae platformer, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, will be receiving a Switch port this Summer. WayForward will be handling the digital release, while XSEED takes care of physical distribution. Details are scarce, but so far they've confirmed that the Switch version will support HD...
Tuesday7th Mar 2017
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Version 1.01 Goes Live in North America on Thursday
Hard Core Mode inbound!
As it stands, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is already an excellent game, but we knew from the start that this is only the beginning. Due to an incredibly successful Kickstarter run, there's plenty of extra content coming via DLC, some free and some paid depending on whether or not you were an original backer. Though the meat of...
Wednesday21st Dec 2016
Video Shantae: Half-Genie Hero's Launch Trailer Will Swash Your Buckles
Ret-2-Go!
Unless you've been trapped in a genie's bottle, you'll probably know that WayForward's amazing looking Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has finally made it to the Wii U. To celebrate Shantae embarking on her first full HD adventure the good folks over at WayForward recently put out a launch trailer with a rousing soundtrack which you can watch...
Friday9th Dec 2016
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Retail Edition Heading to Wii U on 27th December
Still hits the eShop on 20th December, though
Shantae, WayForward's tentpole IP that's developed an audience on Nintendo portables in addition to other systems through remasters, is getting its next title very soon - Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. Crowdfunded and a decent amount of time in the making, we're now just a couple of weeks from playing it. A...
Tuesday6th Dec 2016
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Arrives on Wii U on 20th December
Just in time for Christmas
A couple weeks ago, it was announced that development on Shantae: Half-Genie Hero had been completed and that a release date was forthcoming. Fortunately, it has now been confirmed that the wait won't be much longer, the game releases in just a couple of weeks. WayForward recently updated the Kickstarter to announce that...
Wednesday23rd Nov 2016
News Development on Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Has Been Completed
Now if we could just get a release date…
Fans of the Shantae series have no doubt been waiting with bated breath for WayForward to hurry up with development of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. The latest in WayForward's flagship series, Half-Genie Hero was Kickstarted three years ago and has been in the making ever since. Originally, the game was...
Wednesday28th Sep 2016
News Shantae and the Pirate's Curse Physical Edition Has Been Delayed to 18th October
But, at least we get a new theme this week
Earlier this summer, a Gamefly listing outed the existence of a boxed 3DS edition of Shantae and the Pirate's Curse. A few days later, it was confirmed that the game would indeed be receiving a physical release with some extra content, and that it would be arriving roughly at the same time that Shantae:...
Thursday1st Sep 2016
News Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Has Been Delayed by Six Weeks
Bug testing is the reason for the hold up
Many have no doubt been looking forward to the release of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, the latest in WayForward's flagship action platforming series. The build we played at E3 a few months back was top notch, and there's little doubt that the rest of the game will hold to the series' standard. Previously the...
