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WB Games has a big announcement planned for the Batman: Arkham series on December 31
WB Games recently added an image to the official Facebook page for the Batman: Arkham series to tease a major announcement that’ll take place on December 31, 2013. The image is very light on details as only the words “Save the Date” and the actual date itself (“12.31.2013”) adorn the art deco-like design.
Could it be more downloadable content for Batman: Arkam Origins? Maybe. Could it be an announcement of Batman: Arkham 4? Sure, why not? After all, Rocksteady has been extremely quiet for a very long time. They have to be working on something.
But I guess we’ll add find out what this “major announcement” is next week.
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Tales From the Borderlands is the result of a booze-fueled dare
Did you ever wonder what made Gearbox Software and Telltale Games want to merge the run-and-gun gameplay of the Borderlands franchise with Telltale’s brand of episodic adventure games for Tales From the Borderlands? Apparently alcohol, and lots of it, had something to do with it.
Speaking to Polygon, Telltale’s Steve Allison revealed that initial discussions for the collaboration occured over several rounds of tequila backstage at the 2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards:
“We were backstage at the [2012] Spike VGAs,” Allison told Polygon. “And Gearbox was sitting at table one and we were sitting at table two — we were there for The Walking Dead. We got to talking a little bit, and I don’t remember when it the night it became, ‘we should do this thing,” but it happened over a few cocktails.”
“We could have easily left it and chalked it up to too much tequila, but we followed up when we got home,” he said. “And they remembered the conversation.”
The rest of the interview is well worth a read as Allison also discusses Telltale’s Game of Thrones adaptation and how the team plans to tackle four projects at the same time.
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Check out this new Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix trailer
Square Enix has released a new trailer showcasing some of the high points from their upcoming compilation Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix.
Scheduled for release in 2014, exclusively for the PS3, the 2.5 ReMix will include the “Final Mix” editions of Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. These special versions of the games were previously only available in Japan, so even if you’ve played through the entire Kingdom Hearts series, there’ll be something new to see in the 2.5 ReMix. Remastered high definition cinematics from Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded will also be included in the compilation.
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Zen Pinball 2 for PS4 added to PS Store
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall that Zen Pinball 2 is now available on the PlayStation Store?
The PS3 pinball simulation is now available to download for the PS4. If you’ve never played it before, there are plenty of additional tables to add to the free game. But if you’ve already got a complete collection of PS3 tables, they can now be imported into the PS4 version:
Zen Pinball 2 (Free)
All of your favorite pinball tables are now available on the PlayStation 4 system! Download the free Zen Pinball 2 platform and access the best pinball library available. The fantasy-themed “Sorcerer’s Lair” table is available for free play for all players!
That’s it for yesterday’s update, but be sure to visit the PlayStation Blog for a rundown this week’s new game add-ons.
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Namco Bandai has released the first Tales of Zestiria trailer
It’s in Japanese, but here’s the first trailer for Tales of Zestiria, which should make its PS3 debut (in all regions) in 2015.
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XBL Store Today: Halo: Spartan Assault
Christmas has come a bit early! Halo: Spartan Assault was previously penciled in for a December 24 launch, but Microsoft has decided to push its release up a day and the title is now available to download from the Xbox One Game Store for $14.99. It’s everything you love about Halo, now in a nifty top-down view:
Halo: Spartan Assault is a fast paced top-down shooter set during the timeline between “Halo 3” and “Halo 4,” progress your Spartan career as you engage in over 30 exciting Campaign missions using many of favorite Halo weapons, vehicles and armor abilities. Team-up on Xbox Live and fight with a friend against waves of the nightmarish Flood in the all-new online co-op multiplayer mode.
Halo: Spartan Assault is also in development for the Xbox 360 and will be released for that platform in 2014.
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Nordic Games will release MX vs ATV: Supercross in 2014
Nordic Games has finally begun to do something with all those franchises they acquired from THQ. The Austrian publisher has announced that they will release MX vs ATV: Supercross in the first half of 2014 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The game will be developed by a dedicated team made up of many former members of original MX vs ATV developer Rainbow Studios/THQ Digital Phoenix.
Ken George, the Executive Producer of MX vs ATV Supercross, is thrilled about his lead role in resurrecting the series: “We’re absolutely thrilled to be working with Nordic Games because they appreciate the team’s passion and dedication to bring the feel of real motocross racing to MX vs ATV fans. Not just the adrenaline rush, but the whole experience from top to bottom. A lot of the original team members have been aching to continue their passion: building the most authentic off-road racing games possible. The hiatus is over, and the team is back to work on MX vs ATV with great new things to come.”
George’s team will also oversee the online maintenance of MX vs ATV Alive and MX vs ATV Reflex and plan to restore online play soon.
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Weekly Warp-Up: Last Minute Shopping Edition
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…
Did you know that Kohl’s (and Toys R Us) will not close for the next 90 hours? Who would go to Kohl’s at like four in the morning to shop for clothes? That’s madness! But that is apparently the reality we live in now.
So how about a little unreality to go along with it? Like the unreal notion that the Contra-inpsired crazines of Bullet Bros did not reach its Kickstarter goal? We sat down with developer Jason Stokes and got “Deep in the [Stuff]” discussing the game, moustache rides, and November rain.
Our UK Correspondent, Andrew Rainnie, also checked in with the state of the Wii U again and he has tried to make the case that it’s The Little Engine That Could (and Should). If you love your Wii U, you should check it out.
If you haven’t already left the house to go to Kohl’s, hit the jump for more news from the week that was. (more…)
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