0084 James Montagna of WayForward Games and Director of Yars Rising

James Montagna is a longtime member of WayForward Technologies and currently the director for the upcoming Yars Rising, a sequel to the 1982 Atari 2600 original Yars' Revenge. James talks to us about the elements of the gameplay, story, and larger narrative universe that inspired everything coming to us in Yars Rising when it releases September 10, 2024. Yars Rising will be available on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, PC via Steam and Epic, and also the Atari VCS console. Go add Yars Rising to your wishlists and pre-order today so you are ready when the game drops. You can find all of the links for James's socials at c3.gg/jamespopstar You can head to c3.gg/wayforward for all of Wayforward's socials as well as their complete list of games to rate and review, links to games on the Steam Store, and more. Of course WayForward can also be found at WayForward.com Our hosts' links can be found at ⁠⁠⁠c3.gg/rey⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠c3.gg/dan The show is Executive Produced by Channel 3 Founder Joel Willis who can be found at ⁠⁠c3.gg/joel⁠⁠⁠ Our theme song is provided by Castor Garden. Find all of their tracks on Spotify by simply going to ⁠⁠c3.gg/castorgardenmusic⁠⁠⁠ or find all of their links at ⁠⁠c3.gg/castorgarden⁠⁠⁠ About Channel3.gg: ⁠⁠⁠Channel3.gg⁠⁠⁠ is social networking built from the ground up for gamers. Sure you can do all the stuff like on the old social medias like post pictures, videos, comments and the like. Channel 3 is so much more than that though. It takes the social media experience and game-ifies it. Made a great post that someone likes (1-ups) or respawns? You earn XP experience points that level you up. New levels mean chances to win tickets for physical prizes, earn digital flair for your profile, and more. Additionally there are weekly events hosted by Channel 3 that let the community unwind and kick back with a little friendly competition. Sure, you want to win but it's more about hanging out and the vibes. These events are hosted on C3's Twitch Channel and also earn XP for participants. XP can also be earned for completing quests-questions related to games and being a gamer, challenges where you go forth and complete a task in a game, rating & reviewing games and systems, creating specifically themed lists of games and more. You can find Channel 3 in both the Android and Apple App Stores or at c3.gg/app