Tempest 4000’s sudden arrival was something that caught me off-guard, even as someone that follows Jeff Minter’s llama-centric antics on Twitter. This updated release of his signature game had been coming in and out of the gaming news after first being announced at 2017’s Gamescom conference. His history with Atari had been rather strange after TxK came out on Vita. From that point on, Jeff Minter’s work with the Tempest project seemed like it was done forever until that press conference last August. Now nearly a year after its first unveiling to the public, Tempest 4000 has finally arrived on Sony and Microsoft’s home consoles as well as Windows PC.