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- 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
PSN Today: Max Payne 3, Double Dragon Neon, La Pucelle Tactics, more
There’s a lot to recommend in this week’s PlayStation Store update. The biggest new release is the downloadable version of Rockstar’s Max Payne 3, which can be purchased for a limited time for $44.99. It’s such a steal, Max Payne might arrest you… if he was still a cop…
Also available this week is the return of the Lee brothers in Double Dragon: Neon. The WayForward-developed beat ’em up is a free download for PlayStation Plus subscribers (along with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) and a demo is available for the rest of us that want to test the waters before dropping $9.99 on the game.
It may not be of interest to many, but this week’s PS2 Classic is La Pucelle: Tactics. Nippon Ichi’s prequel to the Disgaea series hooked me hard back in 2004. If you like Strategy RPGs, give it a shot.
Hit the jump for the complete list of this week’s new downloadable games (including FIFA Street, Anomaly: Warzone Earth, and Red Johnson’s Chronicles 2) and travel over to the PlayStation Blog for a complete rundown of this week’s new game add-ons. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Double Dragon: Neon, Max Payne 3
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron DLC trailer shows off Dinobots, Insecticons, G1 Optimus
Activision has released a new DLC-centric trailer for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and it’s filled with a ton of new bots now available for the game’s multiplayer (in fact, there’s so many bots, you just might plotz).
Terrible rhymes aside, how would you like to play as Zeta Prime, Wheeljack, Perceptor, Blast Off, and Ultra Magnus? With the Multiplayer Havoc Pack, you can. Or how about Grimlock, Swoop, Slag, and Snarl? With today’s release of the Dinobot Destructor Pack, you can.
A third DLC pack, the Massive Fury Pack, will be released on September 25 and include Hound, “G1 Retro” Optimus Prime, and the Insecticons (Sharpshot, Hardshell, and Kickback).
Roll out!
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Bohemia “would be stupid” not to bring DayZ to consoles
DayZ‘s lead developer, Dean Hall, has already expressed his desire to bring the zombie sim to consoles. Now, ArmA II developer Bohemia Interactive is throwing their weight behind the idea as well.
Speaking to VideoGamer.com, Producer Jan Kunt confirmed that the company is definitely looking into it:
“Obviously [with] DayZ, you’ve seen the success of Minecraft on Xbox Live Arcade, and we’d probably be stupid not to try to do something similar. We’ve always wanted to make games for consoles as well.”
DayZ, the ArmA II mod, is available now with a standalone version planned for release later this year. The console version remains officially unannounced… for now.
Get an early look at the Skill Trees for Borderlands 2
With just a week to go, are you just itching to return to Pandora? Well, Gearbox wants to scratch your Borderlands 2 itch a might early as they’ve released the Skill Tress for Axton, Zero, Salvador, and Maya. Gaige the Mechromancer will have to wait.
To access the Skill Trees, head over to borderlands2.com/us/#characters and click on the character of your choice. Then head down to the bottom of the page and click on “View Skill Tree.” From there, you can distribute your Skill Points and see how your Commando, Assassin, Gunzerker, or Siren stacks up.
Borderlands 2 will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on September 18.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Borderlands 2
Obsidian teases “Project X” with a four, an ouroboros, and some words
Obsidian Entertainment has relaunched their official website with a teaser page for their next game, currently codenamed “Project X.” The mysterious “Project X” is symbolized by the number four surrounded by an ouroboros (the snake eating itself on your right). The image is accompanied by a short discussion and a link to Obsidian’s “Project X” forum:
“What do the words mean?”
“Nothing. The Dirge of Eír Glanfath is sound without form, a lone voice crying out in mourning because it must.”
The forumgoers throw out all sorts of possible answers to the question of “What is Project X?” including Dungeon Siege 4, a Wheel of Time game, Fallout 4 (unlikely, as Bethesda is working on it internally), or an original property set in a fantasy setting. Of course, the four could just mean an announcement is coming four days from now.
They’ve also discovered additional flavor text in the source code of the teaser page:
To tenderness, fellowship. To fellowship, vigilance. So bring we all to the Night Market. I am the Spindle of Esenath. Know me by my light and stand with me in darkness.
So now the only question is, what do those words mean?
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Pillars of Eternity
Check out the trailer for Ikaruga creator’s next game, Kokuga
The director of Ikaruga, Hiroshi Iuchi, has a new game coming soon to the 3DS, the similarly named Kokuga. And like Ikaruga before it, Kokuga looks to provide gamers with plenty of tricky shooting situations and a new gameplay mechanic to help them fight back.
In Kokuga, that mechanic takes the form of a deck of powerup cards that players can tap at any time. Four cards are “dealt” to the player when they begin the game and new cards are added as they tap the cards in their current hand.
Kokuga is in development at G.Rev and will be released in Japan on September 27. An American release has yet to be announced.
[Source: Siliconera]
Purchase Pokemon Black 2/White 2 before November 12, get Genesect for free
Nintendo has announced that early purchasers of Pokemon Black 2 or Pokemon White 2 will be able to download the Mythical Pokemon Genesect using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 will be released for the DS on October 7, and everyone who purchases the game by November 12 will receive the Mythical Pokemon Genesect:
Genesect, the newly discovered Mythical Pokémon, has been restored from a 300-million-year-old fossil. Modified by Team Plasma, this Pokémon has a signature move called Techno Blast. Genesect is the only known Pokémon with this move. Genesect is a Bug- and Steel-type Pokémon with the ability to adjust its power levels based on the foe it’s battling.
“This limited-time distribution will get players off to a great start with what is sure to be one of 2012’s biggest games,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
Posted in DS, News
Tagged Pokemon Black 2/White 2
Weekly Warp-Up: Fall Starts Now 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…
Our long Summer is finally over. The kids have gone back to school and the completely barren new release shelves are finally filling with life. So now is the perfect time to talk about The Games of September 2012. For most of the gaming world, the next four weeks will be all about Borderlands 2. But this is also the month for Double Dragon: Neon, so be sure to get your bro-tastic beat ’em up buddies ready for that one too.
If you’re looking for more news about this Fall’s biggest games (and beyond), check out the rest of the Weekly Warp-Up after the break. (more…)
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