Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- Silent Hill, Dragon Quest, Skyrim, and More Announced as Finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Another Big Night and Wins “Game of the Year” at the 2025-2026 DICE Awards
- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- The Game Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Racks Up Nine Wins, Including “Game of the Year”, at the 2025 Game Awards
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: Wii U
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem in development for Wii U
If there’s one thing Japanese gamers love, it’s a crazy crossover. Nintendo teamed with Tecmo Koei last year to unite the worlds of Pokemon and Nobunaga’s Ambition in Pokemon Conquest. This year, The Big N (and the development team at Intelligent Systems) will join forces with Atlus to bring together the Shin Megami Tensei series and the Fire Emblem series in Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem.
All we know right now is that “development is in progress” and that the game is coming exclusively to the Wii U. But I’m sure RPG fans are supremely excited.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
Nintendo plans to “rethink the conventions of Zelda” with next game in series
The first Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U will be this Fall’s HD remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. But the first original Zelda game for Nintendo’s newest system (The Legend of Zelda Wii U) is going to look a little less familiar.
Eiji Aonuma, Nintendo’s overseer of all things Zelda, used today’s Nintendo Direct presentation to muse a bit on the future of the franchise. During his talk, he revealed that the team’s mission for the next game in the series is to “rethink the conventions of Zelda.”
According to Aonuma, rethinking the conventions of Zelda will involve setting aside some of the more linear aspects of the series (such as requiring that all dungeons be completed in order and playing the game by yourself) and creating something a bit more wide open. Aonuma didn’t come out and say the words “open world Zelda,” but he certainly planted the seed.
Aside from his team’s new mission statement, Aonuma also said he won’t be talking about the next Zelda in any kind of detail until the visuals are ready for a public demonstration. Hopefully, that’s sometime soon.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Monolith Soft shows off their new Wii U RPG
Monolith Soft, the team behind the hit Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles, have been working hard on a Wii U RPG for some time now. Today, they feel ready to show off the first trailer.
Currently known only as X, Monolith Soft’s next game will feature character design by Kunihiko Tanaka, music by Hiiroyuki Sawano, and direction by Tetsuya Takahashi. As you might expect, X is an action RPG that features a lone swordsman doing battle with fantastic creatures… oh, and then he jumps into a transforming mech and takes on another massive monster from the sky!
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Xenoblade Chronicles X
Nintendo announces Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD for Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has divided Zelda fans ever since it was first announced at the 2001 Spaceworld show. Some love the uniqueness of the cel-shaded graphics while others say that the realistic Zelda demo Nintendo showed two years earlier would have been a better direction for the series. Get ready to hear the same arguments all over again.
During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Satoru Iwata announced that Nintendo will release a high definition remake of The Wind Waker for the Wii U this Fall. The game will also receive a “tune up [to] the overall game experience” and it’ll be compatible with off-TV play on the Wii U GamePad.
We’ll likely learn more about the Wind Waker remake as E3 approaches.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
We’ll see Super Smash Bros. 4 for the first time at E3 2013
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has announced that development on Super Smash Bros. 4 for the 3DS and Wii U is going well. But he also said that Director Masahiro Sakurai needs a little more time before he’s comfortable showing the game to the public. But we won’t have to wait very long to get our first glimpse of the smashing.
Iwata confirmed that the first screenshots and details from Super Smash Bros. 4 will be available at this year’s E3 Expo. Without confirmation of a playable demo, it’s unlikely that Super Smash Bros. 4 will make its way into stores this year. But we’re one step closer at least.
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2013, Super Smash Bros. For 3DS, Super Smash Bros. For Wii U
3D Mario for Wii U, Mario Kart Wii U announced; will be playable at E3
Nintendo’s latest Nintendo Direct presentation has just come to a close and company President Satoru Iwata made a ton of exciting. But none is more exciting (or least surprising) than the news that a “New 3D Mario Action Game” and Mario Kart Wii U are in development for the Wii U. Both games will make their debut at this year’s E3 Expo where they’ll be available in playable form.
No release dates were announced, but with playable E3 demos on the horizon, it can’t be long now.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2013, Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World
Resident Evil Revelations makes the jump to consoles and PC in May 2013
Capcom has announced plans to resurrect Resident Evil Revelations on the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U this May. The game, which was originally released for a the 3DS a year ago, will be available as a disc-based release on the Xbox 360 and Wii U and as a digital download on the PC and PS3 on May 21. A downloadable version will be added to the Xbox Live Marketpace and Wii U eShop at a later date.
The console/PC version of Revelations will feature plenty of enhancements and additions over the 3DS version including high definition graphics as well as “enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.” Additional content is also being prepared for the May release including “a terrifying new enemy,” an extra difficulty mode, and improvements to Raid Mode (along with the ability to play as Hunk).
Resident Evil Revelations has been priced at $49.99 and a special pre-order program will begin at ResidentEvil.net on January 24.
2013 Writers Guild Award for Videogame Writing nominees announced
The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for their 2013 Writers Guild Awards, and with them, the nominees for “Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing.”
To be eligible for consideration, this year’s nominees include games that were released between December 1, 2011 and November 30, 2012 on featured on-screen writing credits. This year, the Guild has continued their love affair with Ubisoft and the Uncharted series by bestowing nominations on Assassin’s Creed III, Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, and Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Other nominated games for 2013 include Halo 4, 007 Legends, and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
The 2013 Writers Guild Awards will take place on Sunday, February 17, 2013. A complete list of the nominated writers and editors can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Vita, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged 007 Legends, Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, Epic Mickey 2, Halo 4, Uncharted: Golden Abyss