Aardman, the beautifully British stop-motion studio behind the likes of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, has announced that it's teaming up with Outright Games on an all-new heist game set in the world of Chicken Run.
Picking up where the 2023 Netflix movie 'Dawn of the Nugget' left off, Chicken Run: Eggstraction (see what they did there?) will see you assisting a team of hens on their mission to infiltrate five nasty chicken farms and free their captives.
This is a top-down heist game, all about picking the right team for the job and using your recruits' special skills to bypass the farms' security measures. Bella Ramsey and Josie Sedgwick-Davies return to lend their vocal talents to Molly and Frizzle, and you can even bring along a pal to complete missions in two-player local co-op.
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Here's a handful of screenshots, so you can get a closer look at what it all looks like in action:
We're yet to be blown away by anything we've seen so far, but if the stealth sections are puzzling enough and the writing makes us crack a smile, then this could prove to be a fun co-op experience when it arrives on Switch at some point this autumn.
What do you make of Chicken Run: Eggstraction so far? Fly down to the comments and let us know.
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Oh well, nothing to see here.
Chicken Run is one of my all time favourite films, but Outright Games has made me keep my distance.
Certainly didn't see this coming - not particularly interested in it myself regardless but still, I'm waiting to see how it is before dismissing it no matter if Outright Games is involved (and of course hope it will be good for those who are interested in it)!
@AceTrainerBloke Same here. Chicken Run ftw.
I'm not too familiar with outright games though. Why should I avoid?
Not THQ presents Not Desperados.
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@Kiz3000 They make a lot of kid's slop. I just tend to stay away.
Timely, the movie only came out nearly 2 years ago.
So if outright games usually do games for kids, there probably won't be a hen party mode where you have to do battle with inflatable male chickens?
@Kiz3000 they're not a terrible games designer... they just never make anything that is fantastic either. They do great games for kids age 3-6. Not all their games are like that. But it feels like OG games could do with a bit more time to bake before release. Most of their games are like that, one patch away from decency. If you look at some of their other games on NintendoLife, I think 7/10 is their highest rating. Most games get between 4 and 6.
the Chicken Run game on PSX was far better than it had any right to be 👍
and if memory serves it was a THQ game so I'll reserve judgement on this new game for now
The Aardman Grimace is strong in that header image.
@ParsnipHero
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Glad to see Chicken Run getting more content. As a child I watched the film and long desired to see the world and lore fleshed out 🐥
I’d be turned off by outright games involvement but both the Patrick Star game and Mutants Unleashed were really good for no reason so I’m cautiously optimistic.
Outright games may not be great but they don’t come off as outwardly malicious like GameMill IMO, they just seem like a studio that wants to make licensed games for a lotta stuff and they hire actual indie devs to do their stuff so even if their games aren’t usually great I’m still ok with em
Never heard of this dev. I love the movies of Aardman Animation, even Flushed Away. But the games were not really the burner for me. The only thing I loved, was the Wallace & Gromit dlc for Powerwasher Simulator.
@LavaTwilight That's... pretty bad, objectively. Mindseye was considered one of the worst games to release this year & it has like a 5/10 on steam, 38 on metacritic. Outright games gets a ridiculous amount of licensed stuff for being dirt cheap & leaving development duties on unknown indie or mobile game teams. They pump out like 10 games a year & while I'll agree that none are necessarily abysmal (not that I've played a huge portion of them), it's clear that they have little interest in making a game for any other reason than to entertain a child that had parents buy it for them because it's SpongeBob or Paw Patrol or something
No trailer yet? The look of the characters at least seems right.
I didn't enjoy the sequel as much. But I am ALWAYS on board for more Aardman. I hope this comes out well.
The new Wallace and Gromit on Netflix was very funny.
And so is Shaun the Sheep.
I also recommend "A Town Called Panic." The 2009 film. It is not Aardman, but it is stop-motion. And absurdly hilarious. Subtitles with Belgian French language - not sure if there is a specific dialect there. Anyway, for the US, at least, it is currently available on Plex, which is free!
@thenikdavies Haha, right. But the game is a sequel to that. Which itself was a "legacy sequel." So.
@yohn777 exactly. They just churn out a game once it becomes playable. They don't care too much of the quality as they're making games for younger children whose parents will almost certainly buy it. I havent played much of them either but I've bought a few for my kids so I'm now super cautious when I see Outright Games. Their Spirit game was unplayable due to stuttering but at least they patched that one. I just hope this one is decent because I know my kids will ask for this one.
@PinballBuzzbro they do occasionally get some right.
A remake or remaster of the original Chicken Run game would be great! I played it on PS1 many years ago, it basically was a kid-friendly Metal Gear clone with the charm of the movie kept intact.
@RainbowGazelle they helped bring Spirit and My Little Pony to consoles for the first time since the 2000s, so there's that for sure.
I recently watched this for the first time in years. I LOOOOOOOOVE this MOVIE!!!! Great film score, too! I haven't checked out the sequel, yet.
Edit: The fact that there isn't a dark ride, in somebody's theme park, based on the Pie Machine is CRAZY!!!
I have Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo for the GameCube. I actually downloaded Shaun the Sheep Home Sheep Home Farmageddon Party Edition for my Switch. I may not be as big a fan of Chicken Run as Wallace and Gromit or even Shaun the Sheep, but I will certainly be keeping an eye on this one.
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