GAMbIT Magazine #28 Sep-Oct 2017 | Page 14

Atari 2600 Handheld Coming This Christmas One of the most iconic video games consoles, the Atari 2600 is returning as a handheld console and innovative plug and play TV joystick in time for Christmas 2017. The ‘Atari “Retro” Handheld’ features the immortalized “wood” effect and includes 50 classic games built-in, including: Asteroids, Pong, Centipede, Missile Command, Breakout, Millipede and more. In addition to featuring a 2.4 ″ screen, it also includes A/V output (with HDMI adapter available) and super responsive buttons with a stylish analogue control stick. Travis Touchdown Returns! Grasshopper Manufacture, an award-winning Japanese developer of video games is delighted to announce the return of Travis Touchdown in Travis Strikes Again : No More Heroes, due for release for Nintendo Switch in 2018. Travis Strikes Again : No More Heroes is a raucous 3D action title, where Travis touchdown wields the Beam Katana to massacre his way through countless enemies, taking on ferocious bosses in an epic battle with Badman. This marks the first time in ten years that SUDA51 has taken on the mantle of director. “We’ve received a tremendous amount of support from our fans over the years, and we are delighted to finally share Travis Touchdown’s next great adventure with fans of Nintendo Switch,” said Goichi “SUDA51” Suda, founder of Grasshopper Manufacture. “We’re ecstatic to be expanding the No More Heroes universe in 2018, and we can’t wait to share more information with you in the coming months.” Set in the remote countryside of the southern US, one year has passed since the events of No More Heroes.  Badman has come to exact his revenge on Travis for the murder of his daughter, Badgirl. As the two foes are battling it out, they’re sucked inside the phantom game console ‘Death Drive MK-II’, a machine developed by Doctor Juvenile. It is said that whomever collects and beats all six of its games will have their wishes granted. 14 GAMBIT | SEPT/OCT | 2017