{"id":1084746,"date":"2026-01-23T22:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=503920"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:42:06","slug":"antonblast-turns-a-profit-in-less-than-a-month-director-says-sequel-in-the-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/antonblast-turns-a-profit-in-less-than-a-month-director-says-sequel-in-the-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonblast turns a profit in less than a month, director says sequel in the cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/antonblast-turns-a-profit-in-less-than-a-month-director-says-sequel-in-the-cards.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Here\u2019s some good news as we head into the weekend: <em>Antonblast<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tonycomputerentertainment.com\/post\/3lesqbhu4ys2y\">already profitable<\/a>, according to director Tony Grayson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cLess than one month to the day, ANTONBLAST has recouped ALL expenses related to development, marketing, and production! WE ARE PROFITABLE!\u201d said Grayson, who doubles as studio head of <em>Antonblast<\/em> developer Summitsphere. \u201cLooks like Summitsphere is going to be making a lot more games for a lot longer. Thank you everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANTONBLAST IS OUT NOW!!!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/11mBt8x06SQ?rel=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Antonblast<\/em> is an energetic platformer akin to the Wario Land series that was hotly anticipated for years and received high praise when it arrived on Switch and PC last month. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/496953\/antonblast-impresssions-steam-deck-nintendo-switch\">review<\/a> for Polygon, gaming correspondent Michael McWhertor complimented <em>Antonblast<\/em>\u2019s \u201cbarely controlled chaos\u201d and focus on \u201cplatforming precision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Polygon reached out to Grayson about what lies ahead for Summitsphere, and he was open about giving <em>Antonblast<\/em> fans more of what they want.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cWe\u2019ll always be interested in pursuing more Anton projects,\u201d Grayson told Polygon via email. \u201cWe\u2019ve been deeply fortunate to have cultivated an audience that loves that world and its characters, and I\u2019m sure we\u2019d be nuts to not make good on that. That said, we\u2019ve got many more ideas beyond Anton in the pocket\u2026 so maybe folks will be surprised when they see what we come out with next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/503920\/antonblast-profitable-sequel-summitsphere-wario-land\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s some good news as we head into the weekend: Antonblast is already profitable, according to director Tony Grayson. \u201cLess than one month to the day, ANTONBLAST has recouped ALL expenses related to development, marketing, and production! WE ARE PROFITABLE!\u201d said Grayson, who doubles as studio head of Antonblast developer Summitsphere. \u201cLooks like Summitsphere is going to be making a lot more games for a lot longer. Thank you everyone!\u201d Antonblast is an energetic platformer akin to the Wario Land series that was hotly anticipated for years and received high praise when it arrived on Switch and PC last month. In his review for Polygon, gaming correspondent Michael McWhertor complimented Antonblast\u2019s \u201cbarely controlled chaos\u201d and focus on \u201cplatforming precision.\u201d Polygon reached out to Grayson about&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/antonblast-turns-a-profit-in-less-than-a-month-director-says-sequel-in-the-cards\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1084747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Antonblast turns a profit in less than a month, director says sequel in the cards 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