Havok Vision Engine available for Wii U, full Havok suite can now be licenced
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments
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
Nintendo releasing “cavalcade” of big-name, fan-favorite Wii U and 3DS games
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments
Let’s face it: Nintendo’s early 2013 lineup is bleak. Nintendo only has one major, core game releasing in January and February: Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Things will begin to turn around in March, according to president Satoru Iwata. Through the rest of the year and into 2014, “Nintendo will release a cavalcade of strong, fan-favorite software titles for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.”
Iwata wrote in an investor’s statement:
“Beginning in March and continuing through the rest of the calendar year and into 2014, Nintendo will release a cavalcade of strong, fan-favorite software titles for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. New entries in the Mario Kart, Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, LEGO City, Wii Fit and Pikmin franchises will help Nintendo regain momentum for Wii U. Additionally, highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS games such as Luigi’s Mansion 2 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf have the potential to be hardware drivers and bring new audiences to the platform.”
Sniper Elite V2 confirmed for Wii U
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Update:
Looks like this is the real deal. GameStop has pre-orders running online here. Amazon also has a product page running
and includes a May 21 release date, which makes much more sense. Both retailers list a $49.99 price point.
Sniper Elite V2 has long been rumored for Wii U, but publisher 505 Games has never made any official announcements. But now it appears that the nearly year-old shooter will be coming to the console in just a few months.
GameStop casually lists the Wii U version of Sniper Elite V2 in its weekly ad – boxart and all. Consumers can begin pre-ordering the title, which apparently releases on May 24. The only red flag I see is that May 24 is a Friday. In North America, games typically launch earlier in the week.
Perhaps we’ll be hearing something official from 505 Games soon?
Details from Nintendo’s third-quarter financial results
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo published its latest financial results earlier today. While Big N did return to profitability, it was forced to negatively revise forecasts.
Read on below for a summary of Nintendo’s latest financials. Note that each figure below accounts for sales received between April to December of last year.
– Net income of 14,545 million (around $159m)
– Net sales estimates for the full year revised down by 17.3%
– Wii U has sold 3.06 million units worldwide as of December 2012
– 1.32 million consoles sold in North America
– Another 900,000 units sold in Europe
– 830,000 systems sold in Japan
– Wii sold 3.53 million units from April to December
– Nintendo has previously stated that it aims to sell 5.5 million Wii Us before the end of March, but it has now revised this target to 4 million
– New estimate for game sales: 16 million as opposed to the original 24 million
– 11.69 million games have been sold thus far
– Best-selling Wii U launch game was Nintendo Land
– Nintendo Land sold 2.33 million units
– 3DS sales saw a big increase
– Software sales up 41% year-on-year
– Hardware sales up 11%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Wii U update released
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments
Update: Apparently it’s not going as smoothly as they would like! Here’s the quote from Wii U community manager A_Trey_U:
Hello Wii U Community,
We are noticing some issues with the version of the patch that was posted that you guys are also reporting here on the forums. We are working with Nintendo on a resolution to this problem and hope to know more at some point tomorrow. I will keep you posted as I receive more information.
We are aware that some of the menu listings from the 360’s Revolution DLC drop are showing up in the game. This is not a confirmation of DLC for the Wii U, just a versioning problem that we are working to address.
I do not want to publish the list of known fixes until I have confirmation that they are all live. I hope to be able to do this tomorrow, but as I mentioned, this is something we are working on with Nintendo, so the timeline isn’t entirely in our hands.
Thank you for understanding.
A_Trey_U
No details on what it does other than bringing the Wii U “up to date” with the PS3 and 360, but I just wanted to let everyone know that it is live and you can go download it right now. I haven’t noticed any explicit change yet, and we won’t be getting the full details list for a little while now.
