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Cloudberry Kingdom's journey to Wii U: Not as hard as it looks
Cloudberry Kingdom is a co-op platformer with an infinite supply of randomly generated stages designed by an AI system sent straight from the Insanely Difficult level of Hell. It features swirling death balls, disappearing platforms, strings of fire and jabbing spikes, all of which our hero must navigate with the utmost precision if he hopes to survive (and save the princess or something).Cloudberry Kingdom offers five difficulty settings – Easy, Unpleasant, Abusive, Hardcore and Masochistic – and it's coming to PC, Mac, XBLA, PS3, Vita and finally, Wii U.If indie developer Pwnee Studios had to describe working with Nintendo to become a Wii U launch title, it'd put the process solidly in the "Easy" category. An outsider, however, may see it as somewhere around "Hardcore."Director of Business Development Michael Suswal used brute force to break down the barriers of Nintendo contacts, disregarding the suggested Wii U submission process entirely, because that's how he rolls."It is a personal mantra of mine to never follow the system," Suswal says. "So while I learned what the preferred submission process was, I decided to take a more punishing, masochistic route and chopped my way through the maze of transfers and voicemails. To be fair, Nintendo was one of the easiest companies to navigate, though it probably would have been easier to just fill out the form."Perhaps the Pwnee Studios team has a different definition of the word "easy."
Kevin Sorbo, Sam Sorbo, Martin Olson star in Cloudberry Kingdom
Kevin Sorbo, the actor best known for portraying the heroic man of myth in the mid-90s television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, is taking on a new role: Bob, the hero of Cloudberry Kingdom. Kevin is acting alongside his wife, Sam Sorbo, who played Serena in Hercules and has since appeared in Chicago Hope and Andromeda. Sam is the voice of Cloudberry Kingdom's princess.Martin Olson, also known as the Lord of Evil in Adventure Time and renowned comedy writer, voices King Kobbler in Cloudberry Kingdom.Developer Pwnee Studios snatched up these stars through a series of fortunate networking events, after working with Tigar Hare Studios on the animations in Cloudberry Kingdom. Read all about Cloudberry Kingdom's trip to stardom and the Wii U in a feature hitting Joystiq soon. We promise you won't be disappointed.
High Voltage enlists Hollywood voice talent for The Conduit
High Voltage just shot over a press release informing us that they've got a couple of notable individuals lending their voice to the upcoming Wii FPS, The Conduit. The voice of the main character. Mr. Ford, will be done by Mark A. Sheppard. Not familiar? He defended Gaius Baltar!Another Sheppard (father, to be exact) is also in on the project. William Morgan Sheppard will be voicing the character John Adams. William has done plenty of video game voice work before, as well as TV and film. Third, but certainly not least, is none other than Hercules himself, Kevin Sorbo. He'll be voicing the bad guy/terrorist dude in all of this, Prometheus. %Gallery-25003%[Via press release]
