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The Spike TV Video Game Awards were held in Los Angeles last night and, once again, the world premiere trailers have overshadowed the actual awards. That said, the Warp Zoned staff is totally on board with the selection of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as Game of the Year. But just look at all the amazing stuff we have to look forward to in 2012 and beyond:
- Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- BioShock Infinite
- Command & Conquer Generals 2
- Diablo III
- Fortnite
- Hitman: Absolution
- The Last of Us
- Mass Effect 3
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six: Patriots
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Ring-a-ding-ding, baby. We also explored the meaning of friendship (and video games) in Saving Benny: The Bromance of Fallout: New Vegas. How did you treat your best buddy in the Wasteland?
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The Week in Reviews…
- Resistance 3: It Won’t Be Hard to Resist This Game
The Week in New Games…
- This Week’s Releases: Fortune Street, The Adventures of Tintin, and more
- This Week’s PlayStation Network Update: Final Fantasy VI, Dragon Age II, and more
- This Week’s XBLA Wednesday: Apples To Apples
- This Week’s Nintendo Download: Pushmo and more
- Next Week’s Releases: Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights and more
Amazing Paperboy Delivers…
- Namco Bandai will finally release Tales of Graces F in America on March 13.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 topped the November 2011 NPD list. Skyrim didn’t do too bad either.
- Bastion will be getting a DLC expansion next week: The Stranger’s Dream.
- NetherRealm Studios creates the first Batman fighting game, Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, for iOS devices.
- After a wild Wired interview, the world still isn’t sure whether Shigeru Miyamoto plans to retire or if the whole thing was just a misunderstanding.
- The Fall 2011 Xbox 360 Dashboard update went live this week.
- Rockstar plans to release Grand Theft Auto III on mobile platforms next week for just $5.
It’s a Secret to Everybody…
- WB Games Montreal is working on multiple unannounced DC Comics games.
- Two separate rumors about Dead Rising 3 have leaked out of Capcom. Either Frank West is taking a vacation or Rick the mechanic will help zombie illegals in California.
And Finally…
The Independent Games Festival has partnered with Microsoft to offer the XBLA Prize in 2012.