I'm a little late to the party with The Messenger.
It’s already mid-July, and I still haven’t made it to the beach. Maybe you haven’t either. The Messenger’s free Picnic Panic expansion can fix that.
Developer Sabotage seems to truly understand what it takes for a video game to be fun.
Say what you want about the ubiquity of pixel art, side-scrolling indie games, but the truth is that when done well, they're brilliant.
When The Messenger launched on PC and Switch last year, I was pretty intrigued. The art style looked to harken back to classic titles like Ninja Gaiden on the NES, with Dtoid's own Rich Meister giving the game 10/10.
Sabotage’s love letter to old school 8-bit and 16-bit classics plays with your expectations in a surprising way.
Indie action platformer The Messenger released last year on PC and Switch to acclaim from fans and critics alike, as its close adherence to NES games that inspired it combining with non-traditional ideas like switching graphical styles with time travel appealed to a lot of fans.
The wait is over. Sony and Devolver Digital have finally announced that Sabotage Studios' excellent retro-styled platformer, The Messenger, will be arriving on PS4 March 19.
Sabotage has confirmed its 2D side-scroller The Messenger is going on a sunny holiday this summer. The entirely free DLC pack known as 'Picnic Panic' - which was originally revealed last December - will also be playable at PAX East 2019.
Well, that didn't take long. Following last week's story that acclaimed retro platformer The Messenger had been rated by PEGI for PlayStation 4, developer Sabotage has now officially confirmed it's coming to Sony's platform.
Sony announced today that The Messenger is coming out for PlayStation 4 on March 19.
Installés dans une salle tranquille des bureaux de Sabotage Studio, la voix de Martin Brouard, cofondateur de l’entreprise derrière The Messenger, résonne.
The Messenger was one of the indie highlights of 2018. The developer Sabotage poured a lot of love into this title while drawing inspiration from the original Ninja Gaiden game.
The Messenger is getting a DLC called “Picnic Panic” in 2019. It looks cool.
If you enjoyed the fun retro-twice-over platformer The Messenger and were looking to get a bit more of it, you won't have to wait much longer.
During the 'Kinda Funny Video Game Showcase' the developer Sabotage Games and publisher Devolver Digital lifted the lid on the next outing for The Messenger.
Le jeu The Messenger, créé à Québec par Sabotage Studio, a été sacré meilleur premier jeu indépendant, jeudi soir à Los Angeles, lors de la cérémonie des Game Awards 2018, l’équivalent des Oscars pour l’industrie.
The Messenger now has a new game plus mode thanks to its latest update.
Developer Sabotage Studio has just released a brand-new update for its excellent retro action platformer The Messenger, introducing a welcome New Game Plus mode for players on PC and Switch.
The Messenger has now received the promised 'Messenger+' update, adding a New Game+ option and a nice little selection of quality of life improvements. We've got all the details you need down below.
If there is one trend I absolutely love with this generation of game, it's the rise of small production publishers that are giving indie games a shot at retail release.
The Messenger by Sabotage has been nominated for "best indie debut game" and "best independent game" at this year's Game Awards, so it's obvious this is a special release.
It seems like Summer Games Done Quick just happened, and yet it's already time to start scheduling your next week off work.
Retro throwbacks are a dime a dozen these days, with independent developers paying loving homage to the games they grew up with.
It never occurred to me that some people would even have wanted the game to stay the way it was going.
Right off the bat, there was a lot about indie developer Sabotage’s new retro-themed platformer The Messenger that appealed to me.
Maybe you've heard of a little game called The Messenger -- it's getting rave reviews across the internet (including receiving a 10 from Destructoid) and is being heralded as one of the best games for Nintendo Switch.
Sabotage Studio's The Messenger is a visually striking game that at a quick glance you might shrug off as yet another quick grab at our nostalgia.
In 2017, Ubisoft launched the Indie Series, a yearly competition open to indie game development studios from Quebec and Ontario, Canada, which includes prize money, mentoring, marketing, creation tools, and financial advice in order to elevate the winning studios and their games' success.
Back in the NES era, the late 80s and early 90s, there were two different types of games.
It's immediately obvious at first glance that Sabotage Studios' retro-inspired platformer The Messenger owes a debt of gratitude to the classic Ninja Gaiden titles of the late '80s/early '90s.
