Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- Meet the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025: Quake, GoldenEye 007, Defender, and Tamagotchi
- The BAFTA Games Awards Polled the Public and Shenmue is “The Most Influential Video Game of All Time”
- 2024 GOTY Scoreboard: Astro Bot, Balatro, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, More
- The Strong Museum of Play Acquires Prototypes and Development Documents from Volition’s 30-Year History
- Minecraft’s Volume Alpha Soundtrack Has Been Added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry
Warp Zoned Presents
- Video Game Research Library
- It’s beginning to feel like gaming isn’t for everyone – Digital Trends (2025)
- 22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive – The Verge (2025)
- The B-movies of Paul W.S. Anderson double as acts of devotion to his muse, Milla Jovovich – The AV Club (2025)
- Breakout, Ripoff, Genre: How Fiction Outgrows Originality – Uncanny Magazine (2025)
- ‘I Could Make “Fart Fart Boobie Fart: The Game” and Maybe It Would Eventually Get Taken Down’ – Devs Reveal Why the Consoles Are Drowning in ‘Eslop’ – IGN (2025)
Monthly Archives: April 2015
New Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains trailer looks at the game’s features
Attack on Titan is ridiculously, wildly popular among anime fans. So it surprises me that it took nearly two years for Atlus and Spike Chunsoft to announce an American release date for Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains. But with the 3DS game finally ready to cross the Pacific next month, Atlus has served up a new gameplay trailer showcasing the game’s feature set. Here’s just some of the features Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains players will get to experience…
- Online Multiplayer
- Familiar Locales (Forest of Giant Trees, Beyond the Wall, Trost District)
- Fearsome Titans
- Challenging Missions
- Combat Skills
- Mighty Weapons
- Titan-on-Titan Fighting Abilities
- Character Customization
If you missed the whole Attack on Titan craze, Nintendo wants to help you catch up. The first two episodes of the anime are now available to download through the 3DS eShop (for free) through June 30.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains
Capcom brings back Mega May with MM & Bass, Battle Network 3, Battle Network 4, Zero 2
Capcom took over the Nintendo eShop last May with their “Mega May” promotion, ultimately adding five Mega Man titles to the Virtual Console service on the 3DS. This year, they’re moving on up to the Wii U eShop with a re-release of six Mega Man games that were previously available for the Game Boy Advance.
“Mega May 2015” will feature Mega Man & Bass, Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue / White, Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun / Blue Moon, and Mega Man Zero 2. Like last year, Capcom has decided to let fans decide which game will be released first and voting is now open at the Capcom-Unity Blog.
The vote will end on April 29 and the winner of “Mega Man 2015” will be available for download through the Wii U eShop on May 7.
Daily Scoop: April 15, 2015 – Tax day!
Today is everyone in America’s favorite day: tax day! It’s when you fool yourself into thinking the government is giving you some kind of refund when really they’re just giving you back the money you asked them to hide from you for a year. Yay! I can’t wait to get mine!
There’s not much time left to get the Humble Weekly Bundle: Tabletops! Pay what you want for Small World 2 Complete Pack, Magnifico, and Talisman Digital Edition with Frostmarch Expansion. Beat the average to unlock Catan: Creator’s Edition, Ticket to Ride Complete Pack, and 100% Orange Juice and Syura and Nanako Character Pack. Pay $32 for the super swank level, which includes a physical box, cards, dice, and game pieces, all Humble Bundle themed. It’s gorgeous!
Over at Steam, the Midweek Madness deal is on Age of Wonders III. You can get the regular edition for $13.59, the deluxe edition for $15.29, or the collection for $40.19. The Daily Deal is the Daedalic Armageddon Bundle, which is on sale for $15.99. It includes Deponia, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, and Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, among others. Check it out!
Not many shirts today, unfortunately… (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop
Xbox Store Today: Mortal Kombat X
2011’s Mortal Kombat reboot brought the franchise back in a big way after years of neglect from the mainstream gaming community. With momentum on their side, NetherRealm Studios is finally ready to launch the next chapter in the series: Mortal Kombat X. Available to download now for the Xbox One through the Xbox Games Store, the game will take players 25 years into the future where they’ll meet new kombatants, perform new Fatalities, and compete in the all-new weekly Faction War. Say it with me… It Has Begun!
