Windjammers 2 gets a release date and is landing in January of next year

Windjammers 2 gets a release date and is landing in January of next year

DotEmu have announced that Windjammers 2 finally has a release date and the disc throwing action will begin on January 20 next year for all platforms, check out the latest trailer for the game below.

When the game launches, it will come to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with the newer PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S supported via backwards compatibility. For those who have Xbox Game Pass or the former Xbox Game Pass for PC, now called PC Game Pass, the game is also set to launch there on day one as well.

Windjammers 2 is first and foremost a radical gameplay approach for particularly high-paced games. The basic mechanics are accessible but require practice to be perfectly mastered: this is the fertile ground for feverish nights of rivalry between friends or fierce competition against illustrious strangers, come from all over the world to put your head in the sand in tournament. The exceptional fluidity of the hand-drawn 2D animations and the boundless energy of Windjammers 2 gameplay make for an endless spectacle that is as exciting to watch as it is to play.

The team took to the PlayStation Blog, to show off just how they went about recreating the right feel in the modern day, for a game that was released back in 1994 and has quite a cult following.

For now, we have to wait until the new year to throw some digital discs around, but as that’s only a few weeks away, it will fly past in no time.