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» Iron galaxy studios announces new IP

Adam Tatelman
Staff Writer

Toe Iron Galaxy Studios
spokesperson Howe

Dewey Cheatem announced

the game developer's latest
project—a tournament fighter
entitled Warrior Obscurus. The
game’s primary selling point

is its unique character roster,
painstakingly compiled from a

list of nostalgic fan favorites like
Bubsy the Bobcat, Gex the Gecko,
Earthworm Jim, and the spaceship
from Galaga.

“You wouldn't believe the
legal wrangling we had to go
through to get the licenses to
some of these characters,” said
Cheatem. “We never thought

onto Q*bert.” Despite the massive
cost of acquiring these characters,
Cheatem remains confident that
IG’s target demographic will
generate a profit. “We've already
got DLC planned for Professor

Layton and Cooking Mama. We've !

got the casual gaming market
cornered!”

Despite the sure appeal of

: such iconic faces, early testers

: claim that Iron Galaxy doesn’t

: have the experience to make their
: own fighting game. “Nonsense!”

: Cheatem replied. “We've got lots

: of experience. We made Divekick
: for God’s sake! Half the games

: we've worked on are fighting

”

: games.” When detractors pointed
: out that most of those games

? were remakes like Darkstalkers :
: Resurrection and Street Fighter II: :
: 3” Strike Online Edition, Cheatem :
: insisted that Iron Galaxy’s sterling :
: work on the PC port of Batman:
: Arkham Knight should speak for
: itself.

Amid the sudden flurry of

: raw tomatoes from the crowd,

: Cheatem remained diplomatic.
Atari would fight that hard to hold :
: love tournament fighters. In fact,
: the only thing we love more is

: turning those games into massive
: revenue projects. That’s why we
got in on Double Helix’s Killer

: Instinct project. I mean, charging

“Here at Iron Galaxy Studios, we

gamers for each individual
character and then releasing them
all ina retail collection for full

: price? You can't beat that idea.”
: Concluding the briefest
: advertising phase of any product

in history, Warrior Obscurus

will be available on Steam (and
nowhere else) next week, starting
at a reasonable $79.99 for the
beginner’s pack and $29.99

for each additional character.

 

Cheatem was non-committal
about a possible retail release. “If
the Steam version does well, we'll
consider it.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by David Manky, Contributor