Rovio: Angry Birds and the Wii U are a “natural match”
The creator of the Angry Birds phenomenom has said they are looking into bringing new Angry Bird experiences to consoles. Though they haven’t specifically looked into the Wii U, vice president of franchise development, Ville Heijari has said that Angry Birds and the Wii U are quite a good match. “We really haven’t looked into the […]
Crytek are hoping for a ‘core gaming’ market on Wii U
Crytek are hoping that there will be a core gaming market on the Wii U. In an interview with NowGamer, Carl Jones said that the Wii U is a platform that they are really interested in and that they hope there is a market for a core gaming experience on the console. When asked about core gaming […]
Pitchford: Colonial Marines script is good enough for TV
Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford believes that the script for their upcoming game Aliens: Colonial Marines is so good it could be made into a TV series. “We could make a whole TV series out of the material they crafted for us,” said Pitchford. “You gotta be careful with it, though. You can imagine when the characters […]
Naughty Dog: There’s nothing the Wii U has that the PS3 and Vita don’t
Uncharted developer, Justin Richmond has shared his thoughts on the Wii U in an interview with NowGamer. Though he admitted his interest in Nintendo’s newest home console he said that there was nothing the Wii U had that the PS3 and the Vita didn’t. “To be honest with you, the idea of it is very, […]
Monolith Soft share some Wii U goals
Nintendo’s first-party studio Monolith Soft (responsible for Xenoblade) is currently developing a Wii U game. The only thing we know about the game is the information from the job listings posted; for an effect designer to create maps and battle effects and a motion designer to create battle scenes. However, in a recent interview, the […]
Nintendo: Family friendly content is here to stay, but mature content is welcome, too
The Nintendo Wii isn’t exactly known for having a overflowing library of mature games. One of the major criticisms of Nintendo consoles as a whole is that their are too many ‘family friendly’ titles and not enough mature ones. At a shareholders meeting Satoru Iwata reiterated that Nintendo would carry on making games that everyone […]
EA job listing points to a new ‘Dead Space’ game
EA have recently posted job listings on their website in search of a senior art director and audio director to work on the ‘Dead Space’ franchise. The listing goes as follows. “This is a major opportunity to greatly contribute to an exciting unique franchise. The ideal candidate will have a passion for video games, with […]
T3 readers want the PS4 and Xbox 720 more than Wii U
While researching some Wii U news I found this interesting but puzzling article on the gadget website T3. They polled their users by asking them ‘Which console they wanted the most?’ The choices being either the PS4, the Xbox 720 and the Wii U. Playstation 4 received 50% of the vote, Xbox 720 received 41% […]
Gearbox: Wii U is a ‘stop-gap’ between this gen and the next
In an interview with IGN, Gearbox Software’s, Brian Martel, shared his views on Nintendo’s next home console. “Right now we’re still finding out what kind of final tech specs the Wii U is going to have,” said Martel. “But we like the system a lot; we think it’s going to be a really cool stop-gap in between […]
Vigil Games discusses Darksiders 2 on the Wii U
Darksiders 2 is one of the upcoming third party games coming to the Nintendo Wii U. In a recent interview, Vigil Games discussed the development of Darksiders 2 for the Wii U and a few titbits on how Darksiders 2 will interact with the controller. They mentioned that it took them a week to get the […]