Daily Highlights: Friday 17th January

Failing consoles, indie studios, multi-Klei and LEDs.
Text: Mike Holmes
Published 2014-01-17

Nintendo has finally admitted that the sales of their struggling console, Wii U, are going to be nowhere near initial projections come the end of the financial year. The company are also anticipating making yet another loss, but president Satoru Iwata has refused to resign from his position.

We visited the studio of Arrowhead Game Studios, to discuss dual development, past projects and their PS4 title Helldivers.

Klei Entertainment featured in no less than three stories today. First up their game Incognita is now called Invisible, Inc.. Secondly the studio teased Don't Starve DLC. Thirdly, here's our Don't Starve Livestream Replay.

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare got a February release date. Octodad: Dadliest Catch will pip it to post, that one's coming out this month. There's to be no LED power off feature coming to DualShock 4. There's new Killer Instinct screens. A new mobile card battle game is out to mark the 50th anniversary of X-Men.

And finally, we talk to the creators of the recently released RPG strategy title, The Banner Saga. In our substantial interview we discuss art, design, story and choice with former BioWare man Alex Thomas.

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