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The Games of July 2014
There’s not a lot going on gaming-wise in July, which gives us all a chance to do what we do best: catch up on our backlogs. For those of us who are into what’s coming out, it’s almost all re-releases: Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee – New N Tasty, and The Last of Us Remastered are on our list. Not that we’re complaining – they’re some great games to replay! Read on to get the full details on what the Warp Zoned crew is going to get down to in the hot month of July. (more…)
Evolve, No Man’s Sky dominate Best of E3 2014 Game Critics Awards
Two of the most buzzed-about games going into the 2014 E3 Expo were Turtle Rock’s Evolve and Hello Games’s No Man’s Sky. Not surprisingly, both games cleaned up in this year’s Best of E3 2014 Game Critics Awards.
Evolve tallied four wins including “Best of Show,” “Best Console Game,” “Best Action Game,” and “Best Online Multiplayer.” No Man’s Sky traded on its unique reputation while on its way to winning “Best Original Game” and “Best Independent Game” as well as a “Special Commendation For Innovation.”
No other game was honored in multiple categories though Super Smash Bros. For 3DS was selected as “Best Handheld/Mobile Game” and Super Smash Bros. For Wii U took home “Best Fighting Game.”
A complete list of this year’s winners can be found after the break. (more…)
Daily Scoop: July 1, 2014 – Canada Day Sale
Happy Canada Day, everyone! To celebrate, Steam is having a Canada Day sale. You can get They Bleed Pixels for $2.49, Rogue Legacy for $7.49, Fez for $4.99, and TowerFall Ascension for $10.04, among others.
The Midweek Madness sale at Steam is the Devolver Digital 5th anniversary sale, and that includes Shadow Warrior for $9.99, Hotline Miami for $3.99, and Defense Technica for $3.74. Scoop ’em up!
And now, t-shirts!
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Third-person spinoff Escape Dead Island will be available this Fall
Deep Silver is expanding the Dead Island universe again with the announcement of Escape Dead Island, a third-person action game that promises to reveal the origins of the zombie outbreak:
Escape Dead Island is a survival mystery that follows the story of Cliff Calo, who sets sail to document the unexplained events rumored to have happened on Banoi. Arriving on the island of Narapela, part of the Banoi archipelago, he finds that not everything is as it seems. Haunted by deja vu, Cliff will have to make sense of it all throughout the entire game – again and again. This story-driven adventure lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak. Escape is only the beginning…
Melee combat will still be a big part of Escape Dead Island, but players will also have to fight for their sanity as Cliff suffers from delusions represented by “unique visual styles” when he is experiencing a break with reality. The debut trailer above gives us a taste of these delusions by depicting one of Cliff’s attacks with black-and-white flashes. If this sounds similar to a beloved GameCube game from 2002, that’s by design. Deep Silver’s Community Manager, Maurice Tan, wrote on Twitter that he sees “a bit of Eternal Darkness” in Escape Dead Island.
Escape Dead Island is in development at Fatshark and will serve as a bridge between Dead Island and Dead Island 2. It will be released this Fall for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Warpback: What We Played in June 2014
Here at Warp Zoned, we really enjoyed E3, so much so that we recorded a whole podcast about it. It really invigorated us to get gaming, and we played a ton this month. Some of us played some new games, like Mario Kart 8 and Shovel Knight, but mostly we just kept digging away at our backlogs (Get it? Digging? Shovel?). We laughed, we cried, we played some online multiplayer, and most of all, we documented it all so you could hear about it. Read on to find out what the Warp Zoned crew played in June. (more…)
You can see John Cena on the cover of WWE 2K15 this October
2K Games and the WWE have announced that John Cena will appear on the cover of the upcoming WWE 2K15 (cue the groans from wrestling fans who can’t stand Cena).
Cena starred in a promotional video to help with the announcement and the wrestler revealed that he’ll be working closely with 2K to “put my own little touches on the game.” We don’t yet know what those “little touches” are, but hopefully we’ll find out soon. You can watch the video for yourself after the break.
WWE 2K15 is in development at Yukes and Visual Concepts and will be released for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on October 28. (more…)
Kickstart This! It’s Just Not Cricket Edition
That’s right, it’s time for football (or soccer, for the average American reader and editor). World Cup fever has landed and is now in full swing like the Rio Carnival. It has been a tournament of surprises, with the current World Cup champions knocked out by the second game, along with perennial contenders England (but I’m Scottish, so the less said about Luis Suarez’s two beautiful goals, the better).
There are a number of great Kickstarter campaigns in full force as well, and instead of placing bets on goals scored or corners won, perhaps think about donating some of that cash to these fine projects. We have the amazingly named Catlateral Damage, top-down 2D action-adventure Midora, and 2D puzzle-platformer For My Brother. On top of that, there is also a side-scrolling space shooter known as Temporus, the stealth ninja mastery of Twin Souls, and the 8-bit existential journey of Glitch.
Let’s go for the goal! (more…)
Daily Scoop: June 30, 2014 – Too Many Games edition
Hello and happy Monday, everyone! Anthony Amato and I spent the weekend at Too Many Games, an incredibly fun gaming convention out in Oaks, PA. We brought both RESISTOR_ and Kobolds and showed them off to a crowd that really loved them! So many people wanted to buy them then and there, which was very encouraging to us. Hopefully we’ll get our Kickstarter off the ground soon!
Anyway, I’m slowly coming back to reality, and that means bringing you the scoop on video game deals! The Steam Sale is over, but the deals there never end. Today’s Daily Deal is Talisman: Digital Edition, which is on sale for just $5.55. Over at the Humble Store, they have Metro: Last Light – Complete Edition on sale for $6.66. Not a bad deal!
Let’s check out today’s t-shirt offerings!
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