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Weekly Warp-Up: Naughty Gods Edition

Posted on January 13, 2013 by John Scalzo

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…

We’re 13 days into 2013 and this year’s gaming landscape started to become a bit more focused this week. Sony dropped the God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta onto the PlayStation Network for PlayStation Plus users and we put Kratos and the other naughty gods through their paces. Spoiler alert: It’s pretty great.

This week also brought with it the first details about Pokemon X and Y, the first “main series” Pokemon games for the 3DS; Lego Marvel Super Heroes, a surprsing announcement from the DC Comics-owning WB Games; the standalone version of DayZ, which has gone through a complete overhaul; and the surprise announcement of Major League Baseball 2K13.

Are you looking for more news from last week? Then look no further than the link below. (more…)

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New Releases: DMC Devil May Cry, BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition

Posted on January 13, 2013 by John Scalzo

dmcdevilmaycry-box2013’s slim release schedule continues this week as only two new titles will make their way into stores. And only one of them can technically be called “new.”

That game is Ninja Theory’s new take on the Devil May Cry franchise, DMC: Devil May Cry. It’ll be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360. A PC release is planned for later in the month.

Also available this week is BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition, which includes the original BioShock, BioShock 2, and every piece of downloadable content. It too will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

That’s it! See you next week.

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Andrew McCutchen steals the MLB 13: The Show cover spot

Posted on January 13, 2013 by John Scalzo

mlb13theshow-cutchAndrew McCutchen, the center fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been selected by fans as the cover athlete for Sony’s upcoming baseball sim, MLB 13: The Show.

With 108,148 total votes, “Cutch” annihilated the competition, finishing with almost 20,000 votes more than the second place C.C. Sabathia. The rest of the vote totals shook out like so:

3rd: Miguel Cabrera
4th: Matt Kemp
5th: Bryce Harper
6th: Buster Posney
7th: Ryan Braun

Poor Ryan Braun only only got 13,153 votes. Guess they don’t play a lot of PlayStation in Milwaukee. Must be a Microsoft town.

MLB: The Show will be available for the PS3 and Vita on March 5.

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Warner Bros. has (probably) registered more Batman: Arkham Asylum-related domains

Posted on January 13, 2013 by John Scalzo

batmanarkhamcitycomicBatman: Arkham City wasn’t always known as Batman: Arkham City. Originally, WB Games referred to the project as Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 when it was first unveiled during the 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards. it was only later that we would learn the game’s official title as part of a mass registration of domain names by WB Games.

Can you guess where this is going? Yup, Warner Bros. has gone on another domain registration spree.

The following domains were all registered by MarkMonitor, the domain management company that handles all of Warner Bros.’s web addresses. So it is (technically) unknown if Warner Bros. even owns these domains. But they probably do. And they could have been registered for any number of reasons. As misdirection… as a pre-emptive strike against domain squatters… to promote a product completely unrelated to video games… for some other reason entirely. It is literally too early to tell.

But here’s the list of domains anyway. Personally, I think “Batman: Arkham Knight” sounds kind of awesome…

  • arkhamuniverse.com (Arkham Universe)
  • batmanarkahmuniverse.com (Batman: Arkham Universe)
  • batmanarkhamarises.com (Batman: Arkham Arises)
  • batmanarkhambegins.com (Batman: Arkham Begins)
  • batmanarkhamdarkknight.com (Batman: Arkham Dark Knight)
  • batmanarkhamknight.com (Batman: Arkham Knight)
  • batmanarkhamlegend.com (Batman: Arkham Legend)
  • batmanarkhamlegends.com (Batman: Arkham Legends)
  • batmanarkhamnight.com (Batman: Arkham Night)
  • batmanarkhamorigins.com (Batman: Arkham Origins)
  • batmanarkhamstories.com (Batman: Arkham Stories)
  • darkknightarkham.com (Dark Knight Arkham)
  • dcarkhamuniverse.com (DC Arkham Universe)
  • dcarkhamverse.com (DC Arkhamverse)
  • thearkhamuniverse.com (The Arkham Universe)

[Source: Fusible]

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Daily Scoop: January 11, 2013 – Mmm, Friday!

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Nicole Kline

It’s Friday, which hopefully means some of you will be gaming this weekend! What are the main games you’ll be spending your time on? I plan on spending at least a little time cuddled up with Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable on my Vita. Besides that, there’s just Iron Kingdoms tonight, and a full day of Dungeons & Dragons tomorrow! And some writing. And maybe laundry. And grocery shopping. You know – all those things that get crunched into tiny weekends!

No good deals today, except it’s the last day to get Insert Coin Clothing!! Act now and get some of the best gaming-inspired t-shirts out there. Other than that, there’s not really much going on with gaming deals! I’ve had my eye on the Devil May Cry Collection, which is at $18.47 on Amazon now.

Far fewer t-shirts up today than yesterday: (more…)

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Square Enix Europe promises update on Final Fantasy X HD soon

Posted on January 11, 2013 by John Scalzo

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It’s not much to go on, but Square Enix Europe has taken to Twitter to reassure Final Fantasy fans that an update on Final Fantasy X HD is coming soon:

Final Fantasy X HD was announced for the PS3 and Vita during the 2011 Tokyo Game Show and we’ve heard nary a peep about the project since then. So any acknowledgement of the game, even the vague promises of more information coming “soon,” is something to celebrate.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II was the best-selling game in all of 2012 too

Posted on January 11, 2013 by John Scalzo

As the best-selling game of the month in November and December, Call of Duty: Black Ops II has consistently blown away the competition since its November 13th launch. But seven weeks was all it needed to stand tall as the best-selling game of all of 2012.

The complete list doesn’t include many surprises. Like the list of bestsellers from December 2012, no original games are included in the full-year list. Microsoft’s Halo 4 was the only platform-exclusive title to make the list and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the only 2011 release able to retain its spot in the top ten.

In terms of retail sales, 2012 was a down year for the game industry. Retail sales of games, accessories, and consoles (not counting used games/hardware or downloadable games/content) totaled $13.26 billion, which was off 20% from 2011’s $16.99 billion total. perhaps this Fall’s expected launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 will kickstart the industry in 2013.

The complete 2012 top ten can be found after the break. (more…)

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Serious Sam Double D XXL blows up XBLA on February 20

Posted on January 11, 2013 by John Scalzo

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“Serious” Sam Stone is back! Mommy’s Best Games, Devolver Digital, and Mastertronic have announced that Serious Sam Double D XXL, the first 2D side-scroller in the series, will be added to the Xbox Live Arcade on February 20.

Originally released for the PC, Serious Sam Double D has been supersized with “new features, missions, and weapons” as well as a brand-new co-op mode co-starring Sam’s brother-in-arms, Dan “Huff” Huffington.

“The Devolver Digital team has admired Mommy’s Best Games’ games since their releases on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel,” said Fork Parker, CFO of Devolver Digital. “It’s pretty magical to see their first release on Xbox Live Arcade and we’re proud to be a part of it all.”

Serious Sam Double D XXL can be yours for 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

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