Take-Two nabs WWE licence from THQ
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Another fallout from THQ’s recent auction is the transfer of the WWE licence. IGN reports that it is now in the hands of Take-Two Interactive.
One thing to note: the rights were apparently sold outside THQ’s formal auction process. Exact details behind the negotiation are currently unknown.
Capcom on Resident Evil Mercenaries game for consoles, Revelations HD has “extremely expanded” Raid Mode
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One user on the Capcom-Unity boards asked about a possible Resident Evil Mercenaries game for consoles and PC. This wouldn’t be a port of 3DS’ Mercenaries 3D. Rather, it’d be a brand new title with modern visuals.
Capcom’s Christian Svensson, responding to the note, said: “Understood on the request. Let’s talk next week on this topic.”
Svensson also had a few things to say about Resident Evil: Revelations HD’s Raid Mode. This will be “extremely expanded”.
“The other thing you should look forward to is trying out the extremely expanded raid mode (details to come in the coming months) in RE:Revelations. I find it scratches a LOT of the same itches.”
Ron Gilbert (The Cave): Developers are unsure about “what to do” with Wii U
Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments
“What we experienced with the Wii U is probably what a lot of developers experienced with the Wii U, which is, ‘What do we do with it?. It was this really neat secondary controller that has a screen and you can do different things on it. When I talked to my friends who were designing games for the Wii U, it’s like, ‘We don’t quite know what to do with it’. It’ll probably be about a year before you start to see games just completely nail exactly what that controller is for.” – ‘The Cave’ dev Ron Gilbert
I can understand his point and he’s probably right, but if you’re a game developer who can’t think of things to do with the Wii U Gamepad then I’d say don’t do anything with it beyond menu scrolling and item selection! Nothing wrong with a game just being a regular ol’ game.
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD screenshots
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Yarn Yoshi screenshots
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Note: Yarn Yoshi name not final. Tentative name from Nintendo of America/Europe.
Resident Evil: Revelations – Console version details
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– Graphical improvements are not just an upscale to HD
– Models have been changed, updated, etc
– For example, a first aid kit that Chris carries in the mountains now shows scissors, medical equipment on its model instead of a bland box
– New creature type that was in the trailer will cause players to make decisions about what the best way to approach the situation is
– Takenaka hinted at the creature being a recurring encounter
– New weapons, HUNK confirmed for ‘Raid’ mode
– Enemy positions have been fine tuned for ‘Raid’
– The team is working on ways to implement the Streetpass functionality
New Pikmin 3 screenshots
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Looks like Monolith Soft’s Wii U game will have online play
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We don’t know much about Monolith Soft’s Wii U project, but here’s a tidbit for you: it looks like it’ll have online play. The screenshot above indicates that you’ll be able to get together with others online. Now the wait begins for more information…
Fully customizable controls available on Wii U’s VC
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Virtual Console games are now a thing on Wii U. The first title of the trial program, Balloon Fight, can be purchased today for 30 cents.
You may be interested to hear that these titles offer a significant amount of control options. Tap the touch screen (or press ZL+ZR), and you’ll come across the VC menu, which contains the control options, restore point, and game reset. Players can experience VC games (well, Balloon Fight at least) with the GamePad, Wiimote, Wii U Pro Controller, or Wii Classic Controller – and each lets you set the function of every button. Joystiq notes that the GamePad, Wiimote, and Classic Controller all served as the player 1 controls, and the Pro Controller defaulted to player 2.
