There’s not much juicy Nintendo news around at the moment, so how about some “Red Steel 2” artwork to keep you going from those lovely people over at Ubisoft?
Head inside for more stylish RS2 artwork.
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Fancy knowing what weapons you will be wielding in “Red Steel 2“? Good as it just so happens that this video shows exactly that. Beware of spoilers though, as it also shows unlockable weapons from later in this Wii MotionPlus game.
While we’re talking RS2, Ubisoft have stated that the game has gone gold and point out some key features of the game after the jump.
If you are looking forward to “Red Steel 2” like us, then you might well want to check this video out. Then again you might not as it shows gameplay from about 4 hours in and contains spoilers. Up to you!
Personally we couldn’t wait, but now we wish we did! Damn this better be good!
Yesterday we got the first glimpse of “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands” on Wii and today, well, we have more!
Head inside to have a peek…
I’d not seen any footage of “Red Steel 2” for a while and forgot just how damn tasty it looks! If the gameplay lives up to the graphics then Wii owners are in for a real treat with Ubisoft’s latest. Here’s hoping!
Ubisoft have finally released more details and screenshots for their upcoming Wii adventure “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands“. This is said to be the proper sequel to the Gamecube title “Prince Of Persia: Sands of Time“, which many gamers say is the best in the series (and we have to agree!). That alone should be reason enough to get excited and the game is looking good so far.
“Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands” is scheduled to ship May 18th 2010. Head inside for another screen and press release from Ubisoft.
Ubisoft have announced that the Wii and DS will be getting some more ‘Ghost Recon‘ action sometime this year, which is good news after the console missed out on the last title, ‘Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter’.
Not much is known at this stage, however the game is well into development and is currently called ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’. The Wii version is being developed by a seperate studio than the high def console versions and apparantly according to Ubisoft, the game is taking “a different approach… created for the Wii population”. Let’s hope that doesn’t mean it’s another on-rails shooter!
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The latest trailer for ‘Red Steel 2‘ shows the the lawless desert western-style town of Caldera which is situated in the games playing area known as the ‘Red West’. Of course there are many other areas to play in the game as developer Jason Vandenberghe points out.
“But of course. The whole story takes place in and around the city of Caldera, and there’s a lot of different kinds of environments in that place. Ancient temples, ramshackle slums, desert, huge modern freight-moving systems… it’s a real city. Then you’ll roll on out into surrounding canyons, where you’ll find a pueblo-style mining town, a huge semi-automated strip mine, old, abandoned underground tunnels, an ancient ancestral monastery / temple clinging to the side of a cliff…”
Head inside for more on the interview with Jason Vandenberghe.
With the release of ‘Red Steel 2‘ now only a couple of months away, Ubisoft have shown off a tasty little pre-order bonus for the title for Europe which comprises of a 20 page art booklet, an iron bullet with the ‘Red Steel 2‘ logo and two special guns and swords to unlock in the game.
No word of this offer coming to North America yet though something similar would be likely. The game ships at the end of March and can only be played with Wii MotionPlus.
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It seems Nintendo’s home console is losing third party support by the day. First was Capcom and Sega pledging most of their development budget towards Xbox 360 and PS3, now french developer Ubisoft have said the same thing.
“The fiscal year 2010-11 line-up will be more focused on the Xbox 360 and Playstation, the consoles which are expected to experience sustained sales growth in games for gamers in calendar 2010.”
I would imagine Nintendo are a little concerned about the current state of affairs and even though third party titles haven’t been selling as well on the Wii as most anticipated, the console has seen more than its fair share of shovelware. Add to this the laziness of developers (New Resident Evil on-rails shooter anyone or a new Resi 4 style adventure?) and it seems both Nintendo and third party developers are losing out. The fact that Ubisoft have at the same time just announced ‘Rabbids 4‘ speaks volumes.
This trailer for ‘Red Steel 2‘ shows one of the boss battles in the game. It’s nice to see some new footage as it’s been a while since we posted about this game. With the release only months away, expect a lot more to follow.
On a side note, Ubisoft have cut the sales forecast from the game from 1 million to 500,000. They say the reason they cut their predictions in half is due to mature titles not selling as well on Wii. Haven’t we heard that line before?
