TiVo, Netflix, Google Maps Wii U support pushed back
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments
With only one month remaining in January, previously announced services for Wii U – namely TiVo, Netflix, and Google Maps – had little chance of making it out this month despite Nintendo saying otherwise.
Officially, Nintendo has now declared a more vague “early 2013” release for both TiVo and Netflix. Regarding Google Maps, support for the app is now scheduled for the “first quarter of 2013.”
EA talks Wii U, basically says it’s not a next-gen console
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments
Update: Added in the full quote after the break.
Nintendo and EA’s relationship has gone strangely sour following the Big N’s E3 2011 press conference. EA CEO John Riccitiello stepped out on stage and proudly spoke about his company’s excitement over the console. Since then, though, the publisher’s interest in Wii U has declined and its output has been nothing less than disappointing.
We’ve seen a couple of sports titles. We’ve also seen a late Mass Effect 3 port and late Need for Speed: Most Wanted port, the latter of which is finally coming out in March.
During EA’s financial results call today, one investor mentioned the company’s non-aggressive pursuit of Wii U and wondered what this means for consumer adoption of next-gen consoles in the future. Riccitiello, who happened to deliver a response, noted that it isn’t wise to ever count Nintendo out and praised the game-maker’s IP. However, he went on to say: “What we describe as ‘Gen 4’ is yet to come.” Does this not mean that EA – well, Riccitiello at least – feels that the Wii U isn’t next-gen?
Below is Riccitiello’s paraphrased response, as transcribed by NeoGAF’s iMax:
Miiverse receives a few, small changes
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Miiverse won’t be seeing some of its bigger changes (like dedicated communities) until later this year. Today, however, it seems that Nintendo did implement a few, small modifications:
– Better implementation of the favorite communities
– Better button access with easy clicks to the Nintendo eShop, settings, new posts and popular ones
– ”Other communities” is added, through this grayed out at the moment
– Finally, all the emoticons are directly displayed while posting a message
Video gives a glimpse of Spider-Man in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
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Havok Vision Engine available for Wii U, full Havok suite can now be licenced
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There’s a double dose of encouraging Wii U-related news coming from Havok today.
First off, the company’s Vision Engine is now available for the platform. With its release, the full product suite of Havok technology has made its way to Wii U. Along with access to the free binary downloads of Havok Physics and Animation, developers are able to purchase a source license for any product they desire. Available tools include the aforementioned Havok Vision Engine, Havok Physics, Havok Animation, Havok Behavior, Havok Destruction, Havok AI, Havok Cloth, and Havok Script.
Vice president of sales and marketing Brian Waddle commented:
“We have shared a long-term partnership with Nintendo and are pleased to offer licensing of our entire product suite for Wii U developers worldwide. With several great Havok-powered launch titles recently released, we are pleased to see Wii U developers pushing the hardware with Havok’s tech. We look forward to seeing Havok Vision Engine power some great high-fidelity games on the new platform.”
Injustice: Gods Among Us story trailer
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Media Create software sales (1/21 – 1/27)
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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
02./01. [PS3] DmC: Devil May Cry
03./00. [PSP] Gintama no Sugoroku
04./00. [PSV] Demon Gaze
05./00. [3DS] Fantasy Life
06./00. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki Monster Monpiece #
07./00. [PS3] Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradox #
08./00. [PS3] Hitman: Absolution
09./03. [PSP] Digimon Adventure
10./04. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
11./05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!)
12./06. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei
13./08. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star
14./12. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb
15./09. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U
16./19. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
17./07. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
18./15. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition
19./10. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 #
20./11. [WIU] Nintendo Land
GameStop ad (1/30 – 2/5)
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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:
RUMOR: Black Ops 2 “Revolution” DLC accidentally confirmed for Wii U?
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Podcast Stories, Rumors, Wii U | 0 comments
Update: Nope. From the Activision forums:
“We are aware that some of the menu listings from the [Xbox] 360’s Revolution DLC drop are showing up in the game. This is … just a versioning problem that we are working to address.”
Like I posted about last night, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 got a brand new patch last night that supposedly brought a handful of things up to speed with the PS360 versions of the game. The reality ended up being that it broke more than it fixed, but that’s for Treyarch to deal with as time goes forward. The most interesting part of this isn’t that things broke or didn’t break: It’s that we may have seen our first glimmer of hope for the “Revolution” DLC coming to Wii U in quite some time.
When the patch was applied, players quickly noticed that leaderboards now included the DLC-only “Diner Turned” mode, and there were even a few players listed on it despite it not having come out for anything other than Xbox 360 thus far. There was also a calling card added based off of the “Peacekeeper” SMG, which is a gun only available for those that have purchased the DLC.
Wii U community manager A_Trey_U was quick to rectify the situation, however, saying it was just an accident:
“Holy things that shouldn’t have happened, Batman! This is indeed a bug, and sadly something that will likely be going away this evening.
This is by no means a confirmation of DLC. Just something that got brought over when we brought over the rest of the fixes from the other platforms. Leave it to our community to find it in the first two minutes.”
We’ll just have to wait and see what happens! Treyarch is usually under incredibly strict rules about what they can and can’t talk about during the Xbox 360’s exclusivity period with DLC, so if we hear anything it’ll likely be after February 28th when the DLC comes to PS3 and PC.
Media Create hardware sales (1/21 – 1/27)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 48,226
3DS – 26,898
PS3 – 18,322
Wii U – 13,746
PSP – 12,897
Vita – 9,748
Wii – 2,093
Xbox 360 – 611
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 51,015
3DS – 30,840
PS3 – 19,697
Wii U – 16,654
PSP – 15,343
Vita – 9,036
Wii – 2,199
Xbox 360 – 706
