Armature Studio is on the rebound. After releasing just one game – Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for PS Vita – and the recent news of Maverick Hunter X’s cancellation, we learned that the company is hard at work on Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for Warner Bros.
Blackgate isn’t the only title Armature is making. According to a press release covering today’s Arkham Origins announcement, the studio is “working on multiple titles.”. What else could the team be creating?
Hey, it’s the return of R.O.B. the robot! Okay, not quite, but Nintendo did submit an interesting patent related to a “remotely controlled mobile device control system.”
At the heart of the patent, Nintendo would be able to include a Wiimote-like controller inside a “remote controlled toy”. The device could then be paired with a console for new kinds of functionality.
Patents often don’t see the light of day, so this could be nothing more than an idea from Nintendo. It’s intriguing nonetheless!
Fantasy Life has moved close to 300,000 units, Level-5 has confirmed. CEO Akihiro Hino provided Nikkei Trendy Net with the update in a recent interview. Shipped doesn’t necessarily mean sold, but Level-5’s new IP certainly seems to be performing well in Japan.
More Fantasy Life content is expected in the future. Level-5 is currently readying a big update for the game, and the company previously revealed intentions to turn the IP into a complete franchise.
Update: Having just seen the Spanish press release, this does appear to be the real deal.
So this is rather odd. Runner2 is supposedly due out on the European Wii U eShop this Thursday, despite the fact that it wasn’t mentioned in the weekly Nintendo Download press release.
The news comes from Revogamers, who says that Nintendo and Gaijin Games are launching the title in celebration of iDÉAME. It could be coming, but we won’t know for sure until Thursday. If we don’t see it this week, perhaps it’ll hit the European eShop next Thursday.
Update: Sorry guys! Images have been removed… I’m sure we’ll be seeing official content from Warner Bros. soon enough.
Batman: Arkham Origins isn’t the only new Batman game in development. Armature Studio is also working on Origins Blackgate, a new entry in the series for the 3DS and PlayStation Vita.
Game Informer has first information about Blackgate in this month’s issue. You can find images and details summarized below along with screenshots. There’s even more in Game Informer, so we highly advise that you take a look at this the publication’s May issue.
Update 2: Sorry guys! Images have been removed… I’m sure we’ll be seeing official content from Warner Bros. soon enough.
Update: Added a few more bits and images.
The first details regarding Batman: Arkham Origins are now available through the latest issue of Game Informer.
Origins marks the series’ first entry not handled by Rocksteady. Instead, Warner Bros. Montreal has been assigned with handling the franchise’s future.
So what should fans expect? Read on below for a detailed summary from Game Informer’s report. You can also find the first screenshots in the gallery.
Radical Fish Games’ 2D action-RPG Cross-Code could make its way to the Wii U eShop. The indie dev is making the game for PC through HTML5, which, with the arrival of Nintendo Web Framework and other tools, is now a possibility for the system.
For now, Radical Fish Games is focusing on completing Cross-Code for PC. The team does have some interest in bringing the title to the Wii U, so it’s something that can be considered once the main game wraps up development.
Arkhamverse Expands with Prequel Story
And New Addition of Handheld Games with BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS BLACKGATE
Burbank, Calif. – April 9, 2013 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Batman: Arkham Origins™ and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™, the next installments of the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Batman: Arkham Origins will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™ will be available for the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system, and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system. Both titles are scheduled to release worldwide Oct. 25, 2013.
Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5-D game developed by Armature Studio that brings the Batman Arkham experience for the first time to Nintendo and Sony handheld systems. A companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, players can continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight’s past.
