Urban Trial Freestyle hitting the 3DS eShop in Q1
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Urban Trial Freestyle has a slightly more concrete release date. As things stand now, the game will be released in Q1 2013. Look out for a final date in the near future.
Source: Tate Multimedia S.A PR
Sakurai feels video game stories “are honestly irksome”
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments
Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai believes games could do a better job at story telling. In fact, Sakurai told Famitsu that he feels they “are honestly irksome”.
He discussed his story thoughts to the magazine:
“As a player, as someone who’s been playing games for a long time, the stories that get told in video games are honestly irksome to me pretty often. For example, games that take forever to get through the intro and won’t let you start playing, or games that go through the trouble of being fully voiced and wind up having their tempo all messed up as a result. I just want to enjoy the game and I think I’m just intolerant of aspects that block that enjoyment. I can enjoy a story in any other form of media; I just want the game to let me play it already.”
The 90’s Arcade Racer Wii U mock-up
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The 90’s Arcade Racer publisher Nicalis posted a mock-up image of what the game will look like on Wii U to its Twitter account. Take a look below:
Off-screen Disney Infinity footage
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Rumor: Aliens: Colonial Marines “postponed indefinitely” on Wii U
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Podcast Stories, Rumors, Wii U | 0 comments
Word on the street is that the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines is in limbo. Kotaku received a tip in January stating that the game had been “postponed indefinitely” on Nintendo’s console. The publication did reach out to SEGA, but the publisher denied the speculation.
According to Kotaku editor Jason Schreier:
We heard from a tipster about a month ago that the Wii U version had been “postponed indefinitely.” We reached out to Sega, and they denied it. I’ll let you guys fill in the blanks there.
If this is true, I don’t think anyone would really care at this point. The Wii U probably wouldn’t be missing much either. It’s a shame how the game panned out…
Nintendo confirms 3DS Direct for Japan
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Nintendo of Japan will join its North American and European divisions in broadcasting a new Nintendo Direct presentation. Like Europe, the Japanese stream will consist entirely of 3DS content. That leaves NOA as the only division with Wii U games.
The 3DS Direct page can be found here. As is the case with the North American and European broadcasts, the Japanese stream will begin at 9 AM ET / 6 AM PT.
Criterion explains why Need for Speed: Most Wanted wasn’t a Wii U launch title
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments
There have been a few rumors that Need for Speed: Most Wanted could have made it out for the Wii U’s launch. Speculation indicated that publisher EA was simply holding onto the game, despite the fact that it was done.
Criterion Games’ Alex Ward has now offered his own reasoning for the wait. According to Ward, if Most Wanted was pushed for the Wii U’s launch, there could have been a strong chance that the game would have shipped without online plan. Ward noted that the team was unaware as to “how much we could do online or how it was going to be, because obviously Nintendo were making a lot of changes up until their run-up to launch.”
“The reason we didn’t do the game for launch is because the online side of it wasn’t very clear to us. We weren’t sure how much we could do online or how it was going to be, because obviously Nintendo were making a lot of changes up until their run-up to launch. So we didn’t want to bring the game out at launch on Wii U with no online play.”
Bloomberg report confirms Take-Two as new WWE game-maker
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Bloomberg is reporting that Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K and Rockstar Games, has reached an agreement to take on the responsibilities of WWE game development and production going forward.
THQ had been publishing official wrestling titles for over a decade. But once the company started to sell off its assets, the WWE licence required a transfer. Previous rumors suggested that Take-Two would indeed be taking over the reigns of the franchise, though Bloomberg’s article appears to confirm the news.
According to Bloomberg, court documents say that “the WWE and Yuke’s contracts will be terminated and the companies will be allowed to enter into new agreements with Take-Two, which will hire THQ’s employees that work on the wrestling games”.
For details concerning the more legal aspects of the situation, check out Bloomberg’s report.
