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Among Nintendo’s numerous announcements last night was also confirmation of a brand new Animal Crossing spin-off. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, due out this autumn on 3DS, sees gamers playing as an interior decorator who must create amiable living quarters for an assortment of characters. The game will also usher …
Read More »Yarn-made Yoshi among new range of Amiibos
Upcoming Wii U title Yoshi’s Woolly World will bring with it a special Yoshi Amiibo made of yarn. The plush accessory will come in three colours – green, light blue and pink – and allows players to unlock a second on-screen version of the character in the aforementioned game, which …
Read More »There’s another free-to-play Pokemon game on the way
Nintendo has announced a second F2P Pokemon title – Pokemon Rumble World. The game is heading to 3DS via download next week on April 8th. Nintendo, of course, describes it not as free-to-play but instead as free-to-start – a phrase favoured by boss Satoru Iwata. The Pokemon Rumble series has …
Read More »Attack on Titan 3DS game is coming to the West
Spike Chunsoft’s 3DS adaptation of the hit Attack on Titan manga is getting a western translation. Atlus is handling the publishing responsibilities for the game in Europe and America, with a release currently pencilled in for May. It will be known in the West as Attack on Titan: Humanity in …
Read More »Biofeedback horror game Nevermind arrives on Steam Early Access
A game that adjusts its difficulty according to the stress being experienced by its player is now available on Steam Early Access. Nevermind failed in its first attempt at getting Kickstarted last year but just scraped past its funding goal on its second attempt. However, developer Flying Mollusk has admitted …
Read More »Demon’s Souls ‘was already a failure’ before Miyazaki took control
Internal development of cult classic Demon’s Souls was going severely wrong before lead designer Hidetaka Miyazaki took control of the project, it has been revealed. Demon’s Souls wasn’t doing well,” he told The Guardian. The project had problems and the team had been unable to create a compelling prototype. But …
Read More »Kojima Productions logo pulled from Silent Hills website
Konami has removed references to developer Hideo Kojima from another one of his studio’s projects, fuelling speculation that the team has been taken off the game. GameSpot reports that the Kojima Productions logo can no longer be found on the website for the upcoming Silent Hills, which was revealed as …
Read More »VIDEO: Sarkessian debuts Positive Female Characters series
Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian has released the first episode of her new series focusing on Positive Female Characters in games. The video, which can be seen below, focuses on 2011 title Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, which Sarkeesian cites as an example of a game that asserts the ability …
Read More »2D Assassin’s Creed Chronicles becomes a three part series
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Chronicles will no longer be a single release, with two other titles joining the now three part series. The first part of the trilogy, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, was announced last September as part of the AC: Unity Season’s Pass. That’s now scheduled for a digital release …
Read More »Limited Edition Batman: Arkham Knight PS4 hardware pictured
A Batman-themed PS4 console will arrive alongside Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham Knight in June. The limited edition console includes a 500GB Steel Grey PS4 console complete with a similarly coloured Batman faceplate and a Steel Grey DualShock 4 controller. There will also be a standard Arkham Knight bundle including a …
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