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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…

Another E3 Expo is in the books and some gamers are no doubt already speculating on what 2014 has in store for gaming’s biggest showcase. But we learned a lot about where the game industry is heading this year. The PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One were fully revealed to the public… warts and all. And Nintendo showed us the second wave of Wii U software. But there was plenty more to this E3 than the big three. And you can read all about it (in handy alphabetical format) after the break. (more…)

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…

We’re just a little over 24 hours away from the official opening of the 2013 E3 Expo. This week saw the last bits of preparation for gaming’s biggest showcase fall into place including E3 lineup announcements from Activision, Square Enix, and Capcom (who has a “big surprise” in store for us). Let’s see, what else…

Konami confirmed that Kiefer Sutherland will voice Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain… Namco Bandai erected a massive banner in Los Angeles touting the release date of Dark Souls II… Bethesda released an E3 trailer for Wolfenstein: The New Order and Twisted Pixel announced that LocoCycle is coming to E3 2013 and the Xbox One.

Finally, Microsoft has begun talking about the Xbox One’s used game policies and online connectivity requirements. They’re not bad as we thought, but they’re good either.

In non-E3 news, we interviewed the chaps from Zeboyd Games about Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 this week and UK Correspeondent Andrew Rainnie filed another edition of Kickstart This!

Be sure to check out more news after the break. (more…)

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…

We’re a week away from E3 2013 and the pre-E3 news is filling up our inboxes and RSS feeds. So have a gander at what Aksys Games, Tecmo Koei, and Ubisoft have planned for the big show. In addition to those companies, Best Buy and Nintendo have released the list of Best Buy locations that will host Nintendo’s E3 2013 demo stations if you want to take a few upcoming Wii U games for a spin yourself.

Also this week, Mike Ryan took a trip back in time by strolling the aisles of The Galloping Ghost Arcade, the largest arcade in the country. And John Scalzo asked “What Did I Just See?” as he examined 5 Surprising Moments From Classic Video Games. Finally, the entire staff got together to talk about What We Played in May 2013.

You can find more great news from the week that was after the break. (more…)

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…

Microsoft lifted the curtain on their next generation console, the Xbox One, this week. More than a mere console, the system will be bundled with a new Kinect sensor and take over your cable box. A hefty feature set will allow multiple apps to run the background in something called “Snap Mode.” And like the PS4′s Share Button, the Xbox One will be equipped with a “Game DVR.”

But what about games? Microsoft mostly stayed quiet about the system’s game content (preferring to announce them at E3), but they did reveal a bunch of new titles from EA Sports (FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, NBA Live 14, EA Sports UFC), Forza Motorsport 5 from Turn 10, Quantum Break from Remedy, and Call of Duty: Ghosts. All together, Microsoft plans to release 15 Xbox One-exclusive games in the system’s first year as well as Halo: The Television Series.

But then the problems began. It soon came to light that the Xbox One won’t be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Arcade games. And it turned out that used games will be heavily regulated thanks to a requirement that all games must be installed to the hard drive. To top it all off, Microsoft expects the Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U combined to sell ONE BILLION consoles. That’s just insane and makes us wonder if the Xbox 360 was just a fluke. Actually, we think this comic sums it up quite well.

Of course, Microsoft can still bounce back. And we expect them to. In fact, all three console manufacturers can have a great E3 Expo (and beyond). We explain how in our look at The Roadmap To Victory for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony at E3 2013.

And on a totally unrelated note, we offer suggestions on “How To Get More Coin For Your Game Project” in the latest edition of Kickstart This!

You can find more news from the week after the break. (more…)

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 “big three” (Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo) are positioning their pieces for next month’s E3 Expo. With Microsoft and Sony launching new consoles and Nintendo shifting into phase two of the Wii U’s launch, it’s likely going to be one of the most competitive shows ever.

On Wednesday, Sony officially unveiled Gran Turismo 6 as a PS3 exclusive. However, they were quick to point out that a PlayStation 4 version would likely be released down the line.

Nintendo took over Friday and posted another Nintendo Direct video for all the world to see. During the half-hour presentation, the consolemaker confirmed that Sonic: Lost World will be released exclusively on the Wii U and the 3DS, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is in development, New Super Luigi U will be available as a DLC expansion and a boxed game, and that The Wonderful 101 will be released on September 15. Though Electronic Arts did rain on their parade a bit and confirmed that they have no Wii U games in development.

Third-party publishers are even getting in on the act. Konami announced their “Pre-E3 Show” lineup, which includes Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2014.

Microsoft stayed quiet in preparation for next week’s “Next Xbox Reveal.”

What else happened in the game industry this week? Hit the jump to find out. (more…)

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With the clock ticking down to Microsoft’s “Next Xbox Reveal” on May 21, Sony is using Big Redmond’s radio silence to counterprogram a little PS4 news into your feed. The sneaky, sneaky Sony has marked down May 15 as the date we’ll learn more about the next Gran Turismo game. And they’re using their “Conversations With Creators” video series to tout the power of the PS4. This week, Sony enlisted two developers from Ubisoft to talk up how much better Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is on their next generation machine.

Electronic Arts isn’t interested in Sony and Microsoft’s next battle for the living room, but the publisher did confirm this week that they plan to announce at least eight games for the PS4 and/or the Xbox 720 at this year’s E3 Expo. Bethesda isn’t taking sides either (other than declaring “Nazis = Bad!”), and they revealed that the newly announced Wolfenstein: The New Order will be released this Fall for “next generation consoles,” which is code for both of them.

In non-next-gen news, we took this Summer’s Beatbuddy for a musical swim under the sea and it was adorable.

You can find more of this week’s news after the break. (more…)

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…

Do you hear that? It’s the Call of Duty! Will you answer? The tenth game in Activision’s gargantuan franchise was officially announced this week after a few days of teasing. First there was the European retailer leak, then there was Activision’s own countdown on CallofDuty.com, next was the official announcement of Call of Duty: Ghosts, and finally the confusion over the Wii U version of the game. Is it in development? Who knows. But we’ll get our next dose of Ghosts on May 21 during the “Next Xbox Reveal.”

Here’s what else was happening around Warp Zoned this week…

• We asked “Has THQ’s Demise Made the Game Industry Healthier?”
• We examined the Anomaly 2 Multiplayer Beta.
• And we took a look back at What We Played in April 2013 and examined the scant offerings of The Games of May 2013.

You want more news from this week? It’s after the break. (more…)

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…

This week saw two big “announcements-of-announcements” that will likely have major implications on the next phase of the dreaded/loved console war. First, Microsoft confirmed that the Xbox 720/Durango will be unveiled in a special May 21 event. After that, Nintendo announced that they will not host a tradional E3 Press Conference this year. Instead, the company plans to produce a series of Nintendo Direct presentations that will get the word out on their 2013 game lineup.

Neither announcement is big on its own, but they both have made the rest of the year a bit clearer.

What else happened this week? Well, we took a trip down to North Carolina for the East Coast Games Conference and another edition of Kickstart This! is available for your pledged dollars.

Hit the jump for more news from this week. (more…)