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Nintendo Download: EarthBound, Shantae, Attack of the Friday Monsters, more
It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! Nintendo’s fantastic Super NES RPG, EarthBound, is now available to download through the Wii U eShop. Another bygone classic makes its way to the 3DS eShop this week as WayForward’s Arabian Nights-inspired platformer, Shantae, has been added to the digital storefront.
The 3DS eShop also received a trio of original games this week:
- Robot Rescue 3D, a puzzler where you rescue robots.
- Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale, the final game from Level-5’s “Guild02” collection.
- Undead Bowling, a bowling game starring z-z-z-zombies.
Finally, Ubisoft will add the Wii U adaptation of The Smurfs 2 to the Wii U eShop on July 23. More details about all of these titles can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged EarthBound
EA Sports WILL release a College Football game in 2014
Yesterday, the NCAA announced the end of their licensing agreement with EA Sports. The end of this agreement means that if the publisher wants to release a college football game in 2014, its title cannot be NCAA Football 15.
A few hours later, Andrew Wilson, the Executive Vice President of EA Sports, confirmed that the company is working on an unnamed college football game for release in 2014. The currently untitled “College Football 15” is in development for next-generation consoles and it sounds like it will look very similar to this year’s offering:
EA Sports will continue to develop and publish college football games, but we will no longer include the NCAA names and marks. Our relationship with the Collegiate Licensing Company is strong and we are already working on a new game for next generation consoles which will launch next year and feature the college teams, conferences and all the innovation fans expect from EA Sports.
So far, the lack of NCAA branding seems to be the only real major difference between NCAA Football 14 and the in-development “College Football 15.”
[Source: The Beat – EA’s Blog]
Angry Birds Star Wars flies onto consoles, handhelds this October
Activision and Rovio are teaming up again to bring Angry Birds Star Wars to consoles and handhelds this Fall (hmm… which one is the Emperor and which one is Darth Vader?). The “saga” of birds batting pigs continues on the 3DS, PS3, Vita, Wii, Wii U, and Xbox 360 this October.
In addition to high definition graphics, the console/handheld version of Angry Birds Star Wars will add 20 new levels to the game as well as new new competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes.
Angry Birds Star Wars will be released for consoles and handhelds on October 29.
Daily Scoop: July 17, 2013 – Time for you to get Ni No Kuni
Hey there, Internet! There are some great deals going on today. Amazon’s got a huge clearance going on right now, which includes Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for just $29.99. You should definitely buy it!
Also happening today is a huge sale at GameFly! They’re selling tons and tons of used games for under $20, including Aliens: Colonial Marines for $9.99! Check out their PlayStation 3 bargain bin and Xbox 360 bargain bin, for starters!
Got a few great t-shirts for you today: (more…)
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NCAA ends agreement with EA Sports, effectively killing NCAA Football 15
NCAA Football 14 was released last week for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and I hope you’re enjoying it as there definitely will not be an NCAA Football 15. The National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced (via NCAA.org) that they will not renew their licensing agreement with EA Sports.
The NCAA reached this decision after growing legal pressure from a number of athletes (including former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon), many of whom have attempted to sue the NCAA (and EA Sports) for including their “likenesses” in NCAA-branded games. The NCAA is adamant that they never allowed EA to use the names, images, or likenesses of “student-athletes” and has no involvement in EA’s separate likeness licensing deals with former students (such as Denard Robinson, NCAA Football 14’s cover athlete).
If EA wants to create a college football game for 2014, the NCAA says they are free to include the logos and stadiums of member universities as long as the game publisher negotiates for the proper “trademarks and other intellectual property” rights.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged College Football 15, NCAA Football 14
XBLA Today: R.I.P.D. The Game
R.I.P.D., a movie that looks like a cross between Men In Black and the short-lived G vs E, will arrive in theaters this Friday. If you’d rather not wait, a game adaptation of the film, also titled R.I.P.D., was added to the Xbox Live Arcade today (a PlayStation Network version was released yesterday):
Based on the upcoming 3D supernatural action-adventure film, R.I.P.D., you and a partner will take up the holsters of two lawmen dispatched to the otherworld to protect and serve the living from an increasingly destructive array of souls who refuse to move peacefully to the other side. Top-notch teamwork and an arsenal of badass weapons are the keys to defeating your enemies and bringing order back to the world.
R.I.P.D. The Game was published by Atlus and developed by Old School Games and has been priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
Pokemon Rumble U comes to the Wii U eShop on August 29
Nintendo has announced that Pokemon Rumble U, and an accompanying array of NFC-enabled figures, will be available on August 29. The game, which has been priced at $17.99, will be downloadable from the Wii U eShop. The figures, which are sold in “concealed capsules,” will be available exclusively at GameStop stores.
Pokemon Rumble U is the tale of a great adventure featuring Toy Pokemon, beginning when a delivery of Toy Pokemon is swept down a river and washes up on a strange riverbank. Our bewildered Pokemon heroes set out to find their way back to the Toy Pokemon Shop. Along the way they discover all is not right. Players will learn why some of the Toy Pokemon are fighting each other, and what the enemy Pokemon are plotting.
Pokemon Rumble U’s players (up to four simultaneously) will travel through a variety of Pokemon locales including Sparkly Playland, Mysterious Forest, and Blue Sky Park as they battle all 649 Pokemon and giant bosses.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Pokemon Rumble U
Sonic: Lost World’s release will be found on October 22
Sega has released a new trailer for Sonic: Lost World that showcases the hedgehog’s new powers (including the Power of Rock!). The trailer has also unveiled an October 22 release date for the 3DS and Wii U game, so mark your calendars now.
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged Sonic: Lost World