We have a few more details on Nintendo’s plans for E3 2012.
As has been the case for the past few years, a developer roundtable will be held on Tuesday at 6:00 PM PDT / 9:00 PM EDT. It won’t be streamed live, but it a video of some sort may be ready to go the following day at 11:30 PM PDT.
Nintendo’s final event will be a “software showcase”. It’ll be happening on Wednesday at 6:00 PM PDT / 9:00 PM EDT. This event will indeed be live-streamed, and you’ll be able to watch it here.
IGN believes that “the possibility of a new game or two being announced at this event are pretty high”. I have no idea if we’ll see actual game announcements, but you never know. Maybe Nintendo will pull another Super Smash Bros. Brawl…
We’ll be reminding you of these events throughout the week. We’ll also post any live-streams to the main site if possible.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is, for the most part, being developed by Gearbox Software. The studio is handling roughly 80% of the work. Other teams such as Demiurge, Nerve and Timegate are also involved.
Interestingly, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford has now been confirmed that Shoot Many Robots developer Demiurge Studios is the main creator of the Wii U version. While this may raise a red flag for some, Gamasutra says that “Pitchford sees it regularly, and while he says confidentiality agreements prohibit him from talking about the pros and cons of developing for the system, he’s extremely bullish on what Demiurge is putting together.”
Pitchford went on to say:
“When I play with the controller, I immediately realize that for the types of games I like to play and make, this is the best controller I’ve ever had from Nintendo. For Aliens: Colonial Marines, it’s really exciting to have that screen there because I can do things that are very unique to this universe. For instance, we have a motion tracker in this universe. Now our motion tracker can literally be in our hands and we can see and hear it –and scan the room in 360 degrees, since it’s a motion device.”
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo released a global Nintendo Direct video revealing new information about the upcoming Wii U game console, including details about the system’s touch-screen controller, the Wii U GamePad. In the video, which can be viewed online at http://www.youtube.com/nintendo, Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata illustrates how Wii U will revolutionize how people connect with games, each other and entertainment through the system’s unique and integrated second-screen controller. The Nintendo Direct video included information about:
New ways to play: With the television and the Wii U GamePad working as two integrated screens, Wii U creates unique possibilities for gaming, allowing “asymmetric” game play where each player can have different goals, challenges and views within the same shared gaming experience.
Code of Princess always seemed like it had a decent shot of being localized. At least we know its on the way for sure now!
ATLUS TO BRING CODE OF PRINCESS FOR NINTENDO 3DS, ACTION RPG BRAWLER WITH COMPETITIVE AND COOPERATIVE MULTIPLAYER, TO NORTH AMERICA THIS FALL; FANS WHO PRE-ORDER AT PARTICIPATING RETAILERS WILL RECEIVE FREE “SOUND & VISUAL BOOK” BONUS
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — JUNE 4, 2012 — ATLUS, a brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., today revealed North American publishing plans for Code of Princess™, an action RPG brawler for Nintendo 3DS™ with cooperative and competitive multiplayer.
Slated for release this fall, Code of Princess offers players an exciting yet unconventional hardcore experience, deftly blending fighting gameplay with components from classic arcade side-scrolling beat ’em ups and the character development and customization of an RPG. Up to four players can take on challenges cooperatively or battle against one another in competitive play. Both modes are available locally or online via Nintendo Network.
A new site has opened for Tecmo Koei’s E3 2012 presence.
The company has added in information about its lineup and has posted links to each game’s official site. Trailers for Tecmo Koei’s titles will also be added in sometime during the week.
You can find the page here.
Above is an image coming from its Facebook page. Along with the image itself, Tecmo Koei teased “new titles” with the following notice:
“E3 2012 teaser starts right here. Make sure you come back on June 5th for the blast. New titles”
We’ve pretty much known about a Wii U version of Project Cars for a fairly long time. Its existence was hinted at earlier this year, and we later came across some apparent Wii U-specific details.
Now the game’s developer has outright confirmed Project Cars for the platform. Creative director Andy Tudor also seemed to hint about news coming at E3.
Speaking about the Wii U version of Project Cars, Tudor said:
“So yeah, I can’t really talk about that at the moment. But there’ll be some stuff at E3 about the Wii U. Next question!”
