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 Penny Arcade Expo is conquering another bit of territory with this weekend’s first-ever PAX South in San Antonio, Texas. The convention appears to be a big hit, so here’s to PAX South 2016!
Nintendo is enjoying the PAX South climate and they’ve brought their fancy new New 3DS XL handheld to the show along with playable demos of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Monster Hunter Ultimate 4. In other big Nintendo news, the consolemaker has announced that they will discontinue Club Nintendo this year. But don’t worry, a new loyalty program for Nintendo’s most loyal fans (which is basically all of them) will launch later this year.
Finally, Warp Zoned recently published our review of Alien: Isolation. If you haven’t gotten a chance to check out Creative Assembly’s survival horror masterpiece, perhaps our review will be what sways you.
If not, there’s always more news from the week that was after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Borderlands: The Handsome Collection will bundle Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel on the PS4 and Xbox One.
- Remember Me developer Dontnod is developing a vampire-based RPG known as Vampyr.
- Time Crisis 5 is planned for an arcade-only release for now, but here’s the first trailer courtesy of Bandai Namco.
- Firaxis will release Starships, a Civilization: Beyond Earth spinoff, sometime in the near future.
- DMi acquires NASCAR license and announces NASCAR 15 and NASCAR 16.
More News
- Undead Labs announced that State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition will be released on April 28.
- Game of Thrones: The Lost Lords, the second episode of Telltale’s six-part series, will be release in two weeks.
- Bethesda is dropping the subscription free for The Elder Scrolls Online and will release the game for the PS4 and Xbox One on June 9.
- Robotoki has shut their doors and officially put Human Element on hiatus.
- Harmonix’s Amplitude reboot will now be released this Summer.
New Videos
- The Order: 1886 – “Conspiracy”
- Evolve – “Survival Guide”
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – “Exo Zombies Gameplay”
- Project CARS – “Start Your Engines”
- Saints Row IV: Re-Elected + Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell – “Launch Trailer”
Rumor Has It
- Hyrule Warriors was such a success that Koei Tecmo wants to make “Super Mario Warriors.”
Gaming Etc.
- Bud Light’s “Real Life Pac-Man” Super Bowl commercial is epically awesome.
- Dead Rising: Watchtower will be released through Crackle on March 27 and there’s a trailer available now.
- Mayfair Games wants to make the Cones of Dunshire board game from Parks & Recreation a reality.
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Grey Goo, more
- Nintendo Download: Punch-Out!!, Citizens of Earth, SCAT, more
- PlayStation Store: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Resident Evil, more
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Resident Evil
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): Riptide GP2
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Dying Light, HyperDimension Neptunia ReBirth2: Sisters Generation
