Every now and then, we’re fully stunned by the standard of an Xbox Sport Move day one launch, and again in July, the “Tony Hawk however you are a prepare” sport Denshattack! was precisely that.
Denshattack! is a vibrant mix of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, SSX, and even somewhat little bit of Jet Set Radio Future, all smushed collectively to create this sensational train-flipping title. The sport launched to stellar assessment scores and is presently sitting in Metacritic’s top 15 games of 2026 with a rating of 88.
It was a day onner for Xbox Sport Move, however chatting with AUTOMATON in a brand new interview, Undercoders Sport Director David Jaumandreu has acknowledged that launching onto the service was “a really constructive expertise” and lowered growth dangers.
The sport was launched on Sport Move as nicely. How has that been for you and what was the method like?
Jaumandreu: It’s been good. From the very starting, we offered the sport to Microsoft, and so they favored it. We continued discussions for a very long time till we have been invited to be a part of Sport Move. After all, for a small workforce like ours, that’s an excellent alternative as a result of it places the sport in entrance of lots of people. Lots of people get to play it, and in the event that they prefer it, they will suggest it to others. So for us, it’s been a really constructive expertise. Lots of people have performed the sport due to Sport Move, so we’re glad we did it.
When requested if whether or not a Sport Move deal provides or removes stress to interrupt even, Jaumandreu talked about that, regardless of the ensures that come alongside signing a take care of Microsoft, it would not essentially take away all of the stress to carry out. The truth is, working with Xbox can carry its personal stresses.
Jaumandreu: Yeah, it provides you somewhat little bit of air, so to talk, as a result of there’s some quantity that’s assured even earlier than you hit the market. It lowers the danger you’re taking in contrast with not having a deal, so in fact that’s all the time a great factor. However I wouldn’t say it takes away the stress. You continue to have to ship an excellent sport, and I don’t suppose Microsoft would launch one thing that doesn’t meet its requirements, even when you’ve already signed a deal, so you continue to have that stress. You additionally nonetheless have to promote a sure variety of copies to recoup the event prices, and many others. But it surely does take away a few of the monetary stress as a result of whenever you launch, you’re getting a minimum of a sure sum of money.
Xbox Sport Move goes via a little bit of an experimental interval as of late, reducing its monthly fee and limiting Cloud Gaming access, to call a few current modifications. But it surely nonetheless seems like an honest path for indie builders to get their sport into the arms of hundreds of thousands of gamers.
Jaumandreu concluded the interview on the sentiment that Undercoders need to stay an unbiased studio, and are hoping that extra individuals will study of Denshattack! throughout Tokyo Game Show later this month.