The Messenger, out tomorrow, is a Ninja Gaiden-inspired indie platformer that wears that inspiration on its sleeve.
It is evident from the onset that The Messenger is heavily influenced--aesthetically and mechanically--by the classic Ninja Gaiden series.
The Messenger is another indie game taking inspiration from the action-platformers of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.
Twenty-five years ago, a bright-eyed elementary school student whiled away time in class doodling crude pictures of ninjas in his notebook, completely unaware that such pictures would grow into a lifelong passion project. Indeed, The Messenger is the culmination of decades of daydreaming and prototyping, slowly being refined down into the highly polished and enjoyable experience available today.
The Messenger is a stunning tribute to 8-bit platforming, 16-bit metroidvanias, and retro gaming as a whole.
Thierry Boulanger wears a lot of hats at Sabotage Studio. He’s the co-founder, creative lead, writer, designer, team cheerleader; basically, he’s “the guy.”
If retro-revivals are like trying to recreate a favorite food from memory, The Messenger is trying to recreate food from memory and experiment with the recipe at the same time.
Announced during Nintendo's Nindies Direct in March, side-scrolling action platformer The Messenger has caught our eye by keeping a retro feel but subverting player expectations, using classic graphical styles to compliment a time-travelling narrative.
The Messenger is the game I walked away from PAX East this year swooning over.
Usually when you hear about a cool looking indie joint it's at least five years away. AT LEAST! And maybe it just hit its Kickstarter goal. Not so for The Messenger, which was announced in January of this year and is still set for a 2018 window on PC and Switch.
Last week’s visit to PAX East was a great one, even if there weren’t that many AAA games and companies on the show floor. Not that there needed to be, as this is usually a show that thrives on its indie game offerings. And there was a particular one that stood out for a number of old-schoolers, especially those with the Ninja Gaiden franchise.
On a chilly day in Boston, a crowd had gathered around a handful of demo stations that Sabotage set up for its upcoming action platformer The Messenger.
It’s a sad fact that the '90s developers who pursued the 3D gold rush left the glory days of the 2D action title in their wake.
One of the best parts of PAX East this past weekend was having the opportunity to get hands-on with unreleased, upcoming games. The Messenger left a strong impact on me, combining beautiful art, an insanely catchy soundtrack, and gameplay mechanics that routinely subvert the player's expectations in the best possible way.
Walking away from The Messenger, I am left genuinely and thoroughly shaken. Not in an uncomfortable way, in a way that leaves me chomping at the bit to spend more time with this game.
Harkening back to games like Ninja Gaiden, The Messenger has you jumping and climbing off walls as a young ninja after the army of demons have returned. Tasked with delivering a scroll across the land, you set off on your journey through 8 and 16 bit.
We cover a lot of games here on IGN, but amid all the noise it can be difficult for some of the most quietly creative games to be heard.
At PAX East this year I got the chance to sit down with the developers of The Messenger, Sabotage Studio's new game that follows a young ninja on a simple mission: deliver a mysterious scroll with the hopes of saving his clan from some less-than-friendly demons.
The Messenger, an upcoming release from Sabotage Studio, was an immediate interest, with classic 8 bit action obviously heavily inspired by Ninja Gaiden.
Sometimes all it takes is one word to sell a game and others take full write-ups. The game I’m about to talk about, The Messenger by Sabotage, is a game I could do both ways.
At first glance, The Messenger looks like any number of pixel-art projects trying to recreate the magic of decades-old games. Beneath the nostalgic presentation, however, lies an action platformer focused on not just reliving the past but also improving on it.
I’d never seen The Messenger before, but was immediately drawn to this game when I passed the booth this weekend at PAX South.
So long as it moves and feels right and has an original idea or two of its own, I’ll always make time for an old-school platformer, especially one starring ninjas.
Developer Sabotage Studio has announced a new indie platformer, The Messenger, that invokes the NES classic Ninja Gaiden.
Indie studio Sabotage has announced today that they will be releasing action platformer The Messenger on consoles later this year.
The first thing you're likely to notice about Sabotage Studio's The Messenger — assuming you're properly versed in classic Nintendo games, of course — is just how strongly it resembles Tecmo's fast-paced NES platformer Ninja Gaiden.
