is only some weeks away, and the long-awaited sequel is getting a tie-in online game. Xbox and Warner Bros. Pictures have revealed Space Jam: A New Legacy – The Game, which can debut on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on July 1st as a part of the perks program. On July fifteenth, it will be free to obtain from the Microsoft Store on Xbox.

Given that it is a Space Jam recreation, you would be forgiven for pondering it is about enjoying basketball. Instead, it is a beat ’em up the place LeBron James, Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny battle the Goon Squad. You’ll seek for items of Legacy Code, which can make it easier to discover the key location of the villain, a rogue AI referred to as Al G. Rhythm. The Tune Squad can use quite a few strikes, together with a particular basketball, to defeat the dangerous guys.

In December, James, Xbox and Bugs Bunny requested followers to submit concepts for a recreation based mostly on the movie. The retro recreation specialists at developer Digital Eclipse mashed collectively one particular person’s thought for a beat ’em up with mechanics another person instructed. The recreation will arrive simply earlier than the hybrid animated/live-action film hits theaters on July sixteenth.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has unveiled a trio of nifty, limited-edition Xbox Wireless Controllers with designs impressed by Space Jam: A New Legacy and the sport. The brilliant Tune Squad mannequin options one among Bugs Bunny’s favourite colours, Carrot Orange, whereas the Goon Squad model is a black and purple quantity. The Serververse controller, in the meantime, seems a bit like a server schematic. They every value $70 and can go on sale on July eighth.