{"id":571605,"date":"2026-03-14T22:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month"},"modified":"2026-03-14T22:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:13:15","slug":"kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will be hopping into our lives for a rebooted hurrah on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam) on Friday 27th May. And what will his reboot be called? Well, Kao the Kangaroo, of course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been blown away by the response we&#8217;ve had from gamers since we announced Kao the Kangaroo was making a return earlier this year,&#8221; said Kaja Borowko, head of Kao developer Tate Multimedia. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With this new chapter, we&#8217;ve set out to make sure the new Kao the Kangaroo both honours his previous outings and offers fresh, contemporary gameplay for fans new and old alike. This is a complete reboot for Kao, and we can&#8217;t wait to see how people take to it at launch!&#8221; You can check out Kao&#8217;s new trailer below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will be hopping into our lives for a rebooted hurrah on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam) on Friday 27th May. And what will his reboot be called? Well, Kao the Kangaroo, of course. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been blown away by the response we&#8217;ve had from gamers since we announced Kao the Kangaroo was making a return earlier this year,&#8221; said Kaja Borowko, head of Kao developer Tate Multimedia. &#8220;With this new chapter, we&#8217;ve set out to make sure the new Kao the Kangaroo both honours his previous outings and offers&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[7277,21,59,136,44,45,60,4616],"class_list":["post-571605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-kao-the-kangaroo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-pc","tag-platformer","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-14T22:13:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-14T22:13:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kao the Kangaroo\",\"Nintendo Switch\",\"PC\",\"Platformer\",\"PS4\",\"PS5\",\"Xbox One\",\"Xbox Series X\\\/S\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-14T22:13:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month | Arcader News","description":"It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month | Arcader News","og_description":"It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-03-14T22:13:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month","datePublished":"2026-03-14T22:13:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/"},"wordCount":184,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg","keywords":["Kao the Kangaroo","Nintendo Switch","PC","Platformer","PS4","PS5","Xbox One","Xbox Series X\/S"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/","name":"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-14T22:13:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"It has been over 20 years since Kao, the boxing glove wearing kangaroo from the land down under, first made his debut. But he is now back again and will","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kao-the-kangaroo-hops-back-onto-consoles-with-his-trusty-boxing-gloves-next-month\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274442,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571605\/revisions\/1274442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}