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…
The 2014 PAX Prime convention is in full swing, so if you’re in Seattle you’re probably reading this from the show floor. And here’s some of the things you could be seeing today and tomorrow:
Deep Silver has Escape Dead Island, Dead Island 2, and Metro Redux available to play on the show floor, as well as Volition’s Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell and Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, which were announced on Friday. Speaking of crazy shooters, Harmonix is showcasing A City Sleeps, their new music-based shooter. Sony has more than 30 PS4 and Vita games to play at their booth. And Telltale Games has given the public their first taste of Tales From the Borderlands. Finally, The Behemoth has unveiled Game 4, and yes, the spider woman-cupcake is present and accounted for.
In non-PAX news, we’ve posted a pair of reviews this week for your perusal, Scram Kitty and His Buddy On Rails and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. And Andrew Rainnie continues his look at the state of the Wii U by asking if it’s worth it Bringing Ubisoft’s U Back to the Wii U.
More news from the week that was can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Peggle 2 is coming to the PS4 on October 14.
- Gone Home leads Nintendo’s upcoming slate of Wii U and 3DS eShop releases.
- Pokken Tournament is a Pokemon fighting game, currently in development for Japanese arcades.
- Sega Japan is hard at work on Yakuza Zero. No word on a North American release yet.
More News
- Bayonetta 2 will be released on October 24.
- Assassin’s Creed: Unity has a new release date: November 11.
- Doctor Who Skin Packs are coming to Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.
- Joe Danger for the Vita will be available next week.
- Escape Dead Island will be released on November 18.
- Link is coming to Mario Kart 8 in the first of two DLC packs that will also add a bunch of new courses.
- Platinum will release their Legend of Korra game in October.
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham will be released on November 11.
- Amazon purchased Twitch for nearly $1 billion.
- EA Sports selects the Trails Blazers’ Damian Lillard as NBA Live 15‘s cover athlete.
Rumor Has It
- Nintendo may have accidentally leaked the full Super Smash Bros. 4 roster.
New Videos
- Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes – “Big Hero 6 Trailer”
- Destiny – “Launch Trailer”
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Madden NFL 15, Metro Redux, Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, more
- Nintendo Download: Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, SteamWorld Dig, Azure Striker Gunvolt, more
- PlayStation Store: InFamous: First Light, Madden NFL 15, The Walking Dead Season 2: No Going Back, more
- XBL Store (Wednesday): Madden NFL 15, Metro Redux, The Walking Dead Season 2: No Going Back, Under Defeat HD
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: The Sims 4, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate
