I've had this news under embargo for a few weeks now so let me tell you how much "Jeff Jarrett is reviving a video game publisher to focus on indie games?" has been rattling around in my head of late - ThreadSky

marcnormandin.bsky.social • 35 days ago

I've had this news under embargo for a few weeks now so let me tell you how much "Jeff Jarrett is reviving a video game publisher to focus on indie games?" has been rattling around in my head of late

Reposted from Eurogamer

Famed 90s publisher Acclaim to be revived, focused on indie developers and classic franchises

www.eurogamer.net/famed-90s-pu...

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monkeefuu.bsky.social•35 days ago

Darkman

eatssushifromapail.bsky.social•35 days ago

Jeff Jarrett? What side of the mirror did I wake up on?

mentoch.bsky.social•35 days ago

Is Jeff Jarrett a gamer?

That feels like it can't be

marcnormandin.bsky.social•35 days ago

his quotes on the matter discuss how he was involved in shaping both 16-bit WWF and TNA games in some capacity, so it's not new to him

mentoch.bsky.social•35 days ago

Him mentioning Suicide in there is a good deep cut.

I don't remember him even being in the SNES era WWF games tho, unless there's one I'm misremembering.

duncansolaire.bsky.social•34 days ago

JEFF JARRETT? SLAPNUTS???

sugarazor.bsky.social•35 days ago

This feels like the "Enron is back" "news" from last month?

ecmyers.com•35 days ago

I thought Collectorvision had the rights to the Acclaim branding. They used it on some recent indie NES releases. Or is this the same owner?

marcnormandin.bsky.social•35 days ago

real big shrug here on that, which is part of why I'm more interested in the supporting indies part than the series revivals, for the most part. The former can be anything, the latter is more... we'll see

brendelbored.bsky.social•35 days ago

Slap nuts himself!

flopwizard.bsky.social•35 days ago

If i get a good Turok game out of this I will never say another bad thing about him

brendelbored.bsky.social•35 days ago

I hope in the final level of every videogame he struts in and makes himself the winner instead of the player

flopwizard.bsky.social•35 days ago

lmao you see your character get an acoustic guitar smashed over their head and he just wrecks the final boss while you watch

leokitty.bsky.social•35 days ago

"famed"

marcnormandin.bsky.social•35 days ago

[me reading the initial release] that Jeff Jarrett? Can't be
[me reading more of the release] well okay goddamn sure

marcnormandin.bsky.social•35 days ago

anyway just as a general rule "a publisher wants to spend money on games" seems like a good thing, and Acclaim had quite a few series worth revisiting or reviving or bringing back in re-release form, so I guess we'll see how this goes

marcnormandin.bsky.social•35 days ago

is this just my need for Extreme G Racing to fill the F-Zero-shaped void in my soul speaking? you can't prove that