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Wii U to include 3DTV support
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata recently sat down for an interview with the San Jose Mercury News and during the short Q&A he confirmed that the Wii U will include 3DTV support:
If you are going to connect Wii U with a home TV capable of displaying 3-D images, technologically, yes, it is going to be possible, but that’s not the area we are focusing on.
When it comes to 3-D, we already have the 3DS, and each owner of the Nintendo 3DS is capable of viewing 3-D images. However, when it comes to the home console, it depends upon the availability of 3-D TV sets at home, which, unfortunately, is not expanding enough. And rather than pouring a lot of energy into that kind of area, with the Wii U we’d like to focus more on each Wii U owner being able to have an equal opportunity to enjoy it.
So basically, it sounds like the Wii U will support 3DTVs, but don’t expect a lot of 3D content from Nintendo.
Daily Scoop: July 6, 2011 – Encounters!
It’s Wednesday again! And you know what that means… it’s another night of D&D Encounters! I’m looking forward to it. It seems to make the workweek go by more quickly!
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is Activision’s Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011 with Top Shot Elite for the Nintendo Wii. It’s only $39.99 today, and features “next-generation shooting galleries featuring hot-seat, multi-stage and head-to-head multiplayer options.” The description also refers to is as an “epic story of drama and survival as players face kill-or-be-killed scenarios deep in the wild.” Damn!
No video game t-shirts today, but today’s Ript shirt is definitely worth $10: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, Wii
XBLA Today: Dead Block, Deadliest Warrior 2, MLB Bobblehead Pros
As the 2011 Summer of Arcade approaches, Microsoft has opened the Xbox Live Arcade floodgates and added three titles to the service today.
Dead Block goes all Night of the Living Dead on us as three survivors are trapped in a house with the zombie horde banging on the door. But instead of shooting their way out, this trio must barricade themselves inside and set traps for the unstoppable undead.
Deadliest Warrior: Legends is the sequel to last year’s XBLA fighting game and features a new assortment of historical personages battling it out for historical bragging rights. Dracula versus Braveheart, why didn’t I think of that?
Finally, Konami brings their cartoony take on the national pasttime, MLB Bobblehead Pros, to the XBLA just in time for next week’s All-Star Game.
All three games have been priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10) and more information on each title can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Deadliest Warrior: Legends
“PSN Pass” spotted on German Resistance 3 bundle
“PSN Pass Network features only available in countries that have PlayStation Store.” This disclaimer was spotted alongside the logo you see above for the mysterious “PSN Pass.” The picture was taken of a 320 GB PlayStation 3 Resistance 3 bundle in Germany. While Sony Computer Entertainment has yet to announce PSN Pass, many are suggesting that it will be similar to EA’s “Online Pass” or “Project Ten Dollar,” where every copy of a game comes with a code that can only be redeemed once in order to play online or access premium content for free. Given the Resistance series’ inclination towards ambitious multiplayer features, the third installment would seem the perfect game to introduce such a plan with.
Since I buy nearly all my games new, I usually have no problem with online pass programs by publishers. However, hopefully Insomniac won’t restrict the content on the disc like DICE, who released the maps for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in small increments over the first year of its release.
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Resistance 3
Michael Pachter predicts Duke Nukem Forever sales to disappoint
Industry analyst Michael Pachter is shoring up his sales prediction for the highly anticipated Duke Nukem Forever, and it’s not good. Originally expected to sell roughly three million copies in its first quarter, The Pach is now tempering that expectation to 1.5 million. While that would be a respectable number for most games, it’s seen as quite underwhelming for a series with such a legendary place in gaming, not to mention over a decade of hype. The lukewarm critical reception seems to be responsible for a lot of the game’s troubles.
“We had previously expected Duke to be one of the year’s top sellers due to a high degree of hype and a dedicated fan base, and expected solid profit contribution as the bulk of development had been previously expensed,” said Pachter in a note to investors. “However, the game’s poor reviews (average Metacritic score of 49) likely had a negative impact on sales, causing us to lower our [first quarter] sell-in estimate to 1.5 million units from 3 million units.”
It isn’t all bad for Take Two, who bet on Duke, as L.A. Noire‘s success at retail has been well documented.
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Tagged Duke Nukem Forever
Harmonix trademarks “Vidrhythm”
Never one to let Cloud Strife and Lightning steal its thunder, Harmonix has filed an “intent to use” application with the Patent & Trademark Office for “Vidrhythm.” While the company is working on Dance Central 2 and Rock Band DLC, it has confirmed that it is looking at other avenues and this could very well be one of them.
Plastic instruments may be dead, but the rhythm genre goes on. Unfortunately.
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Resistance Dual Pack now available for PS3
We’ve heard about the PSP Dual Packs; now it appears PlayStation 3 games are getting the same treatment. Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 are now available together in one Dual Pack for $39.99. While you could probably score both games for less than that, it’s worth noting that the DLC for both games is included as a bonus, as well as a Joseph Capelli SRPA skin for the upcoming Resistance 3 multiplayer.
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Resistance 2, Resistance: Fall of Man
PlayStation 4 manufacturing rumored to begin this year
Sources in the Taiwanese component manufacturing industry claim that production for the PlayStation 4 is to begin by the end of this year, with a ship date sometime in 2012. Foxconn and Pegatron Technology, who already manufacture the PlayStation 3, are rumored to undertake this task as well, according to DigiTimes. The initial shipment will allegedly consist of 20 million units, which will have built-in Kinect-like recognition.
It’s important to keep in mind that these were the same two companies alleged to have the PS3 Slim contracts when that redesign was only a rumor. Sony dissed E3 to announce the system (and price cut) at GamesCom in 2009; I would not be surprised to see them do it again.