SEGA has denied rumors that Aliens: Colonial Marines was primarily developed by TimeGate Studios. A rumor originating from last year reared its head yesterday, claiming that Gearbox only worked on the game’s multiplayer aspects.
Speaking with Playnews during the Italian Aliens: Colonial Marines’ launch event, SEGA of America senior producer Matthew J. Powers denied the speculation.
Powers said:
“Absolutely not, the game has been developed by Gearbox Software. Other studios [like Timegate] helped Gearbox on the production of single and multiplayer.”
Even Michel Ancel is upset about Rayman Legends’ delay. The Rayman creator has been seen with other dev team staffers in photos protesting Ubisoft’s decision to push back the game.
A banner depicted in snapshots includes the words “Release Rayman. Support Ubisoft Montpelier.” Rayman’s speech bubble says “SVP” – which is “please” in English – and the character himself is crying.
Rayman Legends’ delay on Wii U was announced last week. The game is essentially done, but it won’t be hitting Nintendo’s console until early September so that work on newly announced PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 versions can be completed. Ubisoft wishes to release all three editions of Rayman Legends simultaneously in order to avoid two separate launches.
A third entry in the Batman: Arkham series is on the way. In fact, it could arrive before the end of the year.
Time Warner’s CFO and chief administrative officer John K. Martin quietly revealed the news during the company’s investors call last week:
“And we also have a strong games release this year, which will include the next release in the Batman Arkham franchise. So all in all, we expect Warners to post another very strong year in 2013. And with a little luck, the year should be as good or maybe even a little bit better than 2012.”
It’s unclear if Martin was referring to the calender year or next fiscal year. Either way, we know a new Batman is in development. VG247 is running a rumor that it isn’t being made by Rocksteady Studios, interestingly enough.
Capcom has supported Wii U with two game’s thus far: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Resident Evil: Revelations, which will arrive on the console soon. Aside from these two releases, more support from the publisher seems to be on the way.
When asked by a fan why Capcom Arcade Cabinet and Darkstalkers Resurrection aren’t coming to Wii U, Capcom’s Christian Svensson explained that the titles’ inception came “before having visibility into the digital Wii U market or Nintendo’s policies/vehicles pertaining to digital.” Svensson did leave a tease for Wii U eShop fans, noting that they “will have things to look forward to in the future.”
Multiplatform refers to”more than one”. It does not necessarily mean “all”.
To answer your question more clearly, the projects in question were conceived of and started before having visibility into the digital Wii U market or Nintendo’s policies/vehicles pertaining to digital.
Fear not though. Wii U eShop fans will have things to look forward to in the future.
In another thread discussing Wii U support in general, Svensson additionally teased:
We’ve got MH Tri Ultimate and RE: Revelations announced for Wii U with more fun you’ll hear about “in the not-so-distant future ™”.
What else might Capcom have in store for Wii U?
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U retail
Tank! Tank! Tank! (free version)
Wii U DLC
Tank! Tank! Tank!: -80% until 28/02/2013 (€1.99 was €9.99, £1.59 was £7.99)
Wii U sale
Chasing Aurora: -25% until 21/02/2013 (€8.99 was €11.99, £7.99 was £10.79)
Wii U price reduction
Trine 2: Director’s Cut (€12.49 was €16.99, £9.99 was £13.99)
3DS retail
Shifting World – €19.99 / £17.99
Mahjong 3D – Warriors of the Emperor – €19.99 / £17.99
3DS demo
2 Fast 4 Gnomz
3DS VC
Castlevania – €4.99 / £4.49
Source: Nintendo PR
The Wii U has its first Pokemon game. “Pokemon Scramble U”, announced in CoroCoro this month, is heading to Japan this spring. It will be available exclusively through the Wii U eShop.
Pokemon Scramble U features the same kind of gameplay fans have been accustomed to with the past two releases. You’ll be able to team up with three other players and use up to 100 Pokemon at once. Pokemon Scramble U will contain the full set of 649 Pokemon.
Fans can likely expect Pokemon Scramble U to make its way to North America and Europe in the future. The mini-franchise is known as “Pokemon Rumble” in the west.
Accompanying The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker’s release in Japan over a decade ago was a special “Zelda Box”. The package included a copy of the game, a promo book, a soundtrack, Link and Moblin figures, and a guidebook. Tucked away in the guidebook were a bunch of amazing Wind Waker sketches.
GlitterBerri has started to translate some of the contents of the guidebook, and uploaded high-quality scans of the sketches. Hit up the gallery above for some of the art.
Initially, fans didn’t react favorably to Dragon Quest X. The series wasn’t expected to head down the MMORPG path, especially on Wii. Leave it to Square Enix to surprise people!
Sales of Dragon Quest X have not met expectations thus far. Square Enix has confirmed, however, that they are making “steadily progress”.
An MSN report reads:
“The slump is reportedly down to the company’s new online RPG venture, Dragon Quest X. While the disappointing financial turn for the company can be partially attributed to the burden of running the new online service, it is also down to game sales not meeting expectations. The Wii (and soon to be Wii U) game is however, making ‘steady progress’ according to Square Enix.
