Fur Fighters

Fur Fighters
Developer(s)Bizarre Creations
Publisher(s)Acclaim Entertainment
Platform(s)Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, iOS[3]
ReleaseDreamcast
  • EU: 23 June 2000
  • NA: 13 July 2000[1]
Windows
  • EU: 10 November 2000
  • NA: 24 November 2000
PlayStation 2
iOS
19 July 2012
Genre(s)Third-person shooter, platformer
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Fur Fighters (titled Furrballs in early development)[4] is a video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Dreamcast in 2000, later for Microsoft Windows. The game was first announced as a Dreamcast exclusive in the January 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, having started development in the summer of 1998.[5] It was designed very much as a standard third-person shooter, but used a world populated by cute little animals as its setting. As a result, the game's depiction of violence is very cartoon-like without losing any of its intensity. In 2001, an updated version for the PlayStation 2 was released as Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge.[6] On 20 July 2012, members of Muffin Games, ex-Bizarre Creations staff, announced a conversion for iPad, called Fur Fighters: Viggo on Glass.[7]

  1. ^ "THE FLUFF HAS HIT THE FAN! --- FUR FIGHTERS ARRIVES IN STORES". Acclaim Entertainment. 2000-07-13. Archived from the original on 2004-08-03.
  2. ^ "ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. SHIPS FUR FIGHTERS: VIGGO'S REVENGE FOR THE PLAYSTATION®2 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM". Acclaim Entertainment. 2001-06-07. Archived from the original on 2004-08-03.
  3. ^ Karmali, Luke (2012-07-20). "Fur Fighters Reappears on iPad". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  4. ^ Edge staff (September 2000). "European Dreams" (PDF). Edge. No. 65. Future Publishing. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  5. ^ EGM staff (January 1999). "Bizarre [sic] Coughs Up Furballs" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 114. Ziff Davis. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  6. ^ GameSpot staff (2001-06-07). "Acclaim ships Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on 2001-06-22. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  7. ^ Sterling, James Stephanie (2012-07-20). "The Fur Fighters make their stunning return ... to iPad". Destructoid. Gamurs. Archived from the original on 2022-07-23. Retrieved 2024-04-04.