Wednesday, September 10th 2025
Acclaim Returns, Unveiling Exciting New Game Lineup
Acclaim, the legendary gaming icon, today held its inaugural Play Acclaim Showcase, revealing a dynamic first wave of games that mark the company's bold return to the industry. The full presentation is now available to watch on Acclaim's YouTube channel, and fans can explore more at www.PlayAcclaim.com. The Play Acclaim showcase featured nine unique titles, blending innovative gameplay with nostalgic flair: Talaka, GRIDBeat!, Pixel Washer, TossDown, Hyper Yuki, Ground Zero Hero, Basketball Classic, The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest and special surprise announcement of Katanaut, which is available now!
"We're ecstatic to relaunch Acclaim with a lineup that captures our legacy of bold creativity and delivers fresh, unforgettable experiences," said Alex Josef, CEO of Acclaim. "These games are just the beginning of our mission to redefine fun for players everywhere."
Watch the Play Acclaim Showcase Here:
Acclaim Line-Up Announced in the Showcase:
Tossdown
Deliver packages in a world where everything's out to kill you, escape wild hazards and enemies, fight back using wacky power-ups and choose from a variety of perks to improve your chances of survival.
Ground Zero Hero
Ground Zero Hero is an action-roguelite with light survival elements set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Battle mutated freaks, absorb their radioactive guts, mutate yourself to gain new powers... and eat a lot of candy.
Basketball Classics
5-on-5 Pro Basketball born from the golden era of sports games. This spiritual successor to the 8-bit ballers bridges the gap between retro and today's simulation games.
Side-scrolling, arcade action is paired with on-the-fly strategy. 3-button gameplay is easy to pick up, but it's the dynamic play-calling that elevates this title beyond just long bombs and acrobatics.
Pixel Washer
Step into the hooves of Pigxel, a plucky pig armed with a powerful power washer, tasked with cleaning up a messy town. Wielding your trusty washer, you'll spray your way through a variety of exciting challenges.
The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest
Enter the mind of Fletcher Howie Jr, a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project.
After a visit to the psychologist that goes horribly wrong, you must escape your perilous mental prison in a Metroidvania drenched in anxiety based on a very true story.
GRIDbeat!
A rhythm-fueled cyber-dungeon crawler where every move must match the music or risk total system shutdown.
You just breached Knoss.OS, the planet's most fortified corporate network, and made off with a payload of priceless data. Now you're trapped inside, hunted by rogue security protocols and hostile malware. Your only way out? Sync with the system. Move to the beat. And escape before the grid locks you down for good.
Talaka
A fast-paced, combat-driven roguelite that brings Afro-Brazilian mythology to life in a vivid, hand-painted world unlike anything you've seen.
HYPERyuki: Snowboard Syndicate
Welcome to the Snowboard Syndicate! Race, compete, and explore the slopes as a colorful cast of unique characters! But what's snowboarding without a little bit of drip? Through exploring and racing, you can unlock cosmetics such as designs for your snowboard and clothes to make sure you shine the brightest while shredding.
Katanaut
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors.
Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets. Lovingly dubbed "Dead Space Cells" by early fans.
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"We're ecstatic to relaunch Acclaim with a lineup that captures our legacy of bold creativity and delivers fresh, unforgettable experiences," said Alex Josef, CEO of Acclaim. "These games are just the beginning of our mission to redefine fun for players everywhere."
Acclaim Line-Up Announced in the Showcase:
Tossdown
Deliver packages in a world where everything's out to kill you, escape wild hazards and enemies, fight back using wacky power-ups and choose from a variety of perks to improve your chances of survival.
- Developer: Fer Factor
- Coming to: PC & Consoles (TBA)
Ground Zero Hero is an action-roguelite with light survival elements set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Battle mutated freaks, absorb their radioactive guts, mutate yourself to gain new powers... and eat a lot of candy.
- Developer: Rowan Edmondson
- Coming to: PC & Consoles (TBA)
5-on-5 Pro Basketball born from the golden era of sports games. This spiritual successor to the 8-bit ballers bridges the gap between retro and today's simulation games.
Side-scrolling, arcade action is paired with on-the-fly strategy. 3-button gameplay is easy to pick up, but it's the dynamic play-calling that elevates this title beyond just long bombs and acrobatics.
- Developer: Namo Gamo
- Coming to: Out now on PC, coming soon to Nintendo Switch
Step into the hooves of Pigxel, a plucky pig armed with a powerful power washer, tasked with cleaning up a messy town. Wielding your trusty washer, you'll spray your way through a variety of exciting challenges.
- Developer: Valadria
- Coming to: PC & Consoles (TBA)
Enter the mind of Fletcher Howie Jr, a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project.
After a visit to the psychologist that goes horribly wrong, you must escape your perilous mental prison in a Metroidvania drenched in anxiety based on a very true story.
- Developer: Elden Pixels
- Coming to: PC & Consoles (TBA)
A rhythm-fueled cyber-dungeon crawler where every move must match the music or risk total system shutdown.
You just breached Knoss.OS, the planet's most fortified corporate network, and made off with a payload of priceless data. Now you're trapped inside, hunted by rogue security protocols and hostile malware. Your only way out? Sync with the system. Move to the beat. And escape before the grid locks you down for good.
- Developer: Ridiculous Games
- Coming to: PC & Consoles (TBA)
A fast-paced, combat-driven roguelite that brings Afro-Brazilian mythology to life in a vivid, hand-painted world unlike anything you've seen.
- Developer: Potato Kid
- Coming to: PC & Consoles (TBA)
Welcome to the Snowboard Syndicate! Race, compete, and explore the slopes as a colorful cast of unique characters! But what's snowboarding without a little bit of drip? Through exploring and racing, you can unlock cosmetics such as designs for your snowboard and clothes to make sure you shine the brightest while shredding.
- Developer: Wabisabi Design, Inc.
- Coming to: PC & Consoles (TBA)
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors.
Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets. Lovingly dubbed "Dead Space Cells" by early fans.
- Developer: Voidmaw
- Coming to: Out Now on PC, consoles TBA
8 Comments on Acclaim Returns, Unveiling Exciting New Game Lineup
Also I would love to have some sort of pro wrestling games considering Jeff Jarrett is involved in the new Acclaim, and maybe a Vanishing Point 2.
In fact remaster this game and put it on Steam. That's all I ask