Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Coming to Digital and Retail This Spring

<p>The crowdfunded Indiegogo <em>Shaq Fu<&sol;em> revival&comma; <em>Shaq Fu<&sol;em>&colon; <em>A Legend Reborn<&sol;em>&comma; is back&period; Slated for a 2018 spring release&comma; co-developers Saber Interactive and Big Deez Productions have partnered with an independent publisher to bring the game globally to digital and retail&period; The publisher&comma; Wired Productions&comma; is releasing the game on PC&comma; PlayStation 4&comma; Xbox One&comma; and Nintendo Switch&period; Switch owners that purchased <em>NBA Playgrounds<&sol;em> before June 10&comma; 2017&comma; will get a free copy of <em>Shaq Fu&colon; A Legend Reborn<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unlike the original SNES and Sega Genesis incarnation&comma; <em>Shaq Fu&colon; A Legend Reborn<&sol;em> is not a traditional fighting game&period; In the transition to a beat &&num;8217&semi;em up&comma; players will still control Shaquille O&&num;8217&semi;Neal as he fights hordes of enemies using combos and weapons that range from shuriken to katanas&period; According to the Wired Productions Managing Director&comma; Leo Zullo&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;Shaq Fu has an incredible legacy in the history of video games&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re delighted to be part of the team shooting to earn Shaq his place in the future of video games&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;135226" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-135226" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-135226" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;16155003&sol;shaq-fu-a-legend-reborn-announcement-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-135226" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Shaq Fu&colon; A Legend Reborn&comma; Wired Productions<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The original <em>Shaq Fu <&sol;em>was a 2D fighting game released on October 28&comma; 1994&comma; for the Genesis and SNES with Game Gear&comma; Game Boy&comma; and Amiga ports to follow in 1995&period; Published by Electronic Arts and developed by the defunct Delphine Software International&comma; <em>Shaq Fu<&sol;em> achieved legendary status as one of the worst video games of all time&period; Often criticized on the same level as Atari 2600 &&num;8220&semi;classics&&num;8221&semi;  <em>E&period;T&period; the Extra-Terrestrial<&sol;em> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;pac-man-returning-to-consoles-this-fall&sol;"><em>Pac-Man<&sol;em><&sol;a> along with the infamous PlayStation platformer&comma; <em>Bubsy 3D<&sol;em>&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a miracle that this revival project exists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is even a website dedicated to destroying every copy of <em>Shaq Fu<&sol;em>&period; This site has a Terms of Service agreement entitled the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shaqfu&period;com&sol;declarationofopposition&period;php">&&num;8220&semi;Declaration of Opposition&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a> calling for all involved to cancel <em>A Legend Reborn<&sol;em> along with a formally issued apology from Big Deez Productions and Shaquille O&&num;8217&semi;Neal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;