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Borderlands 2 Add-On Content disc coming February 26 for $30
2K Games and Gearbox Software plan to give gamers another way to pick up the first three pieces of downloadable content for Borderlands 2.
The publisher and the developer will release the first Borderlands 2 Add-On Content Pack for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 26. It’ll come priced at $29.99 and include the first two campaign expansions, “Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty” and “Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage,” as well as the fifth character class, the Mechromancer. Be warned, the Add-On Content Pack won’t work unless you own a copy of Borderlands 2.
Purchasing all three DLC packs separately would total $40. So if you’ve held off on purchasing Borderlands 2 DLC until now, the Add-On Content Pack would be a better deal.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Borderlands 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt announced for PC, next-gen consoles
Game Informer’s March cover (which is available for digital subscribers now, with the print edition slated to ship out in two weeks) will be devoted to the next adventure of Geralt, the witchiest witch who ever witched.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be available in 2014 for the PC and “all high-end platforms available” (which is surely code for next-gen consoles). CD Projekt RED told Game Informer that The Witcher 3 will be “30 times larger” than the second game in the series thanks to the game’s new engine, the internally-developed REDengine 3. If you’re looking for an open world action RPG, The Witcher 3 might be just what you’re looking for:
[T]he detective work that precedes deadly combat when monster hunting, storylines that weave and twist together between political intrigue and otherworldly menaces, and a tired hero who wants to set things right but can’t put down his swords until his conscience allows – if it ever does.
Check out the trailer above where the developers at CD Projekt RED give Game Informer their first look at The Witcher 3.
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Tagged PC, PS4, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Xbox One
Fear the infected in the latest gameplay video for The Last of Us
The Last of Us is creeping ever closer to its Spring release date and, on the most recent episode of GameTrailers TV, the developers at Naughty Dog revealed the infected for the first time.
Known as “runner” and “clickers,” the infected in The Last of Us are shuffling monsters that are also quite deadly. Check out the interview/gameplay video above and continue counting down until May 7.
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged The Last of Us
XSEED confirmed as Killer Is Dead’s US publisher
We missed this one last week, but XSEED Games confirmed that they are indeed the publisher of Suda 51’s next game, Killer Is Dead. The game will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Summer.
European/Australian gamers will be happy to know that Grasshopper Manufacture’s latest will also be available in Europe and Australia this Summer courtesy of Deep Silver.
Grasshopper released the first trailer for the game last week, check it out here in case you missed it.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Killer Is Dead
Ravens win as Madden Super Bowl Simulation is scary accurate this year
EA Sports’ Madden NFL Super Bowl Simulation is always pretty close to the final result, but this year’s prediction was so scarily accurate that some might be wondering if the fix was in. As prognasticated by Madden NFL 13, Super Bowl XLVII ended with a Baltmore Ravens victory over the San Francisco 49ers. But the simulation also accurately served up a wide variety of indiviudal moments from the game:
- The 49ers were held to a field goal in the first quarter.
- Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin.
- The Ravens put the game away with a Justin Tucker field goal.
- The margin of victory was three points (34-31 in real life versus 27-24 in the simulation)
- Joe Flacco was named the Super Bowl MVP.
But of course, no simulation could have predicted the 34-minute blackout that overtook the game or that the Star Trek Into Darkness trailer would be super good (Benedict Cumberbatch just needs to be in every movie… ever). With this correct prediction, the Madden Super Bowl Simulation improves to 8-2 since EA Sports began making picks in 2004.
Weekly Warp-Up: Hello PlayStation 4? 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…
It’s finally here… I think. Sony is ready to announce their plan for the PlayStation 4/Orbis… I think. It’s all still very murky and it could just end up being another teaser of a teaser of a teaser, but it’s something to look forward to. Come on, February 20, don’t disappoint me!
If you’d prefer something a little closer to now, the Warp Zoned staff took their monthly look back at What We Played in January 2013 and a look forward at The Games of February 2013. Our UK Correspondent, Andrew Rainnie, also delved into the question of when’s the right time to buy a Wii U game when you’re still unsure about purchasing the system in Why I Bought A Wii U Game Without Owning A Wii U.
There’s more news from the here and now after the break. (more…)
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New Releases: Dead Space 3, Sly Cooper 4, Fire Emblem: Awakening, More
This week’s biggest new release is the return of Isaac Clarke in Dead Space 3. Everyone’s favorite alien-hunting engineer (wait, was Ripley an engineer?) has help this time in the form of the appropriately named John Carver. Go grab a buddy for co-op and check out Dead Space 3 this week on the PC, PS3, or Xbox 360.
Also available this week is Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time returns in a new adventure available simultaneously for the PS3 and Vita. But remember, if you buy the PS3 version, you’ll get the Vita version for free as part of Sony’s Cross-Buy promotion.
Namco Bandai will be bringing Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 to the PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 this week in a unique way. The Xbox 360 version will be available on store shelves as a disc-based game while the PS3 and Wii U versions will be released exclusively as digital downloads.
And speaking of digital downloads, you can obtain the 3DS strategy game Fire Emblem: Awakening on Monday as a download from the 3DS eShop or in stores.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS3, Vita, Xbox 360
Tagged Dead Space 3, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Watch the God of War: Ascension Super Bowl commercial early
Super Bowl XLVII is less than 24 hours away, and with it, all those amazing commercials. I’m sure the game will be pretty good too. But back to the commercials…
Sony has produced a 2:09 live action spot to promote the release of God of War: Ascension during the big game. They’ve been teasing bits and pieces of the commercial all week, but if you’d rather not wait until tomorrow, you can watch it right here.
God of War: Ascension will be released for the PS3 on March 12.
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Tagged God of War: Ascension