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Scott Pilgrim returns to games in chaotic new retro brawler EX

June 8, 2025 5 Min Read
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Scott Pilgrim, all his mates, and the most of the creators who’ve introduced his world to life over time, are all again for a brand new recreation set for launch in 2026.

As revealed at Summer time Recreation Fest on Friday, Scott Pilgrim EX is a “time-warped brawling journey” that sends Scott, Ramona Flowers, and 5 different playable characters battling throughout a Toronto ravaged by robots and demons. The brand new title comes from Tribute Video games, the retro-minded studio fashioned by members of the unique Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Recreation workforce, and comedian creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, who labored intently on crafting the brand new story. The chiptune group Anamanaguchi additionally returns for the soundtrack.

“In a method it’s form of pure, and the genesis of Tribute, to return to that IP,” Tribute advertising and marketing and publishing supervisor Eric Lafontaine informed gamexplore at a press briefing earlier than the SGF stream. “It’s in our DNA in a method, and it’s simply coming again by means of these roots and doing an excellent completely different recreation. It’s simply pure.”

Tribute’s “video games that play such as you bear in mind them” philosophy labored wonders for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, and the studio’s upcoming Marvel Cosmic Invasion, set for later this 12 months, appears to be like simply as promising. And whereas Scott Pilgrim EX shares some artistic vitality with these video games — detailed pixel artwork, high-impact fight — producer Remi Lavoie says Scott Pilgrim EX is barely completely different than these extra easy brawlers due to a non-linear play type.

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Scott Pilgrim EX level map

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“This recreation occurs in a extremely huge world of interconnected areas, which you’ll discover at your personal tempo,” he stated. The map, which is absolutely unlocked when gamers start the sport, is impressed by the traditional NES beat-’em-up River Metropolis Ransom, which broke floor with an “open-world” method to staging. Whereas the quests in Scott Pilgrim EX could have linear development, gamers will have the ability to leap round and get proper all the way down to enterprise, as all of their strikes and combos might be obtainable from the get go too.

“Scott Pilgrim is actually extra of an journey recreation the place you progress by means of the world and full quests, [while] Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a little more much like the standard beat-’em-ups with finishing stage after stage,” Lavoie stated. “In order that they’re each very completely different, even within the fight mechanics: [Scott Pilgrim EX] options loads of weapons, on a regular basis objects that you may choose up and use as weapons.”

Lavoie stated the workforce actually leaned in on the chaos of the expertise for Scott Pilgrim EX, which additionally counts Scott Pilgrim Takes Off author BenDavid Grabinski as a artistic companion and is technically set after the occasions of the anime. “A part of it’s embracing that wacky timeline,” he stated. “It’s a narrative written with Bryan and it’s actually its personal factor, however technically it occurs after the occasions of the animated sequence.” And the crazy high quality of the story is mirrored within the artwork and play; the phases in EX are overflowing with traditional recreation references whereas the variety of objects that may be deployed as weapons ought to make the sport’s four-player co-op (in individual or on-line) a complete circus.

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Each Lavoie and Lafontaine agreed that there have been only a few hurdles that Tribute needed to clear to make their dream model of Scott Pilgrim EX. The historical past of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Recreation isn’t only a legacy, however a basis on the way to produce a top-quality installment of this unlikely franchise.

“The truth that the workforce is so small and we’re so shut with Bryan and Common, it’s such a fast atmosphere for us to be artistic, steadiness concepts, get issues authorized, make issues occur,” Lafontaine stated.

Scott Pilgrim EX is at the moment on monitor for a 2026 launch on Nintendo Swap, PlayStation platforms, Home windows PC, and Xbox platforms.

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