New trailer takes on the Wild West
A group of white rabbits found Excalibur and met Julius Caesar, and now they're in the Wild West taking on outlaw Billy the Kid. It can only be Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time.
Slip your controller in there
If you were to pre-order Super Scribblenauts, Sonic Colours and Nine Hours, Nine Doors, Nine Persons from Gamestop you'd have enough items of clothing to walk the streets as a headphone-wearing Sonic the Hedgehog with a metal watch. If that's not your idea of value for your pre-order money, Gamestop has something a bit more practical lined up.
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Could this account for its delay?
We played FlingSmash in February of this year and quite enjoyed it, as our First Impressions show, but its projected release date of Summer 2010 has been and gone without the game hitting shelves. Now retailer Gamestop has released boxart of the game showing the game is set to be bundled with a Remote, seemingly containing MotionPlus built-in.
Get into the party, spirit
Nnooo has made a name for itself on the downloadable Nintendo scene, with titles as varied as Pop+ Solo and myDiary, and now it's ready to show off the latest game in its line-up, the spirit-hunting DSiWare title Spirit Hunters Inc. Shadow/Light.
Wii title may not be exclusive for ever
Warren Spector's upcoming Disney Epic Mickey for Wii is getting many Nintendo fans hot under the collar with excitement, but Disney producer Raul Ramirez has spoken about the game's chances of heading over to Move or Kinect, and it's looking as though the game won't be Wii-exclusive for ever.
THQ is spending a fortune to ensure its upcoming games match up to output from the likes of über-spenders EA, Activision and Ubisoft, so it's naturally going to investigate the areas of smaller investment for larger return. Speaking at a New York financial conference, company CEO Brian Farrell laid out the company's plan to take advantage of motion-controlled titles as smart investments:
They are more mass-market type games. They are just simpler forms of game where it’s more based on your movement and the input device; not on fantastic art and very complex animations. That’s the other reason we like those two products – the cost of development is much lower than for the other core products.Whilst there are some games on the way with fantastic art and complex animations – Killzone 3 and LittleBigPlanet 2 in particular – on the whole the statement stands. Hopefully this doesn't mean that THQ will cease to develop innovative and high-profile motion-controlled titles for Move, with the PS3 sequel to Wii hit de Blob on the way in the coming months.
We go poolside with the developers
Two weeks ago we reported that PSN pool title Hustle Kings was set to receive an update bringing Move and stereoscopic 3D support. We tracked down the developers VooFoo Studios and fired a few questions their way.
Good news all-around
The upcoming fitness game from former Spice Girl Mel B may sit at the top of the imaginary Odd Move News leaderboard for today, but the announcement from Japanese firm Recom that it's bringing an online-enabled fishing roleplaying game to PlayStation Network isn't far off.
Zelda and Mario branded cards in stores
Ever get bored of seeing the same old designs on the Nintendo Points cards you buy? Wouldn't it be nice to see a little more artistry on the packaging? As usual, Japan has you covered.
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