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Axiom Verge is “really, really close” to launching for the Vita
Axiom Verge launched last Spring to ecstatic reviews and closed out the year with a trophy case full of awards. But sadly, the promised Vita release never materialized.
But it looks like a Vita launch for the game is closer than we realized. In a lengthy update on the game’s official website, developer Tom Happ confirmed that the Vita version is “really, really […] close” to release:
The tl;dr version is this: we have a list of mostly known issues that we are working through and we really, really are getting quite close.
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So here’s the good news: the game is ported. It runs and is playable! Anyone who has worked on a porting project can tell you that that represents the biggest hurdle. Going from ported game to polished and shippable ported game is much easier than going from non-ported game to ported game. In fact, one of the reasons I couldn’t give a status update on the port before was that there was nothing to show. It was all plumbing and wiring. It’s only when you get everything hooked up and hit the switch that it goes from 0-100 pretty much overnight.
Happ also shared some alpha footage of Axiom Verge running on the Vita, which has been embedded above. And don’t forget, Axiom Verge on the Vita will be Cross-Buy compatible with the already-available PS4 version when it finally does get released.
Posted in News, Vita
Tagged Axiom Verge
Bethesda has three “big and crazy” unannounced projects in the works
Todd Howard, the Studio Director at Bethesda Game Studios, sat down for a chat with comedian Pete Holmes during last week’s DICE Summit and dropped a nuclear-sized bombshell… Bethesda is hard at work on three unannounced games. According to Howard, the three projects will be “different” from anything the studio has done in the past while still being recognizable as a “Bethesda-style game”:
“We actually have three kind of longer term projects we’re doing… We’ll talk about them at a much future date, but they’re different than anything we’ve done before while also being a Bethesda-style game. Big and crazy, but in many ways different than anything we’ve done before.”
It’s interesting that Howard emphasized the differentness of the titles, as many people believe that Bethesda is currently toiling away on The Elder Scrolls VI. Whatever they’re up to, the developer will receive some help from the newly launched Bethesda Montreal office.
A complete recording of Howard’s sitdown with Holmes has been embedded above.
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Tagged The Elder Scrolls 6
Here’s a GameCube vs Wii U comparison video for Zelda: Twilight Princess HD from Nintendo
Nintendo will launch The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD in just eleven days, but Nintendo UK wants everyone to get excited a tad early with this brand new trailer comparing the graphics of the Wii U update with the GameCube original. It’s a short trailer, but it’s obvious that the visual contrast between the two is striking.
In addition to improved graphics, Nintendo has added a bevy of And don’t forget all the other other features to the HD re-release including the Cave of Shadows Challenge Mode, Off-TV Play, and Hero Mode. And don’t forget about the awesome Wolf Link Amiibo figure that’s included with every copy of the game.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD will be released on March 4.
Posted in News, Retro, Wii U
Tagged The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Check out the first trailer for The Arbiter in Killer Instinct Season 3
Killer Instinct Season 3 will kick off on the Xbox One and PC next month, but the upcoming addition of franchise mainstays Kim Wu, Tusk, and Gargos might be overshadowed by a pair of previously-confirmed guest characters.
Microsoft and Iron Galaxy unveiled Rash (of Battletoads fame) last year, and now we’ve been given our first look at The Arbiter’s Killer Instinct debut. Unfortunately, it sounds like Keith David won’t step up to the microphone for the character in Killer Instinct Season 3.
Iron Galaxy usually requires two-to-three months of development time to bring each new character to Killer Instinct, so it might be a while before we get to play as The Arbiter. Though you never know, the team might break with tradition and release the entire character set for Season 3 all in one fell swoop. Probably not, but I can dream, right?
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Killer Instinct
Weekly Warp-Up: Fallout 4 Wins Big at 2016 DICE Awards
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…
Awards season kicked off this week and Fallout 4 looks to be an early frontrunner thanks to its “Game of the Year” win at the 2016 DICE Awards. But don’t forget about Rise of the Tomb Raider; Lara Croft’s latest adventure won the 2016 Writers Guild Award for “Outstanding Videogame Writing.”
Of course, it’s easy to look backwards. It’s much harder to predict the future. But I’m going to go out on a limb and say that The Witness will likely be part of this conversation next year. If you need further convincing, I think Sam Sheldon’s recently published review is a good place to start.
More stories from this past week can be found after the break. (more…)
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New Releases: Far Cry Primal, PvZ Garden Warfare 2, Mega Man Legacy Collection, More
A trip back to the Stone Age, anthropomorphic plants with guns, and a compilation of some of the greatest platformers ever sit atop this week’s new release roundup.
Publishers are easily swayed by trends and it’s not hard to slot many of the most popular shooters of the last 15 years into three well-defined eras. After Medal of Honor, everyone rushed to produce a shooter set during World World II. After Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the hardware and tactics of the modern military became the focus. And after Deus Ex: Human Revolution, many shooters have seen shifted to the “not-so-distant future.”
But Ubisoft wants to go back… even further back than the European Theater. And that’s why Far Cry: Primal (PS4, Xbox One) features a battle between warring tribes of Stone Age warriors. Trading machine guns and laser rifles for stone knives and spears, Far Cry: Primal also lets players train a prehistoric tiger to do their dirty work for them.
And on the subject of bizarre shooters, EA and PopCap Games are back this week with another entry in the Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare saga. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) is a time-hopping trip that also adds back in the single-player modes that its predecessor was lacking.
Finally this week, Capcom brought together the first six Mega Man games for the retail release of the Mega Man Legacy Collection (3DS, PS4, Xbox One). If you didn’t play it last year, you should definitely stop putting it off.
A complete list of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Far Cry: Primal, Mega Man Legacy Collection, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Xbox Store Today: Wondershot
It’s time for yet another Xbox Games Store update as Wondershot is now available to download for the Xbox One. The overhead arena battler is a very crowded genre on the digital storefront, but Wondershot’s unique hook is that players are only given a single shot during battles. So if you miss with your arrow or boomerang or slingshot, you’ll have to go get it and try again. Good luck.
More information about Wondershot can be found at the Xbox Games Store or right here:
Xbox One Games
Wondershot ($12.99)
Wondershot is a local multiplayer battle arena! You have only one ammo and one life to defeat your opponent. If you miss your shot, your ammo will be lost on the map and you need to pick it up without dying. You can play one to four players. Each round, your weapon changes and the map does too.
Daily Scoop: February 19, 2016 – It’s the end of the week as we know it
There is a lot to celebrate today! The main thing is that I got through this difficult week. Last week was very hard, and catching up with everything this week was trying. But I am almost at the weekend, and that in itself feels like a miracle!
There are some good deals in the Humble Store right now. Pick up The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is $4.99, Legend of Grimrock is $5.09, and No Pineapple Left Behind is $8.99, among others.
The Weekend Deal at Steam is Farming Simulator 15, which you can get right now for just $7.49, or get the Gold Edition for $14.99. The Daily Deal is Solarix, which you can get for $9.99.
Just three t-shirts today. Hit the jump to check them out! (more…)
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