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…
Hideo Kojima has long maintained that every Metal Gear Solid game he works on will be his last one. But he might really mean it this time as the rumor mill is saying Kojima may leave Konami after Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is completed. It’s unknown whether Kojima is quitting or if he’s being pushed out, but neither side was very forthcoming in their Joint Statement on the matter.
Aside from Kojima’s employment status, the remainder of this week’s news cycle was dominated, once again, by NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat X. The game’s April 14 launch is almost upon us and NetherRealm used the growing excitement for it to flood the newswire with stories including a new Kombat Kast featuring Quitalities, the reveal of the full Kombat Pack, and the sideways confirmation of Liu Kang and Jax.
Oh, and I guess Nintendo’s move into Nintendo-branded mobile games thanks to their partnership with DeNA is a big deal. As is confirmation that the company is working on a new hardware platform, currently codenamed “NX.” But really, we don’t know enough about either initiative to begin speculating. Though Nintendo President Satoru Iwata did deliver a few more details on their mobile gaming plans.
The Warp Zoned staff has begun putting together our preview coverage of many of the titles that were on display at this year’s PAX East expo. Right now, that includes this year’s PAX East PAXpocalypse List of the best games at the show and a hands-on preview of The Behemoth’s Game 4. We also examined the recently-ended Kickstarter campaign for Mayfair’s Cones of Dunshire adaptation and looked into why it failed (Spoiler Alert: Mayfair might have been in over their head).
The rest of this week’s news can be found after the break.
New Game Announcements
- God of War III Remastered will be released for the PS4 on July 14.
- EA Sports has officially christened the next PGA Tour golf game Rory McIlroy PGA Tour.
More News
- The StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void closed beta will begin on March 31.
- We’ll get our first glimpse at Star Wars: Battlefront during next month’s Star Wars Celebration.
- The Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition pack will be released for the 3DS on May 22.
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s Ascendance Pack will be available for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on March 31.
- Hyper Light Drifter might not launch on consoles until 2016.
- Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions will evolve with a major “Evolved” expansion on March 31.
- Life Is Strange: Episode 2 will launch next week.
New Videos
- Life Is Strange – “Episode 2 Trailer”
- Lego Jurassic World – “Gameplay Trailer”
Rumor Has It
- Joe Montana continues to hype the unannounced Joe Montana Football 16 by saying the game is being built with Unreal Engine 4.
- Sony has filed a new trademark application for The Last Guardian. Because, of course they did.
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Mario Party 10, Battlefield Hardline, more
- Nintendo Download: Mario Party 10, Elliot Quest, Fossil Fighters: Frontier, more
- PlayStation Store: Battlefield Hardline, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Jamestown+, more
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Battlefield Hardline, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Fruit Ninja Kinect 2, more
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): Ziggurat, My Body Coach 3
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Bloodborne, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Pillars of Eternity, more
