February2018
News MixedBag and Adventure Productions Join Forces To Bring Point & Click Adventures To Switch
Two are better than one
MixedBag and Adventure Productions have announced today that they will be working together to bring two brand new point and click adventure games to Nintendo Switch later this year. Inspired by recent releases such as Thimbleweed Park which arrived on Switch last year, the two studios have decided to take on the challenge of...
October2017
News Wheels of Aurelia Drives Onto Switch on 2nd November
Music = 10/10
A little while ago MixedBag Games confirmed its various projects for the Switch eShop, with the studio also stepping in as publisher in a couple of cases. It already brought its own excellent title forma.8 to the store, and now there's a release date for Wheels of Aurelia, a game developed by Santa Ragione - it'll arrive...
September2017
News Switch Versions Of Oceanhorn And forma.8 Outsell Console Rivals
More indie success
Yesterday, we reported on the news that the Switch version of Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap had sold more copies than all the other versions combined; no mean feat when you consider that Switch is only six months old and systems like the PS4 and Xbox One are older, and have larger install bases. To follow up this positive news,...
August2017
News MixedBag Confirms forma.8 Switch Release Date, Two More Games on the Way
The Italian studio steps into publishing
A week or two ago a Switch 'News' category popped up on the system for forma.8, confirming that the intriguing exploration title that graced the Wii U was coming to the new system. Developer MixedBag has now outlined the release details - it'll arrive on 24th August in North America and Europe priced at $9.99...
February2017
Interview Preparing for Adventure in forma.8 on the Wii U eShop
"We can't wait to work on Switch, it's such a lovely bit of kit!"
MixedBag rightly earned praise for Futuridium EP Deluxe, which brought its colourful and high tempo gameplay to both the Wii U and New 3DS. Yet forma.8 was the first project we heard of from the Italian studio - it emerged in early 2014, was part of the Nindies@Home demo promotion...
News Metroidvania forma.8 Launches This Month On The European Wii U eShop
Better late than never
MixedBag has revealed that its Metroidvania title forma.8 is coming to the European Wii U eShop - as well as other platforms - later this month. The game has been on our radar since 2014, and the developer lavished praise on the Wii U's unique controller in an exclusive interview
August2016
News Futuridium EP Deluxe is Heading to New 3DS Very Soon, With Wii U Cross-Buy
Should run at 60fps with 3D enabled
Futuridium EP Deluxe is a solid and enjoyable offering on the Wii U eShop, with intense action and psychedelic visuals; we gave it a recommendation in our review. The good news for those that want to play this one on the go is that the New 3DS version is close to release, and it could also be a bargain for...
June2016
News MixedBag Bringing Metroid-Inspired forma.8 To The New Nintendo 3DS
And another undisclosed game for all 3DS models
Indie studio MixedBag has revealed that it is bringing forma.8 to the New Nintendo 3DS as well as the Wii U eShop. The game places you in the role of a probe sent to investigate a mysterious alien world in order to locate a special power source, and MixedBag have cited Metroid as a key influence. The...
March2016
News Futuridium EP Deluxe Approaches Wii U Release, Though the New 3DS Will Need to Wait Longer
April is the target release month
MixedBag is another development studio gearing up for its Nintendo eShop debut, having announced its intentions in early 2014. One of its planned releases is the intriguing forma.8, but first up will be Futuridium EP Deluxe, which is increasingly close to its Wii U arrival. Previously a PS Plus offering on PSN,...
February2015
News MixedBag Provides an Update on Stylish Wii U eShop Title forma.8
Revamped visuals put on show
Among a number of promising Wii U eShop reveals in early 2014 was forma.8, from Italian developer MixedBag. It's a project that introduces exploration of an alien world in a small ship - nearer its announcement we spoke to the studio's Mauro Fanelli, who provided the following summary: forma.8 is what I call a classic...
April2014
Interview MixedBag on Bringing forma.8's Mysterious Adventure to the Wii U eShop
"I think there's a lot of untapped potential in the GamePad"
Earlier this year Italian developer MixedBag caught the attention of Wii U gamers by teasing an announcement for the system; this turned out to be forma.8, an exploration game with a stylish visual approach. The studio's announcement reserved particular praise for Unity, Nintendo and Sony,...
March2014
News MixedBag Outlines Design Ideas Behind forma.8
A "necessity to be interesting, even with a simpler aesthetic"
The list of titles coming to the Wii U eShop has continued to grow in recent times, with forma.8 from Italian developers MixedBag being a recent example. It's coming to a host of additional platforms — Vita, PS4, iOS, PC, Mac and Linux — with the Unity support of the Wii U (and...
February2014
News MixedBag Confirms forma.8 for the Wii U eShop
Stylish space adventure on the way
Earlier this week we reported that Italian developer MixedBag was teasing a Wii U project, and the studio has now confirmed that it's bringing one of its two current projects — forma.8 — to the eShop; it's also coming to Vita, PS4, iOS, PC, Mac and Linux. It's yet more welcome news for the home console's...