Weekly Warp-Up: Getting Hot Edition

Posted on May 4, 2014 by John Scalzo

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…

After a brutal Winter, it finally feels like the weather is ready to turn warm again. PAX East is in our rearview mirror and the E3 Expo is in front of us. So yes, Summer is definitely on its way.

To recognize this movement of the clock, the Warp Zoned staff took the time to think back on What We Played in April 2014 as well as looking forward to The Games of May 2014. And speaking of games released in May, Nicole Kline reviewed Cipher Prime’s Intake. If it’s not already your go-to iPad game, it soon will be.

Looking further out, Andrew Rainnie filed another edition of his Kickstart This! column. If you want to help out some of next Summer’s big hits, we suggest you in on the ground floor with them now.

More big news from the week that was (including Kevin Spacey in Call of Duty!) can be found after the break.

New Game Announcements

  • Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and it’ll star a scarily-realistic Kevin Spacey.
  • May the Fourth Be With You! Disney Interactive has announced they will be produce a Star Wars Journeys storybook for mobile devices for each film.
  • Tony Hawk is moving to mobile as Activision has announced Tony Hawk Shred Session for iOS and Android devices.
  • Marvel characters will officially be added to Disney Infinity as the publisher announced Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes this week.
  • EA Sports has announced that Madden NFL 15 will be released on August 26. Who else is thrilled the naming scheme includes the year again?

More News

  • Techland’s Hellraid has been delayed into 2015 so the developer can release it for the PS4 and Xbox One.
  • BattleBlock Theater will be added to Steam on May 15 and it’ll be free if you were a beta tester.
  • If you buy Mario Kart 8, Nintendo will also include a free Wii U game download in the box.
  • Sony has announced that DriveClub will be released on October 7.
  • Nintendo has revealed their E3 plan, including the news that they’re bringing a playable demo of Super Smash Bros. 4 to Best Buy stores during the convention.
  • Sportsfriends will be released for the PS3 and PS4 on May 6.

New Videos

New Release Round-Up

Gaming Etc.

  • Microsoft has announced their initial slate of Xbox Originals programming. And yes, the Halo Television Series is still a thing.
    Finally, Bob Hoskins, the star of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Super Mario Bros., has died at the age of 71.
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John Scalzo is Warp Zoned's Editor-In-Chief and resident retro gaming expert. You can email him at john AT warpzoned DOT com.