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As promised earlier this month, today saw a big reveal for the upcoming 8 bit styled action parody Retro City Rampage. Originally announced as an XBLA and WiiWare title, it is now going multi-console, with simultaneous releases on the PC, Playstation 3, Playstation Vita, XBLA, and WiiWare. In addition, a series of digital pre-order bonuses were unveiled: namely a 10 track soundtrack sampler, a printable faux NES box and label, a digital game manual, and a 20% off coupon code toward RCR merchandise.

In keeping with what has become the tradition whenever RCR news breaks, a new trailer has been released as well, check it out below:

When publisher after publisher told him that adventure games were dead, legendary developer Tim Schafer didn't listen. As one of the creative forces behind games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Psychonauts, and numerous others, Schafer took to crowd sourced funding website Kickstarter in an attempt to prove the skeptics wrong. The goal was simple: reach $400,000 in pledged funding by March 13, via a Kickstarter campaign, and the San Francisco based developer would not only make (and self publish) a new point and click style adventure game, but would team up with 2 Player Productions to document the entire process, from concept to final product. If successful, Double Fine would be the first developer to fully fund a new video game via Kickstarter.

As it turns out, that was to be the first of many records Double Fine would break in the experiment - they reached their initial funding goal within 12 hours; setting records for having the highest number of backers in a 24 hour period, and the highest amount funded. As of this writing, with over a month left in their Kickstarter campaign, Double Fine has raised some $700,000 in crowd sourced funding toward their currently unnamed adventure game. Double Fine will be relying heavily on backer feedback during the course of this game's development, offering them a private forum and regular video updates, and promises to give everyone who has contributed at least $15 access to the game's beta, as well as the final finished product upon completion of the game.

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Retro City Rampage, the upcoming retro styled open world action parody from Brian Provinciano, is nearing release. To mark the occasion, a new trailer has been released, featuring gameplay from a near final build. Note that the character sprites have been retooled quite a bit since the last time RCR was on display. Watch the teaser trailer, in all its 8-bit glory below:

Christopher Cherubini, former Lead Artist for Infinity Ward, and David Chiapperino, most recently of Disney Interactive Studios, have teamed up to launch a new independent game studio. Entitled Jupiter Moon Studios, this LA based gaming startup aims to "create beloved experiences through character, story, and gameplay." Seeing an opportunity in the ever expanding social and casual gaming sector, Jupiter Moon Studios' small contingent of staff are shifting away from traditional multimillion dollar projects. Doing so affords them the opportunity to take creative risks that may not have been possible if and when operating under a larger publisher, as well as the ability to retain ownership of their work. Having raised their own start up capital, co-founders Cherubini and Chiapperino are taking something of a grassroots approach on this new venture, focusing on the creation of gaming experiences that are as unique as they are accessible.

Their first IP is the colorful and addictive iOS puzzle game, Bunny Popper. It is available now for the iPad, with a planned iPhone version in the works. (Look for our review soon!) Beyond iOS development, Jupiter Moon hopes to expand their portfolio to include games for other emerging technologies as well.