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Saturday4th May 2013
News Frontier Would "Very Much Like" To Make Another LostWinds Game
Developer says mobile and console markets are becoming "blurred"
Frontier currently has a couple of games in development. First up there's Elite: Dangerous, which is coming to PC and Mac after amassing over $1.5 million in a Kickstarter campaign, and then there's Coaster Crazy Deluxe, which will soon be available on Wii U via the eShop. Of course,...
Wednesday8th Aug 2012
News LostWinds Developer Expands In North America
Frontier opens Canadian studio thanks to tax breaks
Frontier Developments — the team behind the WiiWare smash LostWinds and its sequel LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias — has opened its first studio outside of the UK, taking advantage of tax breaks to set up shop in Canada. The new office will be based in Nova Scotia, and will house around 20...
Monday10th Oct 2011
News Nintendo UK Launches New WiiWare Portal
See what you're missing out on
WiiWare, it's safe to say, hasn't had quite the impact some would have hoped. Its problems have been well-documented — not least on this site — but Nintendo UK is throwing more weight behind the service with a new online portal called We are WiiWare. Designed to showcase some of the best games and the teams...
Wednesday3rd Nov 2010
News Frontier Preparing to Blow You Away With More LostWinds
Good news, everyone
LostWinds and its sequel, LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, have been two of WiiWare's most notable hits, so it's good to hear that David Braben's Frontier team is preparing to release more titles in the series Braben confirmed to Eurogamer that the series was "far from done and dusted", saying: There are still many...
Monday23rd Aug 2010
News European Developers get Their Games Nominated for Milthon Awards
The 4th Milthon Awards has selected four titles on Nintendo systems across four categories
With the BAFTA Video Game Awards done and dusted, gamers hoping to see their favourite titles get some sort of golden trophy need only wait a few more weeks as this September marks the fourth annual Milthon Awards; recognising European video game studios and...
Friday18th Dec 2009
Nintendo Download 22, 24 December 2009 (Japan)
WiiWare catch-up and more MSX games for the Virtual Console.
The Wii gets the lion's share of Japanese downloads next week with four new WiiWare and three new VC titles. DSiWare gets a couple of games and two more Rurubu travel guides to round things out. Note that the DSiWare releases will be on Thursday the 24th rather than Wednesday due to the...
News Square Enix to Publish LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias in Japan
Impressive British downloadable title keeps the attention of the big guns of Japanese RPGs.
The LostWinds WiiWare games from Frontier have gotten loads of praise around the gaming industry and are two of the strongest selling titles on WiiWare. Noteworthy for containing boatloads of character, great design and compelling play mechanics which take...
Monday2nd Nov 2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Takes Top Spot
Highly-rated platformer goes to No.1 in both Europe and North America
Frontier's LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias has stormed to the top of the North American and European WiiWare charts. This is hardly an unexpected achievement, when you consider how fantastic the game is. Our very own Marcel Van Duyn gave it a well-deserved 9/10 in his review...
Monday19th Oct 2009
Nintendo Download Winds, Warriors, Dinosaurs and Domo-kun (US)
A whopping five new DSi games.
This week's a mixture of catch-up games and new ones - Who would've thought that all five announced Domo-kun games for DSiWare would be released at the same time? Of course, today also sees the North American release of LostWinds 2, the fantastic sequel to the WiiWare launch game, as previously announced. LostWinds:...
Friday16th Oct 2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Coming to North America on Monday
It seems the wait for a North American release wasn't as long as expected.
Frontier has just announced that their brand new WiiWare sequel LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias will be released on the North American WiiWare service on Monday, October 19th for 1000 Wii Points. You can check out the official press release detailing the game's release...
Thursday8th Oct 2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Blows in on 9th October
Frontier's latest opus set to become the 100th WiiWare release!
We've just received word from Frontier that their follow-up to the critically-acclaimed LostWinds, subtitled Winter of the Melodias, will become the 100th game to launch on the WiiWare service when it hits on October 9th. Here's the official press release letting you know all about the...
Nintendo celebrates the 100th WiiWare release in style.
Last week saw the release of a single WiiWare game in Europe, which happened to be the 99th - Logically, we all assumed that this meant Nintendo of Europe was saving something special as 100th release. Thankfully, we were right - One of today's new WiiWare games is a sequel to a launch game...
Friday18th Sep 2009
News Braben: Many Wii Owners Don't Realise They Can Go Online
LostWinds developer admits that the situation is improving, though
Frontier boss David Braben has stated that he believes many Wii owners aren't even aware of their console's connectivity. Braben, who is currently putting the finishing touches to the LostWinds sequel Winter of the Melodias, had this to say: With online on Wii, it is gradually...
Monday14th Sep 2009
Interviews LostWinds 2 - Frontier's David Braben
The big boss man talks to Nintendo Life about LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
It's hard to believe that LostWinds was a WiiWare launch title. It still effortlessly overshadows much of the content being published on the service and remains a deliciously playable slice of video gaming that puts even full-price retail releases to shame. The game was...
Tuesday8th Sep 2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Teaser Trailer Appears
Footage of WiiWare sequel hits the net
The original LostWinds was rather good, by all accounts. For the record, we absolutely adored it and it quickly became WiiWare's first "must have" download. Therefore it should come as no surprise to learn that we're rather excited about the upcoming sequel, Winter of the Melodias. The recent...
Wednesday2nd Sep 2009
News Frontier Officially Announces LostWinds Sequel
A wealth of new information on the highly-anticipated WiiWare sequel.
We just recently featured news on the upcoming LostWinds sequel LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, but Frontier have decided to unleash a barrage of new information on the upcoming title, including some gameplay and story line information that you can check out in the official...
Saturday29th Aug 2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Announced
The amazing WiiWare launch title is getting a sequel.
Anticipation for a sequel to Frontier's WiiWare launch title LostWinds has been building for a long time now. We knew the announcement was coming, we just didn't know when or what to expect. In the most recent issue of Edge magazine, Frontier unleashes a rather in-depth preview of their...
Tuesday13th May 2008
News Frontier Quietly Confirms LostWinds Sequel
Already?!
LostWinds was only released in the US yesterday, but if Frontier's website is to be believed, a sequel is already coming! On Frontier's page for the game, scroll to the very bottom to find this: Click here to REGISTER FOR ADVANCE INFORMATION on Frontier's forthcoming LostWinds sequel containing amazing new gameplay as Toku and Enril's...
