File this post under “Aha, I knew it!” Super talented Aussie developer Krome Studios has been posting all sorts of cool artwork from their older Ty the Tasmaniam Tiger games on Facebook for the past few weeks and now after a load of fan speculation, they’ve dropped a super cool trailer for an all all-NEW Ty game currently in development and set to launch later this year. And it’s a gorgeous HD sprite-based 2D side-scroller, to boot. That’s the great news. The not-so great news for console owners is the new game is currently only set to be released on Games for Windows 8 PCs and tablets. Which means Microsoft Studios is involved in the publishing process, which means the chances of this coming to a non-Microsoft console or handheld are currently slim to none. Grrrr. However, a tweet from Krome notes that the game “may end up elsewhere later on”, which balances things out a bit.

Of course, I can definitely see an XBLA release in the future for this E-rated platformer, but I’m truly hoping this does well enough that we see Ty back on more systems where a wider and more receptive family audience will play the game. But as usual, we shall see. If Krome wants to stir up the interest of longtime fans of this series and get them wanting more Ty on different platforms, they’ve certainly done so in a big way. That said, THIS version needs to do extremely well first and foremost before Ty ends up elsewhere. I’m a Windows XP user myself, so I have zero clue how I’ll get to even try this out without buying a new computer…