SEGA hasn’t been willing to comment on the status of Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U. Neither has Demiurge Studios, the team behind the game on Nintendo’s console.
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford did offer one terse statement to GameSpot. Well, kind of. I’m not even sure you could call it that. Pitchford himself isn’t quite sure if Colonial Marines will be releasing on Wii U.
He said:
“We’ll see. That’s not our call. I think [developer Demiurge Studios] did amazing work. I think it’s really cool, but Sega’s got to figure that out. We’re doing the best we can.”
Diablo III is making its debut on consoles through the PlayStation 3 and PS4. That being said, Blizzard’s game may not necessarily be exclusive to Sony systems.
In an interview with the Penny Arcade Report, senior producer Julia Humphreys said the following about exclusivity:
“We don’t have any announcements to make at this time … But we’re not necessarily a Sony exclusive.”
Might a Wii U version be possible?
UK retailers have been playing to lower-the-Wii U-price-so-it-will-sell game for over a month now, and since dropping the price of the system by £50 didn’t seem to help, HMV is now slashing it by a total of £140, making the retail price £199.
Oh, and that’s for the Deluxe System. And it comes with ZombiU. So if you’re in the land of HMV and GAME, you better head over to HMV because that is a ridiculously low price for a ridiculously decent piece of hardware.
A whole bunch of DuckTales Remastered details have emerged from PAX East. Polygon chatted with producer Rey Jimenez for the lowdown on the game. We’ve rounded up information below.
– New features to make it more forgiving than the original
– Won’t have to master the art of jumping, ducking and tapping a button to “pogo”
– Just jump and press a button instead
– Will have maps with built-in guidance
– One very difficult level that had to be played three times is now reworked so that it now only needs to be completed once
– Practically all features that help players out can be removed through the options menu or difficulty setting
– Hand-holding features included in the first place since “Gamers are just different today and because the team “had to make it significantly easier and more accessible”
– Visual overhaul
– Blend of hand-drawn 2D art with 3D models
– One of the layout artists who worked on the original afternoon cartoon helped with the game
– Extended script
– New introduction and end of level scenes
– Scrooge McDuck, Magica De Spell and Launchpad McQuack are back for their voice roles
– Team also revisited some of the key art elements of the game to try and incorporate more of the art from the original TV show
– Ex: generic bat from one area has been replaced with a copy of the bat that appears in the introduction to the original television show
– New content such as galleries, the ability to unlock a rare full-length version of the TV show’s theme song, and the ability to swim Scrooge around through the gold in his vault
– The amount of coins that Scrooge swims around in will be directly impacted by how many gems the player has discovered in the game
– Brand new level (the last in the game)
– Removal of needing to visit the Transylvania level
– Will only have to go through the level just once and then proceed to the new level
– No longer can skip through the entire African Mines level through a shortcut
– Shortcut remains, but leads to some items
DuckTales Remastered could be just the start of Capcom-Disney remakes. If the game is well-received, we may eventually see the likes of Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck and Aladdin.
Jimenez believes that Chip n’ Dale would be next in line for a remake, assuming DuckTales Remastered performs as it should.
“In a purely hypothetical world, I think Chip n’ Dale would be the next logical one. It makes sense because it’s the next in the hierarchy. “
2013 isn’t just the Year of Luigi – it’s apparently the “Year of Tales”, too. Namco Bandai is “making this a Tales of filled year”, according to series producer Hideo Baba.
Baba also teased “a lot of surprise announcements”. He didn’t elaborate on when these are coming or what platforms they’ll be for, but you can bet that we’ll hear something at the Tales of Festival in June.
“We’re planning on making this a Tales of filled year. So we have a lot of surprise announcements lined up — stay tuned!”
Some of the first details regarding Renegade Kid’s brand new first-person shooter for the 3DS eShop, Cult County, are included in this week’s Nintendo Force.
Cult County will be receiving episodic releases. The first is due sometime this year, which, along with other downloads from the eShop, will provide around four hours of gameplay.
Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham told Nintendo Force that the series of titles will incorporate “better pacing in terms of when there is tension and when there is action.” Players will explore “detailed environments that would not have been possible on the DS”, and Watsham also reconfirmed Circle Pad Pro as well as stylus-focused controls.
Religion will play an important but fictional role in Cult County. However, Watsham clarified: “It is not our intention to make a statement about any of the existing religions or impose our beliefs on anyone.”
Watsham wrapped up his talk with the magazine by speaking about the risk in making Cult County:
“To self-fund the development of Cult County is a very difficult and risky endeavor for us. Mutant Mudds was a lot less risky in terms of development cost and the needed return on investment to break even or make a profit. The release of Cult County will be the ultimate test for us of whether we can develop an ambitious title for the Nintendo eShop market and be financially successful. The result of this game will help guide our future development efforts.”
