Tag: Vblank Entertainment
News A Retro City Rampage DX Retail Collector's Edition is Heading to the Switch
Manual! Keychain! Reversible Cover! 3D glasses!
There's already a small but notable market for 'Indie retail' releases on the Switch, with Nicalis very much at the forefront in the system's early life. Vblank Entertainment has now confirmed it's getting in on the act, with a physical 'collector's edition'; there'll also be a 'standard' version...
News Retro City Rampage DX is Locked in for 3rd August on Nintendo Switch
Another chance for pixelated mayhem
At the moment Vblank Entertainment is hard at work on Shakedown Hawaii for various systems including the Switch and 3DS, but has also been good on its word in bringing Retro City Rampage DX to Nintendo's latest system. Previously announced as 'coming soon', it now has a firm release date for both North America and...
News New Shakedown Hawaii Details Highlight Your Quest to be a Dastardly Business Tycoon
Take over the island piece by piece
Since it was confirmed for Nintendo Switch earlier this year (it had previously been announced for the 3DS, too) we've heard relatively little of Shakedown Hawaii, the next game from Vblank Entertainment. For fans of Retro City Rampage, however, the wait for details has been an anxious one. Vblank Entertainment...
News Vblank Entertainment Announces Shakedown Hawaii and Targets 3DS Release
NX decision to come when "more is known"
Retro City Rampage was one of the final WiiWare releases, and returned in an improved and hugely enjoyable form on 3DS with Retro City Rampage: DX. Brian Proviciano - the founder of Vblank Studios - spent a significant amount of time updating that title, and we were huge fans of its fast-paced top-down...
News Retro City Rampage: DX Hits The 3DS eShop This Week in North America, 20th February in Europe
Those new 'DX' features are also explained
Just recently it was confirmed that Retro City Rampage: DX was set to arrive this month, but we're pleased to now confirm that it actually lands in North America in this week's download update — on 6th February — for $9.99; its European release date is 20th February. As teased previously, the DX in the...
News Retro City Rampage Is Still Heading to WiiWare
Summer fling
Once upon a time, Retro City Rampage was announced for WiiWare. That time was over two years go, and with the game having missed its most recent May release window many are starting to worry that this quirky 8-bit-styled title won't make it to WiiWare. The good news is that the game's still coming to WiiWare, and should be out this...
News Brian Provinciano Addresses Retro City Rampage WiiWare Delay
Stresses that it will be the "entire game" in spite of XBLA additions
With the recent announcement that the once WiiWare-exclusive Retro City Rampage will now be launching on the Xbox Live Arcade service first, the WiiWare version following several months later, developer Brian Provinciano wants gamers to know that he apologises for the delay...
Interviews Brian Provinciano - Retro City Rampage
Vblank Entertainment's open-world game looks set to hijack your 8-bit heart
Grand Theftendo may have started out as a pet project of Vblank Entertainment's Brian Provinciano, but eight years later it's turned into one of the most intriguing games slated to hit WiiWare in the form of Retro City Rampage. The novelty of an 8-bit open-world game was...
News Retro City Rampage to Cause Havoc on WiiWare This Fall
If you don't mind the time, go ahead and do the crime
Gamers have already had a taste of a Grand Theft Auto-style adventure game on DSiWare in the form of Car Jack Streets, and now it's time for its bigger brother to get a piece of the criminal pie as Vblank Entertainment has the release of its upcoming Retro City Rampage on WiiWare in sight. Set...
