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Check out Resident Evil Revelations’ Wii U-exclusive features in this trailer
Resident Evil Revelations is making the jump to consoles this month and the Wii U is not only getting the high definition remake, but a special version of the game that includes a variety of Wii U features. Check out the trailer above to get a look at all the ways the Wii U will be the way to play Revelations:
- A quick way to view the map and change weapons.
- Use the touchscreen to interact with the environment.
- Off-TV Play
- Miiverse support including a customized “Game Over” screen that shows messages from other players who died in the situation.
Resident Evil Revelations will be released for the Wii U on May 21. PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 editions will also be available.
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Tagged Resident Evil Revelations
Shadow of the Eternals crowdfunding campaign has begun
As promised, Precursor Games has released the first details about Shadow of the Eternals and launched the crowdfunding campaign for their spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness. In a neat twist on the crowdfunding model, Precursor has decided to independently run the campaign themselves rather than going with Kickstarter or one of its many competitors.
So if you head over to the Shadow of the Eternals website, you’ll be greeted by the campaign video above and a request for $1.5 million. As we found out Friday, the developer plans to release the game episodically, and the campaign will cover the first episode, which Precursor is calling the “Pilot Episode.” If all goes well, a Summer 2014 release for the CryEngine 3-powered game on the PC and Wii U is planned.
The “Pilot Episode” will take place at Elizabeth Bathory’s home in medieval Hungary, Cachtice Castle. The year is 1610 and the “Blood Countess” has been terrorizing her subjects with abductions and ritualistic killings for 25 years. A first look at the game, with commentary from Denis Dyack, can be found at IGN.
The Precursor team is made up almost exclusively of former Silicon Knights developers. So while Shadow of the Eternals isn’t a direct sequel to the GameCube classic, it’s probably as close as we’ll ever get.
As of 3:15 PM (Eastern Time), the campaign has been active for a little over three hours with over $31,000 (or 2.1%) in pledges. So we might just get it.
Posted in News, PC, Wii U
Tagged Shadow of the Eternals
Splinter Cell: Blacklist brings back Spies vs Mercs mode
Ubisoft has confirmed that Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is bringing back the popular “Spies vs Mercenaries” multiplayer mode. To the dismay of many fans of the franchise, “Spies vs Mercs” skipped the last Splinter Cell game, Conviction. Here’s what Ubisoft had to say about the mode’s inclusion in Blacklist:
The stealthy and agile spies have to extract sensitive data from 3 terminals while the powerful and heavy armored Mercs must use any means necessary to stop them. Each team has different abilities and tools at their disposal to outsmart their opponents in an exciting, high stakes redefined multiplayer experience.
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist will be released for the PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 on August 20.
Wii U version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been delayed
It was expected that Square Enix would release the Director’s Cut of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the Wii U this week. Instead, the game has been quietly delayed with no explanation and no new launch date.
According to a Square Enix spokesman (speaking to Nintendo World Report), Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be released for the console sometime in 2013 and wouldn’t narrow it down any more than that.
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Tagged Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Eternal Darkness spiritual successor in development at Precursor Games
Eternal Darkness holds a special place in the hearts of many Nintendo fanatics. The GameCube game made excellent use of Lovecraftian horror and introduced an absolutely mindbending sense of trickery to the survival horror genre. The fact that it was published by Nintendo just added to the insanity (pun intended). So naturally, fans have been clamoring for a sequel ever sense.
While it likely won’t be published by Nintendo, we may just get one.
Denis Dyack and the rest of his Precursor Games team unveiled a teaser trailer for Shadow of the Eternals on IGN yesterday. Eternals is officially billed as a “spiritual successor” to Eternal Darkness, but it is currently planned for release on the Wii U and PC. The complete game will be broken down into 12 episodes, and a crowdfunding campaign will begin on Monday, May 6 in an attempt to fund the first one. Precursor is seeking $1.5 million to help them develop Shadow of the Eternals: Episode One.
It’s likely that Dyack began working on Shadow of the Eternals while he was still at Silicon Knights, the original creators of Eternal Darkness.
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Tagged Shadow of the Eternals
Holy second DLC! Batgirl will be added to Injustice: Gods Among Us soon
WB Games and NetherRealm Studios have confirmed that Batgirl will join the Injustice: Gods Among Us roster as a downloadable character soon. According to the game’s Facebook page, the first trailer featuring Batgirl will be available next week. Presumably, the Batgirl DLC will be priced at $5/400 Microsoft Points, just like Lobo.
And speaking of Lobo, Injustice’s first DLC character will be available on May 7.
Posted in News, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us
Nintendo Download: Tank! Tank! Tank! Free-To-Play, Mega Man, Pac-Man, more
The Wii U’s Virtual Console expands by two today as Nintendo has added the NES games Mega Man and Pac-Man to their next-generation gaming time machine. The 3DS Virtual Console also expands today thanks to the addition of Balloon Fight.
Another re-release makes the Wii U eShop a more interesting place today: the free-to-play version of Namco Bandai’s Tank! Tank! Tank! The game was originally released as a disc-based game in November. The new free-to-play version will offer the “base game” as a free download with the remainder of the modes and missions available as ten separate pieces of downloadable content.
If you’d prefer something new from your Wii U shopping experience, Neko Entertainment has published the puzzle platformer Kung Fu Rabbit on the Wii U eShop.
More information on all of these games, and other new releases this week, can be found after the break. (more…)
Activision on CoD: Ghosts for Wii U: “We aren’t dating next-gen platforms yet”
When Activision announced Call of Duty: Ghosts yesterday, a Wii U version of the game went unmentioned. As of right now, the November 5 release date only applies to the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 versions of the game. Officially, the only “next-generation” version of Ghosts that exists is the one that will be revealed during Microsoft’s Xbox 720/Durango presentation on May 21.
But don’t count the Wii U out just yet.
In a statement to Examiner.com, an Activision spokesman said: “We don’t have any news for the Wii U at this time, as we aren’t dating next generation platforms yet. Stay tuned.”
So it looks like the Wii U version has been lumped in with the Xbox 720 and PS4 versions of the game, even though Nintendo’s system is available now. And while leaked boxart (like the Wii U version of Ghosts seen to the right) isn’t a perfect predictor of a game’s existence or non-existence, I think that image (along with Activision’s comments) should give Wii U owners plenty of hope for a Call of Duty: Ghosts release this November.
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Tagged Call of Duty: Ghosts