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A full trailer for Warlocks has been released today, which you can find above. The game’s developer has also confirmed a Q3 2015 launch on Wii U. When we have a more specific date, we’ll be sure to let you know!

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Jackbox Games has dabbled with various platforms over the years, but the company has never supported Wii U. In an interview with Destructoid, CEO Mike Bilder explained why.

Bilder noted that Jackbox’s lack of Wii U support comes down to production resources and market size. However, he did also say that the team “may support” Nintendo’s console in the future.

Below are Bilder’s full comments:

We’re a small team and we’ve done the development for all of our platforms in-house and we’ve self-published all of our recent games. We like the Wii U and may support it in the future but our recent lack of support is really a function of production resources, as well as market size. Amazon, Ouya, and others have been easy platforms to get to because of our technology.

We really feel the type of games we make – party games – are uniquely suited for this recent generation of set-top-boxes that feature games. Consumers of those boxes aren’t looking for AAA console quality games. If they are, they likely already have a console. But, some awesome, affordable party games (our games) that you can easily fire up on your TV seem like a perfect fit for that audience.

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Starfish’s Kouenji Joshi Soccer 3 was announced for 3DS last July. In this week’s issue of Famitsu, a final release month has finally been confirmed.

Kouenji Joshi Soccer 3 will launch in Japan this June. A limited edition is apparently planned, though details have not yet surfaced.

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PEGI has announced the expansion of its rating system to mobile and digital storefronts in Europe. This comes as part of a global initiative with other classification authorities from around the world, which includes the following groups:

Pan European Game Information (PEGI) – Europe
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) – Germany
Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) – North America
Classificação Indicativa (ClassInd) – Brazil
Classification Board – Australia

The International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) was recently established in hopes of streamlining the process for assigning age and content ratings to digital games as well as mobile apps. At the moment, the IARC system is adopted for use in Google Play/Firefox Marketplace, but the eShop will soon be represented as well.

Ultimately, this should mean that more games will make their way to Europe. That’s because developers will be able to submit their game, and then collectively obtain age ratings for various countries. The process will be much, much simpler… and free.

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released a new render today showing the various villains in LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin. As was expected, Ronin is the main villain, though Frankjaw, Master Chen, Skales and General Cryptor are also in the game.

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin launches on March 24.

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Pokemon Shuffle has received another new update. You can nab version 1.1.4 by heading over to the “Check In” section of the game. We’ll let you know what the update encompasses as soon as we obtain more information.

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Nintendo is releasing a new Mario vs. Donkey Kong 3DS theme in Japan very soon. For 200 yen, it will be possible to obtain the theme shown below. It’s out on Thursday.

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