I honestly believe that games that do not exist physically will be totally forgotten at some point – oftentimes faster than worse games that were released physically. On a slightly different note, as a developer I really wanted to preserve that games I created in a physical format. It’s a criminally shunned piece of hardware that plays host to a wide swath of games from all genres.” – Josh on why he loves Vita. “The Vita reminds me a lot of the Dreamcast. Both Sony and Brian Provinciano (from Vblank) should be commended for blazing the trails that made what we’re doing possible. Suddenly, a platform holder was willing to work with an indie. Platform holders required thousands upon thousands of copies to be ordered – that all changed when Vblank released Retro City Rampage for PS4. In the olden days it wasn’t possible to do small print runs of games. Mostly, Limited Run is just an extension of my passion for collecting games. In many ways, Limited Run is a response to that. I’ve always hated the rapidly approaching reality of an all-digital future. Collecting games is an important part of my life and it is a hobby that has gotten me through some tough times. I’ve been collecting games as far back as my memory goes – I still have all my childhood NES games. That game ended up being super successful and the rest is history.Īnd then, Limited Run was born! But how? And more importantly, why? Luckily, we were saved by our friends at Gun Media with some contract work – building Breach & Clear. We started work on Saturday Morning RPG and things grew from there! The game was initially released for iOS devices and it totally flopped financially. In 2010, in my final semester of college, I decided to start Mighty Rabbit Studios with my friend, Nic Allen. I wanted to make games but I wanted to make them on my own terms. That experience left me with a supreme respect for the people who craft AAA games but it taught me that maybe AAA wasn’t the right place for me. For months I had no life outside of Gears of War. It was hard work, awesome and fun, but really hard from a mental perspective. In 2008, I worked as a game tester at Epic Games on Gears of War 2. We talk to Josh Fairhurst from Limited Run Games / Mighty Rabbit Studios, about how making Vita physical releases work, what they’ve done so far, and the amazing year they have for us ahead.Ĭan you give us brief history of Mighty Rabbit Studios? “YIIK: A post-modern RPG”), it seems like there’s no better time than now to get in touch with the people behind some of the most exclusive physical releases of this console generation: Limited Run Games. As more and more games get announced through their Twitter account (the latest being Mike Bithell’s “Volume” and

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