Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back: Difference between revisions

The game was first announced on June 8, 2017, as a brand new game in the ''[[Bubsy]]'' series of video games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-08-bubsy-returns-in-his-first-game-in-21-years|title=Bubsy returns in his first game in 21 years|first=Jeffrey|last=Matulef|date=8 June 2017|publisher=}}</ref> The entry is the first one in the series in 21 years, following 1996's ''[[Bubsy 3D]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2017/06/09/bubsy-makes-return-videogames-first-time-21-years/|title=Bubsy Makes His Return To Videogames For The First Time In 21 Years|date=9 June 2017|publisher=}}</ref> The game was announced as the first of many game franchise revivals of [[Accolade (company)|Accolade]] games (which, along with ''Bubsy'', is a brand name now operated by [[Hong Kong]] company [[Billionsoft]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billionsoftware.com/|title=Billionsoft|website=Billionsoft}}</ref>), including potential revivals of ''[[HardBall!]]'', ''[[Slave Zero]]'', ''[[Deadlock: Planetary Conquest]]'', ''[[Eradicator (video game)|Eradicator]]'', and ''[[Redline (1999 video game)|Redline]]''.<ref name="rockpapershotgun.com"/> The game was published by [[Tommo]]'s subsidiary [[UFO Interactive Games]], and developed by [[Black Forest Games]], who previously worked on reviving the dormant ''[[The Great Giana Sisters|Giana Sisters]]'' series with ''[[Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/08/bubsy-the-woolies-strike-back-announced|title=Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back Announced|first=Evan|last=Campbell|date=8 June 2017|publisher=}}</ref> Like ''Twisted Dreams'', the game was developed using the [[Havok (software)|Havok]] physics engine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://za.ign.com/bubsy-the-woolies-strike-back/107377/news/bubsy-the-woolies-strike-back-announced|title=Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back Announced|date=9 June 2017|publisher=}}</ref> To make ''Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back'' an improvement over previous games in the series, Black Forest Games reduced Bubsy's acceleration time, and applied better traction, thus giving the player better control of the character.<ref>https://techraptor.net/content/talk-developers-behind-new-bubsy</ref>