Releasing summer 2020 for PC and consoles
We’re long overdue a solidSamurai Jackvideo game. It’s too early to say ifSamurai Jack: Battle Through Timewill be the series’ shining star–bearded Jack is a good start!–but I’m at least listening. Another promising sign: the hack-and-slash game’s script is being penned by head writer Darrick Bachman.
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Timeis in production atSoleil Ltd., the Tokyo-based studio behindNaruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker. The developer also contributed toTravis Strikes AgainandDevil’s Third.
The game “ties into the epic series finale,” and it has allies like The Scotsman and Sir Rothchild (the lovable canine archeologist), but it’s described as “an untoldSamurai Jackadventure.” The short gameplay clip in the announcement trailer shows a few weapons and enemies – nothing fancy.
We’ll learn more about the project at PAX East, direct from Bachman and series creator Genndy Tartakovsky. If you’re curious,the Adult Swim Games panelstarts at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, February 28.
Battle Through Timeis launching this summer on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. At the risk of being presumptuous, I wonder what sort of price point this game will hit. $60? $40?
I’ll always treasureSamurai Jackas being the animated show that befuddled my grandfather more than anything else in the early 2000s. I watched weirder things, and dumber things, butSamurai Jackwas the one TV show that left him speechless on a conceptual level. He truly didn’t knowwhatto make of it.
