text: Despite all that, today’s news is set to make many gamers happy, including Activision Blizzard head honcho Bobby Kotick, who has historically steered clear of signing up video game tie-ins for Activision titles. This one, belonging to a different branch of the company, is fair game – Kotick explaining that if it’s “important to Blizzard, it’s important to me”.
  They’re very excited about having a ‘World of Warcraft’ film. They’ve been very careful and thoughtful about the development process.
  Alex Gartner, Chuck Roven, Jon Jashni and Thomas Tull are producing, with Legendary partnering with Blizzard. The film has been in the works for years, with virtually nothing to show for it. However, Raimi’s departure may just be the kickstart the company has needed – the loss of the big-name director possibly balanced out by being able to just get to work. The companies are aiming for a 2014 release.
  
  When we first heard about Rayman Legends, it was hailed as one of the most exciting third-party Wii U exclusives. That was more than a year ago. Since then, that “exclusive” status has been slowly fading, as extra console and handheld versions were announced. Today, the final blow: Rayman Legends is coming to PC, and we’re not complaining.
  Rayman Legends draws on the successes of Rayman Origins and makes it better, adding new gameplay modes, environments, music, and even new characters. It’s all beautiful, created by the same award-winnign team of artists, designers and composers, and Ubisoft has put in the hard yards to improve the game’s lighting system and rendering.
  It’s Rayman, turned up to the next level, and Ubisoft has made the decision not to chain the adventure to one platform. Instead, Rayman Legends is headed to Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS Vita, with the PC version rounding out the set. All versions will arrive on August 29th, 2013.