Cult County, Renegade Kid’s new first-person shooter for the 3DS eShop, is about a year away from release. Studio co-founder Jools Watsham told Nintendo Life that a release is planned for early 2014.
Cult County may be a long ways off, but there is still plenty to look forward to from Renegade Kid. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is coming to Wii U in May or June, and the company may have a few other games up its sleeves for 2013. Treasurenauts could be one such title that will launch this year.
Crytek USA CEO David Adams, formally the head of Vigil Games, has supposedly relayed his intentions to bid on the Darksiders IP through a tweet earlier today.
Adams wrote:
Going to bid on Darksiders IP. Put 7 years of heart and soul into that franchise, and I think it belongs at home with its creators.
— David Adams (@DadamsDavid) March 27, 2013
Crytek USA will be looking to obtain the Darksiders IP from the now-defunct THQ. If the company does manage to acquire the series’ rights, Darksiders will essentially be returning to its original developer. Following the closing of Vigil Games after a lack of interest from buyers during the THQ auction, many of its staffers went on to join Crytek USA.
The one caveat in all of this is that we’re not quite sure if the Twitter account is the real deal. If it is, then Crytek USA will in fact be going after the Darksiders IP.
Nintendo is making a pretty big deal out of the Nintendo Web Framework. In fact, the company has an entire session dedicated to the technology at the Game Developers Conference this week.
So just what is it? According to an official description from the company, “Nintendo Web Framework is a development environment based on WebKit technologies, supporting application development on the Wii U system using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS.” Basically, by using the tech, “development times will be reduced and Wii U applications can be easily developed”.
“The Nintendo Web Framework is a development environment based on WebKit technologies, supporting application development on the Wii U system using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. It also supports the Wii U GamePad controller, Wii Remote controllers, and JavaScript extensions such as video playback. With the Nintendo Web Framework, development times will be reduced and Wii U applications can be easily developed using common Web technologies. Combining the handy Wii U GamePad, the TV screen, and the Internet, the potential exists for the services and games you are developing to progress by leaps and bounds.”
Fire Emblem Gaiden will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom Gear download on April 3 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.
Gunman Clive on the 3DS eShop has now outsold the iOS and Android versions combined, the game’s developer has confirmed. While sales have slowed slightly, creator Bertil Hörberg said “they’re still at very a nice level.”
He wrote:
“…the eShop sales have passed iOS and Android combined now. The sales are starting to show a slow but visible decline now though, but they’re still at very a nice level.”
Hörberg announced in January that the eShop release surpassed the iOS version in sales. A month later, the same milestone was confirmed in relation to the Android version.
The 3DS Save Data Transfer Tool is now available for download on the eShop. It doesn’t appear to be up on the main page, but you should be able to find it with a simple search. The tool will likely be added to the front page of the store tomorrow.
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
02./00. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 #
03./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013
04./00. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013
05./00. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 #
06./04. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
07./00. [PS3] Disgaea D2 #
08./00. [3DS] Pretty Rhythm: My Deco Rainbow Wedding
09./02. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
10./00. [PSV] Atelier Meruru Plus: The Alchemist of Arland 3 #
11./00. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013
12./00. [360] Gears of War: Judgment #
13./03. [3DS] Super Robot Wars UX #
14./01. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment #
15./05. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice #
16./00. [3DS] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate
17./00. [PSV] Dead or Alive 5+ #
18./07. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8 #
19./06. [PS3] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f
20./14. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
