Area Effect has announced “Izle”, the studio’s new 3D action-adventure game for Wii U and other gaming platforms.
Here’s the official overview:
Izle invites its players to build their own world by summoning the power of the gods and terraforming a variety of islands. Each unique island is randomly created and ready for players to explore, harness abilities and forge items into endless possibilities to create new character classes. Izle is currently in its Alpha stage.
Developed and published by Area Effect, a studio made up of Ubisoft veterans, Izle players will use terraforming to build their own unique island worlds. Players will acquire new items and abilities and combine them into endless possibilities to create their very own class. But with great freedom comes great responsibility, and if not defended, the kingdom will be shattered by the forces of shadows!
Area Effect founder Alexis Bacot said of today’s announcement:
“Izle is truly a passion project for us, and we are so proud of the reaction we have received at its early stages. Izle is a very ambitious project that we are excited to see come to life as our development continues and as the Izle community grows and flourishes.”
A Kickstarter for Izle will launch this spring “to support the development of the Steam and Next Gen Console versions.” Whether or not this includes Wii U funding is unclear.
Izle will be available sometime in 2016 via the eShop.
Source: Area Effect PR
New downloadable content is arriving for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call today in both North America and Europe. For $0.99 each, players can purchase the following tracks:
Battle Music Sequence (BMS)
“Liberi Fatali” (FINAL FANTASY VIII)
“Final Confrontation” (Romancing SaGa®3)
“World Revolution” (CHRONO TRIGGER)
“Twister” (THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU)
Field Music Sequence (FMS)
“Wind Scene” (CHRONO TRIGGER)
“Calling” (THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU)
Square Enix says more tracks will be released on February 19.
Source: Square Enix PR
A few years ago, THQ’s promising-looking Avengers game was leaked. It was later presumed that the first-person co-op beat ‘em up title would have made its way to Wii U.
Unseen 64 filed a new report on the canned Avengers game today with tons of information and assets pertaining to the project. Regarding Nintendo-specific plans, the site says that “plans for an eventual Wii U version of the game were drawn”, but “development on it had yet to begin”. It would have been a port of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release “with extensive” implementation of the GamePad.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii Download for Wii Wii U
Punch-Out!!
Wii U Download
Citizens of Earth
Midnight
Breezeblox
Wii U Virtual Console
S.C.A.T.
3DS Download
Citizens of Earth
Undead Storm Nightmare
3DS Demo
Undead Storm Nightmare
3DS Virtual Console
S.C.A.T.
eShop Sales
It’s week two of the Throwback Sale! Save up to 50 percent on select games of past and current Nintendo console generations. This week’s sale starts at 9 a.m. PT on Jan. 22 and ends at 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Only one week left to take advantage of deals on hit indie games with the Super Indie Connection Sale #2. Now through 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29, fans who already own any participating games or purchase one at full price during this promotion will receive 60 percent off other participating games.
Super Toy Cars is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Darts Up is 40 percent off (reduced from $2.49 to $1.49) until 8:59am PT on Feb. 19.
Retro City Rampage DX is 30 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $6.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival is on sale (reduced from $19.99 to $12.99) from Jan. 24 through 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 6.
Source: Nintendo PR
99Moves has received an update in Europe. We’re not entirely sure what it does, but we’ll update this post with additional information when we hear back from EnjoyUp Games.
It’s worth mentioning that some users are still experiencing issues with online rankings. EnjoyUp is now looking into this issue.
Nintendo of Europe announced today that both Inazuma Eleven Go: Chrono Stones Thunderflash and Go: Chrono Stones Wildfire will land on European shores for the 3DS on 3/27.
#InazumaEleven GO: Chrono Stones Wildfire and Inazuma Eleven GO: Chrono Stones Thunderflash arrive on #3DS on 27/03 pic.twitter.com/1a2Jnohk3g
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 22, 2015
