After approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court this past Thursday, Atari is preparing to enter the world of business again after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy back in January of 2013. The company (Atari Inc.) will get $3.4 million from its parent company (Atari S.A.) to get it out of bankruptcy, and then another $1.75 million to restart operations and try to turn a profit. No specific plans have been revealed for what they might do differently this time around, but we’ll likely hear news soon enough.
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RingZero Games is bringing My First Songs to the Wii U eShop. And according to a listing on Nintendo’s website, it’ll arrive this month.
As the name suggests, My First Songs is a title more suited to the younger gamer. It’s a karaoke experience featuring 15 well-known children’s songs, solo mode, duet mode, off-TV play, and performance photos.
Actor Joel McHale and Geoff Keighley will co-host the VGX awards tomorrow. Keighley announced the news via Twitter through the following message:
Excited to announce your host for VGX: @joelmchale and I'll be joining him as co-host! See you guys tomorrow at http://t.co/NvzgjNgG4J
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 6, 2013
When it was known as the VGAs, previous hosts include Zachary Levi, Neil Patrick Harris, and Jack Black.
VGX 2013 will take place tomorrow at 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT.
Image & Form is leaving the door open to the possibility of bringing SteamWorld Dig to Wii U.
Although CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson won’t make any commitments, he acknowledged to 4CR that fans have made requests to see the game ported over to Nintendo’s console. Keep in mind that the team hasn’t given the idea too much thought.
Sigurgeirsson said:
It feels like we’re considering and reassessing our options every week. Jools at Renegade Kid, Rhod at Dakko Dakko and many other indie devs are very brave to stand at the frontline for the Wii U, and we haven’t had time to give it very much thought yet – we’ve been up over our ears with the Steam version and its release. When we announced the Steam version I got a tweet from a Nintendo fan saying “Great! Now you have HD graphics, porting to Wii U can’t take more than an afternoon!” It takes a bit longer than that… 🙂 We’ll see where we go. With an acclaimed game in your back pocket, the future is full of interesting choices.
Select Sam’s Club outlets are selling Wii U Deluxe Sets for $191.71. This is the original release – the one with Nintendo Land bundled in rather than Wind Waker HD or New Super Mario Bros. U/Luigi U. Sam’s Club is likely looking to clear out old stock here, so not all stores will have the offer available.
Thanks to PattonFiend for the tip.
Nintendo’s website is listing several games for release on the 3DS eShop title this month. Below are quick links to each:
Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles
Bird Mania Christmas 3D
Cubit The Hardcore Platformer Robot
EDGE
Jewel Quest 4 Heritage
Jump Trials Supreme
