TMNT: Mutants In Manhattan - 10 Things Fans Are Going To Love

Is this the love-letter fans have been asking for?

by Ewan Paterson
Platinum Games
Platinum Games

Another year, another licensed video game. Though their presence has somewhat waned in recent years, the venerable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back with a bang this summer, revelling in a resurgence that owes its success in no small part to a fantastic Nickelodian TV series, an intense and creative re-imagining of their comic book roots in IDW, and a summer movie blockbuster franchise that, to the surprise of fans world over, has a sequel that actually looks rather entertaining.

Sadly, this success has so far eluded the Turtles in the gaming medium, having mustered up an immensely disappointing downloadable title in 2013 that was anything but deserving of the license. Gamers shouldn't be surprised, however, to learn that Platinum Games (of Devil May Cry and Metal Gear Rising fame) have been hard at work invoking the same sentiments of nostalgic wonder in their latest release, aptly titled 'Mutants in Manhattan.'

It comes equipped with an open-world (something itself alien to the Turtles license), a cool new comic book-esque cel-shaded colour pallet, and the typical hack n' slash beat em' up gameplay Platinum have made their names on perfecting. It looks like a great big love-letter to the Turtles mythos, and as each new demo and trailer gets released, the prospect of a truly worthy successor to Turtles in Time becomes increasingly apparent...

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.