Need for Speed: Most Wanted Wii U details
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EA has finally sent out an official announcement for Need for Speed: Most Wanted Wii U. The publisher confirmed the game’s North American and Europe release date and shared a few details about the new version.
Criterion Games is cramming in a new local co-op mode, titled “Co-Driver”, in which one person handles a Wiimote or Wii U Pro Controller while a second player controls the GamePad “to provide control and navigation assistance on a fully interactive real-time map. Using just their fingertips, a partner can distract pursuing cops, switch from night to day or activate enhanced performance for any car and even control the amount of traffic on the road.”
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate release date announcement trailer
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LEGO City: Undercover, MH3 Ultimate, other games dated
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Nintendo has sent out a new release schedule for North America that reveals numerous release dates for upcoming games on its platforms. The graphic above confirms release dates for LEGO City: Undercover, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, and more. Nintendo additionally revealed “LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins”, a 3DS prequel to the Wii U game, which “follows the exploits of Chase McCain as a rookie cop.”
Also worth mentioning: Game & Wario, The Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3 and Wii Fit U are all scheduled to arrive in the first half of the year.
The graphic above shows the full lineup of dates. Head past the break for the official news straight from Nintendo.
Off-screen Disney Infinity footage
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Hammer screenshots and details
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Capcom is continuing to highlight some of the different elements from Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. The latest update kicks off a look at different weapons in the game.
Hammer screenshots and details are posted below, straight from Capcom-Unity.
Players have died over 300,000 times in ZombiU
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ZombiU has racked up a significant amount of deaths since launch. Ubisoft Montpellier’s Guillaume Brunier told Nintendo World Report that over 300,000 have been recorded. That’s 300,000 zombies. How high can the total go?
Video: Animating The Incredible Hulk in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
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Famitsu: Top 100 best-selling games of 2012
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Famitsu published a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan of 2012. Enterbrain compiled the data based on sales between December 26, 2011 and December 30, 2012.
Keep in mind that games bought directly on digital platforms are not included, nor are download cards purchased at retail. Titles bundled in with hardware are included.
The full lineup can be found in the graphic below:
Wii U commercial banned in the UK, ruled as misleading
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One of the Wii U’s biggest selling-points is the ability to play games directly on the GamePad. Quite a few titles have supported the feature thus far, but plenty require a television to experience.
Off-TV play is now the focal point of an advertisement that has been banned in the UK.
ZombiU team thought about multiplayer for main campaign, co-op, online dreams
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ZombiU features multiplayer gameplay, but you can’t team up with a friend inside the campaign. The team did consider multiplayer for the main mode, though quickly decided against it due to time concerns. Ubisoft wanted to get ZombiU out the door in time for the Wii U’s launch.
According to producer Guillaume Brunier:
“We did, but we ruled it out quickly as we thought we could not deliver it on time. How to bring a cooperative experience and still keep fear and tension is a question we would love to address though.”
When asked if the the push to launch ZombiU alongside the Wii U required some aspects to be left on the cutting room floor, Brunier said:
“Cooperative play would be one example. There are also things that we should have left on the drawing board like the tapping gameplays to nail barricades or open manholes.”
Brunier also discussed the topic of online multiplayer. The team didn’t consider this aspect for too long since the staff “had other issues to address.” However, Brunier did share one dream that the team has:
“We did not spend a lot of time contemplating online multiplayer as we had other issues to address. In our most exciting dreams, we would like to create an online experience where players never quite know where they stand between coop and player vs. player. Doubt is a great nest for tension and fear.”
