Micro-gaming coming to Nintendo's next system.
Project P-100 wasn’t the only Wii U title that Nintendo chose not to reveal at their E3 conference. A new WarioWare game is on the way to the new console in the form of Game & Wario, a Wii U launch title.
Nintendo was holding back at their conference, it appears.
Platinum Games - developers of Bayonetta, Madworld and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Rising: Revengeance - unveiled their first foray onto the Nintendo Wii U in the tentatively titled Project P-100. The game was demoed live on Spike TV shortly after the conclusion of Nintendo’s E3 press conference.
The game seeks to impress with its unique touch screen functionality.
Ubisoft's E3 press conference yesterday brought a formal introduction to Michel Ancel's Rayman Origins sequel, Rayman Legends. The game has been confirmed for the Wii U and will utilize the controller's touch screen capabilities, as well as the gyro and motion sensors. Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, the title currently appears to be exclusive to Nintendo's new system.
Microsoft is teaming up with Virgin Gaming later this year.
Virgin and Microsoft are joining forces to bring online gaming tournaments to Xbox Live. There will be a variety of different tournaments, Virgin promises, including both free-to-play and paid-entry tournaments, some of which will offer cash prizes.
Send shapes into your custom-made levels to create a concept album.
Queasy games has announced their next game, Sound Shapes, will release on the Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita simultaneously on August 7. All players who purchase the game on one system will automatically have access to playing the game on both systems.
Ubisoft's newest IP puts you in control of a hacker.
One of the biggest surprises at Ubisoft's press briefing was the announcement of a brand new IP titled Watch Dogs. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Watch Dogs aims to create a world where players use the technology at their disposal to take down corrupt forces.
For those that have been waiting for the book to finally come out on "video game."
After 125 years, Sherlock Holmes is finally getting his own console game. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is an investigation game that puts the player in charge of examining crimes scenes, collecting clues and evidence, pursuing leads, questioning witnesses and suspects, and other detective tasks. Atlus will be bringing the Frogwares-developed game to North America in September.
Lofty promises and vague ideas that have little to do with video games--Molyneux is back!
Peter Molyneux has always been known for thinking outside the box. The man behind Populous and Black and White found huge success with Fable on the Xbox, and ended up working on the franchise for nearly a decade, including the upcoming Kinect game, Fable: The Journey. Molyneux has since moved on from Lionhead Studios, the company he helped found in 1997, and has gone to work for 22 Cans. Molyneux revealed today that 22 Cans is working on 22 unique “experiments,” the first of which is set to be released in only six weeks from now.
