Earlier today, EA announced the next entry in the Need for Speed franchise – Need for Speed: Rivals. Unfortunately, there are no plans to bring the game to the Wii U at this time.
Ghost Games’ founder and Rivals producer Marcus Nilsson told Eurogamer that “Frostbite is not really set up for Wii U.” EA confirmed in its announcement that the racer is being built on the Frostbite 3 engine.
“Yeah, Frostbite is not really set up for Wii U. I don’t have all the information, so it wouldn’t be right for me to speak about it. Frostbite 3 is a really capable engine, it’s scalable and it gives us a big advantage on the next generation to support the Xbox One and the PS4, but it’s not being developed on the Wii U.”
A shame that we won’t be seeing this one on Wii U. You could argue that Most Wanted was best on Nintendo’s system last year out of all console versions, so it would have been nice to see how Rivals turned out.
Marvelous USA, otherwise known as XSEED, announced its E3 2013 lineup today.
A total of five games will be brought to the expo, not counting mobile titles. Killer is Dead, Ragnarok Odyssey Ace, Rune Factory 4, Valhalla Knights 3, and Ys: Memories of Celceta will be on hand.
You can find the official rundown below.
Shin Megami Tensei IV just launched in Japan. For those interested, day-one downloadable content is available for purchase.
First, it’s now possible to nab three different hairstyles for the main characters. This is free.
Next is the exclusive silver samurai costume. By purchasing the armor, you’ll be able to more easily tackle the earlier areas of the game. Pricing is set at 100 yen currently, but it’ll go up to 200 yen starting on June 10.
There’s also a Challenge Quest from Charon, priced at 250 yen. You can gain access to a new field filled with enemies who drop experience-increasing items. Additionally, if you meet certain conditions, you can fuse the demon “Oread”.
Screenshots of the Shin Megami Tensei IV DLC can be found above.
Success Corp is gearing up for a new Touch Detective announcement. A teaser site was opened today, which teases a reveal in the May 30 issue of Famitsu.
This would likely be a brand new entry as opposed to a spinoff or something similar. The last main game, released in 2007, was Touch Detective 2 1/2.
A new item has arrived on the Japanese Club Nintendo website.
For 450 points, users can obtain a green-colored Canvas Box. Yoshi, the Piranha Plant, Goomba, and other Mario elements are featured in the design.
The box can be used to store games, accessories, and more.
SEGA released a new teaser image for Sonic Lost World on its Facebook page today. In addition to the photo above, the following message was posted:
“Six will rise from the Lost World. Are they friends or foes? Find out on May 29th.”
Sonic Lost World should also be covered heavily on the next Nintendo Direct.
Nintendo’s next Nintendo Direct, planned for E3 time, has been set. The presentation will be streamed on June 11 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET.
A tweet from Nintendo confirms:
Hello. We already announced we will have another #NintendoDirectNA at E3, but now we can share the date/time: 6/11 at 7 am PT. #IwataSays
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) May 23, 2013
A press release from Nintendo says that the Direct “will provide updates about future Wii U games”.
Mike Fischer became Square Enix of America’s president and CEO in July 2010. He is now gone from the company.
A Polygon report confirms that Fischer has moved on to Amazon’s Japan division as the vice president of digital Music and Video.
Fischer told the site that he left on good terms, but did not provide further information. Square Enix has not commented on the situation at this time.
