{"id":752352,"date":"2025-11-25T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pennys-big-breakaway-surprise-launches-today\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:44:57","slug":"pennys-big-breakaway-surprise-launches-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pennys-big-breakaway-surprise-launches-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Penny&#8217;s Big Breakaway Surprise Launches Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pennys-big-breakaway-surprise-launches-today.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penny&#8217;s Big Breakaway, a throwback 3D platformer by Evening Star (a team consisting of Sonic Mania developers), has surprised launched today. The news was revealed during this morning&#8217;s Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase.<\/p>\n<p>As Penny, you&#8217;re joined by a sentient yo-yo companion to battle Eddie the Emperor and his army of penguins. You&#8217;ll use your yo-yo buddy to swing and zip across 11 collectible-laden worlds. See it in action in the game&#8217;s launch trailer below. The game is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, Switch, and PC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AB1oBZMAmjw\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>You can watch us play Penny&#8217;s Big Breakaway in this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/ngt\/2023\/12\/19\/pennys-big-breakaway-from-the-creators-of-sonic-mania-new-gameplay-today\">New Gameplay Today<\/a>&nbsp;for our hands-on impressions or read our in-depth feature breaking down the game&#8217;s creation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/preview\/2024\/02\/01\/bauhausian-rhapsody\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/nintendo-direct\/2024\/02\/21\/pennys-big-breakaway-surprise-launches-today\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penny&#8217;s Big Breakaway, a throwback 3D platformer by Evening Star (a team consisting of Sonic Mania developers), has surprised launched today. The news was revealed during this morning&#8217;s Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. As Penny, you&#8217;re joined by a sentient yo-yo companion to battle Eddie the Emperor and his army of penguins. You&#8217;ll use your yo-yo buddy to swing and zip across 11 collectible-laden worlds. See it in action in the game&#8217;s launch trailer below. The game is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, Switch, and PC.&nbsp; You can watch us play Penny&#8217;s Big Breakaway in this episode of New Gameplay Today&nbsp;for our hands-on impressions or read our in-depth feature breaking down the game&#8217;s creation here.&nbsp; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":752353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Penny&#039;s Big Breakaway Surprise Launches Today | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Penny&#039;s Big Breakaway, a throwback 3D platformer by Evening Star (a team consisting of Sonic Mania developers), has surprised launched today. 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