Terminator 2D: No Fate Announced
New side scrolling action game Terminator 2D: No Fate has been confirmed for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, with a release date of September 5, 2025.
New Terminator Game
There are not many films that hold as much significance for their genre as 1984’s The Terminator does for science fiction movies. Since the original’s release, the sci-fi action series has spawned five additional follow-up movies and has also transcended into other mediums, including novels and video games. From receiving its own games to making crossover appearances in third party titles, the Terminator IP has been put to use in different ways by game developers. In one of the newest cases, the franchise is set to get a retro themed game inspired by one of the early movies under the sci-fi brand.
Reef Entertainment, a British game publisher, recently announced Terminator 2D: No Fate for a September 5 launch across Steam, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, Steam, and Epic Games Store. The latest Terminator game is a 2D title which features a pixel based art style similar to ’90s arcade games. Players can take control of Sarah Connor, John Connor, and T-800 as they go up against T-1000 as well as a range of other enemies from the Terminator lore. Talking about the project, Bitmap Bureau Design Director Mike Tucker labeled No Fate as “a love letter to ‘80s/‘90s arcade games” and said that the driving force behind the project was to “create the T2 side scroller we should have had in our youth” in a PS Blog post.
Terminator 2D: No Fate’s story is inspired by the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day and presents some of its “classic” moments along with other “untold Terminator stories.” Another interesting thing to note here is that the game’s soundtrack also harkens back to the music featured in the sequel. Talking about the parallels between No Fate and T2, Tucker said that the missions “retell” the movie’s events while simultaneously “expanding its narrative.”
Luckily for the fans, Terminator 2D: No Fate isn’t the only game in the sci-fi franchise scheduled to hit the shelves in 2025. That’s because the open-world Terminator: Survivors game, which was first confirmed in 2022, is currently in the works at Nacon.
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