Rayman Legends Retold Reimagines Ubisoft's Classic Platformer With 3D Visuals

Rayman Legends Retold has present been officially announced by Ubisoft pursuing earlier leaks.

The souped-up platforming remake has been wholly remade with 3D visuals for its archetypal sidescrolling sections, positive all-new 3D gameplay segments, arsenic glimpsed successful a uncover trailer shown during today's large PlayStation State of Play broadcast.

Rayman Legends Retold volition motorboat connected October 1 for PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S, and is priced astatine $39.99.

Today's trailer besides offered a glimpse astatine the game's reimagined story, which besides features voiced cutscenes. Musical levels volition besides return, though the 4 caller ones mentioned by Ubisoft successful a property merchandise dependable similar they'll beryllium antithetic from the archetypal (Black Betty level RIP). On the upside, the game's compulsive Kung Foot shot minigame is besides backmost with caller power-ups.

"Rayman Legends Retold is our mode of revisiting what makes Rayman truthful special, and re‑telling that acquisition for a caller procreation of players," said Ubisoft marque shaper Loïc Gounon. "We wanted to sphere everything fans love, and Legends gave america the cleanable instauration to grow Rayman's lore, its satellite logic, and however everything connects together."

Rayman Legends is 1 of the champion sidescrolling platformers to not diagnostic Mario, and it's wide Ubisoft is keen to springiness it a caller lease of life. Previous leaks revealed planned crossovers with characters from Astro Bot and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Contrary to erstwhile rumors, however, multiplayer volition stay local-only, alternatively than online.

The task has erstwhile again been worked connected by Ubisoft Montpellier, the determination antecedently headed up by Rayman creator Michel Ancel, earlier helium discontinue the institution to spell enactment successful a wildlife park.

Ubisoft is seemingly keen to revive the fortunes of its platforming mascot aft years successful the wilderness. Earlier this twelvemonth saw the motorboat of Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition, and there's speech of an all-new Rayman task successful the works for the aboriginal (which Ancel himself has consulted on). Exactly erstwhile that volition materialize is unknown, but different accidental to play Legends and each of its caller contented volition surely support america busy.

For much from tonight's show, here's everything announced astatine State of Play June 2026 if you request a drawback up connected what PlayStation has successful store.

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