Once a Wii U exclusive, Rayman Legends will now be released on 360, PS3, Vita and PC too – a move which might make business sense, but it still caused consternation among owners of Ninendo’s home console earlier this year.
It even led to reports of protests at the developer, with studio staff posing alongside banners which read: “Release Rayman. Support Ubi Montpellier.”
Emile Morel, Rayman Legends’ lead game designer remembers it differently. “As for the protest about the delay, it actually never happened, it’s a funny story and in the end a big misunderstanding,” he told us. “A few days after the announcement of the delay, one morning two Rayman fans came by the studio with a funny banner to protest about the delay in a nice and humoristic way. We’re not used to have fans coming by the studio, so some members of the team took pictures with them to be nice and friendly. We spent some time talking with them and once they left I remember someone in the team asking: ‘Did we tell them not to put these pictures online?’ The answer was ‘no’ and two hours later these pictures were everywhere and people started to think that the whole team was protesting about the delay. In the end, no harm was done, and this gives us a funny story to tell!”
Level designer Chris McEntee told us of his disappointment at the move, as the team had worked so hard to meet the initial deadline. “Finding out that it would be delayed just made us feel for the fans,” he told us. “We knew it wouldn’t be taken well, and it hurt to see people’s reactions.”
McEntee also says that the ‘protest’ was just a few photos take out of context, and explains the story from his perspective.
“I’m working at my desk in the studio, and someone comes in saying there are two people outside with a sign saying Release Rayman,” he says. “I thought, I have to see this, so I and a lot of other people went outside to check it out. We were so happy to know that people cared enough about our game to come to our studio and tell us that they were disappointed.
“We wanted to take a picture with them, a personal picture, just because it was a cool moment for us. Once they posted the picture, it became a ‘protest’ according to the internet. There never was any protest; we worked on the game and made the best out of a slightly disappointing situation. And, truth be told, we have a better game for it.”
Rayman Legends will be released on Wii U, 360, PS3, Vita and PC on August 30.
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Nintendo has finally confirmed that the Black 3DS XL is coming out on August 11, in the United States at least. It's been priced at $199.99, but some stores may have it for $179.99 through a promotion.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team also comes out on August 11. What a coincidence!
We're here folks! Breathe that big ol' sigh of relief because by midday you'll see BioShock Infinite 's first piece of downloadable content, Clash in the Clouds, available for download on the PC through Steam.
Clash in the Clouds is an intense combat-oriented DLC where players can climb the leaderboards by beating up various enemies from BioShock Infinite. For some it's been a long time coming, but I had patience and I certainly wasn't disappointed with the time I spent playing Clash.
Hey Suda 51, you're great. I love your games. Killer Is Dead looks like it will be a lot of fun. But enough is enough! There's promotion, and then there's just spoiling every single little aspect of your game.
We've seen so many screens, so many trailers -- we get it! At this point you're just hurting yourself here. It's like a movie trailer that reveals all the best parts, or the best jokes. Let us be a little surprised when it finally comes out in August.
Also, eggs.
Left 4 Dead 2 ? It's a fun game. It's made even better thanks to all the amazing mods the community has created. Enjoy this compilation of Teletubbies, raptors, Koopa Troopas, Storm Troopers, cats, Justin Bieber, My Little Pony, Aliens, and so much more craziness.
[Thanks, Lucas!]
Bungie has revealed the lessons learned from its work on Halo, and how those experiences have fed into the creation of Destiny.
Speaking in the new issue of Edge magazine, on sale Thursday August 1, creative lead Joe Staten outlines where he feels the FPS genre’s future lies, and how Destiny aims to get there.
“I think we did two things well with the Halo games,” he told us. “One, we told a story that you can play by yourself or with a small group of friends. And two, we made a great hardcore, competitive game. Between those two choices we tried to do other things – Firefight, for example – but the options are very slim, and I think that’s true for most shooters. Between those two poles there’s a vast gulf of opportunities but a lack of choices. We want to very carefully bring those two communities together and open up those choices.”
Elsewhere in our cover feature, Staten adds that while the first Halo games were considered as individual experiences, Destiny is being developed with a longterm plan in mind.
“The big lesson [from Halo] is: if you don’t have a plan for the future, you’re scrambling to catch up with your own success,” he told us. “This time we’re planning for success, and that’s enabled us to imagine a future where many things are possible. It allows the plot a long arc, which is great. In Halo we certainly didn’t have that. We planned for an eight-hour experience then, two years later, figured out another eight-hour experience. This time we’re thinking about how you grow and evolve this world over many years, many hours. It’s a whole different mindset.”
You can read more about Destiny in the new issue of Edge magazine, on sale Thursday August 1.
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