Splinter Cell: Blacklist director joins Warner Bros. Montreal
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Patrick Redding, director of Splinter Cell: Blacklist, has joined Batman: Arkham Origins developer Warner Bros. Games Montreal. Redding is officially with the studio as a creative director, according to his LinkedIn profile. At this time, it’s unclear as to what he’s working on.
Capcom slashes profit forecast, but Monster Hunter 4 still selling
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Capcom is revising its operating income forecast from 12 billion yen to 10 billion yen. For the fiscal year, the company’s net income forecast has also been slashed from 6.8 billion yen to 3.3 billion yen. That’s about a 50 percent drop.
Why the negative forecasts from Capcom? The company’s Mobile Contents business and PC Online business are to blame, with Monster Hunter Frontier specifically affecting the latter.
However, it’s not all bad news for Capcom. Sales are expected to rise from 97 billion yen to 101.5 billion yen. Monster Hunter 4 is also experiencing strong sales and the pachislot title Monster Hunter Gekka Raimei has been “highly successful”.
Target holding B2G1 sale next week
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Next week, Target will be holding a B2G1 sale “on over a thousand titles”. That means you can purchase two games and get a third free.
Games on all systems are eligible for the deal, though starter packs are not included.
Target’s sale will begin on April 6 and lasts through April 12.
Hyrule Warriors dev interested in working with Disney, Star Wars, Mario
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Tecmo Koei is using the Zelda series for Nintendo’s upcoming Dynasty Warriors-styled Wii U game, Hyrule Warriors. But Zelda isn’t the only prominent IP the company has interest in utilizing.
“Disney, Star Wars and Mario are just a few of the various franchises we’d like to work with,” Tecmo Koei vice president Hibashi Kinuma told ONM this month.
Before Tecmo Koei can even begin considering other partnerships and crossovers, work on Hyrule Warriors will need to be completed first. That game is scheduled to arrive later this year.
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
Club Nintendo adds Yoshi’s New Island t-shirt
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Club Nintendo has added a new reward. As of now, members can place an order for a Yoshi’s New Island t-shirt.
You’ll need to fork over 800 coins for the t-shirt. It comes in both large and small sizes.
Those who are interested in the Yoshi’s New Island t-shirt can check out the official page here. Note that “there are limited quantities available.”
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Animal Crossing devs talk more about potential mobile connectivity and future on consoles, franchise fatigue
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Even more quotes from Animal Crossing producer Katsuya Eguchi and Animal Crossing: New Leaf co-director Aya Kyogoku. Polygon caught up with the two at GDC 2014 and chatted more about tying the series into the mobile space and bringing it back to consoles. Also, there are a few words about franchise fatigue.
Head past the break for Eguchi and Kyogoku’s comments. Check out Polygon’s full article here as well.
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Animal Crossing devs on New Leaf’s diverse team and more
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Wired has published a new wave of quotes from Animal Crossing: New Leaf producer Katsuya Eguchi and director Aya Kyogoku. Most of the comments pertain to the team working on the 3DS game, though there are also a few more general topics, such as the possibility of letting players change their skin tone in the future.
Check out Wired’s article in full (it’s quite interesting!) here. For comments rounded up from Eguchi and Kyogoku, read on below.
Does inFamous: Second Son contain a Mario and Luigi reference?
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Reader Robert Garcia and his daughter Victoria came across the shot above, which comes from inFamous: Second Son. If you get in close and take a real look at the photo, it does look like Mario and Luigi are referenced/given a neat little tribute. Are those really the famous brothers, or are we just crazy?
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Amazon: Save on the Zelda manga box set, Bravely Default, Fire Emblem
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Update: Bumped to the front page. Another deal: Fire Emblem: Awakening
for $32 ($8 savings).
Original: Amazon has a couple of new deals running at the moment that are worth bringing to your attention.
First, The Legend of Zelda Box Set – a package containing all 10 volumes of The Legend of Zelda manga series and a collectible poster – has been slashed by $33. You can place an order here.
In the game’s department, Amazon has a small sale running for Bravely Default. You can pick the game up
for only $31.66 as opposed to $39.99.
More tidbits from Animal Crossing’s devs, including series’ future
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Joystiq has published a few Animal Crossing-related tidbits coming from series creator Katsuya Eguchi and New Leaf director Aya Kyogoku. You can find them rounded up below.
– With the original N64 game, Eguchi’s team was focused on making a second place to live rather than a game
– With so many different perspectives of life existing in the world, it’s difficult to build a universally welcoming foundation for everyone to find their second home
– The team kept this challenge in mind when starting on New Leaf
– This resulted in the game’s development team encompassing members from different age groups and walks of life
– Staff could submit clothing and furniture ideas to asset designers no matter their role on the team
– Animal Crossing is built on the foundations of knowing that most of life’s highlights stem from interacting with other people
– Items offered through StreetPass are meant to encourage that sense of sharing from other players
– If many people head to a store in search of an item, Kyogoku hopes that they’ll StreetPass with one another during their visit
– Eguchi views StreetPass as an incentive for players to take Animal Crossing with them in their daily lives in case they cross paths with other StreetPass-savvy players outside of their primary homes
– Eguchi said that maintaining the calendar’s influence is part of why the series has stayed away from implementing microtransactions
– Special items are more about rewarding event attendance and less about filling out a checklist
– In the future, Eguchi hopes to reach regions he feels are untapped like Australia
– He also wants to use the quirks supplied in Nintendo’s hardware to show off new elements of life in Animal Crossing’s world
