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Author: John Scalzo
Madden NFL 12 demo coming August 9
The NFL lockout is over and EA Sports is celebrating by releasing a few details on the Madden NFL 12 demo.
The demo will be available to download from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace on August 9. Players will be able to choose from the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers or the Chicago Bears. The demo will also include the ability to play a complete game with five minute quarters on multiple difficulty levels.
I know this demo is supposed to recreate last year’s NFC Championship, but the Bears? Really?
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Madden NFL 12
Get a first look at NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
The NBA Jam: On Fire Edition will be available to download from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Arcade this October. Sporting a much more wallet-friendly price of $14.99/1200 Microsoft Points, you can check out all the upgrades and additions EA is packing into the game in the trailer above. They include…
- Team Fire
- All New Razzle Dazzle
- Tag Mode
- Online Co-Op Campaign
- All New legends
- Roster Updates
- Real AI
Oh yeah, This new edition of NBA Jam is going to be en fuego.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
From Dust added to XBLA today
The 2011 Summer of Arcade rolls on with Ubisoft’s From Dust, a god game from Eric Chahi, the famed creator of Another World (better known as Out of This World in America).
From Dust can be yours for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15). More information about the game can be found below.
From Dust
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher: Ubisoft
Discover a unique Modern God game where nature is the star: From Dust, the latest original concept by Eric Chahi, visionary creator of Another World. Behold the beauty of a primitive world pulsing with life and face the might of nature. Beware the danger of a world that is constantly changing under your command. Control the destiny of a tribe struggling to survive and help it recover its ancestors’ lost powers. Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous. A universe where Nature reclaims what is Hers; and you are your people’s only chance of survival.
Section 8: Prejudice, Deadliest Warrior 2 added to PS Store
Sony has performed the weekly update on the PlayStation Store and PS3 owners can look forward to four new games today.
First person shooter fans might want to look into Section 8: Prejudice while fighting game fans may want to examine Deadliest Warrior: Legends. This week also sees the release of the final episode in Telltale’s sequel to the Back to the Future films, Back to the Future: Episode 5 – OUTATIME. Finally, Sega is bringing the arcade classic Golden Axe to the PSN.
Also available this week is Move.Me, an application that will help developers build their own PC games that make use of the PlayStation Move controller.
Head on over to the PlayStation.Blog for more details on all these titles and a complete listing of this week’s entire update.
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Deadliest Warrior: Legends, Section 8: Prejudice
Mortal Kombat: Legacy concludes with Sektor & Cyrax
The ninth, and final, episode of the Mortal Kombat: Legacy webseries has finally arrived. Director Kevin Tancharoen’s wild ride, from the self-funded Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short to the Cyrax & Sektor-focused finale, is finally over.
There was a nearly two month gap between Episode 8 and Episode 9 and the fantastic special effects used to bring the two cyborgs to life was clearly the cause of the delay. This episode actually takes places before the Jax/Sonya/Kano showdown of Episode 1, so it’s hard to call the cyborg shenanigans of Episode 9 an “ending” for Mortal Kombat: Legacy. But maybe that just means Tancharoen, NetherRealm and Warner Bros. are looking to create a second season or a new feature-length film.
And maybe it’ll have a Freddy Krueger cameo.
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Ed Boon talks Freddy in Mortal Kombat, Jason/Michael/Freddy fighting game
Have you gotten used to the fact that Freddy Krueger will be invading your Mortal Kombat nightmares in August? If not, perhaps Ed Boon can convince you. The Mortal Kombat creator sat down with Sid Shuman of the PlayStation.Blog to discuss his reasons behind bringing Freddy into the fight and who else was considered for the fourth DLC spot.
According to Boon, having a downloadable guest character was always in the cards and Freddy was just one of several names thrown around. Jason (who is owned by NetherRealm parent Warner Bros.) and Michael Myers (who isn’t) were also both considered:
PlayStation.Blog: So what is the inspiration for bringing Freddy Krueger to Mortal Kombat as a DLC character?
Boon: When we had the discussions about the DLC characters, we knew that we wanted to add a returning character, a new character, but also a guest character. That was one of the goals right from the beginning. A number of names were run by us: Jason, Michael Myers and all those guys. Freddy Kreuger, we felt, was the most instantly recognizable and he fits in with Mortal Kombat with his claws. It just seemed like the best fit.
While Boon and company are only adding Freddy to Mortal Kombat (for now), the original team at Midway actually considered creating a slasher-filled Mortal Kombat with all the biggest names in 80s horror:
PlayStation.Blog: Ten, 15 years ago when Mortal Kombat was early in its lifespan, did you ever fantasize about getting Freddy Krueger into MK?
Boon: Yeah, yeah. Over the years, we’ve certainly had a number of conversations about guest characters. At one point, we had a conversation about having a group — imagine Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre — of all these killers from the 80s and 90s flicks come in as a group of characters.
Wow. Ed Boon, I promise you, if you make a slasher fighting game I’ll buy ten copies.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Mortal Kombat
Weekly Warp-Up: Comic-Confabulations
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…
Get Warp Zoned!
The Summer heat is definitely making everyone delirious in Episode 15 of the Warp Zoned Podcast. Podcast Producer Ryan Littlefield is joined by Editor-in-Chief John Scalzo, News Editor Mike Gutierrez, Senior Editor Nicole Kline and Contributing Writer Chris Urie in a show for the ages! The group ping pongs from topic-to-topic including what they’re playing, what they think of EA’s plan to close down a dozen multiplayer servers in August and how every game gets a big special edition these days.
Hit the jump for the rest of the Weekly Warp-Up. (more…)
Posted in News
New Releases: Catherine, Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions, The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff
It’s a heatwave and it’s only going to get hotter when Catherine is released in stores next week. The “infidelity sim” will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in a standard edition, an alternate cover version and a “Love Is Over” deluxe edition that comes complete with the main character’s clothes and a body pillow depicting the hot blonde he hooks up with. Like I said… It’s going to get hot, hot hot.
Also available next week is Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions, a remixed compilation of two of the greatest 80s arcade games; The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff, another collection of goodies and gadgets for your Sims; and Wildlife Park Tycoon, a game that lets you unleash your inner John Hammond.