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 Super Bowl starts in a few hours and if you’ve got some last-minute gambling to do, be sure to study the Official Madden NFL 15 Prediction, which picks the Patriots to win over the Seahawks. EA Sports is usually right about these things.
But the biggest video game-related news this week has to be the announcement that Gearbox Software is ready to officially begin work on Borderlands 3. Right now, the only “work” that has been completed is this announcement, but it’s a start.
Finally this week, our UK Correspondent, Andrew Rainnie, dug into Dejobaan’s Elegy For A Dead World and published this review for your reading pleasure. “Reading pleasure” is a recurring them in Elegy For A Dead World and if you love the written word you might want to check it out.
More news from this week can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- Sega will release the anime fighter Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax for the PS3 and Vita this Summer.
- Lego Jurassic World and Lego Avengers will be released by WB Games this year.
- Evolve got a mobile spinoff this week… the free-to-play match-3 puzzler Evolve: Hunters Quest.
- Bandai Namco will distribute Professional Lumberjack 2016 and Professional Farmer 2016.
More News
- Sega will layoff employees as part of a corporate restructuring.
- Nintendo has sold 9.2 million Wii U consoles, but Mario Maker might be delayed.
- EA Sports has delayed PGA Tour 15. Look for it in the Spring now.
- Mortal Kombat X added two new characters this week: Reptile and Ermac.
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age: Inquisition are the most nominated games at the 2015 SXSW Gaming Awards.
- The Witness is now “Puzzle Complete” and is nearer to release than ever before… but there’s still no official release date, so don’t ask.
New Videos
- Life Is Strange – “Launch Trailer”
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – “Lady Hammerlock”
- Killer Instinct – “Omen”
Rumor Has It
- Ken Levine used Twitter to reveal a bit more about his next game project.
Gaming Etc.
- Conan O’Brien got together with Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski to play Mortal Kombat X in the latest “Clueless Gamer” segment.
- Did you catch the Doom episode of Mythbusters yesterday? I’m sure they’ll replay it.
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Dying Light, HyperDimension Neptunia ReBirth2: Sisters Generation
- Nintendo Download: Metroid Prime Trilogy, Gunman Clive 2, Shadow of the Ninja, more
- PlayStation Store: Dying Light, Grim Fandango Remastered, Life Is Strange: Episode 1, more
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Dying Light
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): Life Is Strange: Episode 1, IDARB, Unmechanical: Extended
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Criminal Girls: Invite Only, Cities XXL, SpongeBob HeroPants
