Back in July, SEGA renewed its Skies of Arcadia trademark. The game has long been rumored to be seeing a re-release as an HD port.
SEGA currently has three Dreamcast titles on the way that will be coming out with a fresh coat of HD paint.
Jet Set Radio HD is due out in a couple of weeks. Sonic Adventure 2 and NiGHTS should arrive shortly thereafter. Once those titles are out of the way, maybe SEGA will announce Skies of Arcadia HD… we can only hope!
Tecmo Koei’s Tokyo Game Show 2012 lineup is in. You can find the company’s mostly complete lineup below, and the official TGS site here.
Atelier Ayesha (PS3)
Atelier Totori Plus (Vita)
Ciel No Surge (Vita)
Dead or Alive 5 (PS3/360)
Dynasty Warriors Online (PS3/Windows)
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 (PS3/360)
Nobunaga’s Ambition Online (PS3/PS2/Windows)
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Tendou (Vita)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII (PS3)
Samurai Warriors: Chronicle 2nd (3DS)
Shin Sangoku Musou 6 Empires (PS3)
Uncharted Water Online 2nd Age (PS3/Windows)
These items consist of Tecmo Koei’s core gaming lineup. There are a few additional titles listed here in the mobile space, such as Ninja Gaiden and Warriors Orochi.
This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:
La-Mulana (Wii) – E10+
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (3DS) – E
Wreck it Ralph (3DS) – E
The Wii U version of Toki Tori 2 is coming along. Developer Two Tribes gave an update on the game today, noting that the team has just started to implement the level editor.
The studio wrote:
“Today, the 1st draft Wii U specific level editor was implemented. It’s a proof of concept, so no promises yet! But it looks promising! You basically see everything you add on the gamepad being added to a paused version of the game on your TV. Switch! And Play! It is still early though, it is based on our internal PC editor but simplified and more limited in scope.”
There’s still a glimmer of hope that The Binding of Isaac could come to the 3DS. Ed McMillen gives it a 50% chance of happening.
McMillen also ruled out the possibility of bringing the original Super Meat Boy to the 3DS.
But what about the iOS version, known as “Super Meat Boy: The Game”? McMillen believes there’s a 25% chance that it could happen.
Amazon is listing an Epic Mickey dual pack for release in France. It would contain two games: the original Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
Disney hasn’t officially confirmed this product for France or any other territory. If it does come out, it’ll be available on November 19.
An unannounced medieval RPG could be heading to the Wii U. The console is mentioned in a French job posting.
Take a look at this rough translation:
- Unannounced big budget (multi million dollar/euro) Fantasy Medieval Role-Playing is in the works.
- The game is for PC / Mac / console. It is currently in pre-production.
- The job listing mentions “innovative peripherals (including Wii U)”. Wii U is the only console mentioned on the job listing.
- IS is a company being created based in Montreuil, Paris (France).
- The team is mainly composed of veterans of the gaming industry and has an internationally recognized expertise in the field.
- Job listing says details will be announced to the press, between October and December 2012.
- Offers Pre-employment training : Only one student per class maximum.
Another posting was discovered on DeviantArt, and it sounds very much like the first one:
“We’re currently looking for freelances high poly 3D artists.
The project is a video game, an heroic fantasy RPG with higly detailled armors (~500 000 polys per character). It’s not for real time, rather for rendering, 3D printing and other things of the same kind.It’s a big project with a big budget (several millions dollars), but also with a lot of work. Compensation will depend on quality and percentage of completion, from hundreds to thousands of dollars per character.“
Marc Kruzic appears to be behind this unannounced title as the game’s creator. He’s a project manager at Earthlings Games, and was involved with EA and Chillingo for a number of interactive storytelling children games for the iPad/iPhone/Android.
Namco Bandai will undoubtedly have one of the biggest lineups for this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Between playable games and others being shown in video form, the company will have around titles games on hand.
That’s not counting extra projects that haven’t been confirmed. You’ll notice that Namco Bandai’s official TGS site includes some blocks with a “Coming Soon” label. Perhaps we’ll be seeing some announcements prior to or during the show?
Take a look at Namco Bandai’s lineup below. We didn’t bother translating the mobile games and other releases that most of you won’t be interested in, but the list is mostly complete. You can find a few extra games on the TGS site.
2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation (PS3) – video, exhibition
Accel World: Awakening of the Silver Wings (PS3/PSP) – video
Accel World: Peak Acceleration (PS3/PSP) – video
Aikatsu! Cinderella Lesson (3DS) – playable, video
AKB 1/153: Love Election (PSP/Vita) – video
All Kamen Rider Generation 2 (PSP/DS) – playable, video
Digimon Adventure (PSP) – video
Eureka Seven AO Game?OVA Hybrid Disc (PS3) – video
God Eater 2 (PSP) – video, exhibition
Gon Baku Baku Baku Baku Adventure (3DS) – video
Hunter X Hunter Wonder Adventure (PSP) – video
Idolm@ster: Shiny Festa – Honey Sound (PSP) – video, exhibition
Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes (Wii/PSP) – video
Kokoro Connect Yochi Random (PSP) – video
Lost Heroes (3DS/PSP) – video
Mobile Suit Gundam Online (PC)
Naruto SD Powerful Shippuden (3DS) – playable, video, exhibition
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (PS3/360) – playable, video
One Piece: Romance Dawn (PSP) – video
Ouchi Mainichi Tamagotchi (3DS) – playable, video, exhibition
Project X Zone (3DS) – playable, video, exhibition
Saint Seiya Omega (PSP) – video
SD Gundam G Generation Overworld (PSP) – video
Smile Precure! Let’s Go! Märchen World (3DS) – playable, video
SumonNight 3 (PSP) – video
SumonNight 4 (PSP) – video
SumonNight 5 (PSP) – video
Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment (PSP) – video
Taiko no Tatsujin: Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (3DS) – playable, video
Taiko no Tatsujin Super Deluxe Edition (Wii) – playable, video, exhibition
Tales of the World: Dice Adventure (PC)
Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) – playable, video, exhibition
Tiger & Bunny On-Air Jack! (PSP) – video
Tokitowa (PS3) – video, exhibition
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (DS) – playabe, video
