Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed Hands-On Preview - A Beautiful Brawler Made With Fans In Mind

Last month, had the opportunity to go hands on with at Gamescom, a new brawler that picks up where the 2023 film left off. In collaboration with Paramount Game Studios, the title is produced by Outright Games, a company that specializes in creating video game adaptations of famous IPs — with other upcoming releases touching on everything from to — that are accessible to all ages. Though the Gamescom session was short, lasting only about 10 minutes, it still offered some good insight into the game’s combat and overall structure.

The game begins about eight months after the events of, following the acceptance of the mutant brothers into society — but this peace is unfortunately short-lived. Just as they’ve begun to live normally among humans and attend Eastman High School, a wave of new mutants — which the game calls Mewbies — begins threatening the city due to shipments of mutagenic ooze being scattered throughout New York and causing transformations.

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Though I didn’t get to see much of them in my brief preview, developers have teased that the game will feature appearances from many beloved characters, from April O'Neil and Splinter in supporting roles to others serving as side-quest-giving NPCs. The game will offer approximately 15 hours of story, which is one of Outright’s longest undertakings yet, and players can tackle the entire thing either solo or with a friend in couch co-op. In addition to being available for purchase digitally, there will also be special and versions of available with exclusive collectibles.

During my preview time with the game, I began by selecting a character, Raphael, and being transported to the rooftops to deal with a mutant ambush. It was explained to me that this is a core aspect of the gameplay loop: dealing with enemy ambushes at different locales, receiving a score for overall combat performance, and then getting XP for the chosen character based off of said score. The ambush I faced