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Monday, May 16, 2016

Capcom to Prioritize 'Completeness' Even if It Means Delays

Capcom has restructured its development periods "for a small number of titles," the developer announced during its annual financial earnings call.

To ensure games are up to standard, Capcom will carry out development in a way that "prioritizes completeness" over firm "development deadlines." For example, many—including Capcom—believe "some aspects of Street Fighter 5" could have used "more polish" at launch.

Street Fighter 5 was plagued with server and matchmaking issues, and was generally missing a lot of content.

"Accordingly, we feel it's better to give a little more time to development than before, and have made slight adjustments to our portfolio," Capcom CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto said.

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Heading West

Square Enix's full-scale Final Fantasy mobile game, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius will have its western release in the coming months.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius will be available for free on iOS and Android devices. The game will also be playable at the Square Enix booth during E3, from June 14 to June 16.

Designed specifically for mobile, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a role-playing game in Square Enix's classic Final Fantasy style. The story follows "two knights of the kingdom of Grandshelt," along with a "young girl who suddenly appears before them" on an adventure to find a "sought after crystal."

The game uses traditional turn-based gameplay as players venture through "various types" of dungeons in search of "items, hidden paths, and new routes."

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Free Battlefield 4 Final Stand DLC Coming This Week

Electronic Arts is releasing Battlefield 4's fifth DLC pack, Final Stand, for free to Xbox Live Gold members on Wednesday, May 18, according to an Xbox One Community Calendar listing.

The DLC is part of Electronic Arts' Road to Battlefield 1 promotion. The publisher intends to continue giving away previously released DLC for both Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline for the "next few months."

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Celebrate 30 Years of Mario in Wii U's Free Minecraft Update

As senior manager of Nintendo's third party relations, Damon Baker has lots of experience working with developers on special collaborations. Minecraft: Wii U Edition's Mario Mash up pack, a free update coming this week, set a new milestone for him. "This is the most IP integration in a third-party game that I can remember," Baker told IGN.

Baker isn't kidding. A collaboration between Nintendo, Minecraft-maker Mojang, and developer 4J Studios pulled out all the stops to put Mario in this Wii U-exclusive mash-up pack. Gamers will find 40 Mario-themed skins, which they can use to dress up the game's characters as familiar heroes and villains from the Mushroom Kingdom. All the world and item textures are redone, letting players create their own Super Mario-themed locations. Nintendo also licensed 15 pieces of music from Super Mario 64. Enemies have been re-skinned as well. The update transforms wolves into Poochy and sheep into Koopas. Despite the new look and sound, Baker assures us Minecraft's base gameplay has not changed.

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Yo-Kai Watch 2 Launching This Year in the US

Yo-Kai Watch 2 will be released exclusively for Nintendo 3DS devices on September 30 in the United States.

The game, which is developed by Level-5 and is wildly successful in Japan, brings new areas, over 100 new Yo-Kai, a new in-game Yo-Kai watch, and the ability to travel back in time.

Two versions of the game will be available—Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits and Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls. Both feature rare Yo-Kai only available in each respective game.

Invisible to the human eye, Yo-Kai are mysterious creatures with unique skills and strengths. The fantasy role-playing game is focused on a young adventurer who finds a special watch that uncovers the creatures. Players explore the world with the strange watch, befriending and battling Yo-Kai along the way.

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Bulletstorm Developer Making a New AAA Shooter

People Can Fly, the Polish developer behind the Painkiller series, Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment, is working on a new AAA shooter.

Speaking to Gamepressure, People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski confirmed that the studio - which was rebranded as Epic Games Poland in 2013 but regained independence in 2015 - has been working on the new game since the beginning of 2016.

Wojciechowski also confirmed that the game already has a publisher in place, but that he can't reveal more at this stage. On top of the shooter, People Can Fly is also working on a second, smaller project.

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Sunday, May 15, 2016

The Witcher's Wild Hunt of Blood and Wine

"Yeah, he was a funny guy to work with, Peter. He was quite interesting. I used to like the days where he'd actually take us out for lunch and then start drinking and go, 'I can't be bothered to go back to work today.' So he'd just put his card behind the bar and everyone would stay at the pub for a little bit. This is why we had quite a lot of delays on those games. A very different experience."

Peter Molyneux gets better every time I hear about him, and CD Projekt RED senior animator, Jamie Bury, has a few things to say. He's been animating video games with seniority for some 15, 16 years now. Prior to landing in Poland with The Witcher crew, he "worked on things like Black & White, and Fable. Crysis. These kind of things."

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