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…
I know it’s been out for more than a month, but I was finally able to put pen to paper and pump out a Shovel Knight review that is befitting of this amazing game. Yacht Club Games had a Kickstarter success on their hands almost from the word “go” and they delivered in a way that not even the crustiest sea salt could have imagined.
If you’re looking for the next great Kickstarter success story, perhaps its in Andrew Rainnie’s latest edition of Kickstart This!
If you’d rather take a closer look at games that currently available (or soon will be), you’d do well to dive into Warp Zoned staff picks for What We Played in July 2014 and The Games of August 2014.
More news from the week that was (including a little Comic-Con spillover and a pre-Gamescom roundup) can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Codemasters will release F1 2014 in October and F1 2015 (for next-gen consoles) in 2015.
- Microsoft will release the Killer Instinct: Combo Breaker Pack as a retail release next month.
- Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians will be available on iOS devices in September.
- Nintendo will release an NES Remix Pack compilation this Fall.
More News
- Microsoft will announce some “big surprises” at Gamescom 2014.
- The Indie Megabooth is bringing 36 games to Gamescom 2014.
- The PlayStation Now open beta has begun.
- Deep Silver acquires the rights to Homefront: The Revolution from Crytek.
- Nintendo sold almost 3 million copies of Mario Kart 8 in a little under a month.
- LittleBigPlanet 3 will be released on November 18.
- Activision has unveiled a part of special editions for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
- EA Access is like a Netflix for games. If you limit it to four EA games from last year and only on the Xbox One.
- PAX Prime’s PAX 10 has been announced.
New Videos
- Bioware’s Next Game – “Spark”
- Hyrule Warriors – “Character Trailers: Sheik, Ruto, Darunia”
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – “Campaign Story”
Rumor Has It
- The design of that Tetsuya Nomura-created Batman figure was originally made for a canceled game.
- A new Street Fighter announcement will be made at San Diego Comic-Con 2015. Dude, come on!
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: The Last of Us Remastered, Lego Ninjago: Nindroids, Sacred 3 for PC
- Nintendo Download: Mega Man Battle Network, Lego Ninjago: Nindroids, more
- PlayStation Store: The Last of US Remastered, Rogue Legacy, Ratchet & Clank Collection, more
- XBL Store (Wednesday): AirMech Arena
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Ultra Street Fighter IV, Sacred 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Gaming Etc.
- Microsoft has revealed the first trailer for Ridley Scott’s Halo: Nightfall.
- Sam Raimi and Neil Druckmann have begun adapting The Last of Us into a movie.
- The first trailer for the Atari: Game Over documentary is now available for your viewing pleasure.
