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  "description": "For Meta Quest 3/S, Steam VR, and Pico platforms",
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  "textContent": "Get those shells shined, it's time to swing your weapon of choice as a turtle. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City has been a most anticipated game at GamingTrend, and soon we'll be hands-on – this month actually! With an April 30th release date in sight, it's time to get your pre-orders in. Check out the announcement below, along with the trailer.\n\n> **STOCKHOLM —** April 2, 2026 **—** Shell up, players, because it’s finally time to be a Turtle! Cortopia Studios and Beyond Frames Entertainment reveal that ** _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City_** , will launch on April 30, 2026, on Meta Quest, Steam VR, and Pico for $24.99. The first-ever VR game for everyone’s favorite amphibious heroes,  _Empire City_ provides a full-body immersive experience that gives players three green fingers, ninja-style kicks, and the option to brother-up throughout the narrative campaign with friends in co-op.\n>\n> **WHAT THE SHELL IS GOING ON? - EP1 TRAILER:**\n\n> “Over four decades, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have built one of the most incredible libraries in video game history. Those games do an incredible job of letting people  _play_ a Turtle, but I still haven’t played a game that captures that feeling of  _being_ a Turtle. That’s that feeling we set out to capture in  _Empire_  _City_ ,” said Ace St. Germain, CEO of Beyond Frames Entertainment and Creative Director of  _Empire City_ at Cortopia Studios.\n>\n> After the first public hands-on demo during Steam Next Fest and exclusive media previews before and at GDC this March, the player excitement has grown larger than a Mouser-filled Technodrome:\n\n  * “I’ve always wanted to love being a Ninja Turtle since I was a kid, and though plenty of experiences have gotten me close, Empire City might be the most genuine way to inhabit a half-shell to date.” - Game Informer\n  * \"Clearly gets the Turtles on a fundamental level.\" - Comicbook.com\n  * “Everything here just works … I could've stood on that roof twirling Michelangelo's nunchucks for hours.” - UploadVR\n  * “TMNT: Empire City shows how perfect the Ninja Turtles might be for VR” - IGN\n\n\n\n> **THE TIES THAT BIND US**\n>\n>  “At its heart, TMNT has always been about the bonds between characters – the ones that tie them together and the ones that pull them apart,” St. Germain adds. “This is why we’ve made  _Empire City_ ’s story less about the Turtles themselves than about the players’ bonds with TMNT. We wanted their understanding and personal beliefs to be reflected in their actions rather than forcing the player into a singular narrative. We funnel the players’ decisions through the leader of the Foot in Japan, Karai, who comes to New York to bring order to the chaos left behind in the wake of the fall of the Shredder – a leader whose approach to leadership is very different from her own. How she decides to lead is ultimately up to the players’ relationship with this world.”\n>\n> A beloved character in the long-running canon of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Karai plays a central role in  _Empire City._ To commemorate her role, Cortopia Studios has worked with legendary TMNT comics artist Dan Duncan to create a unique piece of art showcasing Karai in the world of Empire City.\n\n> Ace St. Germain sat down with Tom Waltz, story consultant on  _Empire City_ and writer of  _The Last Ronin –_ as well as __ more than 100 issues of IDW’s  _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ comic book series – to discuss Karai’s role in the game in Cortopia’s latest video dev diary.\n>\n> Pre-orders for  _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City_ are available now on Meta Quest with a 20% discount, and players can wishlist the game on Steam VR and Pico today. Follow  _Empire City_ on Discord, X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook to learn more.\n\n**Stay tuned to GamingTrend for more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City news and info!**",
  "title": "Turtle power! TMNT: Empire City launching April 30",
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