Weekly Warp-Up: Everything is Mature Edition

Posted on March 1, 2015 by John Scalzo

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 “M For Mature” floated over the video game industry in a big way this week, especially after it was revealed that Batman: Arkham Knight had been given a Mature rating by the ESRB. Aside from the underrated “Uncaged Edition” of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Askham Knight will become one of the few M-rated games based on a mainstream comics character.

In other news, we got major updates on the two franchises that folks think of first when they think of the Mature rating. Rockstar informed the world that Grand Theft Auto V has been delayed on the PC once more, but that Heists Mode will be available on March 10. And over in Mortal Kombat land, NetherRealm Studios pulled back the curtain on an epic Mortal Kombat X Story Trailer, revealing a ton of new (and returning) characters in the process.

In a de-maturing, 8-Bit Cinema published a new short this week of one of the world’s greatest R-rated movies. If you ever wanted to see Al Pacino’s Tony Montana as a pixelated brawler, I highly recommend giving 8-Bit Scarface a watch.

And finally, it’s very possible that if Netflix and Nintendo move forward with their Legend of Zelda television show, it’ll take place in a “grim and gritty” world. So our own Andrew Rainnie cataloged 10 Actors We Think Could Play Link in The Legend of Zelda TV Series if the show were to go in that direction.

Hit the jump for more news from the week that was (most of it is even all ages appropriate).

New Game Announcements

More News

  • Microsoft added a “Simpsons Skin Pack” to Minecraft on the Xbox One and Xbox 360.
  • Sony’s Spring Fever 2015 promotion will add eight highly anticipated indies to the PlayStation Store in March and April.
  • NetherRealm announced that Brutalities will be part of Mortal Kombat X.
  • Microsoft confirmed that Fable Legends will be free-to-play.
  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s Havoc Pack is now available on the PS3 and PS4 with a PC release planned for next week.
  • Nintendo announced the playable demos they will bring to next weekend’s PAX East expo.
  • Lionsgate has invested in Telltale Games and the two companies will collaborate on a game/television show crossover.
  • The games that will call the Indie Megabooth home at PAX East 2015 were announced.
  • Axiom Verge will be released for the PS4 on March 31.

New Videos

Rumor Has It

  • Hell freezes over! The Guitar Hero franchise might be coming back.

New Release Round-Up

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John Scalzo is Warp Zoned's Editor-In-Chief and resident retro gaming expert. You can email him at john AT warpzoned DOT com.