Acclaim cofounder Gregory Fischbach unveiled Accelerate Games in November 2020 with cofounders Brett Gow and John Chao. The new publisher said it would provide independent developers with global publishing, distribution and marketing support. Its first announced game was Toy Soldiers HD, a remake of Signal Studios’ action-strategy game.
Who founded Accelerate Games?
GamesBeat reported on November 2, 2020, that Fischbach, Gow and Chao had launched Accelerate Games. Fischbach cofounded Acclaim Entertainment in 1987 and served as its CEO until 2003, according to GamesBeat’s announcement coverage.
Fischbach described team-building as central to the new company: “We’re building a team, and the idea of building a team is critical to this whole thing. Everybody has a role. Everybody’s voice is important. That’s what I’ve learned from everything I have done.”
What did the new publisher plan to do?
Accelerate Games pitched itself as a publishing partner for independent developers, offering global publishing, distribution and marketing so developers could concentrate on creative work. Fischbach told GamesBeat the company hoped to publish “maybe a half-dozen to a dozen games a year” and was open to any kind of game. That was a stated launch ambition, not a confirmed annual output or record of releases.
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Why was Toy Soldiers HD the first announced game?
The first title was a remake of Signal Studios’ Toy Soldiers, set in a World War I toy-soldier diorama and combining action with strategy. GamesBeat said the original debuted on Xbox Live Arcade in 2010 and on Windows in 2012. Fischbach said the game was compelling because it “continued to sell, and Microsoft continued to support it for the next 10 years.”
In press-release remarks reproduced by Gematsu, Fischbach praised its mix of historical accuracy, action, strategy and humor. The same report attributed to him the approximate claim that the original had sold “millions of units worldwide”; it provided no exact sales total or measurement date.
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Which platforms were announced, and when did the game release?
The November 2020 announcement named PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC as planned platforms. That announcement is not evidence of current platform availability, a physical edition or retail stock. Steam lists Toy Soldiers: HD with a release date of October 21, 2021; see the Steam listing.
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