GameFly has, at least, offered one possible date: August 25. The retailer’s listing could be the real deal based on accurate leaks in the past. We’ll just have to wait and see!

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Wii Street U update goes live today

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Wii U owners should be able to download an update for Wii Street U shortly. It adds a number of features, including the following:

– Can register places as favorites.
– Nine new recommended spots added.
– Miiverse support.
– Take pictures of places and post them to Miiverse, can view others’ contributions, as well.
– Can tag your pictures with your thoughts. The tags include “normal”, “awesome”, “beautiful”, “unusual”, and “scary”. Can also view pictures based on a certain tag.
– Can now “spoiler” your images as well, which covers up the image with a question mark.

The Wii Street U update will be going live today. Of course, it’s free to all users.

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist – Spies vs. Mercs footage

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35 minutes of Animal Crossing: New Leaf footage

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Square Enix updating Dragon Quest X to version 1.4 next week

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A new update is coming to Dragon Quest X next week. On May 16, the RPG will be upgraded to version 1.4. Among the adjustments is an increase in level cap from 65 to 70.

View a trailer above showcasing Dragon Quest X version 1.4.

OFLC ratings: The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Renegade

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Two more possible overseas 3DS eShop releases have been rated by the OFLC.

First, The Mysterious Murasame Castle was added to the Australian classification database today. It’s an interesting listing given that the game never made it outside of Japan.

The OFLC also rated Renegade, which .

Precursor bought art assets from Silicon Knights for Shadow of the Eternals, Nintendo has been supportive

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A little bit of interesting news concerning Shadow of the Eternals has surfaced through a Wired report published today.

According to the site, Precursor Games purchased art assets from Silicon Knights, the original studio behind Eternal Darkness.

Precursor Games Paul Caporicci CEO confirmed:

Activision CEO says Wii U launch was “disappointing”

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick echoed similar comments made about the Wii U launch in February during an investor call today.

While speaking about the console’s performance, Kotick said that its launch was “disappointing”. Kotick did not elaborate further.

“While we have had a solid start to the year, we now believe that the risks and uncertainties in the back half of 2013 are more challenging than our earlier view, especially in the holiday quarter. The shift in release dates of competing products, the disappointing launch of the Wii U, uncertainties regarding next-generation hardware, and subscriber declines in our World of Warcraft business all raise concerns, as do continued challenges in the global economy.”

A few months ago, Kotick stated that Activision was “somewhat disappointed” with the Wii U’s initial sales. Kotick’s mind hasn’t changed, based on today’s comments.

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Pokémon Tretta Lab scan shows 3DS peripheral

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Update: Official images here.

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Precursor CEO talks being laid off, and how that turned into ‘Shadow of the Eternals’

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“As many people can relate, being laid off is an emotionally distressing experience. When this happened to me, I was determined to turn this toward more positive ends. I began reaching out to others to see if they were interested in starting something brand new, using lessons learned from past experiences.
Denis Dyack was my first choice for Creative, as he has a keen understanding on the creative aspects of game development. It saddens me to read that people’s impressions of him are painted by anonymous accounts of other individuals. I’ve known Denis for 10 years now, and from first hand experience I consider him to be one of the most honourable people I know, and undeserving of the amount of negative accusations he receives.”

“I knew Shawn Jackson’s attention to detail, enthusiasm and experience would really balance our management team as Chief Operating Officer. The rest of the Precursor team is equally talented, and I’m amazed by the results we’ve achieved with our demo. Precursor Games has been built from the ground up to do something new, and we are excited to show and work with you on our first project—‘Shadows of the Eternals’.”

– Precursor Games CEO Paul Caporicci

It sounds like they’re definitely passionate about this project, but I’m still concerned that the likes of Dyack and Caporicci have gotten themselves into a bit of an Epic Mickey, trying to create something behind which there is far too much creative passion and not enough technical understanding. That being said, the company has said that they’re in regular contact with Nintendo about the project, and if anyone has a technical understanding of game design, it’s the Big N!

Via Siliconera