Respawn: Tweet Suggests Ex-Infinity Ward/COD Devs to Debut Their New Game at E3

 E3, FPS, Gaming, Industry & Professionals  No Responses »
Feb 262013
 

Respawn Entertainment will apparently be at this years E3 event, atleast according to tweets from the company’s co-founder, Vince Zampella.

Respawn Entertainment E3 2013 tweet

EA even got on the Twitter love-fest…

Respawn Entertainment E3 2013 tweet EA

For those who don’t know, Respawn Entertainment is formed from many of the core Infinity Ward developers, the creators of the Call of Duty franchise. Much of the Respawn Entertainment team has worked on multiple Call of Duty titles up to Modern Warfare 2, when Infinity Ward was restarted by Activision. Since then, Respawn has been working on a secret new game for EA, who is interestingly the publisher of the COD series’ main competitors, Medal of Honor (where the Infinity Ward/Respawn founders worked previously) and Battlefield. The Medal of Honor franchise has been removed from the sequel rotation according to EA and supposedly, there will be a new Battlefield game released this year. It’s a possibility that Respawn could be working on Battlefield 4, although it’s also entirely possible that they’re making a brand new IP. One thing that does seem likely is that they’re making an FPS, not just because of the team’s track record, but also because they’ve already gone out to a range to record gun sounds.

In my own opinion, I’d really like to see a new IP from them. A Call of Duty killer if you will, or rather, a Call of Duty challenger.

Respawn Entertainment Official Site

Source

Related posts:

Nintendo Announces New Games & More for Wii U (Mario! Zelda!)

 Action Adventure, E3, Gaming, Retro Games, RPG, Video  No Responses »
Jan 252013
 

Nintendo Direct Wii U Direct

Nintendo has really gotten better at communicating with its fans.  For over a year now Nintendo has been delivering video presentations, known as Nintendo Direct, showing off upcoming software and hardware releases. In North America these videos are generally presented by NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime, but for some larger announcements Nintendo’s head honcho Satoru Iwata would step in. For example, Iwata was the presenter when the final Wii U Game Pad controller form was finally unveiled and detailed to the public. So when Iwata steps in to discuss a few upcoming first party software releases, you know that something big is going to be announced. This past Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct was just that indeed.

This Wii U Direct, as it was officially called, brought news of upcoming updates, services, and software that would be released for the Wii U. In comparison to past Nintendo Direct presentations though, this was more of a long term forecast for the console than a showcasing or in depth look into any specific upcoming release.

Here’s a list of the major talking points from the 36 minute presentation:

Wii U Updates

  • 2 Updates will roll out to the Wii U in order to further speed up the load times between menus and the software boot up time. The first update is due this spring, with the second to follow this summer.

Upcoming Services

  • A web browser version of Miiverse will be launching in the spring. With a Miiverse mobile app to follow sometime thereafter. Your Nintendo Network ID credentials are what get you in, so it will be limited to Wii owners.
  • Miiverse is to receive updates that will enable user created communities. This feature will be launching along with Wii Fit U, a game that coincidently will allow you to setup user created Miiverse communities.
  • Nintendo is finally launching the Wii U Virtual Console. It is due along with the spring firmware update.
  • Virtual Console will initially carry NES and SNES games. GBA games are promised as well. If the Wii’s Virtual Console is anything to go by, then we can probably expect most of the Sega consoles, Trubografx, Neo-Geo, arcade units, and more as well. Pricing for the NES games will be $5-6, while the SNES will go for $8-9.
  • Wii U Virtual Console to include off-tv (Gamepad only) play and Miiverse integration.
  • Any Virtual Console games transferred from the Wii to Wii U can be rebought for $1-$1.50 in order to upgrade to the native Wii U Virtual Console version.
  • To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Japanese Famicom (NES in the US), Nintendo will be pushing a Virtual Console “trial” service from January through July. Each Month one classic Nintendo title will be sold for $.030, starting with the NES hit Balloon Fight.

Nintendo Miiverse Smartphone Android iPhone app Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console NES Famicon 30th Anniversary Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console Pricing SNES NES

First Party & 3rd Party Wii U Software

  • Video reels of previously announced upcoming releases were shown, these included: Game & Wario, Wii Fit U, Lego City Undercover Stories, as well as Platinum Games upcoming Wii U exclusives The Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2.
  • A new party game is to be released, created by the same team behind the mega selling Wii Party.
  • Screenshots and details on the next entry in the Super Smash Bros. series are promised for E3. The game will be released for Wii U and 3DS.
  • A new 3D action Wii U Mario adventure is currently in development by the same team behind the Mario Galaxy series. This will be playable at E3.
  • A new Mario Kart will also unveiled and be playable at E3.
  • Good-Feel, the studio behind Kirby’s Epic Yarn for Wii, are developing a new game featuring Yoshi as the main character. The game has a very similar art style to Kirby’s Epic Yarn, and is being supervised by Takashi Tezuka. Tezuka-San was the director of Yoshi’s Island for SNES and Yoshi’s Story on N64. Both games are considered by me to be quality and classic.
  • A crossover of Shin Megami Tensi by Atlus, and Nintendo’s own Fire Emblem is currently in the works. Nintendo touted this as an example of the company trying new things in order to keep a steady stream of software releases coming.
  • Not one, but TWO, The Legend of Zelda games are in development.
    • One all new game, which promises to “Rethink” the core foundations of Zelda games.
    • As well as a beautiful HD and retuned remake of Wind Waker, originally released on the Gamecube.
  • A new JRPG by Monolith Soft, the team behind the highly acclaimed Wii exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles. is currently in development as well. It seems to be a new entry in the Xeno- series. It features giant dinosaur like monsters and transforming vehicles.

