Push Square: "The word ‘legendary’ gets tossed around a little too much these days, but Jeff Minter is a British icon whose portfolio is more than deserving of the clichéd term. Since founding Llamasoft in 1982, the Reading-born developer has worked on a laundry list of noteworthy games, including Gridrunner, Attack of the Mutant Camels, and Tempest 2000. With the latter nearing its 20th anniversary, the luminary recently revealed that he’s working on a spiritual successor to the Atari Jaguar classic for the PlayStation Vita named TxK. We were lucky enough to catch up with sheep-obsessed studio head in order to discuss Sony’s handheld, indie gaming, and the PlayStation 4."
Game critic Cyril Lachel responds to Atari, who has been using his name to attack Jeff Minter and TxK.
The Quit or Continue regulars discuss what’s NX for Nintendo and why Jeff Minter is all TxK’d off with Atari.
Also find out why we're not getting all that excited at the prospect of Nintendo games for mobile phones just yet and why the death of PlayStation Mobile sets a bad precedent for our digital rights.
Tempest 2000 designer Jeff Minter wants to release his latest tube-centric shooter, TxK, on a bunch of platforms, but the longtime designer is saying Atari won't let him do that. Let's just say Minter doesn't have many kind things to say about his former employer.
