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
New Releases: Gears of War 3, Persona 2, Kirby Mass Attack, More
Are you ready to finish the fight with the Locust and the Lambent? I hope so because Microsoft and Epic Games plan to release Gears of War 3 in three different configurations this week: a standard edition, a Limited Edition and a $150 Epic Edition. A Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 console bundle is also on the schedule.
Atlus is making a different hugely anticipated game available this week with Shin Megami Tensei Persona 2: Innocent Sin for the PSP. Innocent Sin was originally released on the PSone in Japan, but has never made it to America until now.
Rounding out this week’s big releases is a pair of DS games: the crazy platforming of Kirby: Mass Attack and and monster-raising of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2.
Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Gears of War 3, Kirby: Mass Attack, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Daily Scoop: September 15, 2011 – My poker face
It’s a weird and rainy Thursday here in Philadelphia, and I’ve got Lady Gaga in my head. It’s so close to the weekend I can practically taste it!
Anyway, Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is Nintendo’s Samurai Warriors 3 for the Wii. It’s marked down to $16.99 from $49.99! That’s a lot of dollar signs. They’ve also got a Gold Box deal coming up: “Engaged in tension-filled battles against a new, ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever.” Wow! That couldn’t be more vague.
TeeFury‘s shirt today is based on Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog, and a portion of today’s sales even go to a charity to fight against lupus: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, Wii
Nintendo Download: MotoHeroz, Mega Man
It’s another Thursday and that means a new batch of games have been added to Nintendo’s online stores.
The Wii Shop will receive MotoHeroz, a side-scrolling “platformer racer” from the creators of Trials HD that promises plenty of new thrills.
The 3DS eShop will receive Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge, the Game Boy classic that introduced the Blue Bomber to handheld gaming.
Finally, the DSi Shop will receive Defense of the Middle Kingdom, a tower defense game; and Bridge, a video game adaptation of the popular card game (that no one really knows how to play).
More details on all of these games can be found within the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.
Daily Scoop: September 14, 2011 – GameFly sale!
Lots of great sales going on today! GameFly is having a huge sale on games for all three consoles: PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. There are tons of games at super low prices, so if you’ve been waiting to pick up some 2011 games on the cheap, now’s your chance!
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today a $50 promotional credit if you buy an Xbox 360 250GB Console with Kinect. Not too shabby, but not enough for me to want to buy one just yet! I’m still waiting on the R2D2 Xbox…
Daily Scoop: September 13, 2011 – Absence makes the heart grow fonder
I’ve been so busy the last few days that I haven’t had any time to scoop! But that’s ok – I promise you didn’t miss a thing. Today’s deals are definitely worth a mention, though!
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is Activision’s Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare for the Xbox 360. This classic shooter is just $14.99 today, and is a fantastic way to get ready for the upcoming Modern Warfare 3. Scoop it up!
Also new are Amazon’s weekly deals:
- Save $25 on Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the PS3 and Xbox 360
- Save $10 on Madden NFL 12 for the PS3 and Xbox 360
- Save 50% on Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2011 for the Wii
- Get Grand Theft Auto IV used from Warehouse Deals for $9.99 for the Xbox 360
No gaming shirts today, but Ript has another “Game of Thrones” shirt: (more…)
New Releases: NHL 12, God of War: Origins, White Knight Chronicles II, More
Welcome to another week of new games! This week EA Sports is lacing up their hockey skates, Kratos is coming at you in 3D and D3 Publisher has bundled together two RPGs for twice the fun. Also, the Bit.Trip series is getting collected in two separate compilations and the insane geniuses at Twisted Pixel are putting out a game starring an undead marionette bent on revenge.
- The ice skates belong to this year’s only hockey sim, NHL 12 (PS3, Xbox 360).
- Kratos will go 3D thanks to the stereoscopic 3D mode found in God of War: Origins Collection, a PS3 remake of his two PSP adventures.
- D3’s double RPG is White Knight Chronicles II, which also includes a free copy of the first White Knight Chronicles game.
- The Bit.Trip series will be coming to the 3DS as Bit.Trip Saga and the Wii as Bit.Trip Complete.
- Finally, Twisted Pixel’s The Gunstringer proves once again that the developers are a happily demented bunch.
Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged God of War: Origins Collection, NHL 12, White Knight Chronicles II
Deus Ex: Human Revolution grafts onto #1 spot in August NPDs
I know what you’re thinking… what about Madden? Well, for some strange reason, The NPD Group’s tracking team considers August 30 a part of the September report. Perhaps they’ve taken a few too many hits to the head (BOOM!). But whatever the reason, So Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the bestselling game in August.
Deus Ex may have won, but the industry as a whole lost. A 23 percent drop from August 2011 meant that sales were way down across the board. The lack of a new Madden game in August actually explains that drop pretty well though. Only Nintendo’s repriced 3DS system, which sold 185,000 consoles from August 12 to the end of the period, could be considered a success. Sony’s price cut for the PS3 also increased sales of the HD console.
You can check out the complete top ten for August 2011 right here:
1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
2. NCAA Football 12 (Xbox 360, PS3)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360, PS3, DS, Wii, PC)
4. Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (DS, Wii, PS3)
5. Cars 2 (DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
6. Just Dance: Summer Party (Wii)
7. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
8. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Wii, Xbox 360, DS, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC)
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
10. Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3)
Nintendo Download: Puzzle Blocks, Golf, DotMan, Paint Splash
It’s another assorted grab bag of titles in this week’s Nintendo Download.
On the DSiWare Shop there’s… DotMan, a classic-style arcade racer, and Puzzle Rocks, a puzzle game featuring falling rocks.
On the 3DS eShop there’s… Golf, the early Game Boy game is now available on the handheld’s Virtual Console.
And on WiiWare there’s… Paint Splash, a painting program.
More information on all of these games can be found within the latest edition of the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.