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Dust Off Your Wii U, There’s a New ‘Fatal Frame’ Incoming
Despite being out for close to two years now, the Wii U has a startling lack of quality games among its library. The problem is a lack of third party support, which has kept studios like EA and Ubisoft from bringing their games to Nintendo’s platform. Thankfully, we have at least one new game to look forward to, and it’s of the horror persuasion. Today, Tecmo Koei and Nintendo announced they’ll be bringing a new Fatal Frame to the Wii U.
The only problem is we don’t know whether or not the game will be arriving stateside, or leaving Japan at all. Fatal Frame IV didn’t.
And if this new Fatal Frame doesn’t leave Japan, we still have DreadOut.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.