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What If Nintendo Dropped Big Developers Such AS Ubisoft and EA?
I know, just reading the title gave some of you a heart attack. But what if? When I arrived in the office today, I stopped in the lounge area to fill up my coffee. Since my office is on campus, there are usually a couple college kids lurking around waiting for professors to arrive, or meet a company for an internship. I couldn’t help but overhear two, talking about Nintendo and the Wii U&...
Newest Pokemon X/Y Character Revealed
Looks somewhat familiar, huh? Debuting earlier today on Japan’s Pokemon Smash, This guy is the latest Pokemon to be revealed for X and Y. Could this be an evolution of Mewtwo, or a possible Mewtrois? The PokeGods are being a bit secretive about his identity, leaving it up to our speculation for the time being. What are your thoughts? Also, The title of the video is “A New Po...
Project X Zone Arriving June 25
Namco Bandai has recently revealed that their crossover game with Sega and Capcom, Project X Zone, is slated for release on June 25 in the US. The title was originally announced for the 3DS in Japan and was released there in October last year, but Namco Bandai also committed to localizing the game for the US and Europe. Project X Zone combines over 200 characters from those 3 universes into a st...
Aliens: Colonial Marines Wii U Officially Cancelled
According to both IGN, and Kotaku, Aliens: Colonial Marines for the Wii U has been officially cancelled. Sega also confirmed the news to Polygon “Sega can confirm that the Wii U sku of Aliens: Colonial Marines is no longer in development,” a Sega representative wrote. Although this news is not completely surprising, considering the poor reviews it received on the 360 and PS3, it is di...
3DS: LEGO Legends Of Chima: Laval’s Journey Announced
LEGO Legends Of Chima: Laval’s Journey has been officially announced as the next installment in the Lego video game franchise. Set to release this summer for the 3DS and DS, although an exact date has not been announce, the details of the game are still somewhat unknown. What we do know is that the game will be set in a fantasy realm containing eight animal tribes. The characters will battle fo...
Operation Rainfall: Over and Out
We can officially declare Operation Rainfall as a success. On April 16th, 2013, we can finally play Pandora’s Tower! After constant blood, sweat, and tears, it took one year and ten days for the trilogy of games to arrive in America since Xenoblade Chronicles release. Sadly, it is possible that Pandora’s Tower will be the last game released on the Wii U, but wipe those tears from yo...
Disney shuts down LucasArts
Sad, yet not surprising news to report: Disney is shutting down LucasArts effective immediately. Close to 150 LucasArts staff members have been laid off, and all current projects have been cancelled, including Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault. According to Kotaku, Star Wars 1313’s future may still be saved, but will possibly not be licensed out to a different publisher. Disney has...
Buggy: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Yesterday I shared news of the upcoming North American release of Shin Megami Tensei IV and overall feedback about the game is positive. However, those that bought Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked in the European market are not so happy about their purchase. Apparently, the game suffers from in-game freezes, and other various bugs. Luckily, Ghostlight and ATLUS are working togethe...
Shin Megami Tensei IV Coming To North America
This summer, the great minds from ATLUS are bringing Shin Megami Tensei IV to North America. Featuring new demons, vast dungeons, brilliant story with multiple plot lines, game altering decision making, and much more, Shin Megami Tensei IV is sure to please not only the fans of the original 2004 release, but new comers to the titles as well. Built for the 3DS with enhanced graphics, 3-D dungeons,...
Mark Rein doubles back, says Unreal Engine 4 can run on Wii U
Epic’s Mark Rein found himself in a bit of controversy this week when asked about the possibility of Unreal Engine 4 working on the Wii U. Rein’s original response at the 2013 Game Developers Conference was a staunch “No” followed by laughter. “I just laugh at the question…Unreal Engine 4, we’re not PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, or Wii U. It’s next-gen te...
Happy April Fools!
Much like last years Google Maps homage to the NES, there are a lot of jokes circulating the internet today. Instead of setting myself up to fall for one of the multitude of pranks out there, I thought I would take the opportunity to remind everyone about the Infendo Forums. If you haven’t visited and/or signed up for a free account yet, I urge you to do so. It is a great place for the rea...
Nintendo Web Framework: the Indie developers are coming
Seemingly out of nowhere during GDC 2013, Nintendo announced the Nintendo Web Framework which is a development environment based on WebKit technologies, supporting application development on the Wii U system using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. What this potentially means is that Nintendo is lightening up its attitude towards smaller indie developers, currently making great games and applications for...