SOVIETBORGS by Retro Sumus (Xenocider devs)

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Sovietborgs is shaping up nicely, if we may say so ourselves. Faith Johnson AKA Retrofaith just played our little demo for Sega Genesis / Mega Drive and shared her impressions!

https://www.retronews.com/soviet-borgs- ... e-preview/

Alex AKA The Sega Guru shares his own in this first playthrough:

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Great job, dude. I'm really curious now.

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The world of Sovietborgs is a nuclear wasteland plagued by mutants, victims of radiation and free will.

But resistance is futile.

Great job, dude. I'm really curious now.

Thank you good sir

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You can run, but you can't hide from liberation. The Sovietborgs are coming. Resistence is futile.

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Preview/interview about Sovietborgs by Tom Charnock from the DCJY:


https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/ ... borgs.html

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They're here to free you from your freedom.
Part man, part machine, all proletarian, the Sovietborgs will eliminate all remaining pockets of resistance.



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Ken Horowitz from Sega-16 gives the Sovietborgs demo a try and shares his impressions so far:

https://www.sega-16.com/2024/11/teasers-soviet-borgs/

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New interview where we answer questions quite personally. Don't worry about the first couple paragraphs being in Swedish. Questions and answers are in English:

https://playzine.net/2024/12/07/intervj ... vietborgs/


Also, a quick look at how we create the enemies and scenery for Sovietborgs. From Blender to 16-bit sprites (and to low-poly models the DC can easily manage):





Behold the radioactive centipede and the dead surfer! We're considering the dead surfer to behave like skeletons from Golden Axe: some may remain as pure decoration, some may get up and attack.

https://x.com/RetroSumus/status/1865415445253099789

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New preview video by Mike aka Retro Gamer Boy!

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Sega Lord X talks some recent developments in the retro gaming scene as 2024 comes to a close... including Sovietborgs among other amazing looking projects like Kirito and Pyron's Batman Returns we're so excited about!

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Time for a little reveal.
The Sovietborgs are coming to Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, Dreamcast, and Neo Geo!

Also revealing our cover artwork (1 of 2) creation proccess:


Art by Agustín Padilla (Green Arrow, Transformers, Borderlands).
Music as always by Juanjo Martín (Morat).

Please follow us on X, Facebook or Bluesky for updates. New website coming soon!

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Sovietborgs demo playthrough by Retro Gamer Boy:


Sovietborgs mentioned in this "30 New Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Games in 2025". It won't be out in 2025 though, I'm afraid Shadow Gangs Zero (for the MD, Neo Geo and Dreamcast, too) included as well:


"Sovietborgs Is A New Top Down Run 'N' Gunner For Mega Drive / Genesis, Dreamcast, & Neo Geo from the developers of Xenocider":
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024 ... nd-neo-geo


Please follow us on X, Facebook or Bluesky for updates. New website coming soon!

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So, wouldn't it be cool if Sovietborgs featured shmup-like bonus stages?


Kill all Chernobugs!

Also let's take a look at the walking and attacking animations from the first stage boss:





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Now, may I have your attention, please.



Sovietborgs is coming to Kickstarter Q1 2025.

Besides the regular editions (including blue PAL), we're considering a super limited, KS exclusive one with different artwork, packed with a super limited, KS exclusive PAL reprint of Xenocider (with different artwork too).

Nothing is decided yet but... you know, maybe