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Nintendo has experienced an amazing turnaround in the indie scene within the span of just a few years.

No one will forget how atrocious the Wii Shop Channel was. Developers were forced to put up with limits, the store itself was limited, and at the time, Nintendo maintained an overall poor image with smaller studios.

That has all changed with the 3DS and Wii U eShops. Even a developer like Vblank Entertainment – a studio that will release the last high-profile Wii Shop Channel game in Retro City Rampage – has a high opinion of Nintendo when it comes to indies.

In a tweet yesterday, Vlbank’s Brian Provinciano wrote:

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A majority of THQ’s most-popular IPs have found new homes. There are some franchises, however, that have yet to be auctioned off.

By mid-May, THQ hopes to complete the bidding and sale process of numerous IPs that remain such as Darksiders and Red Faction.

Here’s the full listing:

• Darksiders;
• Red Faction;
• Homeworld;
• MX;
• Other Owned Software, including Big Beach Sports, Destroy All Humans!, Summoner, and more; and
• Other Licensed Software, including Marvel Super Hero, Supreme Commander, Worms, and more.

Initial bids are required to be submitted before April 1, while final bids are due by April 15. THQ says it will “determine the best and highest bid for each lot and designate a back-up bid. In May, the sales will be presented to the Court for final approval.”

THQ expects “a vigorous sale” of its various IP as it “has received more than 100 expressions of interest in purchasing various titles”.

Source: THQ PR

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Above you’ll find what is apparently a screenshot from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. We won’t be able to verify its validity until Ubisoft announces the project, but it certainly looks real for now.

An Examiner report indicates that Edward Kenway will take center stage in Black Flag. Players way recognize the “Kenway” name from Assassin’s Creed III – Edward is Haytham Kenway’s father. Edward is described as “a Privateer, Assassin and occasional pirate.”

Assassin’s Creed IV will take place in the Caribbean. Gamers will venture into different islands such as Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas throughout the adventure.

Darby McDevitt is on board as Assassin Creed IV’s lead script writer. Black Flag is rumored to ship on both current-gen and next-gen consoles.

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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag may be the next entry in Ubisoft’s action-adventure series.

Kotaku got its hands on marketing material showcasing the name and some key art. Rumor has it that the poster will be showing up in stores starting next Monday.

Ubisoft may be showing the next Assassin’s Creed game tomorrow. Assassin’s Creed IV listings were recently spotted on a few online resumes.

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A new Assassin’s Creed game is on the way. This much we know. It’ll feature a brand new hero, is set in a new time period, and is being made by a new team.

Three different staffers at Ubisoft recently included Assassin’s Creed 4 on their LinkedIn profiles. One employee from Ubisoft Annecy listed the game for a 2013 launch. All three profiles have since been changed, but snapshots of each in their original state can be found above.

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Looking for an update on Beyond Good & Evil 2? You won’t get one from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

Guillemot was asked to share a comment about the long-awaited title, but refused to do so. That’s because he feels “we have to have something new” the next time Ubisoft talks about the game.

Guillemot said:

“I don’t give comments anymore on BG&E2, because I think … the next time next time we communicate we have to have something new.”

Guillemot did offer one small statement. He told Kotaku: “It’s coming.” Suuuuure…

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As the years go by, the chances of seeing Beyond Good & Evil 2 in a tangible form continue to dwindle. The project was announced way back in 2008, but Ubisoft has only shared a single teaser trailer since then.

Despite the radio silence, it seems as though there have been some staffers who have actually worked on Beyond Good & Evil 2. Level designer Mathieu Audrain lists the game on his LinkedIn profile.

The listing is a bit nebulous as Audrain mentions Killer Freaks – ZombiU before it was ZombiU – and Beyond Good & Evil 2 in the same category. Apparently he contributed to Beyond Good & Evil 2 sometime between 2007 and 2011. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U may have been intended platforms for development, but this point is also unclear due to the way Audrain lists both titles.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments

It’s no surprise to anyone that Nintendo doesn’t like folks pirating their games, but in recent years it has come to the attention of the general public that piracy doesn’t seem to have much of an effect on game sales as far as the big picture is concerned– after all, both the gaming industry (Nintendo included) and Hollywood have seen profits skyrocket over the last five or ten years, despite the fact that piracy is more prevalent than ever before– but that doesn’t mean companies like the Big N are going to stop trying to fight piracy in whatever ways they can. This time around, they’re asking the U.S. to target countries like Brazil and China with raids to make examples of folks who share pirated material.

Even Nintendo isn’t immune to silly lapses in logic at times! Not to say piracy isn’t an issue at all– just that they’re doing more than fine (well, save for Wii U sales) even with piracy more rampant than ever. Isn’t that good enough!?

Via TorrentFreak

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Cliff Bleszinski, formerly of Epic Games, is concerned about the gaming industry at the moment. Bleszinski feels that it wasn’t since the crash of the ’80s that we’ve seen such a “state of transition like it is right now”.

Bleszinski has some predictions for the three gaming publishers. Nintendo, he believes, could become nothing more than a software-maker. And as far as Microsoft and Sony are concerned, Bleszinski thinks the two “are about to come to major blows.”

Here are Bleszinski’s thoughts in full:

“This business has not been in a state of transition like it is right now since the video game crash of the ’80s. I really think we’re in a massive state of turmoil. I think Nintendo could possibly be faced with the situation of becoming a company that only makes software moving forward. I think Sony and Microsoft are about to come to major blows. But at the same time, people love playing games on their iPad. The PC is going through a wonderful renaissance right now. I think we’re ready to do digital download games all the time…I just want to see what happens. In regards to the industry, it’s like the Super Smash Bros. of business right now, and I want to see if Peach or Mario wins.”

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