According to a tweet from Ripstone, Pure Chess has now been approved by Nintendo. Release date news is expected for both Wii U and 3DS sometime next week.
Ripstone’s message reads:
Hurray! Pure Chess has been approved on #Nintendo #3DS & #WiiU – we'll let you know release dates next week! #finally pic.twitter.com/9S8SqGiw5m
— Ripstone (@RipstoneGames) March 7, 2014
Nintendo has provided a new look at yet another track in Mario Kart 8. Below, you’ll find a couple of new images featuring Bone Dry Dunes.
Here's Bone Dry Dunes a new course in Mario Kart 8, screeching onto #WiiU on 30/5! #MK8 pic.twitter.com/0xfPMT305x
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) March 7, 2014
Thanks to a tweet from Ubisoft creative director Jonathan Morin, we now have confirmation that Watch Dogs will feature an 8-player open world multiplayer mode.
Morin confirmed the news on Twitter through the following tweet:
@UnrealThreats Yes
— Jonathan Morin (@Design_Cave) March 7, 2014
Morin didn’t share any details about the mode, though we should be gaining more concrete information over the next couple of months.
Chrono Trigger will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next year. Wouldn’t it be great if Square Enix were to do something new with IP… like a new game, maybe? Well, don’t count on that happening.
In a “Final Fantasy Go There Special Interview” conducted by Square Enix Members Japan, the company’s Kitase Yoshinori pointed out that creating a Chrono Trigger sequel would be a big hurdle. Toriyama Motomu also mentioned how contacting Yuji Horii and Hironobu Sakaguchi would be necessary if it were to be made. To conclude, Yoshida Naoki said that a new Chrono Trigger would seem quite unlikely to happen as of now.
Klon is delaying the launch of Island Days in Japan. Originally slated for May, the game will now ship on June 26. Klon hopes to improve Island Days’ quality with the added time.