3DS version of platformer hits North America and Europe on May 24
Nintendo released a new video in Japan that serves as a nice introduction to some of what makes Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D special on 3DS. Take a look at the new course, a comparison of Easy mode to original, and more after the jump.
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Upcoming action game collection coming to Nintendo’s latest console in Japan this summer; no word on Western release.
Today during a Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo announced (via Polygon) that the Yakuza 1 & 2 HD bundle is coming to Wii U in Japan on August 8. As its name suggests, the collection packs in the first two installments in the PlayStation 2-era action-crime series.
No mention was made of a release for the Yakuza 1 & 2 HD bundle in North America or Europe.
Polygon reports that a trailer for the bundle was shown, displaying upscaled graphics and Wii U-exclusive features. Players can use the GamePad to navigate the game’s streets and monitor their characters.
For more on the games within the bundle, check out GameSpot’s reviews of the original Yakuza and Yakuza 2.
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Global competition to take place in Europe, North America, Russia, Southeast Asia, and more.
Publisher Wargaming will be hosting a series of World of Tanks tournaments to celebrate its 15-year anniversary.
The tournaments will be held in Europe, North America, Russia, South Korea, Southeast Asia, China, and Vietnam. The winning teams from each of these regions will fly on an all-expenses-paid trip to Wargaming’s studio in Minsk, Belarus.
The event will start on May, with the finals scheduled for the end of June. The tournaments will use a seven-versus-seven format. For more information, check out the registration pages for Europe, North America, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.
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Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe CEO and president Jim Ryan spoke at the Gran Turismo 15th anniversary event. He announced that the franchise has sold 70 million units worldwide to date and Gran Turismo 5 has sold 10 million units. The announcements were Tweeted by PlayStation Europe.
“[Gran Turismo is] as relevant now as it was 15 years ago. It’s been hugely successful and continues to be,” said Ryan. “It’s the most successful PlayStation franchise ever with worldwide sales of 70 million units! Almost half in Europe.”
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It looks like we won’t be waiting much longer for the next Gran Turismo game. Gran Turismo 6 was officially announced by Sony today with a Fall 2013 release date for Europe and “Holiday 2013″ for North America. Also announced was a playable demo for the game that will be available in July.
Gran Turismo 6 will include the cars and tracks from Gran Turismo 5 as well as adding more of each. The total will be about 1,200 cars and 33 tracks with 71 different layouts available.
“It is amazing to think that it is 15 years since we first released Gran Turismo,” said Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi. “Things have changed a lot since then and now Gran Turismo 6 is a further evolution of my dream. We’re pleased to deliver GT 6 to PlayStation 3 as we have a very loyal community on that platform. However, we have refactored the game to make it very flexible and expandable, with a view to making many future developments.”
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Insomniac Games CEO also says he’d like to see Nintendo bring more classic franchises to the Wii U.
Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price won’t rule out porting co-operative shooter Fuse to the Wii U, but says that he’d like to see Nintendo do more to support the fledgling console.
“We have to be selective because it’s easy to start to stretch yourself too thin,” said Price in an interview with Digitally Downloaded about Wii U development, “so we’re careful about where we go.”
“One of the questions I got a lot of early on was ‘why aren’t you developing for the Wii U?’ and the answer was simply bandwidth. We had to focus on delivering a great game on multiple platforms, but there’s a point where we had to make hard choices, and for us we needed to limit the number of platforms for Fuse.”
Speaking about the Wii U, Price said he’d like to see Nintendo produce more of its classic franchises for the console. “As a player what I would love to see is more of those games that I grew up with. Zeldas, Marios, Metroid – those are the games I look for from Nintendo, and I hope more of them come out for the Wii U.”
Fuse is the first multiplatform title for Insomniac Games, with the California developer previously focusing its efforts–such as Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, and Spyro the Dragon–on Sony platforms.
Price previously hinted on Reddit that the company would consider developing for PC, but is not actively looking into the Wii U at present.
When asked if that rules out a port of Fuse on the Wii U, Price said “we’re not ruling out anything in the future. We are a content creator and we want to reach as large of an audience as we can.”
Fuse will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on May 28 in North America and May 31 in Europe.
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Capcom today announced in a press release that Ace Attorney 5 will be known as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies in North America and Europe and release in those regions this Fall. There is some bad news for collectors, however: Capcom will only be releasing Dual Destinies as a digital download on the 3DS eShop in those regions. (In contrast, Japan is also getting a physical release with limited edition bonuses.) No price was mentioned for either North America or Europe.
Dual Destinies picks up one year after the events of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. Phoenix Wright has returned to the courtroom following a mysterious explosion that leaves the courthouse in shambles. He has a new sidekick for this adventure; Athena Cykes. Athena’s special ability is to read the emotions of witnesses and pinpoint changes in emotion that Phoenix can use to his advantage in court.
Capcom also revealed the first English trailer for the game, which can be seen below:
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3DS entry will be called “Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies”
Good news, Phoenix Wright fans! Capcom has officially set a time frame for the western release of Ace Attorney 5, which will come to North America and Europe this fall as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies. Read on for more.
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NCsoft has released its financial report for its first quarter 2013. The company posted revenue of ₩184.9 billion ($166.2 million), which is up a massive 322 percent compared to the same quarter in 2012. Profits increased 31 percent to ₩52.3 billion ($47.0 million).
Of all the games sold 64 percent were sold in Korea, by far its biggest market. 13 percent of all the games sold were in North America, while eight percent were sold in Europe. Seven percent were sold in Japan and one percent were sold in Taiwan.
Guild Wars 2 sales have fallen since its release. The game made up 45 percent of the companies in the fourth quarter 2012, while it made up 21 percent in the first quarter 2013. However, Nah Seong Chan, NCsoft’s managing director, did say that the company will be releasing a new expansion pack to help offset the falling Guild Wars 2 sales.
“In terms of box sales and microtransactions are still very strong,” said Chan in the companies earnings conference call, “and of course we are preparing an expansion pack but in terms of when we will actually launch it, it’s something we are still monitoring… We are looking to the performance of the game and then we will decide what will be the best time to do the launch.”
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Latest company earnings report highlights sales increase compared to same period last year; Guild Wars 2 accounts for 21 percent of sales.
Publisher NCsoft has released its latest earnings report, which shows that sales for the company were down in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.
The report said that company sales were down 35 percent and net income was down 49 percent compared to the previous quarter. However, when compared to the same period in 2012, sales were actually up 31 percent and net income was up 322 percent due to strong showings from Guild Wars 2, Lineage 1, and Aion.
Guild Wars 2 accounted for 21 percent of sales in the first quarter, while Blade and Soul accounted for 9 percent and Aion with 16 percent. 13 percent of NCsoft’s sales total worldwide were from North America, while 8 percent of it was from Europe. 64 percent of its sales were from its home country, Korea.
NCsoft managing director Seong Chan Nah added that the publisher was planning on a Guild Wars 2 expansion pack, though its release date had yet to be finalized. For more information, check out the full report here.
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