Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is running on a modified version of the Bluepoint Engine, the game’s developer has revealed. Armature Studio shared the tidbit on Twitter when asked by a fan a few days ago.
Bluepoint Engine has powered titles such as Blast Factor and God of War Collection. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale also takes advantage of the technology.
Majeso appears to be shipping Crash City Mayhem in North America, and the game could just be a few weeks away from launching.
We’ve come across a listing on GameFly that lists a plausible May 14 date. The retailer also posted the North American boxart for Crash City Mayhem. Take a look:
Crash City Mayhem originally launched in Japan in January 2012 as Runabout 3D. Ghostlight confirmed plans to distribute the title in Europe last July, but we haven’t heard anything since.
Abylight is bringing two new titles to the 3DS eShop. Confirmed at iDÉAME in Spain, Carps & Dragons and Cut the Rope are bound for the digital store.
Details about both are posted below.
Carps & Dragons
- Original title from Abylight for the 3DS eShop.
- Takes the Fish ‘Em All concept (their WiiWare title) and adds new modes like Fishtris, a puzzle mode where you have to capture fishes with the same colour to make it dissapear before to reach the limit. Plus Arcade and Challenges modes.
- Has local 2 players multiplayer with Download Play.
- The levels have been reworked to fit the 3DS’ screen.
- New tutorials and a smoother learning curve.
Cut the Rope
- Port done by Abylight, published by Zeptolab.
- Takes the iOS version and adds the extra PC/Mac levels.
- The top screens shows the little green monster and how many stars you got in that level, use the stylus to cut and pop.
- It has achievements and online leaderboards
Abylight is also collaborating with Delirium Games on another future release for the 3DS eShop. Details about the project have not been revealed as of yet, though.
01./01. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
02./03. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
03./04. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 #
04./08. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013
05./09. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013
06./19. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission
07./38. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
08./05. [PSV] Muramasa Rebirth
09./02. [PSP] Fate/Extra CCC #
10./10. [WIU] Game & Wario
11./15. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment #
12./06. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online #
13./13. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
14./17. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
15./00. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge
16./11. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
17./07. [PSP] Dungeon Travelers 2: Ouritsu Tokoshan to Mamono no Fuuin #
18./16. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice #
19./27. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
20./26. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Legacy of Civilization A
What would you say is the most successful Tales game in the west? Tales of the Abyss, maybe? Nope.
Series producer Hideo Baba revealed that Tales of Symphonia on the GameCube is the best-performing title overseas to-date. When asked about why he believes this is the case, Baba pointed out that Symphonia was the first 3D release in the franchise and Namco Bandai additionally received “a lot of support from Nintendo” that allowed the company “to reach out to a broader audience that we weren’t able to reach before.”
“I believe the success of Tales of Symphonia has multiple factors to it, the first being that it was the first Tales title that was rendered in 3D polygons, so we believe that was a huge component to its success. Another huge component was that we had a lot of support from Nintendo, so that allowed us to reach out to a broader audience that we weren’t able to reach before.”
Q.U.B.E. looks like it could be heading to the Wii U.
The game’s official Twitter account posted an image of the title displayed on the GamePad, along with the message: “QUBE running on Wii U!”
Here’s the relevant tweet:
QUBE running on Wii U! twitter.com/qubegame/statu…
— Q.U.B.E. (@qubegame) April 13, 2013
Q.U.B.E. originally launched for PC in December 2011, followed by a Mac release one year later. Based on the tweet above, it appears that the game will now be coming to the Wii U as well.
