Man, where do I even start with this one? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City — like, who came up with that? — dropped this sneak peek of their game, and it’s all about jumping around like the building tops are hot lava. Quest 3’s where the magic happens, if you’re wondering. Anyway, this isn’t your average run-around-the-block deal. It’s a first-person action thing, single-player if you’re a lone wolf, or you can wrangle up to three pals for chaos — or camaraderie? Who knows.
Ace St. Germain, the creative genius at Cortopia Studios, dished out some juicy tidbits in this diary video they put out. Okay, so picture this — they’re doing “anime parkour.” Makes you think of those crazy physics-defying cartoons where characters fly through the air effortlessly. And get this: Ace accidentally flew off a mailbox during playtesting. Just imagine that. He was all “voila” across a row of lampposts — pretty hilarious. But he gives us a heads-up not to expect full-on parkour realism. Your in-game body gets this funky auto-tune treatment to make you feel more turtle-y, with all the mad dash, leap, climb, and swing dance moves.
So as you swing through Empire City like some urban jungle gym, it’s all about timing and maybe a bit of praying you don’t faceplant into something. You can fling yourself off lampposts, and bump into parked cars, maybe? Kinda like being a human pinball in a way. They’re teasing us with ninja tools too, but keeping it all hush-hush for now. Gotta love the suspense.
They’ve gone all out with inspiration from those big-deal titles, like that samurai game — Ghost of Tsushima, was it? Now you can roll with the full turtle crew — Leo, Raph, Donnie, Mikey. This is only their second “diary,” but last month, they threw out some artsy stuff to show what they’re cooking up.
Circle your calendars, folks, 2026 is when this wacky adventure hits Quest and Steam. Feels like a lifetime away, right? But till then, guess we’ll be waiting on the edges of our seats.
