Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- Jordan Minor’s “Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Galaxy” is Now Available for Pre-Order
- Angry Birds, Dragon Quest, FIFA Soccer, and Silent Hill are the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- 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
Warp Zoned Presents
- Video Game Research Library
- With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)
- Vib-Ribbon: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game – The New York Times (2026)
- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It – Aftermath (2026)
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Get a first look at Rambo: The Video Game, available this Winter in Europe
In the works for two years, Reef Entertainment has released the first trailer for Rambo: The Video Game today. The game is a first-person retelling of the first three Rambo films: First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, and Rambo III.
Using their dialogue from the films, Rambo will feature the voice talents of Sylvester Stallone and the late Richard Crenna. It’ll be available this Winter in Europe for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Hopefully, an American release will happen around the same time.
CoD: Black Ops II’s Vengeance Map Pack coming to PC, PS3 on August 1
After a rousing debut on the Xbox Live Marketplace last week, the latest DLC expansion for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Vengeance, now has a PC and PS3 release date. The map pack will be available on PC download services and the PlayStation Store on August 1. Season Pass subscribers will receive the content for free while the rest of us will have to pay the regular going rate for CoD map packs: $14.99.
The Vengeance Map Pack will include the following new maps:
- “Cove” – A small island in the Indian Ocean that offers no escape.
- “Detour” – A battle both atop and below a suspension bridge.
- “Rush” – A paintball arena with a lot of different configurations.
- “Uplink” – A reimagined version of Black Ops favorite “Summit.”
- “Buried” – A Zombies Mode adventure set in a “lost town in the old West.”
And if you’re a visual person, there’s a Vengeance trailer embedded above.
Posted in News, PC, PS3
Tagged Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Look! Up in the sky! WB gives Scribblenauts Unmasked a September 24 release date
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and 5th Cell have announced that Scribblenauts Unmasked, their Scribblenauts/DC Comics crossover, will be released for the 3DS, PC, and Wii U on September 24.
To celebrate, the two companies have released this cool poster showcasing the 14 variations of Superman available in the game. “Classic Superman” is well-represented, with a different flavors to choose from. But Unmasked will also include Supermen from the Red Son and Batman Beyond universes as well as Superman dressed up like Batman (AKA Speeding Bullets Superman).
All told, the game will features thousands of DC Comics characters, including a version of Doomsday dressed up like Superman!
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, Wii U
Tagged Scribblenauts Unmasked
The narrator of Beatbuddy’s first gameplay trailer is awesome
Threaks has released the first gameplay trailer for their puzzle platformer, Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians. Pay close attention to the narrator as he describes all the “beautiful hand-painted levels, clever puzzles, head-bobbing music, and engrossing gameplay” that you see on the screen. He’s a hoot.
Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians will be available to download from Steam (for the PC, Mac, and Linux) on August 6.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Latest Google Doodle asks players to help the Roswell alien escape Earth
66 years ago, an alien spacecraft crashed in Roswell, New Mexico and gave extraterrestrials everywhere the biggest boost since a radioman named Orson Welles filed a live report we still haven’t forgotten. During a check of his fields, rancher Mac Brazel found the remains of a “flying saucer” and quickly contacted the government. After the initial hysteria died down, the public came to realize that there were no captured aliens and the “flying saucer” was actually a weather balloon used to spy on the Soviets.
But what if a UFO really did crash in the desert on that warm New Mexico night? That’s what Google wants us to believe with their latest Doodle (which is now on the Google homepage and will be available on the 2013 Doodles page soon). The grey alien just wants to phone home, but to do that, he needs your help. Guiding the alien like in the point-and-click adventure games of old, players will reassemble his spaceship through and discover that the truth (and a can of alien mutagen) is out there.
A hearty “Live long and prosper” to the Googler responsible, this is definitely a close encounter of the awesome kind. When you’re done, be sure and do a Google Search on the “Roswell UFO incident.” The vintage pictures and newspaper clippings are great.
New Releases: NCAA Football 14, Civ V: Brave New World, MGS: Legacy Collection, More
This week, we’re bouncing back a bit from last week’s extremely slim week thanks to the annual college football simulation from EA Sports: NCAA Football 14. This year’s edition is available on both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 and Denard Robinson (formerly of the University of Michigan and now a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars) is your cover athlete.
Also available this week…
- Civilization V: Brave New World, the second expansion to the PC-exclusive Civilization V.
- Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection, a PS3-exclsuive compilation which contains every Metal Gear game in existence.
- Dark, an action RPG for the Xbox 360 from Kalypso that stars a brooding vampire.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection, NCAA Football 14
Celebrate the 4th of July with a new Saints Row IV trailer
Volition is celebrating America’s Independence Day with a brand new trailer for Saints Row IV. There’s plenty of fireworks and Keith David gives a speech that rivals the great Bill “President Whitmore” Pullman… what more could you want? And, I think this goes without saying but, like all Saints Row IV trailers, this one is completely not safe for work.
Saints Row IV will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on August 20.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Saints Row IV
Remember Me Review: Beauty and Innovation Marred by Misogyny
Remember Me, developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Capcom, snuck up on me earlier this month. It’s a third-person action-adventure game which relies heavily on melee combat. From the outset, it seemed to be the full package, with stunning visuals, a fascinating female lead character, and a compelling story. But is it a game worth remembering, or a game you’d rather soon forget? (more…)