A brand new yr is upon us, and with it, one other “The place is it??” for Retroware’s Poisonous Crusaders. It appeared to be coming this previous Fall (with the demo making that appear all of the extra probably), however that clearly by no means occurred. So what’s the deal? Retroware has heard your cries, and has launched a brand new improvement video explaining simply the place the title is in its present kind, and simply what’s been occurring.
For starters, the crew acknowledges the view from some that after the preliminary reveal and subsequent demo launch, the sport seemingly “fell off the planet,” which they instantly rebuff by going over the a number of conference stops the place they showcased the sport. In amongst getting the belongings, cutscenes and the like into the sport, the crew has been cramming in references to not solely the Poisonous Avenger sequence of movies, but in addition each Troma film of their 50-year catalogue.
In reality, Retroware is treating the sport because the metaphorical second season of the Poisonous Crusaders cartoon that by no means got here to be. That’s additionally why the crew helped in getting the Poisonous Crusaders cartoon sequence to Blu-Ray for the primary time, serving to to revive and upscale the unique tape masters.
The crew has additionally been taking notes through the sport’s improvement from different recently-released beat-’em-ups that share an analogous type to the Poisonous Crusaders, main them to transform the sport’s core mechanics to make it stand out. That features a “tag in” characteristic that enables gamers to swap between two previously-selected characters.
Lastly, there’s the discharge date. Retroware has now set a brand new launch window of Q2 2025 for the sport “to make sure digital and bodily editions meet our excessive requirements.”
Poisonous Crusaders will arrive on PC by way of Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Collection, and the Nintendo Change.
