Earlier today, Renegade Kid co-founders Gregg Hargrove and Jools Watsham announced the closer of the studio. The two will now be in charge of their own companies, Infitizmo and Atooi respectively.

Speaking about the decision to close Renegade Kid, Watsham said:

“The video game industry has changed a lot in the past 10 years that we’ve been developing games as Renegade Kid. From the very beginning, it has always been a challenge to secure partnerships with publishers to fund the development of original games, and since the advent of self-publishing – when digital distribution became more mainstream – it has shifted our business model towards becoming more dependent on revenue instead of seeking funding from publishing partners.

As such, it has been a great financial challenge and an extreme workload for the entire team to maintain a balance between cash flow, staying competitive with our games, and spending quality time with our families and friends. Couple these realities with the desire to achieve personal goals, Gregg and I came to the difficult decision to each pursue solo ventures and close Renegade Kid.

Starting fresh with small, lean teams enables us both to focus more on less moving parts and potentially achieve better success. It puts both Atooi and Infitizmo in more advantageous positions.”

Renegade Kid may be gone, but the developer’s franchises are not. Hargrove is holding onto the 3D titles while Watsham will own the 2D franchises. Watsahm says Treasurenauts will launch next year (with news coming “very soon”), and a new game will be announced this week. Meanwhile, Hargrove mentioned that he “would love to explore Cult County.” He also stated that he would like “to expand on both Moon and Dementium in the future and there is a new mystery project in the works for the near future.”

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Shooty Space, RCMADIAX’s latest Wii U eShop release, is due out on September 15 in North America and Europe. Footage can be found below.

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Tetraminos is hitting the European Wii U eShop later this week. Take a look at 17 minutes of gameplay below.

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Eager fans have been poking around Pokemon GO’s latest update in hopes of discovering what’s to come for the game. Findings from Redditor cokuspocus may offer new insight.

A number of trading references have been detected within Pokemon GO. These include searching, offering, responding and results of a trade.

Pokemon GO’s code also mentions “Item_incense_spicy”, “Item_incense_cool” and “Item_incense_floral” as well as “activity_catch_legend_pokemon”. There’s also a hint of sponsored events or locations similar to Japan’s situation with McDonald’s.

You can read up on the full Reddit post here.

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Update (8/29): Now up for pre-order on Play-Asia:

Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Each one costs $10. Not too bad!

Original (8/23): Medicom is adding three new Zelda figures to its “Ultra Detail” line. Ones based on Twilight Princess, Majora’s Mask 3D, and A Link Between Worlds will release in Japan next May. Pricing is set at 1,080 yen for each.

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Enterplay will soon be bringing out The Legend of Zelda Trading Cards. Two options are available: the Trading Card Box ($72) featuring 24 packs and the Collector’s Fun Box ($10) with an Exclusive Gold Foil Card.

The Legend of Zelda Trading Cards features images based on five different games. Enterplay’s designs are made up of fans’ “favorite characters and icons in high quality trading cards, foil cards, decal stickers (clear and foil-stamped), and tattoos.”

The Trading Card Box arrives in late September. The Collector’s Fun Box is estimated for mid-November. If you decide to put in an order, use the code “Harmony” for 20 percent off.

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Natsume has prepared a handful of new screenshots from River City: Tokyo Rumble. View the full set in the gallery below.

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As is the case in Europe, Shooty Space is due out on the North American Wii U eShop in September. RCMADIAX has set a date of September 15. We have the game’s file size above.

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Futuridium EP Deluxe previously landed on the Wii U eShop in May. Next month, the game will be out on New 3DS as well.

MixedBag announced today that Futuridium EP Deluxe will release on the 3DS eShop on September 8 in North America. In Europe, it’s scheduled for September 15.

The game will cost $7.99 / €7.99. Cross-buy will be supported.

MixedBag just shared the news on Twitter with the following message:

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Renegade Kid is no more. The studio’s co-founders, Jools Watsham and Gregg Hargrove, have decided to end their partnership of creating games together after ten years.

Watsham and Hargrove will now go in different directions. Watsham will be making games at Atooi while Hargrove will be at Infitizmo. Atooi will acquire the rights to all Renegade Kid 2D games, which encompasses the likes of Mutant Mudds and Treasurenauts. Meanwhile, Infitizmo will own the 3D series such as Dementium and Moon Chronicles.

In today’s announcement, it’s mentioned that Watsham and Hargrove’s “friendship and respect for each other” remains “very much intact”.

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