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All Articles: E3 2014
Nintendo is planning side-scrolling and first-person Metroid games
While there was no talk of the Metroid franchise at E3, Stephen Totilo of Kotaku had an interesting interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shinya Takahashi of Nintendo. Totilo pointedly asked them what was going on with the Metroid franchise, and what fans could hope to expect. Miyamoto deferred to Takahashi, who currently works with the creators and directors from the Metroid series. Takahashi had this to say:
“So it has been a while since we released the last one and we’re having discussions internally about what we can do next. So at this point we have two different types of Metroid games. We have the Prime style of Metroid game and we have the more traditional style of Metroid game. We feel that we do need to take care of both of these styles of play. And the hope is that at some point in the near future we’ll be able to share something about them.”
This seems to indicate that a new game, or at least a new announcement, might be coming to us soon (perhaps during Tokyo Game Show?).
When asked by Totilo which one they preferred, Takahashi said he liked them both, and Miyamoto said he prefers Prime. I think this entire conversation is adorable.
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Meet Pagan Min in the Far Cry 4 E3 trailer
At E3 2014, Ubisoft showed off the big villain, Pagan Min, from their upcoming game, Far Cry 4. Min is terrifying, which makes sense, seeing as he’s the dictator of Kyrat. The country is currently in a civil war trying to overthrow him, and you show up at a really bad time.
Far Cry 4 will be out November 18 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Ubisoft reveals more details of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege at this week’s E3, which will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015. Ubisoft Montreal is taking the lead on development, and will utilize the company’s Realblast engine.
In Rainbow Six: Siege, enemies will wall themselves in, and the Rainbow Six team will fight their way through using any means necessary. This will give players a unique opportunity to interact with the environment in new ways, seeing different levels of destruction based on what strategies they use.
Ubisoft Creative Director Xavier Marquis said, “As fans of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six and tactical shooters in general, we set out to create the game we always wanted to play within the counter-terrorism universe. We asked ourselves ‘how could we capture the incredible tension and unique tactics of these confrontations?’ We found the answer in the Siege gameplay and procedural destruction… Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege is the game that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six fans have been waiting for, and first-person shooter players will be drawn to its unique gameplay.”
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015. Hit the jump for the full press release. (more…)
Bayonetta 2 coming in October; includes Bayonetta 1
Bayonetta 2 will be coming out this October for the Wii U, and it’s going to include the first Bayonetta! The original game will include some awesome costume changes for the leading lady, letting her dress up as Link, Samus, and probably many more. This trailer is completely crazy, and I have no idea what is going on. That isn’t really much of a surprise, considering I played the first game for like four hours and never, at any point, had any idea what was going on.
Bayonetta 2 will be out this October on the Wii U.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2, E3 2014
Nordic Games has acquired the THQ trademark
General Manager Klemens Kreuzer told Polygon that Nordic Games has “acquired the THQ trademark and will be publishing games under the THQ name.”
Nordic Games acquired much of the THQ catalog back in 2013 during the company’s auction after it declared bankruptcy. Nordic is having a hard time being seen as legitimate, and the company hopes that publishing games with the THQ branding will help.
Kreuzer told Polygon, “It was kind of surprise to some industry veterans and players that we were the winner of the auction of the THQ titles… The challenging fact is nobody has ever heard about Nordic Games before [the THQ auction]. There were so many articles with the headlines ‘Who the fuck is Nordic Games?’ We said, okay they were right… We have seen an uplift in the name of Nordic Games, and what we have also done is we have made a second deal with THQ where we bought the THQ trademark.”
Kreuzer also told Polygon that the company would be making more announcements at Gamescom in August. Hopefully this means some news about Darksiders III, which Nordic revealed was in pre-production earlier this year.
Posted in News
Tagged E3 2014, Gamescom 2014
Yoshi’s Woolly World looks like a beautiful dream
I don’t know how many more of these adorable trailers I can take. Yoshi’s Woolly World, yet another gorgeous game Nintendo showed off at E3 2014, looks like the love child of Kirby’s Epic Yarn and Yoshi’s Island. Yoshi runs around the yarn world and eats enemies and pops out little balls of yarn and unravels things and I am about to die from how cute this is. There’s also two player mode and you can eat your co-op buddy and shoot them out and then they… re-ravel? I don’t even know anymore.
If you do not love this trailer, I don’t know if you have a soul.
Yoshi’s Woolly World will be out in the first half of 2015 for the Wii U.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Yoshi's Woolly World
Play as Bowser and troll your friends in Mario Party 10 for Wii U
Bowser wants you to know that this is now a Bowser Party in Mario Party 10. This E3 2014 trailer shows one player using the GamePad to control Bowser while the rest of the players control Mario and his friends. There are also new attractions and mini-games, so it’s not all just getting trolled by Bowser.
Mario Party 10 will be out in 2015 for the Wii U.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Mario Party 10
Check out yet another awesome Kirby world in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
Kirby’s at it again in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. In the lovely E3 2014 trailer, everyone’s favorite Kirby moves around a world that looks like it’s claymation. The player can use the GamePad to draw rainbows, which Kirby can roll around on. And, of course, he turns into things like submarines, because he is Kirby, and that is how he rolls.
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse will be out in 2015 on the Wii U.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse