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Acclaim & Polycade Announce New Gaming Partnership
Acclaim & Polycade announced that five of the publisher's titles will make their way to the platform, including Ground Zero Hero.
Article Summary
- Acclaim and Polycade have partnered to bring five Acclaim-published games to Polycade’s home arcade platform.
- Ground Zero Hero leads the Acclaim lineup on Polycade, with its launch confirmed for August 20 alongside more titles.
- Additional Acclaim games coming to Polycade include The Prisoning: Fletcher’s Quest, Katanaut, and GRIDbeat!
- The Acclaim deal expands Polycade’s modular arcade library as both companies celebrate gaming’s past and new hits.
Acclaim and Polycade have announced a new partnership that will bring several games to the platform. Five different games published by the current incarnation of the company will head over to Polycade, including Ground Zero Hero, which was confirmed for launch on August 20. The goal of which is to help bring these newer games to a wider audience as the company continues to push itself back into the public spotlight as a major game publisher under the new leadership. We have mroe details from the announcement below.
Five Acclaim Games Will Arrive On Polycade
Ground Zero Hero drops players into a vibrant, hand-drawn post-apocalyptic wasteland where hordes of mutants are waiting to be pummeled, crunched, and absorbed for their irradiated guts. As players battle their way through the irradiated wastes, they'll unlock a growing arsenal of mutations and permanent upgrades, discover devastating combinations to become the ultimate freak. In addition to Ground Zero Hero, Polycade Storefront versions of the indie-focused publisher's titles, The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest, Basketball Classics, Katanaut, Pixel Washer, and GRIDbeat! will follow in the coming months, giving Polycade owners a growing library of Acclaim titles alongside their existing favorites for the company's stable of modular arcade cabinets.
Designed for both at-home play and commercial use, Polycade is the ultimate multicade solution, with compact, versatile machines that offer endless playability thanks to their modular, swappable control panels and deep customization options. At less than half the size of a typical arcade cabinet, Polycade fits into more locations than any other machine on the market while still delivering the full-size play experience, and its software is built to be easy for novices and powerful for pros, letting owners load games from Polycade's library, connect their own Steam account, or bring in their own ROMs.
"Acclaim is building a ton of rad new games, and we seriously can't wait to bring them to Polycade's platform! Our companies share the same DNA: a deep love for the golden age of gaming, the unforgettable experiences that defined it, and a desire to carry that magic forward for generations to come," said Tyler Bushnell, CEO of Polycade.
"The Acclaim of yesteryear helped define an era by bringing arcade smash hits into players' living rooms through home consoles. Today, we're excited to come slightly full circle in a new and unique way. With Polycade, we're bringing all generations of action-packed, fun, Acclaim indie games onto the home arcade space, honoring gaming's past while creating new classics for today's players." added Marc Anthony Rodriguez, Director of Publishing & Strategic Partnerships at Acclaim, Inc. "Our goal has always been to meet players wherever they choose to play, and Polycade is reimagining what the modern arcade experience can be. This partnership gives our developers another meaningful way to reach players while continuing to grow the next chapter of Acclaim."
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