While everyone out there was getting psyched about the Resident Evil 2 Remake, and Kingdom Hearts 3 finally on the horizon, I was still lingering over one bit of sad news happening in gaming this week. On January 30, 2019, the Wii Shop Channel will close down… Forever.
Platform exclusivity is nothing new for major publishers. We live in an era where multi-million dollar deals are a regular occurrence in the constant quest to get one over the competition, whether that be to keep a franchise solely on one platform or even tempt one away from another; as demonstrated by the rather high profile “theft” of Final Fantasy XIII from it’s traditional PlayStation home at last years E3. For a development studio, the …
Playdead Games’ Limbo has been given a release date! It will finally see the light of day via Xbox Live Arcade on July 21, launching off this year’s “Summer of Arcade.” The asking price is 1200 Microsoft points, that’s $15 or £10.20 in real world currency. If you don’t know anything about the game, which was a winner at IGF 2010, you owe it to yourself to take a look. Email the author of this …