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INSANE Rumor: Eminem teaming up with Nintendo for Wii U game
There are three reactions to any rumor…
- There’s the obvious rumor (Sony is working on God of War 4!);
- There’s the plausible, but unproven, rumor (Grand Theft Auto V will be out in 2012!);
- And then there are rumors that make you wonder if you’re stuck in some kind hideous loop where every day is April 1st.
This rumor is that last one.
GoNintendo is reporting that Eminem recently met with a Sacramento-based marketing agency to create a video for Nintendo’s E3 press conference. According to the report, the Real Slim Shady will appear on stage via video to promote a Wii U game titled Acid Ghost.
No one is quite sure what Eminem’s connection to Acid Ghost is, but a second GoNintendo report has revealed a bit about the game. Acid Ghost will take place on a cruise ship and players will control the titular poltergeist as he torments the vacationing passengers. Some of The playful ghost will be able to pull a wide variety of pranks such as “pick up random objects, grab people’s body parts, draw on the walls with blood, turn on and off lights in rooms, mess with passengers [televisions], radios, and laptops, and mess with their food when they aren’t looking.”
GoNintendo’s tipster stated that Acid Ghost is in development at Kuju Entertainment, but I still have no idea what Eminem has to do with this. Does he love pranks? Is his paleness a hint at a deepseated love for Casper the Friendly Ghost? Did the Jason costume he used to wear give him a hankering to recreate Friday the 13th Part VIII?
I’m holding out hope for all of the above. But I can’t wait to find out the truth.
[Image Credit: Games Radar]
THQ is looking to sell publishing rights to Devil’s Third
Tomonobu Itagaki made a name for himself many years ago at Tecmo’s Team Ninja by creating the Dead or Alive series. He was also responsible for resurrecting the Ninja Gaiden series and being an outspoken critic of the industry. Since leaving the developer in 2008, Itagaki has started Valhalla Game Studios with several former Team Ninja teammates, as well as begun work on Devil’s Third, which made a big splash at E3 2010.
THQ happily snapped up the publishing rights to Devil’s Third back then, but now the cash-strapped company is looking to unload the game due to development difficulties. According to THQ CEO Brian Farrell, the third-party developer who was creating the game engine for Valhalla Game Studios has closed down:
“Two ‘unforeseen’ events reduced Devil’s Third’s profitability. The company Valhalla was using for the engine went out of business, so we had to assist Itagaki-san and the team with a new engine. It took a fair amount of time and cost a fair amount of money. There has also been a substantial appreciation of the yen against the dollar.”
Who knows, maybe Itagaki’s next creation will end up at Tecmo Koei. Wouldn’t that be wild?
[Source: Destructoid]
Posted in News, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Devil's Third
Developing a “future generation” video game, LucasArts is
LucasArts has become the latest developer to jump into “future generation” game development after a job listing for a Graphics Engineer was discovered on Gamasutra. The game is described as an “Action/ Adventure Title,” but any further details are being kept tightly under wraps.
LucasArts hasn’t done much development in recent years, choosing instead to work with TT Games, BioWare, and Behaviour Interactive to create several new games based on the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises.
However, the company did internally develop Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II this generation. And the second one did end on a rather massive cliffhanger…
Give me an Assassin’s Creed III gameplay trailer or give me death!
“Give me _____ or give me death!” is never going to get old. Sorry about that.
Anyway, here’s the first gameplay trailer from this October’s Assassin’s Creed III. Being a fan of tomahawk kills isn’t required, but it certainly helps.
Avengers: Battle For Earth coming to Wii U, Xbox 360 Kinect
Well that didn’t take long.
Three days after Marvel confirmed that an Avengers game was in the works, Ubisoft has gone and announced The Avengers: Battle For Earth. The game will be released this Fall as a Kinect-required Xbox 360 game and for the Wii U as part of its launch lineup.
“We are excited to team up with Marvel Entertainment to bring some of the most iconic comic book characters from the Marvel line-up to life in motion-gaming,” said Geoffroy Sardin, Ubisoft EMEA Marketing and Sales Director at Ubisoft. “Fans of the Marvel universe and superhero games are going to love the extensive combinations of characters, motion-controlled moves and competitive gameplay.”
The Avengers: Battle For Earth will take its storyline from 2008’s “Secret Invasion” arc and star 20 different Marvel characters including Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, and Thor… in other words, The Avengers.
Posted in News, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged The Avengers: Battle For Earth
Michel Ancel says Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development
Despite a whole decade since Ubisoft’s original appeared, it seems that Beyond Good & Evil 2 will prove naysayers wrong by climbing into the cold light of day. However, unlike the recent HD re-release on Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network, the franchise will be seeking a home on the next generation of consoles, if we are to believe Michel Ancel, the original game’s creator. He has (once again) been quoted as saying the game is in “the active creation stage,” explaining further:
“I can say that it’s a very ambitious game and we need some tech to achieve that ambition. We focus on the game. We create it first, then we’ll see what can run it. We don’t say 2013 because we don’t know when it will come. We’re working to create a great game and it needs more tech.”
However, it has been four years since Ubisoft debuted a teaser trailer for the sequel at their short-lived Ubidays conference in 2008. A short time before that, Ancel himself stated at the Video Games Live show in Paris that BG&E2 had been in development for 18 months, suggesting that the project was perhaps put on hiatus, only to be revived by the original’s HD re-release in 2011, but retooled for the next generation. Could it be they are gearing it up for release on Nintendo’s Wii U (or perhaps the PS4 or Xbox 720)? The Wii U’s tablet controller would certainly be a good match with Jade’s camera.
[Source: Destructoid]
Blockbuster UK has 25 Wii U games in its database
With E3 just a month away, the Wii U rumors are going to start heating up and that includes this latest bit of news… Blockbuster’s UK arm has added 25 Wii U titles to its inventory database.
None of the titles have release dates, and most were previously announced, but there are a few surprises including a Marvel Super Heroes game, something titled Shield Pose, and a game simply known as “Zombie.”
Here’s the complete list of Wii U games in Blockbuster UK’s system. All unannounced titles are listed in bold.
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Assassin’s Creed III
- Batman: Arkham City
- Darksiders II
- Dirt 3
- F1 All-Stars
- Game Party
- Just Dance 4
- Killer Freaks from Outer Space
- Marvel Super Heroes
- Metro: Last Light
- Monsters Party
- New Super Mario Bros. Mii
- Ninja Gaiden 3
- Pikmin 3
- Rabbids Party Land
- Raving Rabbids
- Rayman Legends
- Shield Pose
- Sports Connection
- Tekken
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 6
- Your Shape 2013
- Zombie
[Source: Go Nintendo]
Wii U launch date, price won’t be announced at E3 2012
During their most recent quarterly financial briefing, Nintendo reconfirmed that the Wii U will appear in its “final form” at this year’s E3 Expo. The publisher also revealed that the system’s launch lineup will be announced at the big show.
Nintendo itself has yet to announce any launch titles for the Wii U, but third party publishers such as Sega (Aliens: Colonial Marines), Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed III), THQ (Darksiders II), Tecmo Koei (Ninja Gaiden 3), and WB Games (Batman: Arkham City) all have games lineup up for the system’s launch.
However, those attending E3 (and all of us watching at home) won’t hear anything about when the Wii U will launch or how much it’ll cost during the show. Nintendo is saving that information and will announce them sometime after E3 but before the system’s “year-end sales season” release.