Aliens: Colonial Marines “Contact” extended trailer
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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct trailer
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Ubisoft on making Rayman Legends multiplatform, game’s delay
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Rayman Legends is now officially a multiplatform game. Ubisoft and Nintendo had been promoting the title as a Wii U exclusive, but Ubisoft announced today that releases on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are planned as well.
Xavier Poix, managing director of Ubisoft’s French studios, explained the decision to IGN:
Rayman Legends no longer Wii U exclusive, game delayed
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Rayman Legends has lost its Wii U exclusivity. Ubisoft has confirmed that the game will be also be released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Fans will be able to grab Legends for either platform in September. Unfortunately, the Wii U version has now been delayed from February 26 to September as well. Ubisoft Montreal is working on all three releases of Rayman Legends.
Geoffroy Sardin, EMEA chief marketing & sales officer, commented:
“We heard from many Xbox & Playstation owners and Rayman fans who told us they really wanted to play Rayman Legends on their current system. We decided to give the fans what they wanted while at the same time broadening the audience exposed to this innovative and memorable game.”
Source: Ubisoft PR
Activision hopes Skylanders IP will have 10 to 20 year run
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We’re in year three of Activision’s Skylanders franchise. The publisher has released two different entries since 2011, starting with Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. Swap Force, the latest title, is due out later this year.
There’s no question that Skylanders has been a mammoth money-maker for Activision. So it should come as no surprise that the company hopes to see its series last for 10 to 20 years.
Vice President of Skylanders business Joshua Taub told Joystiq:
“We have goals of making this a 10 to 20 year franchise that becomes a staple for kids.”
A few more changes made to Miiverse
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Another wave of updates have hit Miiverse today. Nintendo now has new guidelines for commenting, updated its terms of service, and plans to more directly inform users of happenings.
Here’s a summary:
– Receive updates directly from Nintendo
– These will be shown in a dedicated Miiverse community (can be accessed through User Menu)
– Nintendo will make announcements about changes to the service
– Tom (NOA) and Marty (NoE) will explain what to expect in Miiverse
– First update from Tom/Marty: talk about changes to the notification system
– Will receive messages when someone has decided to follow you
– After commenting on someone’s post, you will no longer get notifications from people who aren’t the original poster
– Can only post once every five minutes now
– Changes made to the Code of Conduct (“By Gamers, About Games” section)
– Nintendo doesn’t want off-topic posts any longer, don’t condone openly asking for friend requests or pushing for agreement on a certain topic
Wii Street U launch trailer, footage
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Wii Street U hits Japan today
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Nintendo is launching a new Wii U application in Japan today. The previously-announced Wii Street U can be downloaded for free through May 31.
A new Iwata Asks covering Wii Street U has been posted on Nintendo’s Japanese site here. Chances are you won’t be able to understand it, but here’s an amazing photo from the interview featuring Satoru Iwata:
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed ships nearly 1 million copies
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Since launch, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed has shipped nearly 1 million units. SEGA’s third quarter fiscal results reveals that 930,000 copies were moved on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PS Vita in North America and Europe. As that figure accounts for sales through December 1, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed was able to achieve fairly high shipment number in roughly a month and a half.
Other shipment data from SEGA includes Football Manager 2013 (730,000 units, PC/PSP) and Yakuza 5 (580,000 units, Japan).
