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 Nintendo Switch celebrated its one-month anniversary this week, and the console/handheld hybrid has emerged as a prime destination for retro-themed titles. Look no further than our reviews of Graceful Explosion Machine and Blaster Master Zero to see how the Switch is becoming an essential piece of technology for fans of retro gaming.
And it looks like this momentum will continue throughout the Spring, especially after this week’s announcement of the Jam-like NBA Playgrounds. This arcade-y basketball game will also be available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in May.
Finally this week, the Warp Zoned Staff got together to discuss What We Played in March 2017 and The Games of April 2017. As you might have guessed, there was a lot of talk about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the former, and Persona 5 in the latter.
You can read all about the rest of this week after the break.
- Weekend Pipeline 4/7/17: Convention Fun for Everyone!
New Game Announcements
- Candy Crush developer King is working on a new Call of Duty mobile game.
- Rising Star Games will serve up Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop for the 3DS on May 16.
- Batman: Arkham VR will swoop down on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on April 25.
- XSEED announced that Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash will be released for PS4 this Summer.
- Jak and Daxter’s PS2 adventures will be available for the PS4 (as PS2 Classics) later this year.
Pre-Launch Updates and Release Date Announcements
- Cars 3: Driven To Win will be released for every available console on June 13.
- Volition’s Agents of Mayhem got a new trailer and an August 15 release date this week.
- Nintendo unveiled another new stage for Splatoon 2… “Humpback Pump Track.”
Other Game News
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End was named “Best Game” at the 2017 BAFTA Games Awards.
- Square Enix has shipped more than one million copies of Nier: Automata.
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Continuum DLC Pack will go back to the 70s on April 18 with “Shaolin Shuffle” and four new multiplayer maps
New Videos
- Injustice 2 – “Shattered Alliances Part 4”
- Injustice 2 – “Captain Cold”
- Quake Champions – “Slash the Roller Queen”
- Injustice 2 – “Catwoman”
Etcetera
- Activision is working on at least three movies in a connected Call of Duty Cinematic Universe.
- That new Mega Man series is headed to Cartoon Network in 2018.
Rumor Has It
- Udon will likely publish a Shovel Knight: Official Design Works artbook in August.
- Insomnaic’s PS4-exclusive Spider-Man game might be released in 2017.
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Persona 5, Lego City Undercover, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, more
- Nintendo Download: Lego City Undercover, Graceful Explosion Machine, Vroom in the Night Sky, more
- PlayStation Store: Persona 5, Drawn to Death, PaRappa the Rapper Remastered, more
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Enter the Gungeon, Lego City Undercover, Use Your Words, more
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): Bulletstorm Full Clip Edition, Galaxy Fight Universal Warriors
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Yooka-Laylee, Stardew Valley: Collector’s Edition, StarBlood Arena
