Author: Nicole Kline

Nicole Kline is Warp Zoned's Senior Editor. She first began preparing for the job by climbing a milk crate to play Centipede in an arcade. You can find her on PSN under the name toitle or you can email her at nicole AT warpzoned DOT com.

Roster revealed for WWE ’12

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Nicole Kline

THQ has announced 60 characters from the roster for the latest in their wrestling series, WWE ’12. While previously having a Smackdown vs. Raw theme to the game, THQ is changing things up a bit this year. Hit the jump for the full list of who’s confirmed so far – and keep in mind that Jerry “The King” Lawler will be available as DLC when the game launches on November 12 for the PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360. (more…)

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New Saints Row: The Third trailer has you “Freefalling”

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Nicole Kline

THQ’s Saints Row: The Third just keeps looking better and better. The latest trailer, “Freefalling,” is from the second mission in the game. The Syndicate gets miffed when the Saints rob one of their banks, and capture you, Johnny Gat, and Shaundi. After it’s clear the Syndicate won’t get what it wants from the Saints, they try to take them out – but you and Johnny have a different idea. I love the humor in this – Johnny Gat says he’ll go fly the plane, to which Shaundi replies: “Johnny, you can’t even drive stick. How are you going to pilot a plane?” Check out the trailer to see some of the freefalling action, and how you have to catch Shaundi before it’s too late.

Saints Row: The Third will be out October 15 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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NBA 2K12 soundtrack revealed

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Nicole Kline

NBA 2K12‘s soundtrack was released today by 2K Sports, featuring tracks and collaborations by Eminem, Cee-Lo Green, Busta Rhymes, and many more. Alex K. and D.J.I.G. made the soundtrack through a contest called “Duck Down,” giving them the opportunity to collaborate and create the track “Now’s My Time.”

2K Sports’ Vice President of Marketing, Jason Argent, emphasized how important music is to the series. “Music has always been an integral part of our NBA 2K video games, as it further immerses players into the world of basketball and enhances their gaming experience,” he said. “It was important to us that the NBA 2K12 soundtrack was not only what you hear while navigating the menus, but also in real-life situations like pre-game highlight introductions and during timeouts, just as you would hear a song while at a game or watching on TV.”

NBA 2K12 will be available October 4 for the PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, and Xbox 360. Hit the jump for the full track list. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 12, 2011 – Please buy Pokemon!

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Hello everyone, and welcome to a beautiful Friday! Today, my biggest advice to you is: please buy Pokemon HeartGold or Pokemon SoulSilver! They are currently $24.99 at GameStop, and they come with Pokewalkers! What does that mean? That means they come with pedometers that look like Pokeballs that you can put your Pokemon on and level them up as you walk around. Has your brain exploded yet? This also means that if you see me at PAX, we can connect our Pokewalkers and our Pokemon can play together. Yay!

Also up for today is Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games, which is the Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller for Xbox 360 by MadCatz. It’s $92.99 down from $149.99 today, and has an “advanced tilt sensor for Overdrive activation.” Bring the noise!

Today’s shirt.w00t is entitled “The Perfect Moment,” and captures my life so succinctly: (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 11, 2011 – The Bantha-phant in the room

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Nicole Kline

D&D was amazing last night! I’m playing a Bladesinger, which reminds me a lot of the Sorcerer class from Final Fantasy V. It’s a perfect combination of a wizard and a fighter. I love it!

Anyway, what else is up today? Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Namco’s Splatterhouse for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It’s on sale today for just $19.99, so bring home the blood and gore!

No gaming shirts for you, but today’s shirt.w00t is completely adorable: (more…)

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Next Fallout: New Vegas DLC, Lonesome Road, delayed

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Nicole Kline

According to the Bethesda Blog, the latest DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, Lonesome Road, has been delayed.

Senior Producer Jason Bergman had this to say about it:

“We just wanted to drop in here and let you know that due to circumstances beyond our control, Lonesome Road won’t be out this month. This isn’t due to any major issue with the code or content, but there are lots of factors involved in releasing these things, and one of those is causing us to slip past our intended release date.

We don’t have an exact date yet, but we’re working to get it out as quickly as possible. We’ll be announcing the final date, along with a couple of other interesting FNV-related items in the near future.”

Oh well. At least they gave us the shiny new screenshot above!

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Final Fantasy Versus XIII will not be at Tokyo Game Show

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Tetsuya Nomura, director of Final Fantasy Versus XIII, told Dengeki PlayStation that his game would not be appearing at Tokyo Game Show. While this is disappointing news, he did say that the game’s next showing has been determined – though he didn’t say when or where that would be. However, the article at Andriasang did point out that “the game has appeared in some capacity at the past two TGS events despite initial hints from Nomura that this wouldn’t be the case.”

I’ll remain hopeful – and I’ll also admit that I’m looking forward to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, the rhythm title for the 3DS. Nomura said that it would be “the first entry in Square Enix’s 25th anniversary festivities for the FF series.” At least that’s something to look forward to!

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Filmmaker Ridley Scott working on Call of Duty Elite

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Ridley Scott – most famous in my eyes for directing 1979’s Alien – will be working on the Call of Duty Elite episodic content. The CEO of Activision, Eric Hirschberg, revealed this today at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum. He also mentioned that Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Ben Silverman, and Tony Scott will be involved.

Hirschberg said Activision is creating “exclusive episodic entertainment built just for the Call of Duty community… Just like any other passion that people spend a lot of their free time doing, Call of Duty players share a common language and a common experience, and we think we can create some entertainment content that they will love and talk about and share.”

Language? What is he talking about? Pfft. Well, I’m heading out to get some marshmallows to roast over the camping n00bs in CoDBlOps.

Call of Duty Elite is currently in beta for the Xbox 360. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be out on November 8 for all platforms.

[Source: USA Today]

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