“Certainly our experience in combat helped to steer the gameplay in Fightback, but really we wanted to take an entirely fresh look at mobile/tablet development,” says Matthews. This gives the game a tense, almost rhythmic vibe, and every strike you take takes precious seconds off the clock. To successfully complete each level-that is to say, fight your way up each floor of the tower-you have to defeat all muscle-bound enemies within the allotted time. Because the player doesn’t control character movement in Fightback (the game is on rails), the simple swipes up, down and diagonally on the touchscreen translate deftly into kicks and punches. “A few of us had seen, ‘The Raid’ and thought it was a cool concept we also thought that a John Carpenter, 80’s-style setting would give the game a strong look that would resonate well.”īeginning with its first game, the PlayStation 3 launch title Heavenly Sword, and following through in the likes of Kung Fu Chaos and Enslaved: Oddysey to the West, Ninja Theory has always been keen on tight combat mechanics. “We talked about how we could make a combat game that could offer the player progression and fun in sessions of just a couple of minutes at a time.” And that's when they came up with the idea of beating guys up in towers, one floor at a time. “As a studio, we have a lot of experience in creating combat games, so when we thought about embarking on our first mobile project combat was a good place to start,” says product manager Dominic Matthews. Titled Fightback, the game is an 80’s-style beat-'em-up, bringing arcade sensibilities and gameplay to mobile devices.

Now, working with EA Mobile and Chillingo, the studio is working on their first iOS and Android title. It kicked off 2013 with DmC: Devil May Cry, rebooting one of Capcom’s most hallowed franchises with an attention to detail and mechanical sophistication rare for a western developer.

The Cambridge, England-based developer Ninja Theory has already had a big year.

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