Ambatukam 4: Eternal Thugging

Ambatukam 4: Eternal Thugging (Labeled as Ambatukam 4 -Eternal Thugging-) is a 2004 action adventure game developed by Goofy Ahh Studios (Formerly known as Thug Studios, a name used when they were with DreamyBull Games) and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PC on November 15th, 2004 in North America, November 21st, 2004 in Japan and December 4th, 2004 in Europe. The game is the 4th entry in Ambatukam series and the last game that Electronic Arts published since Bethesda Softworks bought the rights to the Ambatukam series. A re-release for the Wii was released in 2008 called Ambatukam 4: Motion and in 2016, a newly enhanced PC port was released called Ambatukam 4 Eternal Thugging: Definitive Edition via Steam which features new DLC content, including a new story which features Ambasingh.

Plot
The game takes place 5 years after Ambatukam 3. Ambatukam is now working for T.H.E.S. (Thug Hunter Extermination Squad) and is hunting down the last remaining members of the Thug Hunter chiefs as Erotic Barber and Ambadeblou are dead, he is now hunting down the remaining Nikocado Avocado Jr, Bunda Rahnma, Ambatufakinnat and Nissan. While in Thugville, he meets up with his brother, Ambasingh’s son, Ambatunat and while fighting Nissan finds out Ambasingh is alive and is possessed by Nikocado and after defeating the remaining chiefs, he finds out Ambasingh has disappeared and sets out to find his brother again alongside Ambatunat.

Gameplay
The player controls Ambatukam in a third-person perspective as they battle through multiple enemies in close combat to reach the next objective, the player can still use the melee weapon, gun and magic format whilst magic such as Light Blast and Kamikaze Firework return, somewhat utilizing their own element. There are new ones including Erotic Barber’s Buzzsaw, utilizing the element of Fire and Thunder Cracker, utilizing the element of Thunder.

Development
Development began in 2000 by Thug Studios CEO, Jo Bryson alongside Thug Studios as they were making titles of the DreamyBull Games IP. The first thoughts of Ambatukam 4 were a sub-series of the Turbulence series, known as Turbulence: Whirlwind Legacy, a futuristic take of the Turbulence games. The second thoughts of Ambatukam 4 was an Ambatukam spin off known as Ambatukam: Ambasingh, which was about Ambatukam’s brother, Ambasingh and finally the third thought was Ambatukam 4 known in development as Ambatukam: Codename Thug Hero. Which was announced in 2003 at E3 which featured a new design for Ambatukam and new weapons, which came to be as the Spirit Scythe and the Shadow Drum Gun and was planned to be released on September 21st, 2003 but was delayed due to low income from Ambatukam 3 and was pushed to October 2004 which got turned into the November 15th release.

Reception
The game received positive reviews for its challenging difficulty and visuals of new character, Ambatunat’s characterization.