Pro Show Jumping is a 3D horse sports simulation game, now available on Steam. In light of its launch today, I’ve given the game a first try and received some behind-the-scenes info from its solo developer, Sebastián Leguizamón.
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There have been a handful of horse game updates in the past few months that I haven’t managed to cover individually. Let’s recap a few interesting updates and additions, for those of you who have not already heard of them.
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It’s time for my yearly review article to recap TMQ-achievements and accomplishments and statistics.Let’s have a look at the numbers:
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Wildshade is a fantasy horse racing game initially released to Android and iOS in late 2021. Wildshade: Unicorn Champions will come to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series X on Nobember 9th 2023.
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After numerous rumors and repeatedly shattered hopes, Electronic Arts and Maxis Studios have announced a horse-themed expansion pack for The Sims 4. The Horse Ranch pack is barely a month away, releasing on July 20th 2023.
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I’ve been invited to three different podcasts recently to discuss horse games, my work at The Mane Quest, and what I’ve learned about working in this niche. All three podcasts were fun, interesting conversations that I can recommend listening to even if you’re already familiar with my work in general.
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Rival Stars Horse Racing is a PC and mobile game created and maintained by New Zealand based dev studio PikPok. To celebrate the game’s four year anniversary – that’s counting from the mobile version’s release, in case you’re noticing that the years don’t add up – PikPok released a teaser for upcoming features.
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My Horse: Bonded Spirits is an upcoming horse game created by Games Incubator from Poland. The game’s Steam page and announcement trailer first went up on April 13th 2023. My Horse: Bonded Spirits does not yet have a precise release date, but is scheduled for 2024. Let’s take a look and what it claims to offer and why I don’t entirely trust it.
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Astride is an upcoming adventure roleplaying game featuring horse riding in a Scandinavian-inspired environment. It is the debut and passion project of Raidho Games. In a recent update on Steam, the Raidho team confirms that a first version Astride will be released in mid May 2023.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the much anticipated sequel to 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Official Trailer #2, released during Nintendo Direct on February 8th, confirms one TMQ-relevant inclusion: Horses will be back in Tears of the Kingdom. Horses, or one specific horse?
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Ever since the Very Far Away Horse game case first started getting shared online, TMQ sees spikes in search traffic whenever the image goes viral. Since November 2022 however, The Mane Quest won’t be the only thing to show up in a search for the previously fictitious title: A game called “Far Away Horse” was actually made and released on Steam.
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Let me continue my tradition of using this “time between the years” to summarize what happened on The Mane Quest this year, provide some website statistics and share some reflections.
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For a long time, new horse game options for PC and Console players have been few and far between. In Fall 2022 however, our niche genre has gotten a whooping four new releases. Full reviews may be coming at some point in the future, but for now, let’s have a quick look at what each of these games offer:
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With the initial announcement of Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch, publisher Microids revealed that the Limited Edition of the game would include an additional horse breed: the Irish Cob. It is with great pleasure that I get to share a proper first look at the additional horse model with you all today.
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Horse Tales game was exhibited at Gamescom in Cologne in late August, and Microids released a brand new trailer for the game that gives a lot of insight into various of the game’s features such as horse care, building and customization.
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The vast majority of what we call “horse games” are cheaply made for kids. But what if instead, there were horse games made by people who really cared? A look at six work-in-progress horse games in various stages of development, made by people who really like horses and who want this niche to offer more.
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Simone de Rochefort, Senior Video Producer at popular gaming website Polygon, is a certified Horse Girl. Needless to say, I was delighted when she recently asked me to appear in a video about video game horses and why so many games get them wrong.
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Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories will be coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam in October 2022. I talked to the game’s producer Stefan Kummer and game designer Daniel Boos, to give you some exclusive details about what to expect from Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories.
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