A cached webpage of Precursor Games' crowdfunding campaign for Shadow of the Eternals could offer a glimpse at what its recently announced Shadow of the Eternals will contain, with details of an episodic game, a $1.1 million funding goal for the first episode, and the involvement of Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack listed in the cached page.
The studio announced today via a teaser trailer that is it working on the spiritual successor to the survival horror game, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, which was originally developed by Silicon Knights in 2002. Precursor announced that the game is titled Shadow of the Eternals, and that a crowdfunding campaign for the title will launch the same day as the gameplay reveal on May 6.
A NeoGAF forum member found the webcache (which has...
Developer Gearbox is calling a lawsuit that claims both the studio and publisher Sega falsely advertised the controversial Aliens: Colonial Marines "frivolous," according to a statement provided to Kotaku.
Following the news that Edelson LLC, a law firm representing plaintiff Damion Perrine, will file a class-action lawsuit against both companies, a Gearbox spokesperson released the following statement:
"Attempting to wring a class action lawsuit out of a demonstration is beyond meritless. We continue to support the game, and will defend the rights of entertainers to share their works-in-progress without fear of frivolous litigation."
Sega also released a statement on the matter to Polygon, writing that the publisher "cannot comment on specifics of ongoing litigation, but [are]...
Tickets are now available for a 20th Anniversary midnight screening of Super Mario Bros.: The Movie at the NuArt Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, May 24.
The movie's production designer David L. Snyder (Demolition Man, Blade Runner) and screenwriter Parker Bennett (Mystery Date, The Princess and the Cobbler) will conduct a Q&A; panel to field questions from the fans on the night.
Super Mario Bros.: The Movie was a live-action adaptation of the Super Mario Bros. franchise and hit U.S. cinemas on May 28, 1993. Directed by Rocky Morton (D.O.A., Max Headroom) and Annabel Jankel (Live from Abbey Road, Max Headroom), it starred Bob Hoskins as Mario, John Leguizamo as Luigi, Dennis Hopper as King Koopa and Samantha Mathis as Daisy.
Tickets cost $11.00 for adult, $8.50 for senior and...
Batgirl may be the second of four downloadable fighters coming to NetherRealm Studios' fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us, according to Xbox Live Marketplace screenshots and a YouTube video obtained by GameInformer.
The below video by YouTube user SFilp runs through the Xbox Live Marketplace procedure to bring up the Batgirl DLC option. A price was not listed on the video capture or screenshot and the Marketplace error has since been corrected.
It was announced earlier this week that DC Comics fighting game's first DLC character, the alien bounty hunter Lobo, will arrive on May 7. It is not known how much individual DLC characters will cost; however, gamers can purchase a DLC season pass for $14.99 on PlayStation Network and 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) on Xbox Live, which includes the...
A trailer released today for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Ubisoft's upcoming stealth franchise reboot, shows off the return of the series' Spies versus Mercs multiplayer mode.
Check out the gameplay trailer above to see the stealthy spies attempt to hack some data as the heavily armored mercs use the tools in their arsenal to stand in their way.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist is headed to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and Windows PC August 20. For more on the game, be sure to check out Polygon's impressions from earlier this year.
Namco Bandai released a free version of its multiplayer tank battle game Tank! Tank! Tank! on the North American version of the Wii U eShop today, offering the base game at no cost and delivering various modes and maps piecemeal as downloadable content.
Tank! Tank! Tank!'s free version, a 1.5 GB download, offers a handful of basic modes for the multiplayer tank shoot 'em up. Players can purchase the rest of the game's maps and gameplay modes, including the game's My Kong mode and Story mode, as part of 10 pieces of downloadable content. The list of available add-ons from the eShop follows:
Versus / Industrial Complex - $1.99
Versus / Ruins - $1.99
Versus / Coastal Area - $1.99
Versus / Canyon - $1.99
Versus / Volcanic Area - $1.99
Versus / Lunar Base - $1.99
My Kong - $1.99
M...
Disney has released a new behind-the-scenes video discussing the genesis and development of the free-form Toy Box in Disney Infinity.
