Back in the day, Midway San Diego and id Software were planning Doom Absolution – otherwise known as the sequel to Doom 64.
According to Unseen64, Doom Absolution would have been a multiplayer-focused game. The original intention was to develop a 2-player deathmatch mode.
Doom Absolution ended up seeing cancellation in 1997, though it was still in early development at the time. While not confirmed, the project may have been canned since the Doom engine looked dated and the team decided to work on the Quake 64 port instead.
amiibo figures appear to be doing quite well at Best Buy, a major retailer in North America.
CONSULGAMER reports that “A review of Best Buy’s online sales show Disney INFINITY and amiibo in a dead-heat for the top 20 game-to-toys on the market – each having ten toys in the list.” If you expand to the store’s top 50 selling products on its website, amiibo and Disney Infinity are tied with 18 products in the top 50. Skylanders lags behind with 14 products.
Nintendo previously confirmed that 710,000 amiibo were sold in the U.S. over a three-week period.
It’s been awhile since we received anything even remotely close to promotional material for Devil’s Third, but creator Tomonobu Itagaki did share a holiday card pertaining to the Wii U title. You can find it attached to this post.
Last week, The Seattle Times put up a few new quotes from Reggie Fils-Aime. The Nintendo of America addressed the company’s performance and talked a bit about sales, high-demand amiibo, and more.
You’ll find a roundup of Reggie’s comments below. You can find The Seattle Times’ full article here.
On whether Nintendo is now on a rebound…
“(Nintendo is) doing better this year than we did last year. The way I would frame it: Our goal is to drive an ongoing positive trajectory. Certainly with the momentum we’re seeing with our hardware, the momentum we’re seeing with our key software titles, that gives us a lot of confidence.”
Cube Creator 3D may not feature use of the Circle Pad Pro at launch. However, developer Big John Games has indicated that support will arrive through a future update.
The studio wrote on Twitter earlier this month:
For those asking re: Circle Pad Pro – the initial release may not include it, but we'll work towards that in future updates. #CubeCreator3D
— Big John Games (@BigJohnGames) December 19, 2014
Sonic Stadium recently came across a bunch of concept art for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Art ranges from the very early stages of development up through the initial pitch for Transformed. We even get a look at the Gilius Thunderhead on Chicken Leg concept Sumo Digital’s Steve Lycett spoke about previously.
View the concept art below:
