Indie studio RCMADIAX has revealed that it is bringing its entire back catalogue of titles to Europe and Australia.
It would appear that the mooted adoption of the IARC (International Age Rating Coalition) system is to thank for this news, as RCMADIAX Michael Aschenbrenner boss hints in the official PR:
Thanks to recent developments among the world's leading age ratings boards, we are now able to publish our catalog of titles in Europe and Australia without going through the expensive and time consuming process of the past. This means the following titles will be on the way to EU/AUS by the end of Q2 2016:
- Super Robo Mouse
- Tap Tap Arcade (Includes Spikey Walls, Don't Crash, and Pixel Slime U in a single package)
- Touch Selections [working title] (Includes Pentapuzzle, Avoider, and Peg Solitaire in a single package)We will also be working with NOE to release our current EU offerings - Blok Drop U, Blok Drop X Twisted Fusion and Tabletop Gallery - to a wider audience.
Are you looking forward to picking up these titles? And do you think we'll now see a flood of releases in Europe thanks to the introduction of IARC?
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Those titles really do not look appealing to me
If an entire studio bringing its whole array of titles at once is a sign of things to come, then IARC is one of the best things to happen in gaming in years.
Does that include Germany?
That some list of games!!
@AlexSora89
^^^
@Tsurii
That's the part where you speak with your wallet. It might be trash to many but it could also be enjoyable to some. More options are welcome. But I see your point.
You have been warned.
(Great, One more think the US has to apologize to the rest of the world for. This wouldn't have happened if Keanu was here...)
Europeans and Australians.... don't expect much.
Yay? I mean these titles are absolute garbage, but yay?
This new ratings system is looking very promising. Hopefully other developers will be encouraged to bring their games over here. However, none of these games appeals to me.
@manu0 Yup, IARC supports USK.
I hope this means that other indies shall follow suit.
Less yay, more nay - at least for me, that is. :/
But it's promising in terms of other games that haven't been released yet coming to the eShop! So it's yay for that!
Just because you are hearing about this in the context of a developer you're not a fan of doesn't mean it makes any sense not to be excited about this. Even if a flood of "bad" games come to the eShop, it also means that good games will be coming, too. It's not like the addition of those games you don't like or care about will somehow make the good games that haven't been localized yet less good, so I don't see how this isn't a universally good sign for the future. It's not like the eShops are so clogged with games that garbage will clutter the storefront like Steam, which is the only potential downside of making it easier to localize games. This is a good thing beyond a doubt, and really exciting for the indie community. More games in more territories is a uniformly good thing.
@Tsurii Well you can see it clearly in the US Wii U eShop. There's tons of shovelware every week.
Excited to see who are the next developers using IARC to get their games to europe.
Yay...
I'm working on bringing ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension! to Australia as well!
WHY RCMADIAX WHHHHYYY? Europe has done nothing to you!!!!
RCMADIAX is a bit like that aunt that doesn't really know you and always gives you gifts for Christmas that you really don't want
Blok Drop isn't all that bad at all as a budget title. Spent a little while with that, and while I wouldn't want to pay premium prices, it was worth the little I did pay. Plus, there are a few releases of titles from other developers that have only been available in the US that I would love to see here in Europe. I think "good" in general and if I don't like the look of something, I'll just pass it by.
I wish I lived in Burundi. They may have famine but at least they are safe from RCMADIAX games.
@luke88 That was hilarious!
@manu0 Yes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNk_icb10lk
@luke88 LOL That's so true! And he's always like "Why don't you like my gift? BUuhuhuhu"
@scamander Laut http://usk.de/iarc/ werden damit aber nur "Online-Spiele und Apps" bewertet. Von Konsolenspielen lese ich da nichts, so wie es auf der Webseite steht, muessen die immernoch die USK-Pruefung unterlaufen.
It's like 1982 in Germany, so I'll believe it when I see it.
@manu0 Spiele im eShop sind Online-Spiele. Außerdem bezieht sich die Aussage auf IARC als Ganzes- das System funktioniert nämlich weltweit einheitlich. Es gibt keine Länder die auf bestimmten Plattformen nicht mitmachen. Entweder IARC funktioniert auf einem System oder nicht. Wenn es funktioniert, funktioniert es in ALLEN teilnehmenden Ländern.
Die USK hat übrigens als einzige Freigabebehörde bereits vor Einführung bestätigt, dass das System auch im eShop zum Einsatz kommen wird.
@scamander Und warum gibt es dann bisher noch keine IARC-Spiele im eShop? IARC gibts laut der Webseite schon seit 2013.
@manu0 Ich habe den Beitrag oben editiert. Zur Ergänzung: IARC kommt erst seit einem halben Jahr zum Einsatz (NICHT seit 2013)! Im eShop gibt es das System außerdem erst seit nicht mal einer Woche. Auf Playstation und XBox gibt es das System noch gar nicht.
@scamander Cool
@Brett USK is part of IARC and the system works everywhere the same. 'Nuff said.
Woohoo!
Better wait Zacisas, that game is addictive with a lot of levels to try new strategies.
I noticed Color Bombs isn't in there at all yet there's a title called "Peg Solitaire" on the list but it links to a DSiWare game released in 2010.
Does this also mean that Nicalis will now actually publish games in Europe less than 2 years after they came out in the US, and at much more reasonable prices?
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
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