NEW ZEALAND — Jan. 29, 2025 — Turbo Overkill, the critically acclaimed, hyper-fast-paced cyberpunk boomer shooter, arrives on consoles after securing more than 5,000 "overwhelmingly positive" Steam reviews and a Metacritic score of 87 on PC. The first-person shooter from the legendary genre pioneer at publisher Apogee Entertainment and developer Trigger Happy Interactive is available now on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4|5, and Xbox Series X|S + Xbox One, with no prior release date announcement.
Carve a path through thousands of augmented cyberbeasts in three highly varied episodes. Take chainsaw-augmented protagonist Johnny Turbo into the vast city of Paradise, through slums and arenas, and ultimately hitch a rocket ride to an orbiting master station. Witness carnage speed, upgraded visuals and improved performance at 60 frames per second on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, or take the action on the go with the Nintendo Switch.
Turbo Overkill is the vision of Sam Prebble, a solo developer from New Zealand who single-handedly created the game's design, mechanics, textures, models, animations, story, and its massive, intricately designed levels. His background includes working at the award-winning Wētā FX, the visual effects powerhouse behind The Lord of the Rings and Avatar, where he mastered advanced modeling techniques and world-building.
Scott Miller, CEO of Apogee Entertainment, praised Sam’s exceptional talent: "I’ve worked with the founders of Id Software, Remedy Entertainment, and talented developers on projects like Duke Nukem 3D, but I’ve never seen anyone like Sam. He built Turbo Overkill from the ground up, practically alone, and he did it with incredible speed and quality. He’s truly one of a kind."
Johnny Turbo’s chainsaw leg and relentless combat style are Apogee's modern answer to the anti-hero legacy they helped define in the '90s with Duke Nukem. A sidequel companion game--that's not a sequel--is already in development that further expands the ruthless nature of the Turbo Overkill universe.
Turbo Overkill’s eccentric cast features all-star voice talent, including Patricia Summersett, (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) bringing to life a key mid-game boss, as well as the rogue A.I, Syn. If one bad guy wasn’t enough, Gianni Matragrano (Ultrakill, Neon White) chimes in as the voice of bounty hunter nemesis, Maw, with legendary voice actor Jon St. John, (Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem 3D) voicing Johnny’s A.I. companion, SAMM.
Porting team Black Sheep Studio in Paris, France led the charge to ensure every detail met the highest standard. The result? Upgraded visuals, significantly improved performance, and a port building upon Turbo Overkill’s retro-meets-modern FPS experience that earned the distinction as one of Metacritic’s top 25-rated PC games in 2023. A new “Enhanced Visuals” mode will also come to the game’s PC version in lockstep with the newest console ports.
“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,” said Sam Prebble, lead developer. “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.”
In addition to the Standard Edition, the Turbo Overkill Digital Deluxe Edition will launch in March, with a 140-page digital artbook with design, gameplay insights, and a soundtrack sampler featuring 35-minutes of pulse-pounding music from all three episodes. Players who buy the Standard Edition today will have the option to upgrade to the Digital Deluxe Edition for $4.99. For additional details on the Digital Deluxe Edition, visit the information page here.
Dive deeper into Johnny Turbo’s world in the all-new 42-page prequel comic featuring cover art from Eisner Award-Winning artist Dave Johnson (Superman: Red Son). The prequel comic will be available for FREE to the public, with a two-page excerpt available for preview here.
Turbo Overkill arrives today for $19.99 with language options in English, Spanish (LATAM), German, French, Russian, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese. Clean up Paradise on Twitter by following @turbo_overkill and @Apogee_Ent, subscribe to the Apogee Entertainment YouTube channel, and join the Discord servers of both Trigger Happy Interactive and Apogee Entertainment.
About Trigger Happy Interactive
Founded by Sam Prebble, the lone developer of acclaimed, award-winning DOOM II conversion mod Total Chaos, Trigger Happy Interactive is a group of hardcore first-person shooter fans making games they want to play. Turbo Overkill is their debut release.
About Apogee Entertainment
Apogee Software’s legendary journey began in 1987, when Scott Miller decided to split his new game, Kingdom of Kroz, into three episodes, with the first episode available as free shareware. The “Apogee model” of distribution would revolutionize PC gaming and catapult Apogee Software to global renown.
As the original indie publisher, Apogee (and its later incarnation, 3D Realms) would introduce the world to id Software, Remedy Entertainment, Parallax Software, and other video game superstars in the making. As a developer, Apogee would innovate and inspire in equal measure, creating treasured characters and franchises like Duke Nukem, Shadow Warrior, Max Payne and Prey en route to earning over a billion dollars in commercial revenue.
Apogee Entertainment, with founder Scott Miller at the helm, empowers today’s incredibly talented indie developers, paving the way for their global success with innovative ideas, cutting-edge marketing, and the same fearlessness that changed the industry.
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