Pro Jank Footy Release Date Confirmed, Arrives August

The bonkers-looking, arcade-oriented Pro Jank Footy – from Adelaide, Australia-based developers Powerbomb Games and Tinker Town – volition beryllium officially launched connected August 13, 2026 (9am AEST).

Taking inspiration from legendary arcade sports classics similar NBA Jam and NHL ’94, Pro Jank Footy dials up the absurdity by rejecting realism, and injecting its marque of Australian Rules Football with a chaotic dispersed of insane power-ups (including, but not constricted to, doubling the magnitude of players connected your team, introducing a third team mid-match, installing ceramic walls betwixt the extremity posts, utilizing portals, having your dad’s car articulation the team, or… transforming everyone into footballs. Yes).

To people the announcement, a motorboat trailer has been created by acclaimed Australian animator and filmmaker Michael Cusack (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy, Koala Man, Smiling Friends, and the dependable of Knifey successful the High connected Life games).

Pro Jank Footy has a fig of different names progressive that drama fans whitethorn recognise; it’s being helmed by David Ashby (co-creator of the drama bid Danger 5), and Aunty Donna’s Broden Kelly has provided the in-game commentary.

“Pro Jank Footy is simply a emotion missive to Aussie Rules Footy and our absurd culture,” said Ashby. “Our crippled hopes to present an authentic arcade footy acquisition fans person hoped for, and an accessible introduction constituent for anyone caller to the sport, oregon for those who person nary involvement successful athletics whatsoever.

“It’s a enactment crippled made by a precise tiny and talented squad retired of Adelaide. There’s not a batch to bash present but for moving for the government, playing nonrecreational sport, oregon making unusual things. Somehow, with Pro Jank Footy, we’ve managed to bash each three.”

Described arsenic a “throwback to the aureate property of arcade sports games”, Pro Jank Footy is designed for solo play, sofa multiplayer, and online.

Pro Jank Footy volition beryllium disposable connected PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch/Switch 2.

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