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Bombing Busters Releasing on September 15th
Bangkok, September 11th, in the year of our Lord 2015
- Sanuk Games is delighted to announce that Bombing
Busters will land in the American PlayStation Store for PS4 on
September 15th.
Have a blast! Bomb oodles of nasty critters in a series of 30
difficult mazes! Defeat tough bosses in heroic fights! Play
solo, or with friends in merciless battles! Embark on a
hilarious journey with the witty Dr. Wallow to conquer the
galaxy in this explosively fun arcade game!
Game Modes:
Single-player adventure.
Local battle for 1 to 5 players using game controllers.
Online battle with up to 8 players per room.
Features
5 picturesque worlds with 30 difficult mazes.
A large bestiary of critters to blast.
A multitude of items and power ups to collect.
5 tough boss levels whose punishing difficulty will only be
matched by the satisfaction you’ll get once you beat them.
Over 10 minutes of caustic comments from Dr. Wallow, voiced by
David Goldfarb.
7 famous pieces of classical music electronically butchered by
Samuel Safa.
Previously released on Wii U and on Steam (with a name that
included profanity). The name was changed to Bombing Busters on
request from Sony. The PlayStation 4 version, in development
since early 2014, was the longest and toughest project in Sanuk
Games’ 11-year history. As Unity was charging obnoxious
licensing fees on PlayStation systems at the time, the choice
was made to port the game from Unity to Phyre Engine. But the
complexity and instability of Phyre Engine made it impossible
for the team to achieve the port, and the project was stopped
after 5 months without visible progress.
Later on, an arrangement was made with Sony to get a free Unity
license (something they then generalized to all developers). The
development resumed with Unity. While Unity for PS4 did not make
all aspects of the port easy and smooth, after numerous
interactions with Sony’s technical staff and the development of
some custom plugin to fill the gaps, the PS4 version was up and
running, ready for QA. From then on, it took 8 submissions (and
a few more months) for the game to get approved in Europe, and
another 3 submissions for it to be approved in America.
Notwithstanding this rather frustrating experience, Sanuk Games
is proud to bring the game to PlayStation 4 in America, and
thankful to Sony’s staff for the help received in solving
issues.
Bombing Busters will be priced at $6.99.