Nintendo Wii U Gamepad Nintendo Wii U Yarn Yoshi Nintendo Wii U New Legend of Zelda Nintendo Wii U Zelda Wind Waker HD Remake Rerelease Nintendo Wii U Monolith Game Nintendo Wii U Platinum Games Bayonetta 2 Sega Nintendo Wii U Platinum Games Wonderful 101

It’s pretty clear Nintendo has really got a lot planned for the Wii U at this point. It’s safe to say that some of these titles will not be releasing this year, but even then, this news coupled with some recent announcement of some big third party games coming as well, we gamers should be pretty busy for quite some time.

You can watch the full Nintendo Direct/Wii U Direct below…

We’ll of course be giving more details on some of the bigger bits of Nintendo news here as they become available.

Nintendo Official Site

Related posts:

Possible Quantic Dream Next Generation Playstation 4 Game

 E3, Game Development, Gaming  No Responses »
Jan 222013
 

QuanticDreamKaraTechDemoScreenshot

Quantic Dream is the amazing developer behind some hit games such as OMIKRON: The Nomad Soul for the PC and the Sega Dreamcast, Fahrenheit (also known as Indigo Prophecy in the US) for the PC, X-box, and Playstation 2, Heavy Rain for the Playstation 3, and the upcoming Beyond: Two Souls also for the Playstation 3.  We had heard that the French developer Quantic Dream may be making a new game for the Playstation 4, called Singularity. Quantic Dream founder and president David Cage also has ties to Singularity. Cage had recently explained that Ray Kurzweil’s novel The Singularity is Near was a huge influence for Quantic Dream’s “Kara” tech demo from the 2012 Game Developers Conference. Back in November of 2012, Quantic Dream registered the domain ‘singularityps4.com‘ which matches past domains ( heavyrainps3.com and beyondps3.com) that were also bought by Quantic Dream. This domain could also be hinting towards the Playstation 4 not being  named Orbis. Well, we shouldn’t be waiting long to find out though since Sony will be holding a press conference un March of 2013 to unveil the new system.  Although Quantic Dream’s possible next generation hit for the PS4 may not be called Singularity  at all. Since Raven Software’s 2010 shooter ‘Singularity’ already has it and Activision holds the trademark for such name.

XboxPCPS2FahrenheitIndigoProphecyScreenshot

Here is the Official E3 Heavy Rain trailer…

 

The Official BEYOND: Two Souls E3 Trailer…

 

And the Kara Tech Demo from Quantic Dream at the Game Developers Conference…

 

 

Playstion3HeavyRainScreenshot

 

 

Source

Related posts:

WiiU: ZombiU, a possible system seller?

 E3, FPS, Gaming, Zombies  No Responses »
Jul 282012
 

Salutations,

So who here likes to kill zombies? Yeah, I figured you might. Well then you should be as psyched as I am about the Ubisoft’s new zombie game called, ZombiU. This game is being released as a Wii U exclusive title. Ubisoft made quite a splash at E3 and are even being called the new EA or Activision as a major 3rd party game company, putting out AAA titles, except they aren’t showing signs of heavy DLC rape.

 

This reveal trailer from E3 certain does set the correct mood for this game.:

 

 

It really does look pretty impressive. I like the way the Wii U uses its new controller, I have a feeling that this will change the common clumsiness of zombie games. As demonstrated in this video:

 

 

Is it just me or does that look pretty cool? Yeah I thought you’d agree. Also you can see that this game has some fairly in-depth combat, using a melody of melee and ranged weapons including a crossbow. Another nice touch is looting, which seems to have become common in the types of FPS now, which is good.

 

 

ZombiU is based in present day London, and takes the best parts of all the greatest horror games and movies, and puts its own unique and welcome twist on it. It also has a unique mechanic, when you die, there is no respawn. Instead, you’re transferred to play as another survivor. Then you can find your old zombie self, and kill it to recoup your equipment. How cool does that sound? This is shaping up to be one very memorable game.

 

As you’ll see in this 10 minute gameplay video:

 

 

However, its possible that this game won’t be totally Wii U exclusive, like RE4. Tony Key, the senior VP of Sales and Marketing for Ubisoft, mentioned in an IGN interview that while there would have to be a lot of changes to ZombiU to put it on another system that would reduce its fun, it was not impossible, simply not within the near future. However like RE4, its possible that this will get ported around to other systems, after first being a Nintendo exclusive.

 

 

I guess we’ll see… won’t Wii……..U?

 

Either way, this is being shown as a core title for Wii U, and this is just the kind of game that the Wii U needs in order to be taken seriously. Keep those boomsticks loaded, and look out for ZombiU on Wii U.

 

Cheers,

Bruce Campbell’s Number One Creeper

Related posts:

 Older Entries