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- 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)
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Here’s the video game deals for Amazon Prime Day 2017
Prime Day is back at Amazon, and the online storefront is gearing up to offer gamers a ton of Video Game Deals this year. Like in years past, you won’t find many BIG titles on sale, but there is a little something for everyone.
We’ve collected Amazon’s Prime Day 2017 Video Game Deals right here, though the retailer will surely be adding more throughout the day…
Overnight/Morning Deals (Eastern Time)
- Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition (PS4) – Starts at 3:14 AM
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Collection (Xbox 360) – Starts at 5:19 AM
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind (PS4) – Starts at 6:24 AM
- Nioh (PS4) – Starts at 6:54 AM
- Super Dungeon Bros (PS4) – Starts at 7:09 AM
- Farming Simulator 17 (Xbox One) – Starts at 8:14 AM
- For Honor (PS4) – Starts at 8:24 AM
- Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (PS4) – Starts at 8:34 AM
- Super Smash Bros. For 3DS (3DS) – Starts at 8:39 AM
- Dragon Quest Heroes II (PS4) – Starts at 10:09 AM
- Lego Worlds (Xbox One) – Starts at 11:24 AM
- Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition (Xbox One) – Starts at 11:44 AM
- Putty Squad (PS4) – Starts at 11:49 AM
Afternoon/Evening Deals (Eastern Time)
- Final Fantasy XV (PS4) – Starts at 12:34 PM
- Guitar Hero Live: Supreme Party Edition (PS4) – Starts at 1:29 PM
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4) – Starts at 1:39 PM
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (PS4) – Starts at 1:54 PM
- Just Dance 2017 (Xbox One) – Starts at 2:39 PM
- Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection (PS4) – Starts at 3:44 PM
- Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (PS4) – Starts at 4:59 PM
- Tekken 7 (Xbox One) – Starts at 5:09 PM
- Tekken 7 (PS4) – Starts at 6:14 PM
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC) – Starts at 6:14 PM
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto (Xbox One) – Starts at 6:39 PM
- Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4) – Starts at 7:24 PM
- Dark Souls III (PS4) – Starts at 7:39 PM
- 88 Heroes (PS4) – Starts at 7:59 PM
- Overwatch (PS4) – Starts at 8:04 PM
- WRC 5 (Xbox One) – Starts at 8:09 PM
Thimbleweed Park is coming soon to the PS4 and Switch
Ron Gilbert has announced Thimbleweed Park, a point-and-click adventure game that he and his team launched for the PC and Xbox one earlier this year, will be released for the PS4 and Switch in the very near future.
Using a retro-inspired graphical style, Thimbleweed Park follows a group of characters tasked with solving a murder at the titular amusement destination… but things don’t go smoothly. Here’s what Gilbert himself had to say about the game’s gonzo story on the PlayStation Blog:
When we say “In a town like Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems,” we mean it. Take a trip down a rabbit hole of murder and mystery inspired by some other modern classics — Twin Peaks, Stephen King, and the X-Files.
The game initially follows agents Ray and Reyes as they investigate a body found in the river just outside the town of Thimbleweed Park. Players can freely switch between the two of them and solve puzzles to try and find out who murdered the poor guy under the bridge.
But then things get weird.
In a second announcement, Gilbert uploaded a video to YouTube that shows Thimbleweed Park running on the Nintendo Switch. Aside from the “vague, cryptic, [and] puzzling” clip, no further information was announced about the game’s Switch debut.
But don’t worry, Gilbert was able to share that Thimbleweed Park will be available for the PS4 on August 22.
Posted in News, PS4, Switch
Tagged Thimbleweed Park
Summer Games Done Quick 2017 raises more than $1.7 million for Doctors Without Borders
Summer Games Done Quick, an annual speedrunning marathon that benefits Doctors Without Borders, closed the book on another successful event this weekend. According to the organizers (via Twitter), Summer Games Done Quick 2017 smashed all expectations and managed to raise a total of $1,760,400 for the charity. That figure easily beat last year’s total of $1,294,139, and the bar has definitely been raised for Awesome Games Done Quick 2018 in January.
We here at Warp Zoned want to give a hearty congratulations to all the runners who took part in Summer Games Done Quick 2017, and all the donors who helped make it such a success. And in case you missed out on some of the amazing runs, you can rewatch the entire marathon right now on YouTube.
New Retail Releases: Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, Hunting Simulator
The Summer lull continues as just two new games will be available on store shelves this week.
