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…
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft blinked first in offering a price cut on their new-generation console. The system already received a pseudo-discount earlier this year when Microsoft began unbundling the Kinect sensor and now a further $50 price cut begins today. As of right now, the Xbox One price cut is considering “temporary” by Microsoft, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes permanent by 2015.
Microsoft wasn’t just reacting to Sony’s dominance with the PS4, but also a surging Nintendo. The Japanese giant revealed new sales figures for the Wii U that place it well ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox One in the console sales race. Nintendo also reiterated that they have at least a dozen Wii U games planned for release in 2015 including a new Legend of Zelda, a new Star Fox, and Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Elsewhere on Warp Zoned, Nicole Kline filed a review of Level-5’s bizarre soccer/RPG hybrid, Inazuma Eleven, while John Scalzo (hey, that’s me) reviewed Rovio’s latest free-to-play game, Angry Birds Transformers.
Looking for more news? Then I suggest you look for it after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Tom Savini will bring his slasher style to Summer Camp.
- Shadow of the Eternals is in the works once more… this time at Quantum Entanglement Entertainment.
- Destiny’s first expansion, The Dark Below, will be released on December 9.
- Battlefield 5 is in development and will be released in Fall 2016.
- After years of stalling, LucasArts has finally re-released Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter on GOG.
More News
- Bethesda officially canceled Prey 2.
- Ubisoft released a special app to play Just Dance 2015 on the PS4 or Xbox One with just your smartphone.
- Techland canceled the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Dying Light.
- EA announced they will release Battlefield Hardline on March 17 and Star Wars: Battlefront in Fall 2015.
- Mario Kart 8‘s first DLC pack will include an “Excitebike Arena” course.
- Nintendo will release a Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire bundle on November 21.
New Videos
- Evolve – “Part 1: Asymmetric Multiplayer Design and Big Alpha”
- Final Fantasy Type-0 – “Enter the Fray”
- BattleCry – “PAX Aus 2014 Gameplay Trailer”
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – “Live-Action Trailer”
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Sunset Overdrive, WWE 2K15, Lords of the Fallen, more.
- Nintendo Download: Stealth Inc 2, Costume Quest 2, more.
- PlayStation Store: Lords of the Fallen, NBA Live 15, WWE 2K15, more.
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Sunset Overdrive, Lords of the Fallen, NBA Live 15, more.
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): Volgarr the Viking
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Harvest Mooon: The Lost Valley, The Wolf Among Us, more.
