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Video Game Canon- Angry Birds, Dragon Quest, FIFA Soccer, and Silent Hill are the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- BAFTA Games Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur Completes the Sweep by Winning “Best Game” at 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards
- Boss Fight Books to Get a New Look for Richard Moss’s “Age of Empires”
- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
Warp Zoned Presents
- Video Game Research Library
- We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026)
- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Most Recent: Top Story
Sonic Generations Hands-On Preview: The Last 20 Years Has Been a Loop-the-Loop
Sega has officially decided that Sonic’s 20th anniversary needs a little commemoration, and what better way to celebrate than introduce Sonic Generations, a 2D/3D variable game honoring the hedgehog’s past and recent achievements? That was the intention, anyway. The initial trailer for this game has once again involved many gamers in “The Sonic Cycle,” the ailment that falls over classic fans of the Genesis series, causing initial excitement followed by disappointing suicide threats. It seems that 2011 is no different from any other year with a Sonic release, because The Sonic Cycle is at an all-time high if the finished product is anything like the demo (though a disclaimer states that it may not be). (more…)
Posted in Previews, PS3, Top Story, Xbox 360
Tagged Sonic Generations
Nintendo’s 3DS: Looking Into the Next Dimension
Here at Warp Zoned, we believe in staying up-to-date with the current consoles and handhelds. We believe in this so much that roughly 25% of us swallowed our pride and bought the Nintendo 3DS. Okay, really it was just Senior Editor Nicole Kline and Podcast Producer Ryan Littlefield. But the 3DS has been available to the public for three months, and we thought we would take this opportunity to weigh in on what we like, what we don’t like, and where we think Nintendo might take the handheld in its inevitable revision. (more…)
Redbox vs Gamefly: Which One is the Better Value?
UPDATE: Redbox discontinued offering games in their kiosks in December 2019.
With the weekend upon us, gamers everywhere are looking for a new title to spend their free time with. But for those of us who try to limit our game purchases, a new player has emerged to offer the latest and greatest games for rent. Redbox added video games to their self-serve kiosks a week ago and it looks like the service is off to a rousing start with consumers. But can it unseat the popular rent-by-mail service Gamefly as the king of game rentals? Well, that’s what we’re going to find out: (more…)
Dirt 3 Review: Can You Class Up Dirty?
Codemasters has spent this entire hardware cycle delivering consistently excellent racing games – with their biggest success being the Dirt franchise. An “evolution” of the old Colin McRae Rally games, the original Dirt offered not just traditional rally racing, but numerous other disciplines of off-road racing. 2009’s Dirt 2 continued this movement away from what made the CMR games so popular… and added an unfortunate “extreme” element that was insanely out of place. The result is a series that’s commended for solid racing action, but frequently criticized for its abandonment of “serious” off-road racing. The result of these complaints is Dirt 3, which can best be explained as a “happy medium” between the seriousness of Dirt and the insanity of Dirt 2. In short, if Dirt 2’s craziness was a serious turn-off, Dirt 3 is a heartfelt apology. (more…)
Warp Zoned Podcast: Episode 11
Welcome to the long-awaited Episode 11 of the Warp Zoned podcast! On this episode, Mike Gutierrez, Nicole Kline, and Ryan Littlefield catch everyone up on what they’ve been playing, and then delve into what happened at this year’s E3. This one is not for the faint of heart, as Nicole won’t stop talking about the hardcore RPG fan’s game-that-must-not-be-named… it’s too horrible to even write it out! Join the crew as they talk about what they loved, hated, and disbelieved about E3 2011.
And be sure to check back in two weeks for Episode 12!
Sega Rally Online Arcade Review: Very Short, Easy Game… Maybe?
The last time consoles saw the Sega Rally franchise, it was 2007. The first and only product from the now-defunct Sega Racing Studio, Sega Rally Revo was a challenging, pretty, and unusually deep attempt at arcade-style off-road racing. The game didn’t fare very well – an unfortunate circumstance likely due to the declining interest in racing games this console cycle. Four years later, the franchise returns to gaming platforms as the download-only Sega Rally Online Arcade. A stripped-down game based heavily on the engine used in Sega Rally Revo, the game captures the loose, arcadey gameplay the series is known for. Due to its heritage, it’s one of the better looking racing games for any console’s downloadable game service. At $10 SROA is definitely affordable, but keep in mind you have to be an avid online player to get the most out of it. (more…)
Posted in PS3, Reviews, Top Story, Xbox 360
Tagged Sega Rally Online Arcade
Brink Review: Broken Promises
There is never a worse feeling than when someone promises you the world, but ends up giving you a nickel and a shrug. It is even worse when a game that has been hyped for months as the future of the first person shooter turns out to be an unfinished heap of unexplored ideas. It is like the awful relationship that starts with such high hopes. You think that this will change my whole life! And it does… for the worse. Brink… why did you have to go and break my heart like this? (more…)
The A-Z of E3 2011
This year’s E3 Expo was probably best characterized by the nearly complete lack of surprises that emerged from the show floor. Nearly every game on display had been announced ahead of time and the ones that weren’t (like Super Smash Bros. 4 for the Wii U) are just words in a press release. And speaking of the Wii U, Nintendo’s next system lost some of its luster after the console’s entire feature set leaked online before E3… but the tablet controller certainly has potential.
And here’s a bunch of other games that have potential too. (more…)