- Connect 4: Super Mario due out this Spring for $24.95
- Monopoly: The Legend of Zelda and Monopoly: Pokémon will be released due out late August or early September
- these collector’s edition-style titles will include oversized tokens and are priced at $45.00
- the Pokemon version is reportedly going to feature the Kanto region
If you like Tetris or Puyo Puyo, Puyo Puyo Tetris is a game you simply need to play. It mixes the new and the classic in many varied and creative ways that you can’t help but be entertained by.
Looks like we might be seeing what Rocksteady has been up to in recent years. GameStop has received a bunch of new marketing materials for a Batman game, but there hasn't been an announcement for one just yet. Seems there's some chance of Rocksteady announcing their next project next week, so this might tie into that.
ArenaNet announced that it will not institute a subscription model or introduce free-to-play elements when its MMORPG Guild Wars 2 launches in China this year, subverting the region's dominant time-based, pay-to-play trends for online games.
Guild Wars 2 will launch in China as a one-time purchase supported by frequent free updates, maintaining the same business model supporting the game since its launch in 2012. The upcoming Chinese version, which ArenaNet will produce in a publishing partnership with KongZhong Corporation, will see timely updates that mirror content additions in North America and Europe.
The Chinese version of Guild Wars 2 will enter a two-week closed beta test on March 11.
GameStop got a new shipment of Batman banners yesterday—and although these materials could be marketing an older game or even downloadable content for last year's Arkham Origins, evidence is pointing to a new Arkham reveal next week.Read more...
We've had quite a few deals on various permutations of The Lord of the Rings films, but many readers have been holding out for the blu-ray versions of the extended editions in one set. Well, today is your day, grab everything for $45 and prepare for a lot of time in front of your TV. Caveat: while it's not available for immediate shipping, you can still grab the deal price. Take it before it's gone. [Amazon]Read more...
- puts you in the role of a football team manager
- your job is to train your players, choose tactics, create a customized team, and send it out to participate in matches
- you don’t actually control individual players
- you can alter your team’s tactics and create custom formations
- development of the game began on the Nintendo DS
- the first Nintendo Pocket Football Club game was released at the very end of the Game Boy Advance’s life in 2006
- development lasted all throughout the DS’s life and eventually shifted to the Nintendo 3DS
- took six years until the game was completed
- this time allowed for a focus on network features, such as using StreetPass and SpotPass to allow you to take on teams trained by other players
- dev's intention was to make a game that thrives primarily on the player’s imagination to feel like a simulation
- the team spent time sifting through all the different elements of a game and retaining what’s most essential
- believes if the graphics are too detailed, the player’s imagination doesn’t fill in the details that it otherwise would
- goal is make it feel convincing
- aiming to recreate the way the action swings from one team to the other
- single match lasts about eight minutes
I've been waiting for this moment since Grant Gustin first showed up as Barry Allen in CW's Arrow earlier this season — our first peek at the latest TV iteration of DC Comics' scarlet speedster, the Flash. Read more...
I'm not going to lie...I love the idea of hooking up my N64 via HDMI. Turns out that's going to be an option, as you can see above. A product is in the works, but it doesn't have a release date yet. You can at least sign up for the mailing list to see when this baby goes on-sale. I might just have to jump on it...
Civilization Revolution and Dungeon Defenders are the March offerings from the Xbox 360 Games with Gold program. Xbox 360 owners will be able to snag these games free from March 1-15 and 16-31 respectively. Read more...
Niconico ペルソナストーカー倶楽部 第1回
- new character Zen talks about their situation and how they ended up in a school with students they’ve never seen before
- game will have plenty of animated scenes
- Marie from Persona 4 Golden will appear in one of the scenes
- Igor’s assistant, Theodore, also appears
- will most likely feature some lighthearted moments
A portion of a Gamasutra interview with Nicklas 'Nifflas' Nygren and KnapNok's Dajana Dimovska and Lau Korsgaard...
GS: A lot of the ship is controlled with the GamePad's touch screen. Can you tell me about your design choices and iterations on the second screen?
Nifflas: The first iteration of the second screen was just to try to show as many internal things about the ship as directly as possible. It looked more or less like the below mockup. Problem was, the interface didn't indicate what information was relevant and when, and it was far too overwhelming for most testers.
Now Simon Nielsen (the artist from KnapNok Games) has been in charge of making a new iteration of the interface that communicates the personality of the spaceship better and abstracts a lot of the raw information to something much more understandable. We have more or less settled on sticking to this iteration of the interface (below), but there are many tweaks to be made to it and lots of playtesting ahead.
GS: I must ask: what's the business rationale for developing exclusively for the Wii U, given its struggling hardware sales?
Nifflas: I have no idea :) I just want to make a cool game for it!
Lau: Ha ha, yeah, if we wanted to earn money I guess we shouldn't be in games. It is really hard to make any sensible business rationales in this market. Yes, there are not that many Wii U consoles out there, but does it matter if there are 5 or 10 million units sold when we just need to sell some 10-20-30 thousand copies to be happy? As long as we keep our cost low, I think it is much more important to work on a platform that excites us than to work on the stuff that everybody else is doing.
Enjoy all the thrills and excitement of space exploration on a budget? Uexplore brings you affordable space adventures without compromising comfort, fun and safety. Our newest Small Craft (TM) line with its intuitive and simple Heads Down Display technology offers all the functionality and flexibility of the Heads Up Displays installed in more expensive space ships, but at a fraction of the price.
History
Affordable Space Adventures is a collaboration between Nicklas "Nifflas" Nygren (Knytt Underground, Nightsky) and KnapNok Games (Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party). We are merging Nifflas' passion for making atmospheric exploration and mind-bending puzzles with KnapNok Games' dedication to work with weird new interfaces and an eye for what is happening in front of the TV. Nifflas (Sweden) has been working in the KnapNok Games offices (Denmark) since the summer 2013 realizing Affordable Space Adventures. The game is supported by the Danish Film Institute.
Features
Suspenseful stealth puzzling: How do you configure and control the system so you don’t get seen, heard or otherwise detected?
Experience thrills, spookiness and beautiful areas of the world crafted and designed by Swedish indie game developer “Nifflas”.
Multiple difficulty levels ranging from family friendly to extremely complex.
Play with your friends and control the ship together or take on the challenge alone.
A game that truly utilizes the potential of the Wii U hardware
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