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Rayman Legends’ Standalone Online Challenge Mode Launches Today
Rayman Legends‘ standalone online Challenge Mode, promised as compensation for the game’s delayed Wii U release, is launching today on the Wii U eShop as a free app. Ubisoft has put out a trailer showing off what it looks like.
Rayman Legends’ Online Challenge Mode Will Be Free On Wii U In April
Acknowledging the profound disappointment at the delay of Rayman Legends release on the Wii U — a holdup that seems to have no other reason than to wait for the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions to launch late 2013 — Ubisoft Montréal has decided to release the game’s Online Challenges mode early, for free, to all Wii U users.
Ubisoft, Totally Desperate, Promises Rayman Legends Gets A Wii U Exclusive Demo
Disappointment over a six-month delay of a video game’s release may be a first-world problem. But there’s a good case Ubisoft is holding Rayman Legends back from Wii U while it gets the newly announced PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions ready for a September release.
Rayman Legends No Longer Wii U Exclusive
There’s good news and bad news, Rayman fans. First, the bad news: Rayman Legends — the follow-up to the fun, much-praised Rayman Origins — has been delayed until this September, about six months after its original February 26 release date. The good news is that PS3 and Xbox 360 owners will also be getting their own versions of the same game in the same time period.
The Trippiest Video Game Levels
Surreal stages, events, or gameplay that somehow just don’t fit have always been present, and even expected. Their crazy graphics, weird aesthetics and ideas make sure that we have absolutely no idea what’s going on. But they have their charm, they are funny, or they’re simply part of the experience — and so we love them.
Rayman Legends For Wii U Out On February 26
With a “launch window” that appears to be of the floor-to-ceiling variety, there have been questions about when some Wii U titles would actually see the light of day. For one of the most anticipated titles, the wait for knowing how long you have to wait is over: Ubisoft’s gorgeous platformer Rayman Legends will be released in North America on February 26 of next year, with a demo hitting the Nintendo eShop on December 13.
Now There’s Even More Rayman Jungle Run To Love
I can’t get enough Rayman these days, so today’s free update to Ubisoft’s Rayman Jungle Run on iOS and Android is greeted with open disembodied hands.
Gaming App Of The Day: The Next Excellent Rayman Game Is On My iPad
Rayman Origins surprised a lot of folks last year with how charming and sharp its presentation and gameplay was. The product of Michel Ancel’s Ubi Montpelier studio felt like a playable animated cartoon, mostly because a very cool game engine let the dev team easily and quickly pull drawings into a game design.
Rayman Jungle Run Brings New Lush Cartooniness To Mobile In September
The visuals for last year’s Rayman Origins were a feast for the eyes. Its soundtrack was super-awesome, too. Who could play something that fun, that pretty, that sonically inspired and not want more. Not me, dammit. So I’m excited that the limbless wonder will headlining an all-new mobile game that looks exactly like Origins.
