Dotemu’s CEO on how it makes new games that feel retro

Dotemu on a very good tour. The video and publisher studio has been present since 2007, and a lot of its history has been largely working on reshaping and older games. But I also participated in the main visits in the form of continuation and new games in the spirit of old classics, including The streets of anger 4 and Adolescent Ninja Turtles: Chederdro.

All this work is crowned what appears to be promising in 2025, with three new games but inspired by classics: Ninja Gaiden: RageboundA new side link for this series; Miracle of the cosmic invasionArcade-Y BEAT-UP-UP; and AbsoluteOriginal victory with Roguelke elements.

“We are open to everything,” says CEO Cyrill Embrt freedom. Despite his nickname, Embrt says that his job includes behavior as an executive producer to collect concepts that answer the specific needs of privileges.

before Evil revengeVersion 2022, for example, there was no good side pass TMNT He says, “Game”, he says. ((Turtles in timeAnd that helped inspire the game, appeared in 1991.)) “We were convinced of the need for that.” There was: The game sold a million copies in its first week, the developer said at that time.

Imbert says, Dotemu takes the “most risks” of the project based on an existing concession, which means that although the company needs to persuade the concession owner to reach the plane, Dotemu usually funds everything and is responsible for finding a studio to implement a concept.

“From a to z, we control the project, but we risk from A to z as well,” explains Imbert. “Sometimes the studio will participate financially, but it is somewhat rare, or is usually a minority of total spending.”

With the new Ninja Jayden Game, for example, Imbert says he was familiar with 3D Repetitions of the Excellence on Xbox, and also saw the success of modern action qualifiers like The Messenger. Therefore, the conversations started with Koei Tecmo, then worked with Game Kitchen, developer from blasphemyOn the field. “This is mainly the story,” says Emprt.

to Miracle of the cosmic invasionImbert says that following The streets of anger 4“A lot of people” were asking new X-Men The game that was like what you used to find in the corridors. “We knew that there was a need and that people would really love it,” he says, especially if he got a similar treatment like The streets of anger 4 or Evil revenge. The idea was “very clear” for the Tribute Games team as well, so Dotemu and Tribute photographed Marvel Games.

AbsoluteAs an original player, it differs from its other titles. From a pure work perspective, from a way to diversify Dotemu on the squad so that the company does not depend completely on licensed games. Internally, the Dotemu team felt that they could do something of its own, and by making it inspired by the classics, it will remain appropriate in the Dotemu collection, says Imbert. They also wanted to work with Guard Crush, which he worked on The streets of anger 4On another rhythm.

All this adds to what will be a crowded year for the company. It contains three games that show different methods that have these types of experiments, and they are all chosen for a specific reason. “So we will be proud of what we do.”