A few more Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut details have emerged.
First up, Deus Ex’s new version will support off-TV play. This is confirmed by French outlet Gameblog and German publication 4Players. Gameblog also writes that a New Game+ is included in Director’s Cut, and it will feature a visually cleaner look than the original PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release thanks to improved anti-aliasing.
Slightly less clear is Director’s Cut’s Miiverse implementation. There’s talk that you’ll be able to add vocal annotations with the GamePad microphone and share recordings through the social network, though it’s unclear if something was lost in translation.
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon developer Next Level Games has apparently been creating a secret project since October.
Next Level was, obviously, focusing a good amount of its efforts on wrapping up the 3DS game for Nintendo. But it appears that the studio was also hard at work on some kind of unannounced project.
Lead designer Devon Blanchet lists “a new top-secret game” on his LinkedIn profile. If development started in October, this new game has been in the works for six months.
Blanchet’s resume doesn’t provide any further details. It’s unclear is Next Level’s next game is being made in partnership with Nintendo or a different publisher.
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon was an interesting project for Next Level Games to tackle. It was the company’s first major game that was being developed in collaboration with Nintendo as an action title.
For supervisor Yoshihito Ikebata, while he didn’t have much experience with the genre, his desire to make a new Luigi’s Mansion motivated him to work on Dark Moon.
“How did that happen? I guess I just wanted to work on a game like that.
I guess the strongest element of me getting involved with this was just because I, personally, really wanted to see a sequel to “Luigi’s Mansion.” Now, of course, that was battling within me, against the anxiety that I felt about working on a kind of game that I hadn’t really had a lot of experience with before, but I would say that in the end, the desire to make a sequel to “Luigi’s Mansion” was the stronger feeling, and it won out.”
A couple of new games can be purchased at Best Buy at a discount. Kirby Mass Attack is available for $7.99 while Sin and Punishment 2 is going for $9.99.
Both games are available for shipping at the moment. I’m not sure how much stock Best Buy has on-hand, but you could also look for the two games in-store.
Aliens: Colonial Marines was supposed to arrive on Wii U in March. So… uh… where is it?
Neither SEGA nor Wii U developer Demiurge are talking. Time is running out with only ten days remaining in March.
When asked about the status of Colonial Marines for Wii U, a SEGA representative said:
“We’re still not commenting on [Aliens: Colonial Marines] at this point. Sorry, I don’t have better news.”
Another representative for Demiurge wasn’t much help either:
“I’m sorry to say that we at Demiurge can’t really comment.”
At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Aliens was cancelled for Wii U. And it wouldn’t be much of a loss.
The Deep Island: Riptide Wii U saga continues.
Initially, reasons for the game’s non-appearance on Nintendo’s console seemed to be related to the game’s engine. But it was soon clarified that the Wii U could run Riptide’s Chrome Engine just fine, and Deep Silver would need to offer their own comment about the situation.
And now the latest. Deep Silver commented on why it decided against releasing Dead Island: Riptide for Wii U, noting on its Twitter account:
@enigmaxtreme We looked at whether it would be worth releasing it on Wii U, but decided against it.
— Official Deep Silver (@deepsilver) March 20, 2013
I’m guessing this is all about sales. Deep Silver probably didn’t believe Riptide would perform well on Wii U.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate technically isn’t a new game. While it’s new in the sense of the content it provides, the game is built upon the foundations of the original Wii title.
So what’s new? For those who are unclear, view the infographic below.
Mother 2/Earthbound has hit the Japanese Wii U eShop, and creator Shigesato Itoi plans to celebrate with a special event. This Friday, Itoi will be hosting a live-stream playthrough. You’ll be able to watch the event at 7 AM EST / 4 AM PST.
Sadly, Nintendo has no plans to make Mother 2 available through the overseas eShops. We’ve gotten Punch-Out!! instead.
Nintendo has officially launched Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream on the Wii U eShop. It’s out now for just 30 cents. You can get the game through April 18, which will then be replaced by Kirby’s Adventure.
Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham has let one small tidbit loose regarding the studio’s new first-person shooter for the 3DS eShop. Watsham tweeted that the game will support a couple of control schemes including the Circle Pad Pro and stylus/touch screen usage.
He wrote:
BTW – the Circle Pad Pro is just one of the control options for our 3DS FPS. The classic stylus control is also supported (my personal fav).
— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) March 20, 2013
We haven’t seen the new game in action, but that should change in just a few days. The new FPS will be playable at PAX East later this week.
