Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- Clair Obscur Completes the Sweep by Winning “Best Game” at 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards
- Boss Fight Books Gets a New Look for Richard Moss’s “Age of Empires”
- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins “Game of the Year” at 2025-2026 GDC Awards
- Silent Hill, Dragon Quest, Skyrim, and More Announced as Finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
Warp Zoned Presents
- Video Game Research Library
- We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026)
- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Author: John Scalzo
WWE 2K18 will powerslam the Switch on December 6
WWE 2K18 has been available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One since mid-October. But Nintendo Switch will soon be able to get their hands on the latest wrestling sim from 2K Games. How soon? How about tomorrow?
2K Games has announced that WWE 2K18 will be available to download through the Nintendo eShop beginning tomorrow, December 6. Switch owners will be able to choose from a Standard Edition with the Kurt Angle Pack ($59.99), or a Digital Deluxe Edition that’s also bundled with the Kurt Angle Pack, as well as the Season Pass and the Cena (Nuff) Pack ($89.99). The Retail Edition should be available sometime soon, though it’s currently unavailable from major retailers such as Amazon, GameStop, and Best Buy.
A complete rundown of WWE 2K18’s downloadable content offerings (and there are a lot) can be found at the game’s official website.
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology’s Battle System is highlighted in a new gameplay trailer
Atlus will bring Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology to the 3DS early next year, and they recently released a new gameplay trailer that focuses on the game’s Battle System:
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology Features
- Maneuver Enemies Around the Grid – Strike multiple foes in one attack
- Turn the Tide with the Change Command – Shift your enemy or team’s attack order to take full advantage of capabilities using the Change Command
- Get Combat Aid with All New Support Skills – Receive combat aid with new Support Skills
- Devastate Foes with Mana Burst Abilities – Finish off opponents with a devastating blow using Mana Burst abilities
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is an enhanced re-release of an acclaimed RPG that was originally released for the DS in 2011. This new version of the game will include “New Story Content,” as well as “redesigned character art, new character voiceovers, a brand-new opening animation, new theme song, event illustrations, five new tracks from original composer Yoko Shimomura, and additional difficulty settings.”
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology will be released on February 13, 2018.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection and Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 will be released for Switch in Spring 2018
Capcom had one more announcement to make as part of their “Mega Man 30th Anniversary Celebration” livestream, and it’s one that should make Switch owners very happy. After skipping Nintendo’s Wii U the first time around, the publisher confirmed that Mega Man Legacy Collection and Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 will be released for the Switch in Spring 2018.
Additionally, Capcom said that both games will offer Amiibo support, and the first Mega Man Legacy Collection will receive a new Rewind option “to go back in time following blunders.” The Rewind feature will also be added to the game on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One as a free update.
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Tagged Mega Man Legacy Collection, Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Capcom officially announces Mega Man 11
It’s finally happening! After years of letting the character wander in the wilderness, Capcom has announced that Mega Man 11 will be released for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch in Late 2018. Developed by an internal team at Capcom, and utilizing a modern art style, the publisher will reveal more information about the next entry in the side-scrolling franchise over the Summer (presumably during the 2018 E3 Expo).
You can check out the truly impressive Announcement Trailer embedded above to get your first sneak peek at the game, and you can tune in to the “Mega Man 30th Anniversary Celebration” on Capcom’s Twitch channel to eavesdrop on a discussion with the developers.
Mega Man X Collection coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch in 2018
Capcom is hosting a special “Mega Man 30th Anniversary Celebration” on their Twitch channel today, and the publisher kicked things off in fine fashion with the announcement of a Mega Man X Collection.
The collection will include all eight games from the Mega Man X franchise (yes, even the much-hated Mega Man X7), and it’ll be released for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in Summer 2018.
UPDATE: In a press release, Capcom said that multiple Mega Man X games will be released in 2018. This could be a typo, or it could also mean that Capcom is planning to release the eight games in the franchise across several compilations or as individual downloads.
Secret of Mana remake will also get a limited retail release at GameStop
Square Enix has announced they’re teaming up with GameStop to produce a Retail Edition for the Secret of Mana remake in “limited quantities.” The PS4-only Retail Edition will be released on February 15, and fans who pre-order the game will receive a special costume pack containing a “Moogle Suit” for all three characters, a “Tiger Two-Piece” for Primm, and a “Tiger Suit” for Randi and Popoi.
Canadian PS4 owners will be able to purchase Secret of Mana’s Retail Edition from EB Games, and the RPG will also be available as a digital download for everyone on the PC, PS4, and Vita.
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New Retail Releases: Horizon Zero Dawn Complete, Dead Rising 4 PS4, The Walking Dead Collection, More
It’s a good time for re-releases, as four well-loved games will be available in new editions this week.
First up, Sony and Guerrilla will repackage Horizon: Zero Dawn in a “Complete Edition” for the PS4. This re-release includes the original game, the Frozen Wilds expansion, and all the bonus content from the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Coming to the PS4 for the first time this week is Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package. The PC/Xbox One game was originally released in 2016, and it makes its PS4 debut in a new collection that includes the original game, all the downloadable content and expansions, and the new Capcom Heroes expansion.
Speaking of zombies, Telltale Games will re-release their entire Walking Dead saga as The Walking Dead Collection for the PS4 and Xbox One. Players will be able to prepare themselves for the final season with The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Season 2 (and the 400 Days epilogue), The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, and The Walking Dead: Michonne.
Finally this week, Ubisoft will release Steep: Winter Games Edition for the PS4 and Xbox One. The Winter Games Edition will bundle the original game with the brand new Road to the Olympics expansion.
A complete rundown of this week’s new retail releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Staff of Polygon name their “500 Best Games of All Time”
Polygon recently celebrated its fifth birthday with a weeklong countdown of their choices for the “500 Best Games of All Time.”
Along with a high-profile roster of special guests (including Jeremy Parish, Susan Arendt, Jon-Paul Dyson, and Benj Edwards), the site’s staff put together this massive ranking of games that includes titles from nearly every platform and stretching back to the very beginning of the medium. They even set some ground rules:
We asked everyone to vote based on innovation, polish and durability, rather than simply personal taste. We cut games released in 2017 to eliminate recency bias. And we left out sequels that we deemed too similar to the games that came before them.
Collecting all those votes together, we then combed through the data for anomalies and came up with the final order you see here.
Polygon’s final tally looks very similar to our own “Scientifically Proven Best Video Games of All Time,” and that includes their selection of Tetris as the #1 game of all time.