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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Cinemax’s first-person dungeon crawler “The Keep” is coming soon to the 3DS eShop. The game now has a confirmed release date of September 11 for North America and September 18 for Europe. Pricing is set at $12.99 / 9.99 / £8.99. Expect more information and a launch trailer sometime this week.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments

Dahku Creations has decided to move on with video game development. Soon Shine, released in North America last month, will be the studio’s final game.

Dahku’s decision ultimately comes down to a lack of revenue. Chubbins and Soon Shine were both described as successes on the Wii U eShop, but not enough copies were sold in the end.

As written in Dahku’s blog yesterday:

Non-disclosure agreements prevent us from talking details, but even before we signed on as developers we’d heard that Nintendo offers newcomers a chance to work with their equipment free of charge for a time. We hoped that Chubbins would be successful enough in that window of opportunity that we could then move on to bigger and better Wii U exclusive games.

By contrast, Chubbins on Wii U was a success. We managed to stand out, get great community coverage, and the sales have been infinitely better than they were on iOS. Sadly, it still wasn’t enough. Nowhere near it, in fact. Having put all that effort into learning the Wii U ropes and gaining valuable insight into the market, we realized the window of opportunity would still be open just long enough that we could try to put that knowledge to use on an experiment of sorts.

As stated, it was an experiment. We hoped it would succeed where Chubbins hadn’t, and allow us to keep going. Having seen some of the other piddly games that were making waves on Miiverse and reporting great success, we figured we couldn’t go wrong with Soon Shine. As it turns out we were way off the mark.

By contrast, Soon Shine on Wii U was a success. Again we got great community coverage, reviews were generally more positive than they were for Chubbins, and the sales have been infinitely better than they were on iOS. And in fact, Soon Shine sold as many Wii U copies in four days as Chubbins did Wii U copies in four weeks. Of course that isn’t saying much, and sadly, it still isn’t enough. Nowhere near it, in fact.

So that’s it. The window of opportunity has closed. Our dev equipment has been returned to Nintendo. If our games turn out to be sleeper hits, or if we eventually have money to burn from some other source of income, maybe we’ll be back to take another stab at game development someday. For now, this chapter comes to an end.

You can find more from Dahku on the official blog here.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

With more and more Kickstarter campaigns popping up these days, it would be tough to cover them all without overloading the site. And thus, the Kickstarter roundup was born! We’ll be posting these each weekend (assuming I don’t forget… haha) so that we can bring the latest Kickstarter efforts to your attention.

Here’s today’s roundup:

Games

Ray’s the Dead (new) – already funded at $30,000, Wii U stretch goal at $65,000
Elysian Shadows (new) – already funded at $150,000, Wii U stretch goal at $250,000
Adventures of Pip – $40,000 for funding, planned for Wii U
Stash: No Loot Left Behind – $50,000 for funding, planned for Wii U
A Rite from the Stars – $40,000 for funding, planned for Wii U
Hive Jump – $50,000 for funding, planned for Wii U
Nefarious – $50,000 for funding, planned for Wii U
Acky’s Reloaded – $10,000 for funding, planned for Wii U and 3DS
Aegis Defenders – already funded at $65,000, Wii U stretch goal at $150,000
Super World Karts – $16,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal at $32,000

Other

The Power of Glove: A Power Glove Documentary – $15,000 for funding

Note that this is kind of a work-in-progress thing, so expect these types of posts to evolve over time!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Jonathon Bont, creator of the Trashmania Trilogy, has announced plans to bring the series of games to Wii U.

Trashmania Trilogy will include three games: rashmania, Trashmania: Remix, Trashmania: After Dark. Their original versions are featured in the digital package along with “enhanced versions with updated graphics and GamePad functionality.”

Trashmania Trilogy is targeted for Q1 2015.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 18 Comments

The hit indie title Gone Home is heading to Wii U, according to Nintendo’s Damon Baker. Baker shared the news during a presentation at Unite 2014 last week. Gone Home along with several games will be hitting the eShop in the near future.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

One of the first prototype shots for AE Games’ Mad Men Football has popped up online. View it below:

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