The origins of the build-your-own-game Toy Box came from developing a potential tie-in game to Pixar's Toy Story 3, say developers at Avalanche Software. Rather than just making a game that followed the events of the story, they focused on the possibility of playing with the Toy Story characters as one would actual toys. Different characters had different abilities, and the developers found that children playtesting the game would learn how to use the abilities together in emergent, evolving gameplay.
The concept grew bigger from there, incorporating characters from across Disney's many franchises, until it became the Toy Box in Disney Infinity.
D...
Game & Wario, the upcoming minigame collection starring Mario's pudgy nemesis, will be released June 28 in Europe on Wii U, publisher Nintendo of Europe announced today.
It launched in Japan at the end of March, and is set for release June 23 in North America.
Game & Wario features single-player and multiplayer minigames, not the smaller "microgames" of the WarioWare series. But it appears to share that franchise's meta commentary on the medium in experiences like the Gamer minigame, in which the user plays as a character playing WarioWare-esque microgames.
Check out our Game & Wario preview for more details on the specific minigames.
Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell and publisher Warner Bros. are named in a trademark infringement suit for the series' inclusion of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat, according to a complaint recently filed by the memes' respective creators.
Charles Schmidt, who uploaded Keyboard Cat's breakout performance to YouTube in 2007, and Christopher Orlando Torres, who made the quickly viral Nyan Cat animated GIF, jointly filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against the two companies. Both felines can be conjured up in-game using protagonist Max's magic notebook, but their cameos were not cleared with Schmidt or Torres, the suit claims.
Keyboard Cat has appeared in all Scribblenauts titles released throughout the franchise's history, while Nyan Cat only appeared in Scribblenauts...
A new Rayman Legends trailer is out from Ubisoft showing off one of the game's more musical levels.
In the trailer, axe-wielding new character Barbara tackles the "Mariachi Madness" stage, a high-speed test of one's platforming skills. The player is encouraged along by the soundtrack, which in this case is a mariachi-band arrangement of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger," the theme song for Rocky 3. The action and music are coordinated to go hand in hand, with Lum-collecting and enemy-killing alike matched to bits of the song.
"Eye of the Tiger" was composed for Rocky 3 at the request of actor Sylvester Stallone, who was reportedly unable to get the rights to Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust."
Rayman Legends hits Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U this September.
The sequel to Genius Sonority's role-playing game The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves, will launch on the 3DS eShop in North America and Europe on May 30 for $11.99 and €9.99, respectively.
The game centers on catching creatures called Denpa Men, which float around on radio waves. Players build a party of captured Denpa Men to take on an adventure to save the main character's family. Gamers of the previous title will be able to transfer their character and Denpa Men into the new adventure.
The game features online play and Street Pass support so players can exchange party information. Using Street Pass also increases the timer for exploring special dungeons.
For more information about the Denpa Man series, watch The Denpa Men 2 trailer below and...
EA confirmed Madden NFL 25 won't see a release on the Nintendo Wii U, according to Nintendo World Report.
"We will not be releasing a Wii U version of Madden NFL in 2013. However, we have a strong partnership with Nintendo and will continue to evaluate opportunities for delivering additional Madden NFL products for Nintendo fans in the future," EA Sports said in a statement provided to Nintendo World Report.
Madden 13 saw a release on the Wii and Wii U in 2012. The Wii U version was missing the Infinity Engine, yet featured a variety of GamePad specific features such as using the touch screen to create custom hot routes and adjust defensive alignments.
Madden NFL 25 is set to launch on Aug. 27 and is currently only announced for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.
Polygon reached...
The Nintendo 3DS sequel to SNES classic The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past will see some of the original title's gameplay elements return, like the dark and light versions of Hyrule, but it "certainly feels different," according to producer Eiji Aonuma.
In an interview with CNET, Aonuma confirms the return of the Dark World and Light World in the Link to the Past sequel, which Nintendo has not given an official title in North America. He also explains that the inspiration for Link's new ability to flatten himself into a 2D image and travel along walls comes from Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In that game, Phantom Ganon could jump into the paintings of the Forest Temple.
Aonuma hinted that the 3DS sequel to A Link to the Past will feature a different...
Netflix will drop 1,794 titles from its streaming library this month due to the expiration of licensing agreements with several studios, according to Netflix content cataloguing site InstantWatcher.
