So, right now it’s unclear as to what this new Star Wars franchise means. We don’t know what it’s about nor do we know which platforms it’ll be coming to. Obviously the details are being kept vague for a reason.
In any case, we’ll learn the franchise next Thursday during the next episode of GT.TV. Actual footage will be shown during Spike’s “E3 All Access Live” show on June 4.
RETURN TO A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY AS SPIKE TV LAUNCHES INTO HYPERSPACE WITH THE WORLD PREMIRE OF THE NEXT BIG “STAR WARSTM” GAME FRANCHISE
Experience Every Thrill of the Saga Leading Up to the World Premiere with the “Star Wars” Movie Marathon This Weekend
New York, NY – May 25, 2012 – Calling all Jedi, Sith lords and Bounty Hunters! Spike TV and Lucasfilm today announced that the network will be airing all six of the “Star Wars” movies throughout Memorial Day weekend beginning tonight, Friday May 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The movie marathon airs just days before Spike TV’s plans to exclusively unveil the newest game franchise in the “Star Wars” universe, which will debut at the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo. A first look at this top secret project will be revealed on Thursday, May 31, as a part of the pre-E3 episode of Spike’s hit video game show “GTTV,” followed by the live world gameplay premiere of this new “Star Wars” franchise during the network’s “E3 All Access Live” primetime special on June 4 at 10:00 pm ET/7:00 pm PT.
“I am blown away by both the caliber of the team on this project and their bold vision for this new ‘Star Wars’ title,” said Geoff Keighley, Host and Executive Producer, Spike TV’s “E3 All Access Live” special. “I can’t wait to introduce our viewers to this game and show off the footage that left my jaw on the floor when I first saw it.”
Namco Bandai and Square Enix have registered a bunch of trademarks, as noticed by My Game News Flash.
Namco Bandai’s filings include lots of Tales names, such as “Tales of Card Evolve,” “Tales of Card Masters” and “Tales of Battle Frontier.” Bakushoku Gourmet Battle! (Explosive Food Gourmet Battle!) and Over World are other trademarks that Namco Bandai now has in its possession.
As far as Square Enix is concerned, the company’s new trademarks are Solo Remix, A Realm Reborn and Shinsei Eorza (New Eorza).
THQ finally released its live-action trailer/short movie for Metro: Last Light yesterday. The video above takes you behind the scenes of the shoot by showing how the piece was created.
The Game Boy Color version of Rayman will be releasing on the eShop in the near future. Yesterday’s store update introduced a new shelf for the platforming series, which says that the classic game will be available soon. I’d guess it’ll be available within the next two weeks… maybe.
One Chrono Trigger fan was intrigued by the idea of seeing the game’s Kingdom of Zeal locale recreated in 3D. And so this person used the art style from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker to realize his goal.
The results can be found above.
Details about the project can be found in the YouTube description here.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
The following Virtual Console games will be released on the Japanese Wii Shop Channel throughout the month of June:
Super Famicom
Tsukikomori – 800 points
Neo Geo
Pulstar – 900 points
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers – 900 points
Gearbox Software, the team behind Aliens: Colonial Marines, once again has high praise for Wii U. It’s certainly encouraging to read about positive feedback when E3 2012 is less than two weeks away.
Speaking about making Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U, Gearbox senior producer Brian Burleson told Eurogamer that it’s “been pretty easy”. He feels that Nintendo’s console is “a powerful, powerful machine” capable of performing “a lot of cool new things”.
He said:
D3Publisher is one of many companies planning announcements for this year’s E3. D3 opened a new teaser site today confirming that some sort of reveal will be taking place at the expo. The site doesn’t offer much in terms of hints, but it fortunately won’t be too long before we find out what the company has in store.
You can keep track of the site here.
