Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- 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
- Boss Fight Books to Get 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
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
Nintendo Download: Dillon’s Rolling Western 2; Injustice, Kirby’s Adventure out next week
Nintendo’s weekly “Nintendo Download” typically highlights games that will be available on the 3DS eShop and Wii U eShop during the next week, but this is getting ridiculous. Today, gamers can give three new games a shot:
- Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger and Soccer Up 3D on the 3DS eShop
- And Clash of Elementalists on the DSiWare Shop.
Next week, major new releases Injustice: Gods Among Us (Wii U) and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS) will be released, along with Wii U Virtual Console title Kirby’s Adventure.
Want more details on all of these titles? They’re available after the break. (more…)
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Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Arian Foster, Adrian Peterson advance in Madden 25 Cover Vote
Down goes Deion! Down goes Deion!
The man with 47 nicknames has been bounced from the Madden NFL 25 Cover Vote by Jerry Rice, the greatest wide receiver of all time. I guess if you’re going to lose, there’s no shame in losing to someone like Jerry Rice (who, if you recall, had to earn his spot in the Cover Vote). The remainder of the quarterfinals included a Barry Sanders win over Joe Montana and victories by Arian Foster (over Russell Wilson) and Adrian Peterson (over Robert Griffin III).
So the final “Old School” matchup features Jerry Rice (#1) vs Barry Sanders (#3) and the final “New School” matchup will be Adrian Peterson (#2) vs Arian Foster (#4). Be sure to get your votes for the semifinals in today at ESPN.com/MaddenVote. Voting is open now through April 17.
Madden NFL 25 will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on August 27.
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XBLA Today: Motocross Madness
Pop your Avatar on a motorcycle and send them screaming down multiple tracks, including “the deserts of Egypt [and] the snows of Iceland,” in Motocross Madness, this week’s addition to the Xbox Live Arcade.
Motocross Madness for the XBLA is the rebirth of one of Microsoft’s earliest franchises. The original was released for the PC all the back in 1998. You can download the 2013 reboot for 800 Microsoft Points ($10):
Motocross Madness is back! Take your bike freeriding across massive environments, from the deserts of Egypt to the snows of Iceland. Drift, trick and turbo boost your way across 9 expansive offroad tracks in single player events, ghost challenges and 8-player multiplayer races. Combine stats with your friends in Bike Club to unlock rewards then compete across all events to reach the top of your club.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Anarchy Reigns, Guacamelee!, more added to PS Store
Today marks the beginning of Sony’s “Spring Fever,” which will highlight four new independent games on the PlayStation Network over the next four weeks. First up is Guacamelee!, a platformer where players take control of a famous luchador and battle Carlos Calaca for the hand of El Presidente’s Daughter (the most beautiful girl in the entire world). Also, there are chickens. Guacamelee! is also a PS3/Vita Cross-Play title, so buying one gets you both.
Firaxis Games’ alien invasion simulation, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, also comes to the PlayStation Store this week. It’s joined by Platinum’s multiplayer brawler, Anarchy Reigns, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., and John Daly’s ProStroke Golf.
The PS2 Classics section grew by one as well yesterday, with the addition of Fatal Frame.
More details on all of these games, and a few PSone Imports, can be found after the break. A complete list of this week’s new game add-ons is available, as always, at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)
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Tagged Anarchy Reigns, Guacamelee, XCOM: Enemy Unknown
The Dark Knight returns this October in Batman: Arkham Origins
Riddle me this! What was Gotham City like before The Dark Knight battled The Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum? We’ll get to find out this Fall as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the third game in the Arkham series will be available soon for the PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Batman: Arkham Origins will be released on October 25 and will tell the story of a “young, raw, unrefined” Batman during the early days of his career:
Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous villains and assassins, the game showcases a young, raw, unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, witness identities being formed and key relationships being forged.
Sadly, Arkham Origins won’t be developed by Rocksteady Studios, the team behind Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Instead, WB Games Montreal will take up the cape and cowl for this origin story. With a little less than seven months to go before its released, we won’t have to wait long for details on Arkham Origins. For example, the game’s appearance on the cover of the May 2013 issue of Game Informer gives us our first look at one of Batman’s foes: Deathstroke.
A companion 3DS/Vita game, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate will also be available on October 25. Developed by Armature Studio, the 2.5D game will take place after Arkham Origins and will feature a “Metroidvania” style of play.
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Tagged Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes shill for Injustice: Gods Among Us in new commercial
I’ve been a Kevin Smith fan for a long time. Probably too long when you look at his recent output. But I still think the man has his moments and this commercial for Injustice: Gods Among Us is one of them.
The commercial depicts the decades-long debate between Smith and his hetero life mate, Jason Mewes, over which DC Comics heroes would win in a fight… Batman or Superman? The Flash or Green Lantern? Wonder Woman or Aquaman? Helpfully, Mewes points out that now they can know for sure with Injustice: Gods Among Us. Snootchie bootchies!
Injustice: Gods Among Us will be released for the PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 next Tuesday, April 16.
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Alternate covers for BioShock Infinite now available
As promised, Irrational Games has uploaded a few alternate covers for their latest game, BioShock Infinite. The eight covers are available at the game’s official website.
You can choose the image to your right as well seven additional images including two covers featuring just Elizabeth, a cover showcasing the “Falling” art, three covers in the propaganda poster style, and one more action shot with Booker and Elizabeth.
The page offers each alternate cover in two sizes: a PC/Xbox 360-style DVD case or a PS3-style Blu-ray case. Printing instructions are also provided so your new BioShock Infinite cover looks as “exceptional” as possible.
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New Game from thatgamecompany will “change the industry in a positive way”
Asher Vollmer used to work for thatgamecompany. He joined the developer right out of college, but in the last few days he’s decided to go independent (um… independent-er). But before he left, he revealed a few tidbits about the company’s “New Game” in a farewell post on his tumblr page.
According to Vollmer, “New Game” is bigger than anything thatgamecompany has done before. He doesn’t mean big as in a large game, though it is large enough that it’ll likely be years before we get a chance to play it. But Vollmer thinks it’ll be worth the wait, in a big way:
Obviously I can’t divulge any details about it, but… It’s going to be huge. And I don’t mean it’s going to be a long sprawling game, I mean it’s going to be an IMPORTANT game. I genuinely believe it’s going to change the industry in a really positive way.
You could argue that Journey changed the game industry in a positive way, so if anyone can back up this claim, it’s thatgamecompany.
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