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This trailer put a smile on my face, not just for the gorgeous art style but also for the sense of adventure that it invoked. It looks like a love letter to the Zelda series with some Tim Burton mixed in for good measure. I can’t wait to get my hands on this game.
Well it’s about time! Nintendo will be teaming up with Japanese mobile developer DeNA to develop smartphone games featuring Nintendo IP. They will also be developing a new multimedia service that will replace Club Nintendo and work across Nintendo devices, smartphones, tablets, and computers. Full story here.
Here is a 9-minute gameplay video of Adr1ft, the upcoming first-person experience game set in the wreckage of a spaceship. It’s beautiful, tense, and haunting, and I can’t wait to play it. Courtesy of IGN.
Unity 5 has just been released to the public. With big improvements like physically-based shading, audio mixing, and a 64-bit editor, it looks very promising. I know I’ll be upgrading!
Some of the best-looking games coming out like Firewatch are being made in Unity 5. I’m super excited to see what people can do, and hope to start my own projects soon!
Adrift, from developer Three One Zero, is a beautiful upcoming game that has you play an astronaut drifting through the wreckage of a spacecraft and trying to figure out what happened. The developers are dubbing their game an “FPX,” or First-Person Experience, which they hope will become a new genre. All of their future games will be FPXs as well. As a fan of games like Dear Esther, I am really excited for this. If there is a reason to get an Oculus Rift, it’ll be this game.
This game looks like the video game version of Coraline and I need to play it now. From LittleBigPlanet co-developer Tarsier Studios.
Finally finished my latest game, Super Asteroids! It’s basically a revamped version of the classic game, Asteroids, with power-ups and bosses and whatnot. Please enjoy it!
It’s official! Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire are getting remade on 3DS as Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Check out the deets at GameSpot.
It’s about time! Following in line with previous remakes–FireRed/LeafGreen, HeartGold/SoulSilver–Game Freak is finally remaking my favorite Pokemon games. I’m so excited right now I can’t even.
I finally did it. After receiving Pokemon Y from my host family in Japan, having to buy a Japanese 3DS because the 3DS is region-locked, and a failed attempt at playing the game in Japanese, I beat it. I’ve been playing Pokemon since Gold/Silver when I was in 3rd grade, and I’ve been obsessed ever since. Pokemon is still my favorite video game franchise. Needless to say, each new game holds a special place in my heart. So let’s get right into it!
Eliot Cowley 