Inspired by his childhood in Ecuador, Julián Cordero originally conceived of a game that would use the universal language of football in order to convey his memories of growing up. Wanting to avoid the high budget look of sports games like FIFA, as they didn't represent the soccer that he grew up with, he struggled with how best to move forward. With a little help from his University Professor Gabe Cuzzillo, the designer of 2019's Ape Out, he was inspired to bring the place t

As the first original intellectual property released by publisher Dotemu, Absolum combines everything the publisher had learned working on other side scrolling beat'em ups they had published for other developers, as well as Guard Crush Games' experience as the co-developer for Streets of Rage 4. Looking to create something new and bring the beat'em up genre to a new audience, the team decided to add roguelike elements to the game after with them in Mr. Nightmare X, the DLC fo

Serving as the much anticipated follow up to 1999's Chocobo Racing, the game that would become Chocobo GP floundered in development limbo for well over a decade. Originally announced in 2010 as a 3DS title, Square had outsourced development before quietly cancelling the project in 2013. in 2021, trademarks for Chocobo GP and Chocobo Grand Prix were filed before the official announcement of the title, which would release in March of 2022. The game was plagued with decisions th