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 was a very fruitful week for video game news this week. But first, you’ll want to check out Nicole Kline’s coverage of last weekend’s IndieCade East expo. She braved the show floor to bring you her impressions on some of the indie games that the world will be talking about in a few months: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. Warp Zoned’s Mike Ryan also reviewed the PS4 version of Outlast and he thinks you should play it ASAP. Especially with all the lights out and the sound up.
What else do you need to know from this week, well…
- Take-Two closed Irrational Games as Ken Levine has decided to move on to a smaller team within the corporation.
- Bethesda announced that Wolfenstein: The New Order will be released on May 20. Pre-orders will include beta access to Doom 4.
- Bethesda also confirmed that any Fallout 4 announcement won’t be happening anytime soon.
- Cliff Bleszinski told the media that he will never make another disc-based game again and that any future games he may work on will likely be released for the PC.
- Telltale Games announced that the second episode of The Walking Dead Season 2 will be released in early March.
- In an interview with IGN, Kiefer Sutherland said that he’s involved with Mortal Kombat 10. WB Games is, so far, not commenting.
The rest of the Weekly Warp-Up, in a new format we’re trying out, can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Strike Suit Zero: Director’s Cut will jump to the PS4 and Xbox One in March
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the super-realistic RPG, will also be available for the PS4 and Xbox One.
- NIS America announced that they have eight games in development for 2014.
- Harmonix has revealed Chroma, a free-to-play FPS for the PC.
- Activision announced the next Transformers game, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, a crossover between their Cybertron games and the Age of Extinction movie.
- Square Enix will bring the Hitman series to mobile platforms with Hitman Go.
- SteamWorld Dig will be released for the PS4 and Vita next month.
More News
- the first Tales From the Borderlands details will be revealed at SXSW 2014.
- Sacred 3 will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 this Summer.
- XSEED will bring Ragnarok Odyssey Ace to the PS3 and Vita on April 1.
- Daylight will be released for the PC and PS4 in April.
- TowerFall Ascension rises to the PS4 challenge on March 11.
- Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock Versus the Son of Crawmerax, the game’s final DLC expansion, will be out on April 15.
- Supergiant has confirmed that Transistor will be playable at PAX East 2014.
- Sony has announced that the PlayStation 4 has surpassed 5.3 million in sales.
New Videos
- The Order 1886 – “The Pledge”
- Bound by Flame – No Turning Back
- The Order 1886 – First Gameplay Video
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – Console Comparison
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Earth Defense Force 2025, NASCAR 14, and more
- Nintendo Download: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Weapon Shop De Omasse, Ice Hockey, and more
- PlayStation Store: Earth Defense Force 2025, Strider, Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, and more
- XBL Store (Wednesday): Earth Defense Force 2025, The Lego Movie, Strider, Rayman Legends
- XBL Store (Friday): Takedown: Red Sabre, Deathsmiles, El Chavo Kart
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Thief, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, and more
Gaming Etc.
- “Mario Seinfeld” reimagines the Mario Brothers and Toad as the cast of Seinfeld.
- Grounded: The Making of The Last of Us full-length documentary is now available from Amazon for free.
