Turbo Overkill gets surprise release on Nintendo Switch
Turbo Overkill, the hyper-fast-paced cyberpunk boomer shooter, has just landed on consoles. Publisher Apogee Entertainment and developer Trigger Happy Interactive put it out digitally on Nintendo Switch with no prior release date announcement.
Turbo Overkill was announced for Nintendo Switch way back in 2021. All of these years later, fans can now finally pick the game up.
Here’s a refresher on what to expect:
Heavily inspired by some of the all-time greats like Id’s Doom & Quake, and Apogee’s Duke Nukem 3D, with stunning cyberpunk visuals, Turbo Overkill is the most savage FPS ever released by Apogee. You play as Johnny Turbo, augmented with hidden arm rockets and a chainsaw that extends from your lower leg allowing you to slide-slice enemies wide open.
In this Blade Runner-meets-DOOM hellscape, Johnny returns to his hometown of Paradise and finds its entire population possessed by Syn, a rogue AI, and its army of augmented minions. Desperate for enough money to outrun his past mistakes, Johnny takes on the impossible job of destroying the greatest AI ever created. Rival bounty hunters want to claim the prize first. Nothing is easy in paradise.
Turbo Overkill takes over-the-top to never-before-reached heights. Activate Turbo Time(™), a new form of slow motion with a twist. Build incredible speed by wall-running and dashing. Slide on your chainsaw leg, eviscerating foes and opening up bosses for critical damage, and go car-surfing on the hoods of flying cars. Blast away with the Twin Magnums, which lock-on and instagib several foes, the Boomer Shotgun and its attached grenade launcher, or the Telefragger sniper rifle, which teleports Johnny inside an enemy before they explode from within.
Race through two dozen stages packed with secrets, bonus arena stages, and white-knuckle combat puzzles. Find game-changing collectibles to unlock punishing modifiers like triple-monster-speed and insta-kill. Combine all of Johnny’s weapons and powers to outsmart, outgun and outrun the corrupted legions.
Key Features
- Kill a boss, get its augment (special power)
- Play Spider-Man with your grappling hook
- One-up Duke Nukem with your chainsaw slide-slice kick
- Kills = cash. Use cash to install augments, upgrade your weapons, and add new abilities in your talent tree
- Be a ghost runner while wall running
- Attack from above riding the hood of your flying car like a kung-furious badass
- Mini-rockets built into your robotic arm? ✔
- This. List. Will. Grow. Wishlist the game to see it happen
Sam Prebble, lead developer, said of today’s news: “Following Turbo Overkill’s successful launch on PC, we’ve been hard at work alongside our porting team Black Sheep Studio to bring the fast-paced, cyberpunk gun-slinging action to consoles. Fans of Turbo are going to be impressed by the console ports, and newcomers to the franchise will discover all of the game’s high-octane thrills.”
A new trailer is attached below.
Launch Trailer
Turbo Overkill can be purchased now for $19.99. Our original report from 2021 is available here.
