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Use the Force to view the Kinect Star Wars E3 trailer
So what do we know after watching the Kinect Star Wars trailer? Always in motion, the future is, but the game appears to be a saga-spanning epic that lets players battle droids on Naboo, pilot a pod racer on Tatooine and fly an X-Wing into space. Actions are performed by quite literally kicking a droid in the face, making the hand motion for a Force Push, swinging a Lightsaber in combat (Lightsaber not included, but the developers encourage you to use one) and mimicking the controls of the vehicles.
Hopefully we’ll see more at E3, but if you’ve got a big enough living room, Kinect Star Wars could be the game that makes all your “Stars Wars Kid” fantasies come true.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Kinect Star Wars
Customize Skills with Runestones in Diablo III
Blizzard wants players to be able to have the option to highly customize their characters in Diablo III. In order to accomplish this lofty goal, Blizzard has introduced Runestones. Runestones are used in order to augment your skills. Each class has 20+ Skills and players are allowed access to seven of those Skills at any one time.
There are five types of Runestones: crimson, indigo, obsidian, golden, and alabaster. In addition to the different types of colors, Runestones also come in different ranks of power. The higher the rank, the better effect on the skills it is attached to. Each of the Runestone’s effects vary depending on what skill you actually attach it to. For instance, the crimson Runestone will enhance a barbarian’s Whirlwhind Attack to cause rocks to fly in every direction, dealing area of effect damage. The same crimson Runestone will cause the witch doctor’s Acid Cloud spell to cause immediate damage instead of its original damage over time effect.
To see videos on how Runestones alter your Skills, head on over to the official Diablo III website.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Diablo III
New trailer reveals Saints Row: The Third’s November 15 release
The words “over the top” and “Saints Row” are pretty much permanently linked in the eyes of many gamers. And that definitely won’t change when Saints Row: The Third is released for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 15.
Check out the game’s E3 trailer above for some of the wildest action you’ve ever seen, including a rooftop shootout between the Third Row Saints and a squadron of VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) jets. Yup, I’d say that qualifies as “over the top.”
Silent Hill: Downpour trailer rains down on E3
Welcome back to Silent Hill. The perpetually foggy town will frighten gamers again later this year in Silent Hill: Downpour, but first Konami has unveiled the debut trailer for Vatra Games’ take on the horror franchise.
Downpour looks to combine classic Silent Hill scares with the escaped prisoner antics of The Fugitive (sadly lacking Tommy Lee Jones’ Gil Gerard). It’ll be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Fall and will be on display during next week’s E3 Expo.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Silent Hill: Downpour
Uncharted: Golden Abyss gets E3 2011 trailer
Sony has released a new trailer for Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the NGP prequel to the popular series, that is chockful of great gameplay and great insights from the development team.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss will be on display at next week’s E3 Expo and will likely be in stores this Holiday season alongside the portable’s launch.
Posted in News
Tagged E3 2011, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Vita
Sony reveals more about NGP lineup including Uncharted: Golden Abyss
While the gaming world will be centered on Los Angeles for the next week, the European PlayStation.Blog has the scoop on the biggest games Sony plans to bring to their Next Generation Portable (which may or may not be called the Vita).
Head over to the blog post for interviews with many of the developers behind these games and check out more information on each title after the break: (more…)
Posted in News
Tagged E3 2011, Little Deviants, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Vita
Weekly Warp-Up: Happy E3 Eve!
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…
E3 is tomorrow! Have you brushed up on all the latest E3 happenings? Check out Warp Zoned’s E3 Central for all the latest news, including everything from the past week!
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We flipped the calendar this week so that means the latest Warpback column on What We Played in May 2011 is now available as is The Games of June 2011. Speaking of the games of June, we also had a chance to deliver a Hands-On Preview for Square Enix’s upcoming Dungeon Siege III .
Hit the jump for the rest of the Weekly Warp-Up. (more…)
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First Soul Calibur V gameplay trailer
A few days ahead of the game’s E3 debut, Namco Bandai has unleashed the first gameplay trailer for Soul Calibur V. Get your first glimpse of the tale of swords in the trailer above!
Soul Calibur V will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Soul Calibur V