Video: Darksiders 2 – Death’s World
Vigil Games have given us another video in the Behind the Mask series, which focuses on different aspects of the development of Darksiders 2. In this latest one, entitled “Death’s World,” the developers talk about the game world’s scale and design. You can watch it after the break.
70 Wii U games in development and other E3 2012 rumours
Forget The Box, from whom we’ve heard that the Wii U might feature eReader-like capabilities and that Nintendo are working on at least three new franchises for the console, have another batch of Wii U rumours for us, this time regarding what we can expect to see of the console at E3 2012. According to their […]
Rumour: Nintendo working on three new franchises for the Wii U?
A rumour sprung up that Nintendo have at least three brand-new franchises in development for the Wii U, by a number of different studios. As great as Nintendo’s tried-and-true properties like Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Kirby are, they do receive quite a bit of flack for constantly “rehashing” their games from year to year. […]
Keiji Inafune confident that the Wii U is “impressive”
Keiji Inafune, former producer of the Mega Man series, doesn’t have a Wii U dev kit yet, but he is “confident that it must be impressive,” explaining that “whenever Nintendo comes out with something new, it’s always good.” Even though he hasn’t had a chance to play with the console yet, he looks forward to […]
Batman: Arkham City to make “fantastic use” of the Wii U controller
Mark Rein, who said a few extremely positive things about the Wii U, had the chance to play the Wii U build of Batman: Arkham City and is very impressed with the game, claiming that it makes “fantastic use” of the touchscreen controller. He didn’t say anything more specific than that, but it was confirmed that […]
Mark Rein praises the Wii U (very) highly, will be “shocked” if it doesn’t do well
Mark Rein of Epic Games, a company well known for the Unreal Engine and a seemingly low opinion of Nintendo’s consoles in the past, offered up some seriously high praise of the Wii U at GDC. Notably, this comes right on the heels of the rumour that Nintendo tweaked the Wii U’s specs to make […]
Two Tribes tease Wii U-exclusive features in Toki Tori 2
Two Tribes have been hard at work on Toki Tori 2, and it’s one of the Wii U games we’ve been hearing the most news recently. In an interview at GDC, they were asked if they had any specific plans for the Wii U version of the game in addition to the level editor we […]
Rayman creator is “excited” for the Wii U
Michel Ancel, the creator of Rayman, was asked to share his opinion on the Wii U in a recent interview with the publication Glitch. In particular, he seems to be a big fan of the controller’s near-field communication technology and touchscreen. I’m excited about the Wii U! They have some great new features with touchpad […]
Two Ninja Gaiden 3 trailers and a TV commercial (in Japanese)
Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja have given us three more videos of Ninja Gaiden 3, one of which is a TV commercial. All three of them are in Japanese, so unless you speak the ninja tongue, you won’t understand much more dialogue than I did. But there’s still lots of bloody sword action to behold. […]
Pre-order the Wii U at JB Hi-Fi
JB Hi-Fi, an Australian electronic retailer, has started taking in-store pre-orders for the Wii U. It’s so early, it doesn’t even have a price tag yet. But if you live down under in the land of koalas and kangaroos, and are paranoid that Wii U stock will sell out before you get a chance to […]