Nintendo Game Boy Advance Game From 2006 Returns Next Week With New Re-Release

October 3, 2025, 5:42pm

A Nintendo Game Boy Advance and DS game from 2006 is returning next week with a new re-release. And considering this former Nintendo exclusive was never brought to any consoles but the Game Boy Advance or DS, this is set to be the first opportunity for many to play it. Not to mention, many people playing games in 2025 were simply not in the hobby almost two decades ago.

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More specifically, come October 10, those on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X will be able to check out Scurge: Hive 19 years after its original release, courtesy of Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden. The only platform missing from the release is the Nintendo Switch 2; however, the game will be playable on this machine via backward compatibility with the first Switch console. While we have a release date and platforms, there is still no information on a price point for the retro classic game from yesteryear.

About the Game

The original Scurge: Hive was not made by either of the aforementioned studios. Rather, it was made by Orbital Media and published by SouthPeak Interactive, neither of which exists anymore. Before both shuttered, though, in 2006, they teamed up to make the sci-fi action-adventure game. And it was a decent collaboration as evidenced by the game’s 76 on Metacritic. However, the game never found the necessary traction in the market to demand a sequel. Suffice to say, it is surprising to see it return almost two decades later.

In the game, you play as a famous bounty hunter named Jenosa Armaon, who has been contracted by the military to recover a secret science laboratory on a distant planet after it was overrun with a virus called the “Scurge,” which has the ability to enslave anything it comes in contact with.

This is not just a straight-up port, though. The aforementioned pair have updated the classic game with a rewind and turbo feature, screen filters, a cheat mode, save start, and more modern touches. Beyond this, the port is faithful to the original game.

Scurge: Hive is unlikely to ever get a sequel, and it wasn’t the best Game Boy Advance or DS game back in the day, so if you never played the original, there isn’t a ton of reason to check out this new release. However, for those looking for Game Boy Advance and DS nostalgia — which isn’t that easy to come by in 2025, as their respective catalogs haven’t been touched much — this is probably going to tickle your fancy. Meanwhile, another classic Game Boy game looks poised to join it this winter.

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