Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- Jordan Minor’s “Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Galaxy” is Now Available for Pre-Order
- Angry Birds, Dragon Quest, FIFA Soccer, and Silent Hill are the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- BAFTA Games Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur Completes the Sweep by Winning “Best Game” at 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards
Warp Zoned Presents
- Video Game Research Library
- With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)
- Vib-Ribbon: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game – The New York Times (2026)
- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It – Aftermath (2026)
Author: John Scalzo
Sony “re-building” PSN; back online in two days says anonymous source
Day four of the second PlayStation Network outage of 2011 is here and Sony still doesn’t have very many answers for us.
The latest statement from the company reveals they “are working around the clock to bring them both back online,” but that there’s still no timetable on when the PSN will be operational again. Apparently, part of the reason for the continued downtime is Sony’s desire to protect the PSN from future attacks as they are also “re-building [the] system to further strengthen [the] network infrastructure […] to provide the system with additional security.”
However, PlayStation Universe received an email from “a source with close connections to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe” discussing the latest round of attacks in a little more detail. According to the source, the PSN was hit with a LOIC attack, a specific type of denial-of-service attack that was previously used by Anonymous in their operations against Scientology websites and organizations that disapproved of WikiLeaks. Anonymous has denied responsibility for these attacks and claimed OpSony is over.
PSU’s tipster also gave a timeline for when we might see the PSN back online. He said “Japanese servers may be restored tomorrow while the U.S. and E.U. servers will likely be operational the following day.”
Posted in News, PS3, PSP
Tagged ApocalyPS3 2011
Hitman: Absolution trademarked by Square Enix
Siliconera has unearthed a new trademark filing by Square Enix Europe for Hitman: Absolution. In light of IO Interactive’s recent Hitman 5 ARG, which pointed to an E3 2011 debut for the sequel, I’d guess that Absolution is the game’s official subtitle.
With E3 2011 just six weeks away, we won’t have to wait long to learn more about Agent 47’s next assignment.
Posted in News
Tagged Hitman: Absolution
New Retail Releases – Darkspore, More
After one of the biggest release weeks ever, the month of Apirl closes out with a wimper. EA’s action RPG Darkspore is the only new release of note and it heads a very short and uneventful list.
You can check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases right here to see for yourself:
New Retail Releases: Week of April 25, 2011
PC
- Cargo! The Quest For Gravity
- Chronicles Of Mystery: Secret of the Lost Kingdom
- Darkspore
- Deadly Secrets: Art of Murder
- Egyptian Trilogy
- IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
- Stray Souls: Dollhouse Story
- Twisted Lands: Shadow Town
Wii
PSP Go lives on in America
After discontinuing the download-only handheld in Japan and Europe, Sony has told Joystiq that they have no plans to hustle the PSP Go off of store shelves in America.
In a very short, and to the point, statement, an SCEA spokesman told the site: “We are continuing production of PSP Go for North America.”
So if you really want a PSP Go, you’ll still be able to find one for the forseeable future.
“Come get some!” with new Duke Nukem Forever trailer
Strippers! Ludicrous gibs! Extended urination sequences! Grotesque aliens! Lesbian makeout sessions! Monster trucks! This trailer is NOT SAFE FOR WORK because it’s too awesome!
Just like Duke.
Duke Nukem Forever will (finally) be available for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 14.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Duke Nukem Forever
Mario & Sonic officially going to the London 2012 Olympic Games
When the first two games in a series sell nearly 20 million copies worldwide, a third is almost inevitable. And when said game involves Mario and Sonic, you can probably forget about the “almost.” A leaked logo for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games appeared last week, and today, Sega and Nintendo made it official.
In development at Sega for the 3DS and Wii, the acronym-tastic MASATL2012OG will feature over 50 Olympic events including new sports such as soccer and equestrian competitions.
“These games bring together two of the most beloved characters in the history of the video game industry in Mario and Sonic. As veterans of both video games and Olympic games, they will arrive in London as a formidable team to provide fun, competitive sporting activities that friends and family members can enjoy together,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime.
A release date wasn’t revealed, but Nintendo and Sega promised they’ll announce one later this year.
Posted in News
Tagged 3DS, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Wii
Miyamoto: “Super Mario 3DS is a combination of Galaxy, Mario 64”
The 3DS’ lineup is slowly starting to fill out. Ocarina of Time 3D has been given a release date. Star Fox 64 3D has a date in Japan, with an American one sure to follow. And now, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed a little about the (currently untitled) Super Mario Bros. 3DS.
The famed developer told Edge: “It’s a combination of Super Mario Galaxy and [Super Mario 64]. It won’t convey the message if I talk to you today, but if you play it at E3 that will give you more understanding of what I’m talking about.”
Learning that the next 3D Mario game will play like the previous 3D Mario games isn’t too surprising. Nor is finding out that the raccoon tail in the game’s logo refers to the return of the Super Leaf from Super Mario Bros. 3: “The tail you mentioned on the logo – it’s what you think it is. You probably know what’s going to happen using that character.”
Miyamoto finished the interview by revealing that Super Mario Bros. 3DS will be brand new (“completely original” he says) and that it’s coming this year.
But I guess we’ll have to wait until E3 to learn more.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged E3 2011, Super Mario 3D Land
Royalty Gone Wild! William and Kate get married in The Sims 3
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is eight days away and EA has decided to take the piss out of the happy couple (What? They’re British.) Using The Sims 3, the publisher has created their own version of the royal wedding complete with a drunk Harry, a fainting Charles and a Queen Elizabeth that gets jiggy with it.
What? She does get jiggy with it.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged The Sims 3