That odd Wii U phone call we mentioned last night may not have come from Nintendo. Rather, the source appears to be from Bloober Team, who are teasing a new game titled “Medium”.
It sounds like the actual text from the phone call could have been “Do you know about Medium? If not, you will.”
Medium is in the works for Wii U, PlayStation 3, Vita, Xbox 360, PC, Android, and iOS. It’s described as a “completely new model of gameplay”. I assume we’ll be hearing about the title at E3.
A teaser site for Medium can be found here. In addition, a couple of art pieces have been attached above.
Update: Added in slightly more accurate translation.
Crytek, the developer behind such titles as Crysis 3 and Homefront 2, doesn’t have any plans to make games for the Wii U at the moment. Founder and CEO Cevat Yerli shared the update in an interview with German site Golem.
Although Crytek won’t be involved with software development, the studio’s CryEngine technology will be incorporated into projects from other companies.
Yerli said (rough translation):
“We don’t have anything planned for either console (Wii U or Vita). For the Wii U there will be games running on CryEngine, but they are from licensees…”
Thanks to Ada L for the tip.
It’s starting to sound like Nintendo is going crazy over the Wii U’s re-unveiling. There are reports that some journalists have been receiving phone calls from someone who says, “Do you know about Wii U? If not, you will.”
Completely random!
We’re ready, Nintendo. We’re really ready.
Who’s up for a few more, upbeat Wii U comments from Aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox Software? The studio once again had nothing but high praise for the machine when discussing it with Nintendo Gamer in its June 2012 issue.
First up is Randy Pitchford, who said that he “loves” the console.
He told the magazine:
“I love this platform. I’m very excited about it because it gives us a path to realise some things that are more future-looking than we could if we were only on the current generation.”
When Nintendo Gamer pushed further, Pitchford said:
“It’s up to Nintendo to talk about their specs and I must follow them. I’ve committed myself to honouring their confidentiality.”
Nintendo Gamer later chatted with art director Brian Cozzens, who had similar enthusiasm for Wii U:
Last year, Nintendo’s E3 boxes were all the rage. Photos of these items were taken a couple of days before the Big N’s press conference, contribution to a rise in hype.
Good news, folks – the boxes are back! No, they really don’t show anything, but it’s still amusing. Plus, there’s a twist this year: there are Nintendo vehicles driving around Los Angeles!
Remember how Satoru Iwata was tweeting during E3 last year? Well, he’s back, and he’ll be doing the same thing for this year’s expo.
According to Nintendo of America’s Twitter account:
“Nintendo’s Global President will be guest tweeting in our #IwataSays series throughout #E3, beginning Monday!”
You can follow the NOA Twitter here. If Iwata tweets anything interesting, we’ll post it here.
Nintendo of America posted the image above to its Twitter account just a few minutes ago. Nintendo’s “big three” – Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata, and Reggie Fils-Aime – have all landed in Los Angeles. They’re ready for that show, and that photo is pretty darn awesome.
