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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Square Enix has a couple of new “Blood Masque” domains under its built. On January 29, BloodMasque.com and BloodMasque.net were both registered.

We’ve never heard of Blood Masque prior to today. Is it a new game?

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Satoru Iwata has been Nintendo’s corporate president and CEO for over a decade. But if the company can’t reach a goal of 100 billion yen in operating income for the next fiscal year, Iwata has hinted that he may be willing to step down.

Iwata noted during an analysts’ meeting earlier today:

“We feel greatly accountable for this severe outlook. …we plan to actively release our key titles for Nintendo 3DS which could potentially lead the markets this year.”

Iwata was later asked how he would take responsibility if the goal is not met. In response, he said:

“Please understand that [achieving it] is my commitment.”

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After releasing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands in 2010, Ubisoft Montreal began work on a new entry in the series. The project, which would have landed on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and perhaps a Nintendo platform given the franchise’s past – was canned one year later.

Christophe Prélot, a senior level artist at Ubisoft, lists the shelved Prince of Persia as being “FPP”. That means the game was in a first playable publishable stage – it may have been nothing more than CG before being scrapped.

Ubisoft stated earlier this week the Prince of Persia series has been “paused”. The series may not resurface for quite some time, but Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat nonetheless said the IP is “as important as any other franchise” for the company.

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Ubisoft’s Osiris was officially outed last night. But bad news for those looking forward to the new IP from the maker of Assassin’s Creed: it’s no longer in the works.

A Ubisoft representative confirmed that it pulled the plug on the project:

“The content in question was from a Ubisoft project that is no longer moving forward.”

Ubisoft didn’t clarify when it shelved Osiris, nor did it say how long its Montreal studio was working on the title.

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Famitsu has returned with yet another teaser this week that may potentially break the hopes and dreams of gamers. In its latest issue, the magazine says it will, at long last, have news about a popular title. Further information was not provided.

Along with the teaser, Famitsu promised to share rankings of the most-anticipated 2013 games as voted on by readers.

See you next week, Famitsu!

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments

RSI– also known as “repetitive strain injury”– is a painful muscle/joint/bone/something condition that can be brought on by extensive and strenuous use of a particular muscle in the human body. The latest victim of this relatively common condition is Smash Bros. director and Kirby series creator Masahiro Sakura, who says many years of programming and testing has left his hands in pain too often to do excessive work:

“Using a mouse, keyboard or gamepad make my arm tired, so I can’t use them in a continual manner. The only device I can use for an extended period of time is a joystick. It’s posing problems when I’m test-playing something in progress.”

“I figure that if I cut down on writing emails and other things, try not to type in so much data myself, and start giving more verbal directions, that’ll reduce the amount of keyboard-oriented work I have to do. But if I’m going to be supervising other people’s work, there’s no way to cut down the amount of mouse usage I need to perform. I’m trying to work it with my left hand in order to give the right one some rest, but that definitely cuts down on my work efficiency…”

So what’s a prolific game designer to do!? Sakurai says he’s going to try using a trackball mouse instead of a traditional one. Best of luck to him! I hope it helps him regain the efficiency he desires.

Via Polygon

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Everyone’s favorite (and only!) No More Heroes developer Grasshopper Manufacturer has been purchased by Ragnorak Online publisher “Gungho Online Entertainment”, but how this affects Suda51 and his team’s development process remains to be seen. Word on the street is that the developer will be operating as normal, and has teamed up purely to give them more resources to realize their vision.

“By joining GungHo Online Entertainment, we are aligning ourselves with a strong, established publishing force that will support our vision to further create inspired new games that appeal players across the world. The Grasshopper team and I have many new ideas to share with our fans as we move forward so this union with GOE will help us realize our future plans.” – Grasshopper Manufacturer Founder Goichi Suda

Via Eurogamer

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 0 comments

Superannuation has uncovered what appears to be a brand new IP from Ubisoft. Ubisoft Montreal, the maker of Assassin’s Creed, is apparently hard at work on “Osiris” – a new game set in Egypt. A “rough cut demo” trailer can be found here.

Does any of this look or sound familiar? It should. Just before E3 2012, trailer images from an unannounced Ubisoft title leaked out. Osiris and last year’s mysterious leak seem to be related.

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It’s a wrap on Junction Point. Moreover, head honcho Warren Spector is done with his time at Disney.

Junction Point’s closure is, without a doubt, an emotional time for Spector. While he’s sad about Disney’s decision to shut down the company, Spector is also “excited for the future.”

Spector spilled all of his thoughts about Junction Point and more in a message posted on his Facebook page. You can find his full thoughts below.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

With today’s Junction Point closure news, the Epic Mickey IP was left in limbo. Junction Point was the main maker of the two Epic Mickey games, but now the team is no more.

Disney has since confirmed that it has retained rights to the franchise. For now, however, the company has no plans the series’ future. This one will likely remain dormant for a very long time, if not forever.

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