It’s been a few months since Nordic Games acquired some of THQ’s key franchises, including Darksiders. Where do things stand at the moment?
Nordic’s Reinhard Pollice told Joystiq:
“It takes longer than expected getting everything together because THQ, there are not a lot of people there. There are just like five people and they’re mostly financial and administration guys. So the stuff that we need is really hard to get. I’ve been visiting them a lot of times, trying to make sure we get everything that we actually want, or that we should get.”
Darksiders was among the more interesting franchises picked up by Nordic. However, a new entry is still a very long ways off. Nordic is currently in contact with a few staffers from the now-defunct Vigil Games, though because a “certain core” of employees moved on to Crytek US, they probably won’t be working on any future Darksiders projects.
Namco Bandai has shared its official lineup for this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Plenty of games will be on hand – in both playable and video form – next month.
Here’s the full overview:
Console Games
- Ace Combat Infinity (PS3) – Playable, Video
- AKB1/149 Renai Sousenkyo (PS3) – Video
- Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (3DS) – Video
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (PS3, 360, PSV) – Playable, Video
- Game Center CX (3DS) – Video
- God Eater 2 (PSV, PSP) – Playable, Video
- Gundam Breaker (PSV) – Playable, Video
- J Legends Retsuden (3DS) – Video
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (PS3) – Video
- J-Stars Victory VS (PS3, PSV) – Playable, Video
- Kuroko’s Basketball: Shouri e no Kiseki (3DS) – Video
- Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist: Treasure of the Substitute King (3DS) – Video
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation (PS3) – Video
- Mushibugyo (3DS) – Video
- One Piece: Unlimited World R (3DS) – Playable, Video
- Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai. Happy End. (PS3) – Video
- Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day (PS3) – Video
- Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (PS3) – Playable, Video
- Spec: Hoshi (3DS) – Video
- Super Heroine Chronicle (PS3, PSV) – Video
- Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masou Kishin III: Pride of Justice (PS3, PSV) – Video
- Super Robot Wars Operation Extend (PSP) – Video
- Tales of Symphonia Chronicles (PS3) – Playable, Video
- Tekken Revolution (PS3) – Video
- And more!!
PC Games
- Mobile Suit Gundam Online – Video
- SD Gundam Operations – Video
- And more!!
Family Area
- Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess (3DS) – Playable, Video
- Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (3DS) – Video
- Doki Doki Precure: Narikiri Life (3DS) – Playable, Video
- Kuma Tomo (3DS) – Video
- One Piece: Romance Dawn (3DS) – Video
- One Piece: Unlimited World R (3DS) – Playable, Video
- Sentouchu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (3DS) – Playable, Video
- Tamagotchi! Session no Dream School (3DS) – Playable, Video
- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Game de Gaburincho!! (3DS) – Video
- And more!!
Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends were the first two games to make use of the UbiArt engine. And just a few days ago, Ubisoft confirmed that its new project Child of Light will be built on the same technology.
Interestingly, Child of Light isn’t the only upcoming title to feature the UbiArt engine. More are on the way, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed to Game Informer, though he wouldn’t divulge any specifics. You can at least rest easy knowing that “many” UbiArt games are on the way.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams may not support proper off-TV play on Wii U.
The game, which just launched in Europe today, does allow players to go through the experience on the GamePad. It seems as though audio is missing, however. Visuals appear on the GamePad screen, but sound does not emit from the controller.
So I thought I'd play some #GianaSisters on #WiiU in my break, but there's no gamepad audio so no off TV play, just pointless mirroring!
— FreakZone Games (@FreakZoneGames) August 22, 2013
Another odd tidbit about Giana Sisters – on the Xbox 360, it’s a 1.6GB download. On Wii U though, Twisted Dreams takes up 4GB of storage.
Super Mario 3D World’s playable debut lacked nunchuck support when it came to multiplayer. At E3, people simply couldn’t use the controller add-on while playing with others.
This has been addressed for Super Mario World’s next build, which is on display at Gamescom. According to an EDGE report, it’s now possible to use the nunchuck in multiplayer. You won’t have to worry about controlling characters with the Wiimote’s d-pad any longer!
DLC never made it into Rayman Origins. But for Rayman Legends – the game’s sequel for all intents and purposes – may very well have extra content.
Ubisoft’s Alain Corre told Engadget that the company is mulling over the possibility of such functionality. Nothing has been set, however.
Corre said:
“That’s something we are thinking of for Rayman Legends. There may be some extra things we can do for this game.”
We’ve seen what Disney Infinity looks like on HD consoles. But perhaps you’ve forgotten that the game was released on Wii, too. Here’s what it looks like:
While Wii U has been struggling, the console’s biggest third-party supporter won’t be abandoning it anytime soon. Ubisoft will be coming out with a number of new titles for the system over the next few months, and it sounds like additional games will come in the future.
Ubisoft EMEA managing director Alain Corre told Polygon that the company believes in Nintendo, and they “feel there are some interesting things we can create.”
“We believe in Nintendo. Nintendo is a company that has proven in the last 30 years that they are able to fascinate tens of millions of gamers. Nintendo is a great game creator; they are magic to a lot of gamers. And we’ve had a lot of great experiences with Nintendo in the past, such as the Wii and the Just Dance franchise. It has become one of the major franchises on the Nintendo system and is growing on Wii U. The other reason is, we’re trying at Ubisoft, as a company, to be early on any new technology coming. We feel there are some interesting things we can create.”
Teyon is bringing Governor of Poker, originally an iOS release from Youdagames, to the 3DS eShop. A release is planned by the end of 2013.
Governor of Poker’s story is set in the Wild West. Players will only have a little bit of money to start out with, but more funds will become available over the course of the game. You’ll spend winnings on houses, industrial assets, rentals, and eventually the state of Texas. 25 achievements will be included.