Square Enix will make Final Fantasy fans very happy this week with the launch of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age for the PS4. The RPG was originally released for the PS2 in 2006, and is considered a high-water marks for the series. The remake will include the Zodiac Job System, which was only available in the “International” version of the game, as well as Trial Mode, Speed Mode, and enhanced graphics and sound.
This week’s only other new release is Hunting Simulator, a hunting sim for the PS4 and Xbox One. Hunting Simulator is published by Maximum Games, and it features 12 “expansive” regions, 17 rifles, and 37 types of animals.
That’s all for now, but we’ll be back throughout the week with a look at the latest additions to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Final Fantasy XII
Destiny 2’s Open Beta begins on July 21… here’s the first trailer
Destiny 2‘s Open Beta is just a few weeks away, and Bungie has revealed that participants will be able to try out the first mission from the Story Campaign, the “Inverted Spire” Co-Op Strike, and competitive multiplayer. You can get a glimpse at the action in the new trailer embedded above.
According to the developer, prospective Destiny 2 players who pre-order the game will receive Early Access to the upcoming Beta. PS4 pre-purchasers will be able to play their first match on July 18, and Xbox One owners will get to join in a day later on July 19. All players on both platforms will be able to enter the Open Beta on July 21.
Destiny 2 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on September 6. The game will also be available for the PC on October 24, with an Open Beta scheduled for sometime in August.
Sony adds PS4 games to PlayStation Now
Sony’s game streaming service, PlayStation Now, got a little more useful this week, as the consolemaker added a few PS4 games to its library. More PS4 games will be available to play through the service in the coming months, but for now, 20 titles are currently available:
Akiba’s Beat, Broken Age, Castlestorm: Definitive Edition, Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition, Evolve, F1 2015, God of War III Remastered, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Tropico 5, Ultra Street Fighter IV, WWE 2K16, MX vs ATV Supercross Encore, Resogun, Helldivers, Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition, Grim Fandango Remastered, Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky, Nidhogg, and Super Mega Baseball.
More than 500 games are now available to play through the PlayStation Now thanks to these additions.
To celebrate this milestone, Sony is temporarily dropping the price of a PlayStation Now subscription. New subscribers have until September 22 to sign up for a special introductory price ($9.99 for the first month or a full-year for $99.99). A seven-day free trial of PlayStation Now is also available on the PC or PS4.
Here’s a trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Absolution Pack… which is now available for PS4
Activision and Infinity Ward launched the Absolution DLC Pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare last night. The game’s third expansion pack adds four new multiplayer maps to the game, as well as a new Zombies Mode chapter known as “Attack of the Radioactive Thing.” You can get a glimpse at the new content included in the add-on in the launch trailer embedded above.
“No matter your play style, whether you’re a sniper from long range or love close-quarters combat, our team has designed the new maps in Absolution to be fun for all players,” said Dave Stohl, the Studio Head of Infinity Ward. “And with ‘Attack of the Radioactive Thing,’ the twisted zombies storyline heads into another crazy setting now in the 1950s, straight from the classic horror movies of the era. It’s a beachside town completely demolished by a new type of enemy we hope our fans will love, along with waves of the undead and all-new weapons and traps to engage with.”
Seth Green, Ike Barinholtz, Jay Pharoah, and Sasheer Zamata will all reprise their roles in “Attack of the Radioactive Thing,” and they’ll be joined on their quest by actress Cassandra Peterson, better known to most horror fans as “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.”
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Absolution DLC Pack is currently available to download only on the PS4, but PC and Xbox One will be able to give it a go sometime in August.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Here’s the first trailer for Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2
Just before this year’s E3 Expo, Telltale announced the first episode from Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 would be available on July 11. Today, the developer unveiled the first trailer for Episode 1: Hero in Residence (as well as Jesse’s heretofore unseen “rival”)…
Now that Jesse and the gang have vanquished the Wither Storm, saved the world, and become totally super famous heroes, life has gotten a bit more…complicated. With more responsibilities and less time for adventure, old friendships have started to fade — at least until Jesse’s hand gets stuck in a creepy gauntlet that belongs to an ancient underwater temple. Together with old pals and new comrades alike, Jesse embarks on a brand new journey filled with tough choices, good times, and at least one temperamental llama.
All five episodes from Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 will be available to download for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and mobile devices over the next few months. PS4 and Xbox One players will also get the chance to pick up the game in a retail disc version, which is set to launch this Fall.