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Is History Repeating Itself With The Wii U?
The Wii was a huge success for Nintendo, who managed to capture the casual market in a way no one saw coming. It’s a great console, too. The only problem, at least for the hardcore market, was the console’s third party support (and the controller, and the online functionality – okay, there were a lot of problems for the hardcore market). Most of the time, the Wii was left out in the cold when it came to big releases, or worse, those games eventually came, but as watered down ports.
Unfortunately, it seems as if history may repeat itself with the Wii U. Earlier this week EA confirmed their Frostbite 3 engine — which runs Battlefield 4, as well as the next Mass Effect and Dragon Age — won’t be coming to the Wii U. Today, Epic said they don’t intend on bringing their Unreal 4 engine to Nintendo’s console. If the games released during this console generation are any indication, that means a lot of titles won’t be coming the Wii U.
This is unfortunate news for Nintendo fans who bought their Wii U hoping things would change. Nintendo said they would, and they made Mario, so they’re incapable of lying, right?
Lie is such a nasty word. I think Nintendo genuinely hoped that jumping on the HD bandwagon (a bit too late, I might add) would inspire more developers to support their platform. The problem is by the time the PS4 and next Xbox come around, the Wii U is going to look ancient. Even mobile devices are likely to surpass it during its lifetime.
I like the Wii U, I’m a fan of Nintendo, and they’re definitely trying to make their console look more appealing to hardcore gamers with games like ZombiU and the upcoming Bayonetta sequel. But as a fan of AAA games like Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Mass Effect, etc., I think the Wii U is in serious trouble.
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We have the Jason Universe to thank for the recent return of Jason Voorhees, with the short film Sweet Revenge and Jason’s arrival in Dead by Daylight helping to bring the hockey mask-wearing horror icon back into our lives. What else is planned, you ask?
In a chat with Variety this week, Jason Universe’s Robbie Barsamian teases that everything we’ve seen up to this point is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jason’s return.
“We’ve been busy behind the scenes laying the foundation that everyone is finally starting to see come to life, but this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Barsamian teases.
“We have a thrilling lineup of new projects that we can’t wait to share more details on soon.”
Barsamian also notes during the chat with Variety, “We want to give fans fresh takes on what they love most about Jason and continue to expand his world in authentic ways that resonate with horror fans today.” One of those expansions will take the form of the upcoming Peacock and A24 series “Crystal Lake,” which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees.
“The Crystal Lake TV series will take fans back in time to tell the story of how Pamela Voorhees came to be the mother of all slashers,” Barsamian tells Variety this week.
“Crystal Lake” premieres October 15 on Peacock.
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
Last year, the Jason Universe team had teased that a new movie and a new video game are top priorities for the near future. But at this time we have no updates on either front.
Stay tuned for more from the Jason Universe.
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