I'm a little late to the party with The Messenger.
It’s already mid-July, and I still haven’t made it to the beach. Maybe you haven’t either. The Messenger’s free Picnic Panic expansion can fix that.
Developer Sabotage seems to truly understand what it takes for a video game to be fun.
Say what you want about the ubiquity of pixel art, side-scrolling indie games, but the truth is that when done well, they're brilliant.
When The Messenger launched on PC and Switch last year, I was pretty intrigued. The art style looked to harken back to classic titles like Ninja Gaiden on the NES, with Dtoid's own Rich Meister giving the game 10/10.
Sabotage’s love letter to old school 8-bit and 16-bit classics plays with your expectations in a surprising way.
Indie action platformer The Messenger released last year on PC and Switch to acclaim from fans and critics alike, as its close adherence to NES games that inspired it combining with non-traditional ideas like switching graphical styles with time travel appealed to a lot of fans.
The wait is over. Sony and Devolver Digital have finally announced that Sabotage Studios' excellent retro-styled platformer, The Messenger, will be arriving on PS4 March 19.
Sabotage has confirmed its 2D side-scroller The Messenger is going on a sunny holiday this summer. The entirely free DLC pack known as 'Picnic Panic' - which was originally revealed last December - will also be playable at PAX East 2019.
Well, that didn't take long. Following last week's story that acclaimed retro platformer The Messenger had been rated by PEGI for PlayStation 4, developer Sabotage has now officially confirmed it's coming to Sony's platform.
Sony announced today that The Messenger is coming out for PlayStation 4 on March 19.
Installés dans une salle tranquille des bureaux de Sabotage Studio, la voix de Martin Brouard, cofondateur de l’entreprise derrière The Messenger, résonne.
The Messenger was one of the indie highlights of 2018. The developer Sabotage poured a lot of love into this title while drawing inspiration from the original Ninja Gaiden game.
The Messenger is getting a DLC called “Picnic Panic” in 2019. It looks cool.
If you enjoyed the fun retro-twice-over platformer The Messenger and were looking to get a bit more of it, you won't have to wait much longer.
During the 'Kinda Funny Video Game Showcase' the developer Sabotage Games and publisher Devolver Digital lifted the lid on the next outing for The Messenger.
Le jeu The Messenger, créé à Québec par Sabotage Studio, a été sacré meilleur premier jeu indépendant, jeudi soir à Los Angeles, lors de la cérémonie des Game Awards 2018, l’équivalent des Oscars pour l’industrie.
The Messenger now has a new game plus mode thanks to its latest update.
Developer Sabotage Studio has just released a brand-new update for its excellent retro action platformer The Messenger, introducing a welcome New Game Plus mode for players on PC and Switch.
The Messenger has now received the promised 'Messenger+' update, adding a New Game+ option and a nice little selection of quality of life improvements. We've got all the details you need down below.
If there is one trend I absolutely love with this generation of game, it's the rise of small production publishers that are giving indie games a shot at retail release.
The Messenger by Sabotage has been nominated for "best indie debut game" and "best independent game" at this year's Game Awards, so it's obvious this is a special release.
It seems like Summer Games Done Quick just happened, and yet it's already time to start scheduling your next week off work.
Retro throwbacks are a dime a dozen these days, with independent developers paying loving homage to the games they grew up with.
It never occurred to me that some people would even have wanted the game to stay the way it was going.
Right off the bat, there was a lot about indie developer Sabotage’s new retro-themed platformer The Messenger that appealed to me.
Maybe you've heard of a little game called The Messenger -- it's getting rave reviews across the internet (including receiving a 10 from Destructoid) and is being heralded as one of the best games for Nintendo Switch.
Sabotage Studio's The Messenger is a visually striking game that at a quick glance you might shrug off as yet another quick grab at our nostalgia.
In 2017, Ubisoft launched the Indie Series, a yearly competition open to indie game development studios from Quebec and Ontario, Canada, which includes prize money, mentoring, marketing, creation tools, and financial advice in order to elevate the winning studios and their games' success.
Back in the NES era, the late 80s and early 90s, there were two different types of games.
It's immediately obvious at first glance that Sabotage Studios' retro-inspired platformer The Messenger owes a debt of gratitude to the classic Ninja Gaiden titles of the late '80s/early '90s.
