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

When THQ was forced to sell all of their assets, one of the teams that didn’t sell in their entirety was Darksiders developer ‘Vigil Games’. The folks over at Crytek ended up hiring a good group of the core members of Vigil and forming a brand new branch of Crytek in Austin, Texas, but apparently the new team won’t be continuing on with Darksiders 3:

“We had chosen Austin as the destination for [our U.S. branch], and we needed a lean and core team of experts to run the studio. At the same time, we didn’t want to continue with Darksiders 3, since that doesn’t fit with our strategy. So when I heard that [THQ laid off everyone at Vigil], I decided on Saturday morning to fly out to meet with them to see if the team would be interested to join our mission, which is significantly different than what this team has done before.” – Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli

Apparently Crytek is giving the new studio plenty of breathing room as far as the exact type of game they want to create, so long as they follow the main internal Crytek goal.

“The team identifies as what they want to do. Right now, they just know what the strategy of Crytek is and the framework we need to satisfy, but none of that drives what the game is about.” – Cervat Yerli

Via CVG

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

Capcom is continuing to highlight creatures from Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. The latest, Duramboros, is a Brute Wyvern in the game.

Duramboros screenshots and details are posted below, straight from Capcom-Unity.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

If you’ve been itching for a way to play your emulated games on PC with a proper controller, the Wii U Gamepad might just be your cup of tea, courtesy of Kotaku reader “Chris”. Chris says the software should work on most PCs and right now allows you to map all of the buttons on the Gamepad to wherever they need to be, and in the future he wants to allow you to stream your emulator games to the Wii U Gamepad, as well as enable touchscreen support. Here’s the video:

Via Kotaku

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Dragon Quest VII (3DS) – 9/9/8/9
Sakura-Sou no Pet na Kanojo (PSV/PSP) – 8/8/8/7
Ginga Force (360) – 7/7/8/8
Combat Wings (PS3/360) – 7/7/7/7
Silent Hill HD Collection (PS3) – 7/7/6/7
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5: Kazahanaki (PSP) – 6/6/6/7
Battle Robot Tamashii (PSP) – 7/6/5/7

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

Nintendo teamed up with Ubisoft in Europe to launch a ZombiU Wii U bundle, but NOA decided not to follow the same path. Now, however, one retailer is listing a similar product… for Canada.

Located on Best Buy’s site here is a new “Limited Edition” Wii U 32GB ZombiU Deluxe Set. Pricing is set at $399.99, and a February 17 release date is listed.

It’d be nice if Nintendo made this bundle available throughout North America!

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

Ah yes, more financial briefing news from various companies’ third quarter meetings. Today’s quotes? From Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider publisher Square Enix, who says that they had to operate at a loss this past quarter due to how hard it is to make money in an “increasingly difficult” console market:

“During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Company has not recovered the operating loss posted in the six-month period ended September 30, 2012, primarily due to the increasingly difficult condition of the world-wide console game market, under which the Group is struggling to achieve a fair expected return on its investment.” – Square Enix statement

Well, I see many developers and publishers making quite a bit of money on this industry. I think the real problem here is that Square Enix is putting out games that are good, but not quite up the alley of most consumers in most regions right now. You’ve gotta read the markets, and the markets aren’t asking for mediocre Final Fantasy games, Square!

Via Gamespot

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A few years ago, Axl Rose (frontman of Guns N’ Roses) sued Activision for apparently breaching contract and using “Welcome to the Jungle” fraudulently in Guitar Hero 3. He also said that the game shouldn’t have been allowed to use the Slash character model, because Activision supposedly said there would be no in-game references to Slash or his band “Velvet Revolver”.

I can’t comment on the validity of any of these claims, but the judge in the case dismissed it pretty early on– setting a court date for this month– and apparently things aren’t looking that much better for the former GNR frontman this time around.

Via NME

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

I don’t know much about the technical talk going on here, but from what I understand Atari has secured “debtor-in-possession” financing, which will allow it to continue operating through its recently filed bankruptcy. The total amount they obtained was $5 million, with stipulations of the funds being that they would be under advisement by a firm who would help them decide how and where to sell their assets.

Well… I guess we’ll see how long it takes before someone else takes over the Atari name and tries to revive it!

Via Polygon

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

For the next ten weeks, Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios will allow fans to vote on Injustice: Gods Among Us characters that would come out on top in a particular fight. Winners will be decided on Friday and new match-ups will go live the following Monday (except for today). Characters that are victorious will be featured in new gameplay videos.

This week’s matchups are Batman vs. Bane and Wonder Woman vs. Harley Quinn. You can vote here.