Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- Angry Birds, Dragon Quest, FIFA Soccer, and Silent Hill are the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- 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
- Boss Fight Books to Get a New Look for Richard Moss’s “Age of Empires”
- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
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: Xbox 360
Pac-Man Battle Royale finally comes home in Pac-Man Museum collection
Namco Bandai created Pac-Man Battle Royale specifically for arcades in 2010. The (up to) four-player Pac-Man title made each player compete for a limited supply of Super Power Pellets that would increase Pac-Man’s size and allow the player to eat the other Pac-Men. Using the graphics engine from the excellent Pac-Man Championship Edition, it was an interesting new take on the Pac-Man formula that was only available in arcades.
Until now. Battle Royale will come home this Winter as part of the Pac-Man Museum collection.
The game will be released for the PC, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, Wii U eShop, and 3DS eShop. In addition to Battle Royale and Championship Edition, the collection will also include the 1980 arcade original and several other Pac-Man games from the character’s 33-year history. Sadly, the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Pac-Man Museum won’t include Championship Edition, as that game is already available as a separate download on the PSN and XBLA.
I’m not sure I like that, Namco Bandai. However, I’m thrilled that Battle Royale is finally coming home and I’m willing to overlook it (especially since any obsessive Pac-Man fan already owns Championship Edition).
Earth Defense Force 2025 release shooed away to February 2014
Bad news out of this year’s E3 Expo… D3 Publisher has delayed Earth Defense Force 2025. Instead of getting a chance to squish the Ravagers this year, fans of the insane alien invasion series will have to wait until February 2014.
To make up for this delay, D3 has released a new “E3 2013 trailer” starring the Air Raider, but it’s more-or-less an English translation of this trailer, which has been available since December.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2013, Earth Defense Force 2025
We do need another hero… watch the trailer for the Mad Max game
“Two men enter, one man leaves.”
It’s not much of a stretch to say that this year’s E3 Expo resembles the gladiatorial arena of Thunderdome from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. So it’s only fitting that WB Games and Avalanche Studios (the creators of Just Cause) have come together to announce a Mad Max game.
Set for release in 2014, the game is in development for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, and Xbox One. Like the films, Max will wander “The Wasteland” searching for gas and undertaking “treacherous missions” to scavenge supplies to build “the ultimate combat vehicle.”
It’s unknown if the Mad Max game will be connected to Mad Max: Fury Road, the next film in the series, in any way. But don’t walk away before you watch the game’s debut trailer, which can be found after the break. (more…)
Summer of Arcade 2013: Charlie Murder, TMNT Out of the Shadows, Brothers, Flashback
Microsoft has announced the four games that will make up this year’s Summer of Arcade:
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (505 Games)
- Charlie Murder (Microsoft Studios)
- Flashback (Ubisoft)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Activision)
2013 is the sixth straight year that Microsoft has held the Summer of Arcade promotion and this year’s crop of games certainly brings something new to the table (the co-op adventuring of Brothers and the cartoonish mayhem of Charlie Murder) while also bringing back something old (the Flashback remake and the return of the heroes in a half-shell).
The Summer of Arcade begins on August 7, but release dates and prices for this year’s slate will be announced at a later date. A Summer of Arcade 2013 trailer can be found after the break. (more…)
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII E3 2013 gameplay trailer released
In case you didn’t get enough of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII with its first E3 2013 trailer, Square Enix has released another one focusing on gameplay. This time, Lightning chases Snow through Yusnaan and does battle with a variety of monsters in that flashy, sparkly way that the Final Fantasy series is known for.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 14, 2014.
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Tagged E3 2013, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Watch “Exposed,” the Watch Dogs E3 2013 trailer, right here
It seems like not a month goes by without the release a new trailer for Watch Dogs. And with the E3 Expo just a few hours away, Ubisoft has released a “Exposed,” an all-CGI affair that definitely qualifies as ridiculously awesome.
This time, Aiden Pearce uses his hacking skills to infiltrate a human trafficking ring and exacts some Liam Neeson-style vengeance on the “auctioneer” and his accomplices.
Trust me, if you do nothing else today, you want to take three minutes and 30 seconds out of your day to check it out.
Ubisoft plans to announce Just Dance 2014 soon
An Xbox.com listing for Just Dance 2014 (after all, it is the Madden of dance games) has popped up, pretty much confirming that Ubisoft will announce the next game in the series at this week’s E3 Expo.
There’s just a handful of screenshots now, but they do point towards a few song selections including the “Ghostbusters Theme” by Ray Parker Jr. and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” I suppose a zombie in a cemetery flinging its arm around could belong to a different song, but I doubt it.
Just Dance 2014 will be coming to the Xbox 360 for sure, probably the Xbox One as well, and likely every other platform under the sun (PS3, PS4, Wii, and the Wii U).
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2013, Just Dance 2014
See all the gameplay videos from the Call of Duty: Ghosts Pre-E3 2013 livestream here
Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley and Justine Ezarik (iJustine) hosted Activision’s pre-E3 Call of Duty: Ghosts extravaganza, “Call of Duty: Ghosts All Access,” yesterday and delivered 30 minutes of new information about Infinity Ward’s new entry in the immensely popular series. In case you missed it, you can check out thanks to the YouTube embed above, or you can skip to the highlights:
- Gameplay from the underwater level, “Into the Deep,” begins at 3:00.
- “No Man’s Land,” a level which promises to give us our first look at Riley the Dog, begins at 14:35.
- And finally, the livestream closed with almost seven minutes of new gameplay footage (which will be shown at Activision’s E3 booth this week), beginning at 21:50.
Call of Duty: Ghosts will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on November 5. A next-generation version for the PS4 and Xbox One will be available during each system’s respective launch window.