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
- Inside the ‘Dragon Age’ Debacle That Gutted EA’s BioWare Studio – Bloomberg (2025)
- Fight Club, The Game David Fincher Didn’t Want You To Play – Time Extension (2025)
- 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)
Author: John Scalzo
New Releases: SSX, Binary Domain, Devil Survivor 2, More
With Sony’s Vita launch behind us, the rest of the video game world closes out February with a few big releases:
- EA’s SSX returns on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
- Sega’s Yakuza Studio tries their hand at tech noir with Binary Domain (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Atlus releases another hardcore Japanese RPG. This time it’s Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 for the DS.
- Speaking of hardcore Japanese RPGs, NIS America plans to release Hyperdimension Neptunia MK-2 for the PS3.
- But on the lighter side of things, there’s PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond for the Wii.
- And on the even lighter side of things, NetherRealm has compiled the Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
OK, that last one was a joke. You can check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in DS, News, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Binary Domain, Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2, Mortal Kombat, SSX
Video Game or Videogame? Answering the Most Important Question of Our Time
An edited and updated version of this article is now available at Video Game Canon.
Walk over to your media shelf and pick up a copy of Wii Sports or Halo 3 or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Odds are at least one of these titles will be in your collection. What do you call the item in your hand? Some people consider these items part of the “interactive entertainment” medium, but most of us just call them video games. Or are they videogames? Though they’ve existed for over forty years, no one has ever answered the question video game or videogame? (more…)
RE: Operation Raccoon City brutalizes the PC on May 18; new trailer released
According to Capcom, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be absolutely brutal. And if this new trailer is anything to go by, they’re right. Allow me to channel my inner Joe Bob Briggs for a second here as I catalog all the carnage…
We’ve got exploding zombies, flaming zombies, stabbed zombies, headshots, kneeshots, throat slashes, ninja-fu, bra-fu, and kicking-a-mutant-in-the-balls-fu. If Joe Bob Briggs were still on the air, I’m sure he’d say “Check it out!”
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 20 with a PC version to follow on May 18.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Sony bringing standalone Killzone 3 Multiplayer to PSN
Well this is interesting.
Sony and developer Guerrilla Games have announced that a standalone download of the Killzone 3 multiplayer mode will be added to the PSN next week. Not surprisingly, it’ll be titled Killzone 3 Multiplayer. But surprisingly, it’ll be completely free.
And don’t assume this is some stripped-down demo version either. Killzone 3 Multiplayer is the real deal and contains the Guerrilla Warfare, Warzone and Operations game modes, as well as the original Killzone 3 maps and all the DLC maps.
But of course, there’s always a catch. In the case of Killzone 3 Multiplayer, it’s that level progression will stop once youreaches Sergeant I. So if you want to advance past that point (or take a crack at the four exclusive Trophies the download offers), you’ll have to pony up $15.
But still, as I said, this is very interesting indeed.
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Killzone 3 Multiplayer
Next EA Sports NBA game will be NBA Live 13
The great NBA Elite experiment is over. EA Sports has told G4TV that this year’s NBA simulation game will resurrect the NBA Live name when it’s released this Fall. Describing the game as an “all-new experience that captures the future of basketball,” NBA Live 13 is both a rebirth for the fabled franchise and the culmination of an odyssey of errors for EA Sports.
Back in 2010, EA announced plans to completely revamp their basketball sim series. With a new style of play came a new name and the game, NBA Elite 11, was given an October release date. A week before it’s release (and with some copies already shipped to stores), EA delayed the game until March 2011 to give it some more polish. But as the saying goes, EA couldn’t polish NBA Elite 11 and the game was eventually canceled outright.
EA Sports didn’t release a basketball sim at all in 2011, instead opting for the download-only NBA Live: On Fire Edition. So, needless to say, some big expectations are riding on NBA Live 13.
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Tagged NBA Live 13
New Amazing Spider-Man trailer reveals Rhino, June 26 release date
When you think of Spider-Man’s greatest villains, The Rhino is not usually a name that comes to mind. So naturally, developer Beenox gave him the Bane treatment in their game adaptation of The Amazing Spider-Man.
In addition to a very menacing Rhino and a creepy soundtrack, the new trailer above also reveals that The Amazing Spider-Man will be available in stores on June 26 for the 3DS, DS, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.
Game of Thrones artbook available with game pre-order
But don’t lose your head over it!
Atlus has announced that gamers who pre-order the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of Game of Thrones from Amazon, GameStop, or the HBO Store will receive a 64-page artbook entitled Game of Thrones: Visuals From the RPG.
It looks like Atlus is going all-out with this artbook. In addition to being hardbound and printed on premium paper, it’ll include “64 full-color pages of sketches, renders, photos, and screenshots from the game accompanied by compelling text and commentary from the development team.”
And don’t worry, the same deal applies in the wintry north of Canada as well if you pre-order from Amazon.ca or EB Games.
Game of Thrones will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on May 15.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Game of Thrones
Atlus announces Etrian Odyssey IV for Japan
The Etrian Odyssey series has developed quite a following over the years and after three successful DS games, Atlus has announced that Etrian Odyssey IV will make the jump to the 3DS.
Currently scheduled for a July release in Japan, the game will be revealed in this week’s issue of Famitsu. A North American release has yet to be confirmed, but I assume it’s only a matter of time until Atlus alerts their Faithful about an Etrian Odyssey IV localization.
The Famitsu report also confirms that players will get a break from the franchise’s notorious difficulty in the fourth entry. A “Casual Mode” will be selectable from the start and players will be able to change the difficulty at any time during gameplay.
[Source: Andriasang]
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Etrian Odyssey IV