Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is using a new multiplayer engine. Game design head Tim Browne confirmed the news to Examiner, and noted that the technology was adapted to work on all consoles. This will be the first multiplayer engine change since Brotherhood.
Browne said:
“We’ve had the same engine since Brotherhood, and for this year we integrated a new engine that works on current gen and next-gen consoles. Then we did upscaled, specific development for next-gen, so the character models are four times higher textures and polygons than the normal ones. There are very specific next-gen features which we’re catering for as well, which you won’t have on current gen. Not just graphical improvements, but certain other things.”
This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. There are two main highlights for Nintendo fans this week: $10 off Splinter Cell: Blacklist and Crash City Mayhem for $10.
You can find all of this week’s offers in the ad below.
The latest Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PSP] Uta no Prince-Sama: Music 2 #
02./00. [PS3] Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist
03./01. [PS3] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle #
04./00. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate #
05./02. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn #
06./07. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
07./06. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team #
08./00. [PSV] Killzone: Mercenary
09./05. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
10./09. [3DS] Youkai Watch
11./03. [PSV] Ragnarok Odyssey Ace
12./00. [PS3] Puppeteer
13./10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
14./12. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
15./04. [PS3] Lost Planet 3
16./00. [PSP] Kiyoka no Ori: Hiiro no Kakera 4 – Shiki no Shi #
17./00. [360] Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist
18./00. [360] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate #
19./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
20./18. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
Note: the Monster Hunter 4 scans show another collaboration. Capcom will be featuring the manga series Baki the Grappler in the game.
Nintendo experimented with Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword in HD
Ever since the reveal of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, it’s been known that the remake came about while Nintendo was experimenting with different art styles for the series’ next original entry on Wii U. As it turns out, Wind Waker wasn’t the only title the company tinkered around with. Eiji Aonuma confirmed to Polygon that Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword were also tested in HD.
So what does this mean for the possibility of these two games also receiving Wii U remakes? Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma isn’t ruling anything out, but having just wrapped up Wind Waker HD and now fully turning his attention to Zelda Wii U, there likely won’t be any additional HD releases in the near future. Aonuma wouldn’t necessarily rule anything out for the future though, telling Polygon:
“I can’t say that the possibility is zero that those will be made into HD, but right now I need to work on the next installation in the series so I don’t have the bandwidth to do that right now. But maybe it will happen if someone else does it.”
Here’s a question: would you like to see Twilight Princess and/or Skyward Sword in HD? If you had to choose one or the other, which would you pick?
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 60,077
3DS – 19,114
PS3 – 13,790
Vita – 7,314
Wii U – 5,702
PSP – 5,493
Wii – 978
Xbox 360 – 201
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 49,149
PS3 – 20,090
3DS – 17,873
Vita – 8,405
Wii U – 6,741
PSP – 6,218
Wii – 1,141
Xbox 360 – 177
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai shared the following message:
“The Pyrosphere viewed from above. The Morph Ball design is also based on the one from Metroid: Other M.”
Miiverse users now have a new way of communicating with their friends and followers. Starting today, a newly introduced update allows for messages to be posted directly to your friends and followers’ Activity Feed.
Nintendo of Europe passed along the news earlier today:
Feel like posting out of the box? On #Miiverse you can now post directly to your (and your friends' and followers') Activity Feed!
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) September 11, 2013
