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…
2015 is still moving at a snail’s pace, so now’s the perfect time to reveal the winners of Warp Zoned’s 2014 Golden Pixel Awards. All of our favorite (and not so favorite) games of the year are available for your perusal, so go peruse!
In other Game of the Year news, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor collected the most nominations for the GDC Awards and the DICE Awards. Also, the nominees for the 2015 Writers Guild Awards have been announced.
Finally this week, Senior Editor Nicole Kline sat down with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game and wrote up a review. While the core Ascension action is still good, this adaptation is not.
More news from Warp Zoned’s week that was can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 is now on the Wii U eShop and more Wii games are coming.
- Fire Emblem 12 (though it won’t be called that) is official in development.
- Nintendo has confirmed that a Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition bundle will be released in the US in May 2015.
- Microsoft has confirmed that Forza Motorsport 6 is in development and will appear at E3 2015.
More News
- Resident Evil Revelations 2 will release on February 24, a week later than expected.
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the best-selling game of December 2014 and also all of 2014.
- Microsoft has slashed the price of the Xbox One back down to $349.
- Activision dropped some details about the maps in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Havoc Map Pack
- A “Simpsons Skin Pack” is in the works for Minecraft on the Xbox One and Xbox 360.
- Surprise surprise, more Amiibo figures are on the way from Nintendo.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3D will launch exclusively for the New 3DS in April.
- February 13 is going to be the best day ever when Nintendo releases the New 3DS XL, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.
- Grand Theft Auto V‘s PC release has been pushed back again.
- Call of Duty Online‘s open beta has begun in China.
- Harmonix released new tracks for Rock Band 3. Encore! Encore!
New Videos
- Xenoblade Chronicles X – “Exploration”
- Mortal Kombat X – “Kung Lao and Kitana”
- Evolve – “Behemoth”
- Killer Instinct – “Omen Livestream”
Rumor Has It
- Telltales Games is working on “unannounced partnerships” and “original IP.”
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: None
- Nintendo Download: 3D After Burner II, Lufia: The Legend Returns, more
- PlayStation Store: Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk, Monopoly Plus, more
- Xbox Games Store: Monopoly Plus, Monopoly Deal
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Grey Goo, more
