June 29th, 2012
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Reef Calls In Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D this September

Use the hose

While the soggy British summer continues, 3DS owners in Europe will get the chance to experience some real heat in September as Reef announces Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D.

The first-person action game gives you all a fireman's tools — hose, axe, saw and more — to rescue survivors and extinguish fires. Reef promises the game's "Thinking Fire" artificial intelligence will put up a stern challenge throughout its story-driven campaign mode.

We'll find out if it's hot stuff or burnt out in September.

REEF ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES REAL HEROES: FIREFIGHTER 3D for EUROPEAN RELEASE.

Hoses, Axes & Rotary Saws at the ready as FIREFIGHTER blazes onto the Nintendo 3DS™

London, June 29th: UK video game publisher Reef Entertainment today announced the European release of REAL HEROES: FIREFIGHTER 3D only for the Nintendo 3DS™.

In this first-person fire & rescue action game players will enter the soot-stained boots of an everyday hero as a newly graduated academy cadet getting their start in a big city fire station. Players must use the tools of the trade like the axe, hose and saw to battle raging blazes, tackle explosive environments and rescue survivors.

Features:

  • ‘Thinking Fire’ AI technology delivers a cunning enemy unlike anything gamers have faced before.
  • Utilize the myriad of control options on the Nintendo 3DS™ to bring Axes, Halligan bars, Hoses, Extinguishers, Rotary Saws and Hydraulic Spreaders to bare.
  • Players work with the team of Engine Company 13 advancing through a story driven campaign and making sure everyone gets out of each mission alive.
  • 3D game engine and cut-scenes deliver maximum immersion and excitement.
REAL HEROES: FIREFIGHTER 3D will be available across Europe, September ’12.

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3DS Leads Japanese Market to Year-on-Year Gains

Nintendo dominates home country

Strong performances from 3DS software and hardware saw the Japanese games market grow for the first time in two years.

Between 26th December and 24th June, the Japanese market was worth 193.4 billion Yen, a 0.07% increase from 191.98bn over the same period last year. 63% of that figure came from software sales, up from 112.17bn to 122.67bn, while hardware revenues dropped from 79.81 to 70.73bn.

Nintendo ran the show on hardware and software. 3DS sold 2.22m units over the six months, bringing its lifetime sales in the country to 6.36m. Wii sold 265k to reach 12.43m, and DS chipped in with 20,239 sales and now stands at 32.86m.

Titles on Nintendo formats took four of the top five software slots, with Pokémon Black and White 2 topping the chart with double the sales of the second place title. The most impressive part? The Pokémon game was only released the day before tracking ended, a very smart (or perhaps just coincidental) move from Nintendo, Game Freak and the Pokémon company.

Here's the Japanese hardware and software charts from 26th December to 24th June. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

  • Nintendo 3DS: 2,219,548 (total 6,355,287)
  • PlayStation 3: 695,465 (total 8,112,613)
  • PlayStation Portable: 500,333 (total 18,737,441)
  • PlayStation Vita: 353,657 (total 756,451)
  • Nintendo Wii: 265,578 (total 12,433,321)
  • Xbox 360: 33,809 (total 1,554,547)
  • Nintendo DS: 20,239 (total 32,855,741)
1. Pokémon Black & White 2 (DS, Pokémon, 23rd June 2012): 1,618,621
2. One Piece Pirate Warriors (PS3, Namco Bandai, 1st March 2012 2012): 806,578
3. Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D (3DS, Square Enix, 31st March 2012): 743,967
4. Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo, 1st December 2011): 665,573 (total 1,747,964)
5. Monster Hunter 3 G (3DS, Capcom, 10th December 2011): 665,394 (1,474,716)

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Writing about a 3DS firefighting game. The temptation to squeeze in a Burning Rangers quote is too strong to overcome.



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EA Sports to Reveal Wii U Games Next Month

Madden-ing wait

EA Sports will lift the lid on its Wii U titles next month, says IGN.

The publisher is hosting an open house in the middle of July where it will make Wii U-related announcements. Back in May EA Sports announced FIFA 13 for Wii U and at E3 2011 EA's John Riccitiello mused about Madden NFL on Wii U, so you can expect to hear details of both football games next month.

Last year EA and Nintendo announced an "unprecedented partnership", but so far the only EA title we know of is Mass Effect 3. Expect that to change next month.

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Also, looks like Monster Hunter is real: http://t.co/EPkoupFt



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How is a review score of 50% "below average"? What would "average" be in this scale?



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Sabarasa’s Protocol Changing Platforms from WiiWare

Looks like Sabarasa's ambitious first-person shooter Protocol won't make it to WiiWare after all.

Sabarasa yesterday updated its site with this message:

PROTOCOL TO BE RELEASED IN A NEW TO-BE-CONFIRMED PLATFORM

For all those expecting Protocol for WiiWare, we announce that it will be released directly in a new to-be-confirmed platform.

We got our first glimpse of the game 18 months ago, so it's disappointing it still hasn't materialised on WiiWare. Here's hoping its new home is on the Wii U eShop; we'll keep you posted.

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Kicking off what should be an amazing Friday with the Wind Waker symphonic movement from the Zelda concert. Adventure, here I come!


June 28th, 2012
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The Wii is pretty goddamn awesome when you think about it.


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