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Sledgehammer confirms that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare won’t be released on Wii U

Posted on August 20, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Michael Condrey, the co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, has confirmed (via Twitter) that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare won’t be released on the Wii U. It looks like the decision came from Activision, possibly as a response to lower-than-expected sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Ghosts, which were released on the Wii U in 2012 and 2013, respectively:

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will be released on November 4 for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

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Atari is remaking Alone in the Dark and Haunted House

Posted on August 20, 2014 by John Scalzo

atarilogoAtari has announced plans to remake two games that are responsible for the rise of the survival horror genre, 1982’s Haunted House and 1992’s Alone in the Dark. Both games will be available this Fall, exclusively for the PC.

The Haunted House remake will simply be titled Haunted House and is in development at Dreampainters Software. The team is best known for the indie horror hit Anna.

Meanwhile, Alone in the Dark will be remade as Alone in the Dark: Illumination by Pure FPS. The team currently has no history and no official website, so they’re a bit of a mystery.

Both games will be playable at this year’s PAX Prime convention, which will be held in Seattle from August 29 through September 1. The publisher will also be showcasing their free-to-play FPS Minimum and a pair of upcoming RollerCoaster sims: RollerCoaster Tycoon World for the PC and RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile for mobile devices.

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Here, have 35 minutes of The Witcher 3 from CD Projekt RED

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Dan Hobbs

CD Projekt RED, The developer of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has just released a 35-minute gameplay demo of the highly anticipated game.

The video opens with Geralt riding up to, and then exploring the city of Novigrad, sometime after killing the griffin seen in the E3 gameplay trailer. Afterwards, Geralt sets out to continue on his quest, where we get to see how the fast travel system works. Developers from CD Projekt RED are also on hand to provide commentary on the video’s content.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is set to release across the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms on February 24, 2015.

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PS Store Today: Diablo III: Ultimate Evil, Tales of Xillia 2, CounterSpy, many more

Posted on August 19, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Sony has pushed another massive update onto the PlayStation Store. Let’s take a look at what new releases we can find on the PSN this week…

  • Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition (PS3, PS4), The Reaper of Souls expansion to the action RPG is now available on consoles, bundled with the original game.
  • Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3), Bandai Namco’s action RPG finally makes it way to North America.
  • CounterSpy (PS3/PS4/PS Vita Cross-Buy), the final PlayStation Store Play is a funky spy game that is playable on all your PlayStation systems.
  • Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (PS3, PS4), the team-based shooter is now available for PlayStation platforms.
  • Hotline Miami (PS4), the wild shooter can now be purchased on your PS4.

More information on all of these games can be found after the break and a full rundown of this week’s new game add-ons can be found at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 19, 2014 – Life after Gen Con

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Please forgive me for my absence, dear readers! I ventured out to Indianapolis for my first ever Gen Con, and it was an incredible amount of fun! We played some great games (like King of New York), saw tons of amazing and adorable cosplay, and saw more than a few of our favorite people. It was a blast!

There’s tons to talk about today, including the Topware Bundle from Indie Royale! Beat the current minimum to get Dream Pinball 3D, Planets Under Attack, Earth 2140, Enclave Gold Edition, Commander: Conquest of the Americas Gold, Jack Orlando, X-Blades, 3SwitscheD, Chicken Shoot, Chicken Shoot 2, and Pressure. That’s a lot of titles!

There’s also a new bundle at Humble, the Humble Jumbo Bundle 2. Pay what you want for The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, Deadlight, and Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition. Pay more than the average to unlock Terraria, The King of Fighters XIII (Steam Edition), and Crusader Kings II with 3 DLC packs. Finally, pay $15 or more to unlock Age of Empires Legacy Bundle.

Over at Steam, the Daily Deal is Bully: Scholarship Edition for $3.74. The Midweek Madness is Metro: Last Light, which is on sale for $4.99. You can also get the season pass for just $2.49.

I bet you missed my t-shirt roundup! Let’s see what I’ve got…

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Disney Infinity 2.0 gets Marvel-less Toy Box Starter Pack

Posted on August 19, 2014 by John Scalzo

disneyinfinity20toyboxDisney Interactive’s big Marvel push begins next month with the release of Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes. The Starter Pack will include three Marvel figures (Iron Man, Thor, and Black Widow) as well as the promise of many more in the future. But what if you don’t like Marvel characters and are just looking to explore the expanded Toy Box mode found in the game that is also known as Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition? Well, you’re in luck, Disney also plans to release a special Toy Box Starter Pack on November 4.

Set to be available for the PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One, the Toy Box Starter Pack will come complete with two Toy Box Game Discs, a 2.0 Edition Base, two figures (Brave’s Merida and Stitch from Lilo & Stitch), and the same Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes game disc as the regular Starter Pack. Looks like you can’t completely get away from the Marvel content.

“Disney Infinity fans spend the majority of their time inside the Toy Box mode, and with our new Toy Box Starter Pack, we’re giving Disney fans an alternative entry point to the Disney Infinity sequel,” said John Blackburn, Vice President and General Manager of Avalanche Software. “We’ve completely re-tooled the Toy Box for this year’s version of Disney Infinity, and we want every Disney fan to experience it using their favorite Disney or Marvel characters.”

The Toy Box Starter Pack will be priced at $59.99, which is slightly cheaper than the $74.99 price tag that has been attached to the Marvel Super Heroes Starter Pack.

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Ubisoft reevaluating Wii U because “Nintendo customers don’t buy Assassin’s Creed”

Posted on August 19, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Speaking to Game Informer, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that the publisher is getting out the “mature games” business on the Wii U. But let’s face it, the writing has been on the wall ever since Ubisoft pushed back the Wii U launch of Watch Dogs. The open-world game launched for every other possible platform in May, but Ubisoft delayed the Wii U release to some indeterminate point in the Fall. However, Guillemot was firm in stating that the Wii U version will be released: “[Watch Dogs] is coming to Wii U. It will be the only mature game we publish on it.”

Guillemot’s “mature game” clarification was his way of saying that the publisher has no intention of completely abandoning the Wii U. The Just Dance series, for example, is still a big seller for Ubisoft and Just Dance 2015 will be released for the Wii U this Fall. So why do mature games (like the scrapped ZombiU sequel) get the axe? It’s just business, says Guillemot.

“It’s very simple,” Guillemot says. “What we see is that Nintendo customers don’t buy Assassin’s Creed. Last year, we sold in very small numbers.” In fact, across Ubisoft’s portfolio, Nintendo Wii U sales only represent three percent of the total for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.

Ouch, but it sounds like this is all part of a development restructuring that Ubisoft is implementing across the board. The CEO also revealed that all PS3 and Xbox 360 development will likely stop at the studio’s development houses in 2015. “After 2015, it will be hard for us to create games for those systems,” he said.

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The Last Guardian won’t be at TGS 2014 because it’s not ready

Posted on August 19, 2014 by John Scalzo

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The Last Guardian was a no-show at this year’s Gamescom convention, and it looks like it won’t be on display at the Tokyo Game Show either. Speaking to Eurogamer, Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida confirmed that the game just isn’t ready for a public unveiling:

“Will we see [The Last Guardian] at Tokyo Game Show?” we asked Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida in an interview today.

“I don’t think so,” was his response. “Sorry.”

According to Yoshida, the development team is “making great progress.” They also have a time frame in mind for when they want to re-announce the game, but apparently that time is not now.

And what about those rumors that the game will make the jump to the PS4? Yoshida chose not to comment, but come on, Sony is not going to release a major exclusive like The Guardian solely for the PS3 in 2015 or 2016 or whenever it’ll make its way to store shelves.

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