Tatsumi Kimishima is now the President of Nintendo
After the tragic passing of Saturu Iwata, Nintendo has announced the new President of Nintendo, Tatsumi Kimishima. Tatsumi first worked at Nintendo at The Pokemon Company in 2000, later moved to Nintendo of America. He then became the director and chairman of Nintendo of America in 2006. Shigeru Miyamoto also had a change in role, being now a "Creative Fellow" as well as a general manager of Entertainment Analysis and Development Divison. Source |
Dragon Quest VII coming to smartphones September 17th in Japan
Dragon Quest VII is now schedule to coming to Android and iOS on September 17th in Japan. The game will be based on the 3DS remake from 2013, though no release in the west. The original game came out to the original Playstation in 2000 to both the east and west territories. There may be a chance for Square Enix to release the smartphone version first in the west before the 3DS version itself. Source |
Playstation 2 Classics possibly coming to Playstation 4
PEGI has listed Dark Cloud 2, Ape Escape 2, and Twisted Metal: Black for the Playstation 4. This may suggest that there may be a PS2 Classics section for the Playstation 4, though nothing has been confirmed yet. The Sony Pre-TGS Press Conference will start at 3 AM EST here, where there may be a possible announcement for the PS2 classics. Source |
Need for Speed for PC has been delayed to Spring 2016
Ghost Games has announced that the PC version of Need for Speed has been delayed to sometime in Spring 2016. The reason behind this delay is that they have listened to the fanbase, with complaints such as locked framerate and online connectivity to be an issue, they have decided for those things to be as risk-free as possible when it releases. The PS4 and XBO version are still on-track for a November 3rd release. Source |
Uncharted Collection demo dated for a September 9th release
| Naughty Dog has announced the upcoming demo for the Uncharted Collection, that was supposedly coming out in the summer, on September 29th. The demo will be the "Warzone" level in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Check out the video for 11 minutes of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune on the Uncharted Collection, coming October 9th. Source |