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Dynasty Warriors 8 remakes history July 16

JC Fletcher — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:30:00 EST

In the future, Tecmo Koei will be able to make a Dynasty Warriors game in which you fight a vast army of Dynasty Warriors games. The company brings us ever closer to that glorious metagame with Dynasty Warriors 8, available July 16 for PS3 and Xbox in North America.

This time, Tecmo Koei includes several "What If" scenarios, which differ from the exacting historical accuracy the series usually demands. Fighters who died in certain historical battles live, and the game shows how history might have changed.

Those campaigns, and the normal Story Mode battles, will take place across over 40 new stages, populated by your choice from over 70 playable characters and thousands of hapless enemy soldiers.

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Deadpool sneaks in a summer 2013 launch window [Update]

Jessica Conditt — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:00:00 EST

The Deadpool game from High Moon Studios and Activision is creeping up on us, now with an official release mention of "summer 2013." The Deadpool Bugle spotted an ad for Deadpool in some comics last week, complete with the launch window right in everyone's faces. We previously heard half of that - the "2013" part - so it looks like things are narrowing down.

We've contacted Activision to clarify the launch window for Deadpool.

Update: Activision confirmed to Joystiq Deadpool's "summer 2013" release window.

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Wii Party sequel coming to Wii U this summer

JC Fletcher — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:30:00 EST

A new installment in Nintendo's Mario Party-minus-Mario series, Wii Party will be released this summer for Wii U (original Wii version pictured). According to the brief announcement, "various play styles" will be included, like one that lets two players compete against one another using "just the GamePad."

The original game did some interesting things with the Wiimote, like having one player hide the controller while another finds it by listening for noises from the speaker. If nothing else, the new game will probably have some clever ideas for the GamePad.

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Project X Zone crashes US, Europe, Australasia this summer

Jessica Conditt — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:45:00 EST

Project X Zone is slated to hit the 3DS in North America, Europe and Australasia this summer, Namco Bandai announced.

Project X Zone launched in Japan in October with more than 50 playable characters of 29 franchises from Namco Bandai, Sega and Capcom. The game has more than 200 characters total, including protagonists, enemies and those in cutscenes only. In September, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada tweeted that he would push Namco Bandai to localize Project X Zone, and it seems his confidence wasn't for naught.

To supplement the good news, check out a gallery of fresh Project X Zone images right here.

Gallery: Project X Zone

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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee being rebuilt from scratch, HD remake coming next summer [update]

David Hinkle — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:30:00 EST

An HD remake of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee has been in development at Just Add Water since last year. Now Oddworld Inhabitants' Facebook page has offered an update: it's not just a remake. ... Well, okay, it's still technically a remake, but with enough effort behind it to also qualify as a "reboot." Are you still with us?

Rather than updating the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 2D artwork, Just Add Water will be using the original PSOne game "as a blueprint" for an HD remake built from scratch. We'll get our first taste of the game later this year, ahead of its planned launch in the summer of 2013.

Update: It looks like studio coordinator Wil Bunce is doubtful the remake will launch Summer 2013. In a forum post, he says that there's "not one person on the development team who thinks that's going to happen."

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