It appears that Activison isn't quite done with the TNMT brand just yet, as achievements for an unannounced "mature" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game have appeared online.
According to the listing on XboxAchievements.com and an Australian Classification dated November 2015, the new Turtles game will called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan and will be developed by Platinum Games with an "M for Mature" rating.
There's a total of 50 achievements listed for Mutants in Manhattan and from the list we are able to have a guess at what we can expect. As well as online play, skateboarding and the ability to switch between Turtles on the fly, several location and traversal achievements strongly suggest that Mutants in Manhattan may feature an open-world similar to the Batman Arkham series - an open map littered with explorable buildings, areas and stages.
We will learn more details once the game is officially announced, of course.
Activison's last TMNT game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, wasn't good at all, but the idea of a mature open-world Turtles game by Platinum Games has got us all a little excited.
[source xboxachievements.com, via classification.gov.au]
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If they do as good of a job as they did with Transformers Devestation then we might finally get a good TMNT game after all these years.
I like this TMNT idea.
I hope they officially announce this soon!
Um, so they announce a delay to Scalebound the same day this news breaks? What the?
I realize there are multiple teams working on projects, but c'mon. Plus since this is more licensed stuff, I am sure this will make them a quick buck in time for the crappy movie that's coming up.
Kinda looks bad in my opinion. Why do you have 4 projects going and then delay one by a FULL YEAR? Finish the ones you started first.
@KelticDevil Actually this news is about a month old. But yeah I get what your saying in fact I was talking to a co-worker today about Scalebound being delayed and he said the same thing you just said. With Scalebound, Neir, TMNT and I think there was another game there it seem that Platinum has bitten off more then it can chew. I just hope it doesn't hurt the quality of these games.
@KelticDevil
Been happening a lot this gen with games getting announced then being delayed, sometimes a few times and what ends up amounting to a full freaking year. I have a feeling this is another one of those games shown way too early. MS and Platinum knew it wasn't close but MS wanted to show 'hey we have Japanese games.' It's all about building hype. I prefer the way Bethesda went about Fallout 4 where it showed the game off when it was near completion then we get it half a year later but not every game can generate the hype Fallout does, just by mentioning the name, so publishers look for other ways of doing that even if it means showing a game off before it's even close to being 25% complete.
@Tasuki
We finally agree on something!!! Lol.
But yea I was shocked to learn they are working on 4 projects at the same time. I didn't realize they are that big of a company.
This is the same worry I have with Telltale Games. Are they spread too thin? But like you said, hopefully it doesn't hurt the final product of any of the games.
@Gamer83
I agree. Scalebound did not look close to finished last time we saw it. I still think the lead character seems annoying. And I appreciate Platinum wants to deliver the best game they can. But why show it so early then? Other than for hype reasons, like you said.
I am like you. I would rather have the Fallout 4 method. Instead Naughty Dog delays Uncharted multiple times. And now Platinum delays Scalebound a full year. If you are delaying a game a full year, I think it shows the game may have some serious issues.
And like I said in another similar topic, I would be shocked if ReCore isn't delayed.
@KelticDevil
Might be some technical issues, I also think it's possible MS was looking at all the games it has lined up and decided it wouldn't be terrible to give the developers another year. Lets face it, as cool as some of us on forums think Scalebound looks, the typical Xbox owner doesn't generally care for those kind of games. Stuff like Quantum Break, Gears of War 4, Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves, games with a more Western appeal, have to be higher on the list and if all four of those get out this year, that's still pretty damn good from an exclusive perspective. There's also a good chance Forza Horizon 3 is going to be announced and get a late-Summer, early-Fall release this year. Those games are also why you're right that ReCore is more than likely going to be pushed out of 2016, along with the fact that too didn't really seem like something close to being done.
Also, if you want my thoughts on the Uncharted 4 nonsense, take a venture back over to PushSquare sometime. Needless to say I'm not happy about it. Naughty Dog is actually my favorite developer but it hasn't had its sh*t together at all this gen. And they say we're going to get another PS4 game from them before this gen is over? LOL. I'm sure it will happen that we get another PS4 game from ND but given what has happened with Uncharted 4 my guess is The Last of Us 2, or whatever game they make, won't be out until PS4 is at the beginning of its descent into irrelevancy.
I'm surprised achievements are already in the wild. I was expecting this to launch a few weeks before the upcoming TMNT film. Who knows – maybe the game's just been finished but Activision is holding off the release for the movie. Hopefully we'll know more soon. Fingers crossed this is the TMNT game fans have wanted since the 16-bit days.
@DRL
A simple, fun beat-'em-up? I doubt it. Doesn't mean the game can't be good though.
One reason I will never get rid of my Xbox 360, it has the TMNT and Simpsons Arcade games on them.
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