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Tales of Symphonia collection coming to PS3 in 2014

Posted on June 3, 2013 by John Scalzo

Namco Bandai and Hideo Baba, the Producer of the Tales series, have announced that Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, a two-game Tales collection, will be released for the PS3 in early 2014. The Chronicles collection will include Tales of Symphonia, originally released for the GameCube in 2004, and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, originally released for the Wii in 2008. Both games will feature additional content and a high definition makeover.

Baba also announced that Tales of Symphonia Chronicles is currently a working title, so it may be known as something else when its released next week.

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Weekly Warp-Up: E3 2013 Countdown Edition

Posted on June 2, 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 a week away from E3 2013 and the pre-E3 news is filling up our inboxes and RSS feeds. So have a gander at what Aksys Games, Tecmo Koei, and Ubisoft have planned for the big show. In addition to those companies, Best Buy and Nintendo have released the list of Best Buy locations that will host Nintendo’s E3 2013 demo stations if you want to take a few upcoming Wii U games for a spin yourself.

Also this week, Mike Ryan took a trip back in time by strolling the aisles of The Galloping Ghost Arcade, the largest arcade in the country. And John Scalzo asked “What Did I Just See?” as he examined 5 Surprising Moments From Classic Video Games. Finally, the entire staff got together to talk about What We Played in May 2013.

You can find more great news from the week that was after the break. (more…)

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New Releases: Remember Me, Skyrim Legendary Edition, Minecraft Xbox 360, More

Posted on June 2, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Welcome to Summer! As is customary in the video game industry, the Summer is a notoriously slow time for new releases, but several new games and several big re-releases will be available in stores this first week of June.

This week’s biggest new release is Capcom’s Remember Me. The developers at Dontnod will bring their dystopian future of memory hunters and arena fighting (it’s like two great Arnold movies in one!) to the PS3, Xbox 360, and the PC through Steam.

Also available this week is the disc-based edition of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. Complete with all of the game’s updates, if you don’t like the idea of the Xbox Live Arcade (and considering Microsoft’s new policies, it’s understandable), now’s the best time to get Minecraft on your Xbox 360. And speaking of re-releases repackaged with tons of DLC, Bethesda will release The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition this week for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Skyrim’s Legendary Edition will be joined this week by Mojang’s similarly-named card battler Scrolls (PC). It will available through their website as a “paid beta,” much like the original release of Minecraft.

Finally this week, the epic “Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness” storyline comes to an end as Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 will be released for the PC and Xbox Live Indie Games Channel on Friday.

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Warpback: What We Played in May 2013

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Warp Zoned Staff

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We here at Warp Zoned are a very eclectic bunch! As a result, our May list of games we’ve been playing is all over the map. There’s some mobile gaming, some diving into backlogs, and one of us even had some virtual reality time. Read on to see what we played this month, and feel free to let us know what you were playing by leaving a comment! (more…)

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Capcom releases live-action Remember Me trailer

Posted on May 31, 2013 by John Scalzo

Capcom’s Remember Me is just a few days away from its June 4 release. To celebrate, the publisher has release a new live-action trailer, which serves as a prequel to the events of the game:

The latest Live Action trailer for Remember Me gives us a reflective and somber look into the final thoughts of Antoine, the Founder of Memorize, and shows Nilin being taken to the Bastille where she will wake at the beginning of the game.

Don’t you forget about it!

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Rumor: Dishonored developer Arkane takes over Prey 2

Posted on May 31, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Prey 2 has bounced around from developer to developer for years now, but it looks like the long-delayed sequel may have finally found a permanent home at Arkane Studios. And there’s a chance it’s no longer known as “Prey 2.”

Kotaku is reporting (along with an assist from Prey 2 fan site Alien Noire) that Prey 2 has found a new home at the Dishonored developer’s Austin studio. Their tipster also revealed that Bethesda has instructed them to throw out the entirety of Human Head’s work and start from scratch, or, “just treat it like a new System Shock.” The original design for Prey 2 already differed wildly from Prey, trading in the original’s alien spaceship (complete with kidnapped humans) for a wild west-like alien planet where humans live freely.

Arkane is actually the third studio to get their hands on Prey 2. Previously, Bethesda offered the game to Obsidian, who worked on it for a few months. According to Kotaku’s source, the team isn’t happy that their parent company is forcing them to work on someone else’s game, but the fresh start will allow them to put their own stamp on it.

This developer switch will cause another delay for Prey 2 and, according to Kotaku, it’s unlikely that the game will be released before 2016.

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Killzone: Shadow Fall creators want to do everything with the PS4

Posted on May 30, 2013 by John Scalzo

Guerrilla Games is the latest team to have the spotlight shone on them in Sony’s Conversations With Creators video series. Their game, Killzone: Shadow Fall, is all set for the PS4’s launch and Exeutive Producer Angie Smets, Game Director Steven ter Heide, and Technical Director Michael van der Leeuw took turn talking up the PS4’s prowess.

Smets is thrilled that only the PS4 allows them to build new locations and environments with the scale and fidelity that they want. But ter Heide admits something that I’ve long suspected about the PS4 (and the Xbox One for that matter). He states the new console won’t be a huge leap over what the PS3 already offers, but instead of having to choose one fancy graphical effect over another, the team at Guerrilla can throw in everything to make a scene look even better.

Finally, van der Leeuw talks about a PS4 owner’s ability to buy a game online and get playing before the download is finished. If the console does nothing else, you have to agree, that’s an amazing feature.

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Nintendo Download: Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Mega Man X, more

Posted on May 30, 2013 by John Scalzo

zeldaoraclesThis week’s Nintendo Download proves that it’s a good day to be a retro game fan.

Today, Nintendo has added The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons to the 3DS eShop. To ensure that you buy them both, Nintendo has even discounted the games to $4.99 each through June 20.

Two more classic games from Capcom were added to the Wii U eShop today. Mega Man X (originally released for the Super NES) and Ghosts ‘n Goblins (originally released for the NES) are now available to download and if you buy one, you can get the other for 50% off now through June 6.

Also available this week are two original 3DS games: quirky RPG The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves and animal sports sim Gummy Bears Mini Golf.

More information on all of these titles can be found after the break. (more…)

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