Animales de la Muerte Vive!

Developer High Voltage Software told IGN recently that its WiiWare title Animales de la Muerte is not dead but has, in fact, been switched to XBLA, PSN, and Steam releases.

Originally announced in 2008, Animales de la Muerte is an overhead shooter title in which players control little children in a Mexican zoo gone bananas. Animals are becoming dangerous zombies, and the old man running the zoo wants them put out of their misery. Alone or cooperatively, players are then thrust into the colorful zoo to kill off the zombies and save the ones not yet turned. It vanished shortly after the announcement, citing filesize issues as the cause of the project freeze.

Now, in an IGN interview, High Voltage stated that it was bringing Animales de la Muerte to other download systems, once Conduit 2 is completed. A WiiWare port could be made, but their previous efforts were not met with grand success.

It could very well be for WiiWare, as well. We did some WiiWare stuff ( Gyrostarr, High Voltage Hot Rod Show) and it did okay. We didn't lose money on any of that. But I would say it wasn't encouraging enough that we would be doing a ton of stuff [on WiiWare].

-Eric Nofsinger, Chief Creative Officer, High Voltage Software

No release date has been set for the newer version of the title, nor has any new screenshots or video been released. We can expect the game to be shown off at GDC, along with High Voltage Software's current 3DS offering. It's other major project, The Grinder, is still waiting for a publisher to pick it up.

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SOURCE: IGN

Sega Gets a Super Soldier

Sega announced yesterday that it is making a WWII-themed Captain America companion game alongside the upcoming movie for all consoles and handhelds for 2011.

Captain America: Super Soldier is a third-person action game in which players control Captain America as he ventures to the castle of Red Skull. Using his shield in free-flowing combat, Captain America must face off against Iron Cross, the forces of Hydra, and whoever is fighting for the nefarious Red Skull.

The game will use the shield in a variety of ways, from attacking multiple enemies at once, to solving puzzles and scaling walls. Considering what military creations lay inside the confines of the castle-turned-base, players better be prepared to use that shield and other super-soldier abilities if they want to stay alive.

The 360 and PS3 version of the game will be produced by Next Level Games. Next Level Games is most remembered for its Nintendo-published Super Mario Sluggers franchise and its remake of Punch-Out!! for the Wii, but it has also produced other titles such as Spider-Man: Friend or Foe and Transformers: Cybertron Adventures. Other versions appear to be developed by High Voltage Software, a developer best known for its Wii ventures, including The Conduit, Tournament of Legends, and the still-unreleased The Grinder.

SOURCE: BusinessWire