Carnival Games is an arcade developed by Mass Media Interactive Entertainment, released 6 November 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Carnival Games is
Carnival Games is an arcade game developed by Mass Media Interactive Entertainment and released in 2018. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Carnival Games brings the party back for the entire family! With both fan-favorite and brand-new mini-games all in one package, Carnival Games offers fun for everyone and can be played alone or with up to three others. Hit home runs, pile the highest stack of cakes, and take your horse to the finish line. 20 total mini-games will have you and your friends stepping right up to win again and again!
How it plays
It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are kids and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Carnival Games holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Carnival Games launched on 6 November 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V and Hitman 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V, Hitman 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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