Weekly Warp-Up: T-Minus One Week to E3 2014 Edition

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…

Do you hear that crackle and excitement in the air? It’s the coming of the 2014 E3 Expo and the rush of the new game announcements that will accompany it. Announcements that are happening this week because publishers are an impatient lot. Even developers like NetherRealm’s Ed Boon are getting in on the early announcements. After a leaked poster seemingly confirmed the existence of Mortal Kombat 10, Boon went ahead and admitted as much to the world by revamping the Mortal Kombat website and posting about it on Twitter. Two other high-profile pre-E3 announcements from this past week included EA’s game of cops-and-robbers, Battlefield Hardline, and Bethesda’s game of team-based meleeing, BattleCry.

Of course, if you’d rather hide from the upcoming onslaught of AAA games, we’ve published a new edition of Kickstart This! for your perusal.

What else happened this week? You should read the rest of the Weekly Warp-Up after the break.

New Game Announcements

More News

  • Valve has delayed the release of Steam Machines/Steam Controller into 2015.
  • 1001 Spikes will be released next week.
  • IO Interactive reveals the first concept art from Hitman 6.
  • Deep Silver does the opposite of a delay and pushes the release of Sacred 3 up three weeks.
  • Quantum Break is skipping E3 and will get a full gameplay reveal at this year’s Gamescom show.
  • Nintendo is releasing a GameCube controller adapter for the Wii U so you can use it with Super Smash Bros. 4. Seriously.
  • Have a first look at the next Call of Duty: Ghosts Map Pack, Invasion.
  • Beloved developer thatgamecompany has received a huge investment to continue work on their next game.
  • Bethesda thinks The Evil Within will be scarier in October, so they’ve delayed its release by two months.
  • The Order: 1886 will now have “Release Date: Early 2015.”
  • Here’s a list of Best Buy stores that will have Super Smash Bros. 4 demos during E3.

Rumor Has It

New Videos

New Release Round-Up

Gaming Etc.

  • Some of the E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial cartridges recovered from the New Mexico landfill will be sold to the public.
  • Conan O’Brien does his “Clueless Gamer” think with Watch Dogs and, naturally, goes on a crime spree.
  • Before you play Tomodachi Life next week, you should watch John Oliver’s take on gay marriage in the Nintendoverse.
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