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Gameplay
Funko Fusion is a third-person action-adventure video game supporting up to four players, in which the player takes control of various Funko Pop! figures. Following the rise of the malevolent Eddy Funko, the player character travels across the "WonderWorlds"—levels based on settings and scenarios from different pop culture properties—completing missions, battling enemies, and collecting vinyl to manufacture new Pop!s and tools the player can use to progress through the game. Playable characters are equipped with both a melee weapon and a long-range weapon for use in combat and destroying objects in the surrounding environment.
The player character can be swapped at Funko Pop! display boxes located throughout a level's map and in the game's hub world. The game includes various characters from different Universal Pictures films and television series, as well as characters from Invincible, Valve's Team Fortress 2, Capcom's Mega Man, Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's, Colonel Sanders from KFC, and Big Boy from Big Boy Restaurants.
Development
10:10 Games is a British video game development studio based in Warrington, United Kingdom. The company was co-founded by Jon Burton and Arthur Parsons in July 2021. Burton joined Parsons after leaving his position as creative director at Traveller's Tales in 2019. The company had joined Women in Games as their Corporate Ambassador in March 2022.
Later that year, the company formed a partnership with Warrington and Vale Royal College. Design director and co-founder Arthur Parsons gave a live brief at the college in June 2024. The game is developed using Unreal Engine 5.
Reception
Funko Fusion received 54%, ie "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 15% of critics.
IGN gave the game a "bad" rating of 4 out of 10, stating: "Funko Fusion's dull combat and repetitive missions means that just like your Funko Pop collection, it's probably best left on the shelf."
