Boss Team Games Announces Two 16-Bit Platformers Based on the Halloween and Ash vs Evil Dead Franchises [IGN]

To follow up on Boss Team Games’ surprise announcement from yesterday, IGN can exclusively reveal the studio’s next two games, coming this October.

In a press release, Boss Team Games announced RetroRealms, a new series of games for consoles and PC. The first two games in this new series are based on John Carpenter’s iconic horror franchise Halloween and the Starz original series Ash vs Evil Dead.

You can watch the new trailer below.

“Everyone at Boss Team Games are huge fans of horror, and getting to work with these legendary properties is a dream come true,” Boss Team Games’ CEO Steve Harris explained in a press release. “It has been an amazing experience collaborating with WayForward, and our licensors to create not one, but two, fast-paced 90’s arcade style games while remaining true to the original Halloween film and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ series. The trailer dropping today gives fans a taste of the gore-filled gameplay and fast-paced action and we can’t wait to show more!”

Both RetroRealms: Halloween and RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead, as depicted in the announcement trailer, are 16-bit platformers. Both games are coming to PC, PS5, Switch, and Xbox on October 18. Both games can be purchased separately via a digital storefront for $24.99 each, or you can purchase a physical Double Feature bundle, which will retail for $49.99.

Although both games can be purchased and played separately, Boss Team Games incentivizes people to purchase both. As the studio notes in the press release, purchasing both will grant players access to new features.

The announcement of these two games is just one of many projects that Boss Team Games currently has in the works. Yesterday, IGN exclusively revealed that it was also working on an additional game based on the John Carpenter’s Halloween IP. This game, which currently does not have a release date, will be running on Unreal Engine 5 and franchise creator John Carpenter is “intimately involved” in the project.

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