{"id":375615,"date":"2026-08-21T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=375615"},"modified":"2026-08-21T03:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:44:08","slug":"one-of-the-best-video-games-in-history-is-getting-an-animated-series-although-only-us-old-timers-remember-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/one-of-the-best-video-games-in-history-is-getting-an-animated-series-although-only-us-old-timers-remember-it\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the best video games in history is getting an animated series, although only us old-timers remember it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/golden-axe.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Axe<\/a> smells like an arcade, like a 25-peseta coin, like \u201cContinue?\u201d, like a classic video game. After all, <strong>it\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/downloads\/arcade-action-games\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the best beat-&#8217;em-ups<\/a> ever since it came out in 1989<\/strong>, and although Sega has wanted to revive the franchise as much as it could (the last attempt was in 2008, for PS3 and Xbox 360, and it failed), only now has it tried to turn it into something more than a video game. And now, finally, it looks incredible.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hacking your way through life<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, if you were expecting an epic adaptation of Golden Axe, you\u2019re in for an absolute disappointment, because the Comedy Central series is pure meta comedy that\u2019ll take the piss out of medieval fantasy adventures. It\u2019s not fooling anyone, of course: its creators are Mike McMahan (Solar Opposites) and Joe Chandler (American Dad), and <strong>you knew it\u2019d be funny from the start<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The series will premiere on September 16 on <a href=\"https:\/\/paramount-plus.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramount+<\/a> (in Spain probably <a href=\"https:\/\/skyshowtime.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SkyShowTime<\/a>) and, beyond the jokes, it\u2019ll also have its epic moments in a mix that, I\u2019m not going to lie to you, looks strange in the trailer but somehow works. The question is\u2026 <strong>Is there really an audience for a Golden Axe adaptation, or are they counting on the spoof making us watch it? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the series works, <strong>I\u2019m sure Sega will come out with another sequel in the series as soon as possible<\/strong>, this time adding humor to the epicness that\u2019s the house style. Taking an axe to your expectations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Axe smells like an arcade, like a 25-peseta coin, like \u201cContinue?\u201d, like a classic video game. After all, it\u2019s been one of the best beat-&#8217;em-ups ever since it came out in 1989, and although Sega has wanted to revive the franchise as much as it could (the last attempt was in 2008, for PS3 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/one-of-the-best-video-games-in-history-is-getting-an-animated-series-although-only-us-old-timers-remember-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One of the best video games in history is getting an animated series, although only us old-timers remember it&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":375614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-375615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375616,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375615\/revisions\/375616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375615"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=375615"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=375615"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=375615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}