The Messenger, out tomorrow, is a Ninja Gaiden-inspired indie platformer that wears that inspiration on its sleeve.
It is evident from the onset that The Messenger is heavily influenced--aesthetically and mechanically--by the classic Ninja Gaiden series.
The Messenger is another indie game taking inspiration from the action-platformers of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.
Twenty-five years ago, a bright-eyed elementary school student whiled away time in class doodling crude pictures of ninjas in his notebook, completely unaware that such pictures would grow into a lifelong passion project. Indeed, The Messenger is the culmination of decades of daydreaming and prototyping, slowly being refined down into the highly polished and enjoyable experience available today.
The Messenger is a stunning tribute to 8-bit platforming, 16-bit metroidvanias, and retro gaming as a whole.
Thierry Boulanger wears a lot of hats at Sabotage Studio. He’s the co-founder, creative lead, writer, designer, team cheerleader; basically, he’s “the guy.”
If retro-revivals are like trying to recreate a favorite food from memory, The Messenger is trying to recreate food from memory and experiment with the recipe at the same time.
Announced during Nintendo's Nindies Direct in March, side-scrolling action platformer The Messenger has caught our eye by keeping a retro feel but subverting player expectations, using classic graphical styles to compliment a time-travelling narrative.
The Messenger is the game I walked away from PAX East this year swooning over.
Usually when you hear about a cool looking indie joint it's at least five years away. AT LEAST! And maybe it just hit its Kickstarter goal. Not so for The Messenger, which was announced in January of this year and is still set for a 2018 window on PC and Switch.
Last week’s visit to PAX East was a great one, even if there weren’t that many AAA games and companies on the show floor. Not that there needed to be, as this is usually a show that thrives on its indie game offerings. And there was a particular one that stood out for a number of old-schoolers, especially those with the Ninja Gaiden franchise.
On a chilly day in Boston, a crowd had gathered around a handful of demo stations that Sabotage set up for its upcoming action platformer The Messenger.
It’s a sad fact that the '90s developers who pursued the 3D gold rush left the glory days of the 2D action title in their wake.
One of the best parts of PAX East this past weekend was having the opportunity to get hands-on with unreleased, upcoming games. The Messenger left a strong impact on me, combining beautiful art, an insanely catchy soundtrack, and gameplay mechanics that routinely subvert the player's expectations in the best possible way.
Walking away from The Messenger, I am left genuinely and thoroughly shaken. Not in an uncomfortable way, in a way that leaves me chomping at the bit to spend more time with this game.
Harkening back to games like Ninja Gaiden, The Messenger has you jumping and climbing off walls as a young ninja after the army of demons have returned. Tasked with delivering a scroll across the land, you set off on your journey through 8 and 16 bit.
We cover a lot of games here on IGN, but amid all the noise it can be difficult for some of the most quietly creative games to be heard.
At PAX East this year I got the chance to sit down with the developers of The Messenger, Sabotage Studio's new game that follows a young ninja on a simple mission: deliver a mysterious scroll with the hopes of saving his clan from some less-than-friendly demons.
The Messenger, an upcoming release from Sabotage Studio, was an immediate interest, with classic 8 bit action obviously heavily inspired by Ninja Gaiden.
Sometimes all it takes is one word to sell a game and others take full write-ups. The game I’m about to talk about, The Messenger by Sabotage, is a game I could do both ways.
At first glance, The Messenger looks like any number of pixel-art projects trying to recreate the magic of decades-old games. Beneath the nostalgic presentation, however, lies an action platformer focused on not just reliving the past but also improving on it.
I’d never seen The Messenger before, but was immediately drawn to this game when I passed the booth this weekend at PAX South.
So long as it moves and feels right and has an original idea or two of its own, I’ll always make time for an old-school platformer, especially one starring ninjas.
Developer Sabotage Studio has announced a new indie platformer, The Messenger, that invokes the NES classic Ninja Gaiden.
Indie studio Sabotage has announced today that they will be releasing action platformer The Messenger on consoles later this year.
The first thing you're likely to notice about Sabotage Studio's The Messenger — assuming you're properly versed in classic Nintendo games, of course — is just how strongly it resembles Tecmo's fast-paced NES platformer Ninja Gaiden.
