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…
While we’re all still waiting for the Fall gaming rush to really kick into high gear, Microsoft went and pulled the trigger on their big deal, acquiring Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion. Minecraft will remain available on the PS3, the PS4, and mobile platforms, but we’re definitely in a different world now that Microsoft owns one of the biggest games in the world.
Speaking of big games, the Warp Zoned staff got together for our Fall 2014 Preview by hosting the world’s first Video Game Fantasy League. Which of our Fall picks will be considered the best games of the year? Follow along with us as we find out. And finally, Allen Jenkins makes his Warp Zoned debut with a look at a classic light gun game in It Came From 19XX: Lethal Enforcers.
More news from this past week (including some Tokyo Game Show nuggets) can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Image & Form has announced the next SteamWorld game, SteamWorld Heist.
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2014.
More News
- Sony has announced Bloodborne will be released on February 6.
- Tetsuya Nomura will no longer direct Final Fantasy XV.
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be released on March 17, 2015 and include a Final Fantasy XV demo.
- Sega has announced a Season Pass for Alien: Isolation.
- Activision sold more than five million copies of Destiny last week.
- The PS4/Xbox One version of WWE 2K15 will now be released on November 18.
- Super Smash Bros. For 3DS sold more than one million copies in two days in Japan.
- Ubisoft has unveiled the complete Just Dance 2015 soundtrack.
- Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Revelations 2 will be released episodically.
Rumor Has It
- Super Smash Bros. For Wii U will let you use a 3DS as a controller and might be out in November.
New Videos
- Final Fantasy XV – “Tokyo Game Show 2014 Trailer”
- Earth Defense Force 2025: The Shadow of New Despair – “Tokyo Game Show 2014 Trailer”
- Deep Down – “Tokyo Game Show 2014 Trailer”
- Bayonetta 2 – “Nintendo Cosplay”
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, Cooking Mama 5: Bon Apetit, Fairy Fencer F, more.
- Nintendo Download: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, Cooking Mama 5: Bon Apetit, FIFA 15, more.
- PlayStation Store: Fairy Fencer F, Murasaki Baby, Anomaly 2, more.
- XBL Store (Wednesday): Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
- XBL Store (Friday): D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, Flockers, Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Hyrule Warriors, Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, FIFA 15, more.
