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.

N++ gameplay teaser trailer promises new levels, enemies, challenges

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Ninja platformer N++ looks gorgeous in this brand new gameplay teaser trailer, and the music just makes it all so much more epic. It will have new levels, colours (those Brits), and enemies, and there will be explosions. Maybe a lot of explosions.

N++ is a PlayStation 4 exclusive and, if the trailer can be believed, is coming “soonish” (AKA sometime in 2014).

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Sunset Overdrive E3 trailer and quick gameplay walkthrough

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive has the company’s trademark wackiness. In the E3 trailer, the game mocks hyper-realistic shooter franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield, with the main character saving a soldier and telling him, “You, and your crate, are safe now!” After the trailer, there’s a quick gameplay video, which makes the game look like a ridiculous mashup of Dead Rising and InFamous, as seen through a Ratchet & Clank filter (with its trademark weapons included), and a touch of Resistance monsters.

Sunset Overdrive will be released on October 28 for the Xbox One.

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Daily Scoop: June 10, 2014 – E3 in full swing

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Yesterday’s and this morning’s press conferences were a blast! We went out to see the PlayStation E3 Experience at a movie theater last night, and it was so much fun. I couldn’t get over LittleBigPlanet 3! There’s so much amazing stuff happening. I feel like I say this every year, but: it’s a great time to be a gamer!

Speaking of being gamers, let’s talk about some game deals! There are a few good sales happening over at the Humble Store right now – you can get into the Prison Architect Alpha for $9.89, get early access to Broforce for $11.99, or grab Cloudbuilt for $9.99.

The Midweek Madness over at Steam is Rogue Legacy, which is on sale for $5.09. Everyone I know has it, but hey – why not buy a copy for a loved one? The Daily Deal is $3.39 for Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition. Scoop ’em up!

And now, let’s take a look at t-shirt offerings… (more…)

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LittleBigPlanet 3 E3 2014 trailer has all of Sackboy’s new friends

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Nicole Kline

When the screens went dark at Sony’s E3 Press Conference, then lit back up again with LittleBigPlanet 3 plastered all over the screens, I made some kind of inhuman choked noise and lost my senses for a moment. Then, when the Media Molecule team up on stage started playing, I curled up into a ball in my chair and just kept saying things like “This is so cute I could die!” and “No!!” and “Joy puke! Joy puuuuke!!” By the end I was crying because I just couldn’t take it. Luckily, the trailer I cried through is now online, and you can watch it above.

Sackboy is joined by Oddsock, Toggle, and Swoop, three unique characters who all add a little something to the experience. Oddsock can wall jump and move faster than Sackboy, meaning he can run on little treadmills to open up areas and let Sackboy get through. Toggle is oversized and can move heavy things as well as stand on pressure plates to open up other areas; he can also shrink down to super tiny and get through little areas inaccessible to anyone else. And Swoop can fly, and can help Sackboy and their buddies out of jams. As they showed each character, I fell apart more and more, because the cuteness was just too much.

LittleBigPlanet is slated to be out sometime in November of this year (!!!) for PlayStation 4. Oh, and did you know you’ll be able to play all those millions of levels that have already been created in the previous games? Just take a few days off in November – you’ll thank me later.

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Daily Scoop: June 9, 2014 – It’s time for E3!

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Nicole Kline

The crazy news from E3 has already started pouring in, and there’s a lot of excitement in the air! Today is full of press conferences, all the way up through tonight, and then the fun on the floor starts tomorrow. I so wish I was in Los Angeles right now!

Wish you were there, too? Well, you can follow along with Twitch’s Digital E3 Ticket over at Humble Bundle! Pay what you want to get access to E3 as well as a boatload of games. And while you’re at it, you can also help charity! Go you!

The only other deal today is over at Steam. Their brand new Daily Deal is NBA 2K14 for $7.49. Scoop it up!

Don’t worry – what we lack in deals, we more than make up for today in t-shirts! (more…)

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Capcom @ E3 14: Phoenix Wright Trilogy, Dead Rising 3 PC, Monster Hunter 4, and plenty more

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Nicole Kline

phoenixwrightaceattorneytrilogyCapcom announced its awesome lineup for E3 2014, and the list is pretty awesome. They’ll have Dead Rising 3 for PC; Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on iOS; Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy for the 3DS; Ultra Street Fighter IV for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360; and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the 3DS. You can probably tell what I’m most excited for by which image I chose!

Capcom will also be showing off Capcom Pro Tour, which is referred to as “the premier league destination for competitive fighting games.” The yearlong tournament circuit will lead up to the Capcom Cup, which will have 16 players facing off against one another.

For the full press release of Capcom’s E3 offerings, hit the jump. (more…)

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Insomniac continues to get wacky with Sunset Overdrive’s E3 teaser trailer

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Despite my tepid response to Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive, this E3 teaser trailer has got me wishing I could sip on some (probably gross) Overcharge while chilling out on one of these awesome couches inside this ridiculous bus. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, just watch the ludicrous trailer above, in which my favorite line uttered is that “rules are meant to be exploded.”

You can expect to see even more Sunset Overdrive at 9:00 AM PST/Noon EST today (that’s in 10 minutes!) during Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference.

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PAXpocalypse 2013 selection Pandamonium hits Kickstarter as Bearzerkers

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Nicole Kline

We’ve had so many great games in our PAXpocalypse lists, and it’s always exciting when the indie ones go to Kickstarter. Pandamonium, which we played at PAX Prime 2013 and fell in love with, is now on Kickstarter as Bearzerkers – and it’s looking better than ever! The great team at Australian-based Wildgrass has been hard at work on the game. They’ve also launched a Greenlight campaign. There are so many ways you can help them succeed! They’re developing it for Windows, Mac, and Linux – but that’s just so far. Who knows what the future holds!

In Bearzerkers, you play as a Critter who is trying to stay alive by outrunning and outsmarting the giant, terrifying Bear that is relentlessly trying to kill you. But you can’t win just by running away – you can also trap the Bear in with your opponents, giving yourself some extra time by allowing him to feast on your enemies. It’s hilariously gory, and a lot of fun!

Check out the original prototype for Pandamonium at the Wildgrass site, and then try to look me in the eye and tell me you don’t want to back it. Just try it.

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