Devil's Third Is Coming Stateside on Wii U And PC

[Steven Bogos]

Devil's Third Is Coming Stateside on Wii U And PC

Quirky Japanese action-adventure Devil's Third is getting a surprise western release for PC and Wii U.

confirmed [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/124412-Developer-Confirms-Devils-Third-Still-In-Production] that the game will be making its way stateside: on both the Wii U and the PC.

Nintendo said the release that it would be publishing the Wii U version of the game, and Valhalla would be working on the PC port by itself. Before you get too excited about a PC version, while the Wii U version will feature both a single-player story mode and a multiplayer mode, the PC version "will offer a multiplayer experience tailored for the platform."

What this means is up-in-the-air, but Valhalla did describe the port as "free-to-start", which presumably means free-to-play with microtransactions. Hooray.

The game will be released both at retail, and through the Nintendo eShop, and should hit shelves some time in "Q4, 2015".

Source: Nintendo [http://www.valhallagamestudios.com/en/company/release/20150721.pdf]

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[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

They shouldn't bother then. There's plenty of free to play multiplayer titles on the PC.

You know what the PC as a platform lacks? Quirky single player Japanese action-adventures.

 

[w23eer]

The previews for the single player campaign have been getting battered by critics. I watched some footage and I'm inclined to agree. Maybe they sorta just gave up on the single player and decided to hedge all their bets on the multiplayer instead.

 

[RaikuFA]

The previews for the single player campaign have been getting battered by critics. I watched some footage and I'm inclined to agree. Maybe they sorta just gave up on the single player and decided to hedge all their bets on the multiplayer instead.

What's worse, Itagaki pulled an Amy and accused critics of "playing the game wrong".

 

[Shoggoth2588]

The previews for the single player campaign have been getting battered by critics. I watched some footage and I'm inclined to agree. Maybe they sorta just gave up on the single player and decided to hedge all their bets on the multiplayer instead.

What's worse, Itagaki pulled an Amy and accused critics of "playing the game wrong".

Then he talked about how bad the Gamepad is when compared to the pro-controller. Granted it is different and while I've heard the argument about the L and R sticks being too far apart, the face-buttons being too close together and gamepad being too heavy for extended play are new to me.

All that in mind; I still kinda want this game. It could be a 'so bad it's good' kinda game like Ride to Hell or Sonic 06.

 

[Grabehn]

Well this was the shortest span of interest I've had for a game, it looked kinda nice, it said "PC", but I then read "No SP on PC" and it was over.