The Netflix streaming service is currently available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita handhelds. Content slated for removal includes 15 seasons of Comedy Central's South Park, older classics horror movies and early films from the James Bond franchise. Slate reports studios with which licensing deals are ending include MGM, Universal and Warner Bros.
A representative from Netflix confirmed with The Verge that titles would start to be removed soon, and that the decision to let the licensing deals expire is part of the company's strategy to...
Wii owners will notice a new message from Nintendo on their systems today, reminding users that the company's recent Wii U console release isn't simply a Wii upgrade.In the message aimed at Wii console owners, Nintendo emphasizes its Wii U system is in fact "an entirely new system," and not simply an upgrade to the previous games console.
"It's time to discover Wii U," reads the statement, first reported by Kotaku. "Wii U is the all-new home console from Nintendo. It's not just an upgrade - it's an entirely new system that will change the way you and your family experience games and entertainment."
This message follows last week's statement from Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata, in which he tackled the issue of slow Wii U sales. Speaking during a financial results briefing,...
Nintendo 3DS owners who pre-order a copy of Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei 4 through Amazon will get exclusive downloadable content that lets them wear armor inspired by the company's iconic packaging, draping them in cardboard-colored gear emblazoned with the retailer's signature smile logo.
The Amazon logo pattern armor — which can be worn by the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado's Samurai — is part of a pre-order incentive that also includes a limited edition box set. Included in the set is a copy of Shin Megami Tensei 4, a 176-page strategy and design book produced by Prima Games, a Shin Megami Tensei music collection CD and a collectible slipcase. The box set is limited to the first printing of the game.
Shin Megami Tensei 4 is coming to Nintendo 3DS on July 16 in North America. Japan...
The maker of the Retro Duo and Retro Duo Portable, two-in-one consoles that play classic NES and Super NES games, will release a three-in-one system this summer, according to an announcement from distributor Innex. The console sports three cartridge slots, supporting NES, SNES and Sega Genesis games.
Dubbed the Super Retro Trio, the console features six controller ports and comes with two game controllers. The $69.99 console supports S-video and AV output. The console will also be compatible with the Super Retro Adapter, a cartridge add-on that supports original Game Boy Advance games and works with an original SNES or "any third-party 16-bit console," according to Innex. The Super Retro Adapter retails for $39.99 .
A bundle, featuring both the Super Retro Trio and Adapter (pictured...
Capcom will release a special edition Mega Man 25th anniversary case for the Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL, community manager Brett Elston announced via Capcom-Unity.
The case is a celebration of the Mega Man NES series being released via the Virtual Console. Mega Man 3 was announced for Virtual Console in March. More photos of the anniversary case are available here.
The Mega Man 25th anniversary case will be available in the Capcom Store. A release date has not been announced, though they're expected to be ready in time for San Diego Comic Con when it begins July 18.
Nyamyam's pop-up book and Japanese papercraft-inspired adventure game Tengami, previously announced for release on iOS, Windows PC and Mac, is also coming to Wii U as a downloadable title, according to a report from Nintendo Life.
In a statement, Nyamyam said the decision to bring Tengami to Nintendo's eShop was based on "overwhelming" response from those looking forward to the game. It sounds like Tengami's Wii U port is in its early stages, as Nyamyam says it recently received console development kits after becoming an authorized Nintendo developer.
"We think there are some unique features the Wii U has that we can take advantage of to make the game even better," Nyamyam's Phil Tossell told Nintendo Life.
Tengami is the debut game from Nyamyam, a group of former Rare developers....
Call of Duty: Ghosts is the next Call of Duty game and is launching Nov. 5, according to a GameStop promotional poster leaked to IGN.
Call of Duty publisher Activision launched a teaser site for the next entry in the franchise yesterday. The image on the site has now been fully revealed as the skull mask worn by Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley, a support character who appeared in 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The Modern Warfare series was developed by Infinity Ward, and the promotional poster for Ghosts features the studio's logo, which signifies it is also being made there.
The Nov. 5 release date matches retailer listings for Ghosts that leaked last week. Those listings, along with box art, suggested the game is in development on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows PC and Wii U.
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