Rebellion is the latest company to attempt to revive one of the Bitmap Brothers’ best games, with a new early access reboot on Steam today.
Speedball – a brutal reboot, hopefully One of the Bitmap Brothers’ most acclaimed games is going into early access on Steam and it’s looking very promising. The concept of future sports doesn’t really exist in the modern video game world, with the only real equivalents being fantasy themed sports like Blood Bowl and Pyre. It used to be quite a popular concept back in the 80s and 90s, when the undisputed champion of the genre was Speedball, or more accurately 1990’s Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe.
It was very much of its time though, with very restrictive, digital controls that have never translated well into any of the attempts at a modern follow-up. Considering how photorealistic modern sports sims look, the visuals and presentation have also been a problem, so it’s going to be interesting to see how Rebellion tackles that. The trailer and screenshots look relatively encouraging, and very much like a modern interpretation of Speedball 2.
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