Xbox One Games
Mortal Kombat X ($59.99)
Experience the next generation of the #1 fighting franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay. For the first time, players can choose from multiple variations of each character impacting both strategy and fighting style.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Mortal Kombat X
New trailers reveal all you need to know about Mario Kart 8’s Animal Crossing DLC
Nintendo has decided its time to get serious as the publisher has just unleashed NINE brand new trailers showcasing everything from the Mario Kart 8 X Animal Crossing DLC Pack.
And by everything, I mean EVERYTHING. The trailers focus on the three new characters (Isabel, Villager, Dry Bowser), four new karts (Streetle, City Tripper, P-Wing, Bone Rattler), four retro tracks (Mario Kart 7‘s Neo Bowser City, Super Circuit‘s Ribbon Road and Cheese Land, Double Dash‘s Baby Park), and four new tracks (Super Bell Subway, Big Blue, Wild Woods, Animal Crossing).
The Mario Kart 8 X Animal Crossing DLC Pack will be available on April 23. You can find the remaining trailers after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Mario Kart 8
NHL 15 predicts the Anaheim Ducks will hoist the Stanley Cup this year
EA Sports is playing Kreskin once again as they’ve plugged this year’s playoff contenders into NHL 15‘s simulation engine to predict the 2014-2015 Stanley Cup champion. As of right now, the publisher is prognosticating that the Anaheim Ducks will win in a seven-game series against the New York Rangers. And not only will the series go the full seven games, but it won’t be decided until late in the third period when the game-winning goal will be made by Anaheim’s Corey Perry. If this prediction comes true, it would be New York’s second straight loss in the Stanley Cup finals.
It should be noted that this prediction is at odds with EA’s full season prediction from October. Six months ago, the publisher said that the Los Angeles Kings would skate away with the Cup in a six-game victory over the Boston Bruins.
Will either prediction come true? I don’t know, but the NHL 14 playoff prediction missed the mark in wild fashion. According to the game, the Boston Bruins were supposed to emerge victorious over the San Jose Sharks. There’s just one problem. Two, actually. The Bruins were knocked out in the second round while the Sharks were sunk in the first. The full season simulation was no better. It predicted the St. Louis Blues would win the Stanley Cup over the Pittsburgh Penguins. As you might have guessed, neither advanced past the second round.
Think you can do better than NHL 15? EA Sports is encouraging fans to participate in the NHL’s Bracket Challenge to find out. I think there’s a real possibility I could build a better bracket by picking at random.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness trailer recaps the series (in Japanese)
Yesterday, Square Enix released the first Japanese trailer for Tri-Ace’s Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness. Most of the trailer is in Japanese and serves as a refresher course on the franchise, focusing on the events of the previous four games. But we did learn that the fifth Star Ocean game takes place several hundred years after Star Ocean: The Second Story and several hundred before Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. So that’s something, I guess.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is in development for the PS3 and PS4. An official release date hasn’t been announced, nor has Square Enix said if the game will be available in North America.
Posted in News, PS3, PS4
Tagged Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
PS Store Today: Mortal Kombat X, Titan Souls, We Are Doomed, more
After an almost excruciating four-year wait, NetherRealm Studios has finally released Mortal Kombat X for the PS4. The game’s story picks up right where 2011’s Mortal Kombat left off, and players will be able to take it 25 years into the future with new kombatants, new Fatalities, and the all-new weekly Faction War. Say it with me… It Has Begun!
This week’s Spring Fever entry is Titan Souls, a mash-up of the top-down gameplay made famous by The Legend of Zelda and the boss-heavy theatrics of Shadow of the Colossus. Titan Souls can be downloaded as a PS4/PS Vita Cross-Buy title. Also available this week is We Are Doomed, a mesmerizing twin-stick shooter for the PS4 from Vertex Pop.
While all these games might tickle your nostalgia bone, for something truly classic, I suggest this week’s addition to the PS2 Classics storefront: Gradius V. Developed by Treasure, it is one of the finest side-scrolling shooters ever commissioned and deserves a place in your PS3 library. Though you will have to wait three days, as its scheduled to be released on April 17.
More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. A rundown of this week’s new game add-ons and discounts can be found at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3, PS4, Vita
Tagged Mortal Kombat X, Titan Souls, We Are Doomed