Weekly Warp-Up: We’re Prowling PAX East 2012

No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…

It’s PAX East weekend and the Warp Zoned staff is in geek overload. I think there’s also some big holiday going on today where Zombie Jesus sneaks into your house and leaves you chocolate. Yeah, that sounds right.

Anyway, we’ll have a ton of PAX East 2012-related previews, interviews, and features for you next week. In the meantime, be sure to check out our expo coverage from the show floor as well as our picks for The Games of April 2012, many of which are being showcased at PAX East.

Want to know what else was going on in the game industry this week? Hit the jump for more of the Weekly Warp-Up.

The Week in Reviews…

The Week in New Games…

Amazing Paperboy Delivers…

  • We enter Round Three of the Madden NFL 13 cover vote with Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, and six others are still alive.
  • DICE has made the jump to “next-gen” development.
  • Capcom has responded to complaints about their Street Fighter X Tekken on-disc DLC with “We didn’t do anything wrong.”
  • British retailer GAME has been acquired by Baker Acquisitions, saving 333 stores and 2,300 jobs.

It’s a Secret to Everybody…

  • Rumor has it that the Wii U will launch on November 18. Sounds about right.
  • But oh no! Several anonymous developers say the Wii U isn’t as powerful as the PS3 or Xbox 360.

And Finally…
This Mega Man X fan-film is reason #20XX why Capcom should begin work on an official adaptation.

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