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Online publication GamesRadar has uploaded the first trailer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag ahead of its official unveiling on Monday. Like previous debut videos in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Black Flag’s trailer is comprised only of cinematics/CG – there’s no gameplay here, unfortunately.
ZombiU and Rayman Legends developer Ubisoft Montpellier seems to be working on a new project for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii U.
Staffer Gregory Riachi lists the unannounced title on his LinkedIn profile. Riachi is lending his talents “on a full physics related project”, and development is targeting the aforementioned platforms. Interestingly, work on the game appears to have started last November.
So now the guessing game begins. Maybe a multiplatform ZombiU sequel? New IP?
Era’s Adventure features Yoshi as its lead character. But Botond Kopacz, the sole developer behind the Android release, says that he was completely unaware that the model he chose was of Nintendo’s classic dinosaur.
“Actually this is an indie game developed by one developer, so due to the limitation of effort, I purchased a cute character from TurboSquid, one of the biggest 3D asset stores, without knowing the background story of the character Yoshi, since I’m not a Super Mario fan.”
Kopacz added that he began to realize the significance of the lead character he used after he received emails “from Super Mario fans that I stole Yoshi”. However, Kopacz feels that he did not infringe upon a copyright since “no assets are stolen from any Nintendo game or website and the Yoshi’s name is not present anywhere”.
“Once the game was released on the Play Store, after spending hundreds of hours in making the game, I started receiving ‘kind’ mails from Super Mario fans that I stole Yoshi, etc. So I started Googling and I realized that the character is really from the Super Mario series. Since no assets are stolen from any Nintendo game or website and the Yoshi’s name is not present anywhere, there is no copyright violation. [There would be] at least pattern violation if the 3D model is detailedly registered in the US pattern database.”
Yoshi’s appearance slightly, according to Kopacz:
“I know that, even if I modify the character a little bit, that this will still be a big problem for the Nintendo fans, but I’m making the game alone so I have really limited time to do some changes. And I still hope that many people will find the game great and many people will enjoy it.”
Atlus appears to be bringing a semi-new Shin Megami Tensei game to the 3DS. There are reports on Twitter from those who attended a Devil Survivor 2 anime pre-screening event earlier today that “Devil Survivor 2 Break Code” is coming to Nintendo’s portable.
This summer, gamers in Japan will be able to get their hands on the updated DS title, which will feature new story and character content. More details are included in the March 28 issue of Famitsu (unclear if this is the magazine’s street date or cover date).
A listing on the 3DS eShop has revealed a price point for the upcoming 3DS eShop game, HarmoKnight. The digital store indicates that GameFreak’s digital download will cost $14.99. Rather pricey compared to some of the eShop’s other releases, but the title seems fairly meaty.
You can see the price’s listing on the eShop by visiting the “Future Releases” section. Other games such as Mega Man 3, Legend of the River King, and Harvest Moon are featured in the same area.
Gaijin Games has prepared a patch for Runner2 – currently in the hands of Nintendo – that will fix lock-up issues. But that’s not all: the update will address other bugs and fixes as well.
Here’s the full lowdown:
- At the start of the game, when it asks you if you want to log in, we’ve added some feedback so it doesn’t look like the game is hanging.
- The leaderboards will only save your highest score, as expected, instead of your most recent score, which it does now.
- If you lose your internet connection during play, we’ve allowed you to reconnect by going to the leaderboards menu.
- We’ve fixed false score reporting for in-game Rewards.
- We’ve fixed an issue with the level start mini-leaderboard telling you you’re offline when you’re actually online. It will populate this list with global scores if you don’t have any friends who have played the game yet.
- We’ve fixed an issue in the settings menu that resets your settings every time you enter the menu.
Regarding the freezing problems players have been experiencing, Gaijin said that it “never experienced this issue on our devkits, during development, so it seems that this is an issue that only occurs on retail Wii Us. This makes it super gnarly to debug. It might not even be our bug. But we have tried to fix it.”
