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…
April Fool’s Day 2014 was fairly low-key as far as gaming pranks go, but we still found a few that made us snicker. The best of this year’s jokes, by far, was IGN’s “Optimus Prime DLC” for TitanFall. It’s not real, but it should be. We were also pretty charmed by Blizzard’s trio of gags including the Flappy Bird parody Happy Reaper.
But the cruelest prank might be Phil Fish’s tease that development has resumed on Fez II. The outspoken developer hasn’t confirmed that his April 1st tweet was a joke, but it seems likely. I’ve got higher hopes for the accidental unveiling of Blood Dragon III: Vietnam War 2. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon was famously announced on April 1st last year and the teasing tweets from developer Dean Evans this year make me believe that a sequel will be officially announced soon.
Instead of spending time sifting through April Fool’s Day jokes, the Warp Zoned staff recounted What We Played in March 2014 and selected our picks for The Games of April 2014. We also reviewed Earth Defense Force 2025. Spoiler alert… it’s pretty fun.
Did anything real happen this week? Yes! More news from the week that was can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Amazon has revealed their set-top box, the Fire TV.
- Metro Redux will compile the first two games in the Metro series for next-generation consoles.
More News
- Bethesda has confirmed a few more details about that Doom 4 beta that will be included with Wolfenstein: The New Order.
- 2K Games has confirmed that Evolve and Borderlands 2 for Vita will be playable at PAX East 2014.
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition continues to sell well… over 12 million copies and counting.
- NIS America will release Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection on June 3.
- Persona 4 will be added to the PlayStation Store next week.
- Amy Hennig, the former Creative Director at Naughty Dog, will take over the same position for Visceral Games’ Star Wars project.
- The Indie Megabooth at PAX East 2014 will include more than 100 playable games.
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor will be released on October 7.
- Microsoft will bring TitanFall, Super Time Force, Project Spark, and more to this year’s PAX East convention.
- Puzzle platformer Tetropolis will be playable at next week’s PAX East convention.
New Videos
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Villains
- Mario Kart 8 – New Items and Courses
- Call of Duty: Ghosts – Devastation Pack Gameplay Trailer
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: The Elder Scrolls Online, MLB 14: The Show, Ragnarok Odyssey Ace
- Nintendo Download: Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate – Deluxe Edition, Metroid Fusion, Advance Wars, and more
- PlayStation Store: MLB 14: The Show, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate – Deluxe Edition, Mercenary Kings, and more
- XBL Store (Wednesday): Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate – Deluxe Edition
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: TitanFall for the Xbox 360, Kinect Sports Rivals, Lego The Hobbit, and more
Gaming Etc.
- Did you ever want to view the Start Screen every Super NES game back-to-back-to-back-to-back? Now’s your chance!
- Kevin Tancharoen is trying to convince Warner Bros. to sign on for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 3.
