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Rolling With Kierin Chase: Talking the Past, Present and Future of Dungeons & Dragons

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Warp Zoned Staff

Warp Zoned editors Nicole Kline and Mike Gutierrez recently got a chance to sit down with Kierin Chase, Brand Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast. As former dice rollers themselves, they were eager to see what 4th Edition has to offer and how it has progressed in the two years since its launch. Kierin was more than happy to detail all of the new D&D supplements, product lines, video games, and everything overall that makes now a better time than ever to jump into “The World’s Greatest Role Playing Game.” Nicole even got to ask the million-dollar question: will we see a resurrection of Spelljammer? (more…)

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PlayStation Network outages have seriously bad timing

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Nicole Kline

The PlayStation Network is down, and some people are really pissed off. Namely, all the people who purchased Mortal Kombat, Portal 2, and SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs and expected to be able to actually play those games online. While the PlayStation Blog says they’re investigating the outage, it also says it might take a full day or two before they fix the problem. Could this be Anonymous striking again, considering us to be collateral damage, taking advantage of crushing online capabilities during a peak time? I sure hope not, because I know that whether or not those kids are ever unmasked, they’re going to Internet hell. It’s a special hell for people who troll on 4chan, prevent people from playing video games (Microsoft timed exclusivity deal writers are on this list), and the people who convinced me Damnation was a good game before it shipped.

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“Come get some!” with new Duke Nukem Forever trailer

Posted on April 22, 2011 by John Scalzo

Strippers! Ludicrous gibs! Extended urination sequences! Grotesque aliens! Lesbian makeout sessions! Monster trucks! This trailer is NOT SAFE FOR WORK because it’s too awesome!

Just like Duke.

Duke Nukem Forever will (finally) be available for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 14.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 announced

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Fashion empress Emma Watson is proud to bring you the trailer above for the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (and no, it’s not the Mature-rated Harry Potter we’ve all been anticipating). We don’t have a release date yet, but it’ll likely ship alongside the movie’s theatrical opening in July.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is coming out for the Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The DS version will give you up to four person handheld multiplayer while the PlayStation 3 version will support PlayStation Move, for a little more immersion with your wand play.

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Rumor: God of War IV scheduled for September 2012

Posted on April 20, 2011 by John Scalzo

Sony Santa Monica Studio has long said that God of War III would not be the end for Kratos. After making an appearance in the recently released Mortal Kombat, a PSM3 report (via CVG) makes the claim that the Ghost of Sparta will return in God of War IV, which they claim is on track for a September 2012 release:

PSM3 has heard from another source that God of War 4 is coming, and will hit in September 2012. Our source works closely with the God of War universe, and let slip he’d be working on a related project at the same time.

Hopefully we’ll find out more at E3.

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EA confirms original Alice included with Alice: Madness Returns

Posted on April 20, 2011 by John Scalzo

It looks like American McGee didn’t sneak a hit off the Caterpillar’s hookah when he told CVG that American McGee’s Alice would be included with PS3 and Xbox 360 copies of Alice: Madness Returns.

After initially issuing a “no comment,” Electronic Arts has confirmed the first Alice game will be included with Madness Returns as the company’s latest “Project Ten Dollar” bonus. The one-time-use Online Pass will unlock the game within the main menu of Madness Returns, which means it won’t be offered as a separate PSN/XBLA release.

However, those that purchase Alice: Madness Returns on the used market will be able to access Alice by obtaining an Online Pass through the PlayStation Store/Xbox Live Marketplace for $9.99 (or 800 Microsoft Points).

Alice: Madness Returns will be released on June 14.

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Freddy and Jason WON’T be appearing in Mortal Kombat

Posted on April 20, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Mortal Kombat reboot has been available for one day, and rumors of secret characters have already arisen. Those rumors state that NetherRealm Studios will add horror icons Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees to Mortal Kombat in a future DLC package. But as awesome as that would be, it’s just not true.

The basis for this rumor appears to be a misreading of Ed Boon‘s recent tweets. The Mortal Kombat creator has taken to Twitter over the last few days offering congratulations and kind words to the Mortal Kombat team for a job well done on the latest game in the series. It looks like it was this message that sparked the Freddy vs Jason vs Mortal Kombat rumors:

You know who animated Smoke’s X-ray move? That would be Senior Animator Freddy Palma. Maybe we should put Freddy in the game as DLC?

Deleted: Boon is clearly referring to Freddy Palma, and not Freddy Krueger, in the tweet and then overeager fans filled in the rest. But the idea of Freddy and Jason in Outworld isn’t so crazy. In addition to publishing Mortal Kombat, Warner Bros. owns the rights to both Krueger and Jason. So legally, there’s no barrier to this happening if Warner Bros. wanted it to happen.

Attention WB Games… As a longtime fan of Mortal Kombat, the Friday the 13th films, and (some of) the Nightmare on Elm Street films, I would very much like to see this happen.

UPDATE: Wow. Freddy Krueger was just announced as the final DLC addition to Mortal Kombat.

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Daily Scoop: April 20, 2011 – Portal 2 hangover

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Nicole Kline

I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a ferocious gaming hangover. And, much like a regular hangover, what I need is some hair of the dog to set me right. Going home and playing more Portal 2 is obviously the only way I’m going to feel better right now.

The world seems to be on a video game sale hangover as well. Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Activision’s NASCAR The Game 2011. Both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions are $39.99 down from $59.99 today only.

There are no good daily t-shirts, and while there are lots of other sales this week, there’s really not much new to report. Not like anyone really needs anymore games after yesterday. Whew. I’m spent.

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