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
XBLA Today: BattleBlock Theater, Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1985-II Pack
The Behemoth is not the first company to come to mind when you hear the words “prolific developer.” Since The Behemoth was founded in 2003, they’ve only released two games (although, to be fair, they’ve ported those two games to every platform that’ll take them). But even with just a pair of titles to their name, they’ve built up a reputation for quirky platformers that continues with their third game, BattleBlock Theater, which is available today on the Xbox Live Arcade.
Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), BattleBlock Theater is a bizarre tale of talking cats, magic hats, and a cursed theater that expects a “killer” performance from its captive performers:
Shipwrecked. Captured. Betrayed. Forced to perform for an audience of cats? Wait, what?? You’ve just unlocked the door to BattleBlock Theater! There’s no turning back once you’ve started on your quest to free your imprisoned friends from evil technological cats! Immerse yourself in this mind bending tale of treachery as you battle your way through hundreds of levels in order to discover the puzzling truth behind BattleBlock Theater.
Also available this week is the latest Capcom Arcade Cabinet update. The “1985-II Pack” includes Commando, The Speed Rumbler, and Savage Bees and has been priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged BattleBlock Theater, Capcom Arcade Cabinet
Watch Dogs PAX East Impressions: Hack the Planet, or Maybe Just Chicago
Ubisoft didn’t have Watch Dogs playable on the show floor at PAX East, but the game still had an enormous presence. The publisher showed a special behind-closed-doors presentation of the game, which included a special Watch Dogs lanyard as a giveaway (and if you were wearing it on the show floor, you may have gotten a surprise visit from a Frag Doll with a free t-shirt). I would have much preferred being able to play the game myself, but what I saw on the screen was a somewhat impressive, if disappointingly short, display of the capabilities of main character Aiden Pearce. (more…)
Posted in PC, Previews, PS3, PS4, Top Story, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged PAX East 2013, Watch Dogs
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition’s Title Update 9 will be released on April 5
4J Studios has revealed that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition‘s Title Update 9, which includes “The End,” has passed certification and will be available this Friday, April 5:
TU9 has passed Cert testing! The Microsoft LIVE team has scheduled the TU9 roll out for Friday 5th April. The End is nigh :)
— 4J Studios (@4JStudios) April 1, 2013
A disc-based, retail version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, which will also include Title Update 9, will be available in stores on April 30.
Doritos Crash Course 2 is free-to-play and coming soon
Doritos Crash Course was an advergame that mixed a Wipeout-like obstacle course with constant advertising for Doritos brand chips (I mean, it’s right there in the title). Yet, it was also beloved by the Xbox Live community and is one of the most popular Xbox Live Arcade games of all time.
So the announcement of a sequel, Doritos Crash Course 2, is enough to make me celebrate with a Doritos Locos Taco from Taco Bell and some Cool Ranch Doritos for dessert! On second thought, I think I’ll just stick with the game as its actually fun and WON’T cause horrible intestinal pain.
According to Microsoft, Doritos Crash Course 2 is “coming soon” and will appear on the XBLA as a free-to-play title. Players (and their Avatars) will be able to run and jump through four new locations and challenge their friends’ best times with downloadable ghosts.
If you’d prefer to skip the whole free-to-play thing, Doritos Crash Course 2 players will be able to buy “coins” that they can use to unlock new courses, power-ups and vanity items.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Doritos Crash Course 2
Grand Theft Auto V official cover art released
The cover art for the Grand Theft Auto games has officially risen to the status of “art.” The images have been praised for their composition and originality going all the way back to Grand Theft Auto III, but for Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games is going a step further. The publisher has commissioned a 30-foot high painted mural on a building in New York City.
If you don’t live in Rockstar’s backyard, you can check out a much smaller version of the official cover art to your right (click to enlarge).
Grand Theft Auto V will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 17.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Grand Theft Auto V
Killer Is Dead’s insane second trailer is no joke
Do they celebrate April Fool’s Day in Japan? Maybe I should check Google… OK, they do. Either way, this bizarre (and 100% real) trailer for Suda 51’s Killer Is Dead tops every joke trailer released today by quite a bit.
How crazy is it? It starts out pretty normal for a video game, with the main character attempting to stop an alien invasion. Then a woman grows 12 arms (in addition to her two regular arms), grabs a gun with each hand, and tries to murder him (by the way, he’s actually a secret cyborg). And all of this is backed by the rising crescendo from Kill the Wabbit the Apocalypse Now theme “Ride of the Valkyries.” Oh, and a stinger at the end of the trailer has revealed that the third Killer Is Dead clip will be titled “Gigolo vs Sexy Monster.” Oh Suda 51, never change.
Killer Is Dead will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Summer.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Killer Is Dead
4/1: Capcom will NOT release Super Duper Street Fighter IV
After Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter IV, and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, it’s not hard to believe that Capcom would release one more update to the popular fighting game. And guess what? According to the Capcom-Unity blog, it’s Super Duper:
Introducing the Duper Meter. This will sit below the Super Meter and be easily identifiable with it’s Yellow color. With the Duper meter, Super moves can now take on the properties of EX Moves after their activation or be used to strengthen EX moves in general. The Duper Meter also builds 1.5 times faster than the normal Super Meter. Now players will get even more options to select from as we know Street Fighter 4 players love option selecting.
Super Duper Street Fighter IV won’t be coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 anytime soon because it’s an April Fool’s Day joke.
Gag Reflex: Previous games in the Street Fighter series have carried run-on titles like Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike: Fight For the Future, so “Super Duper” isn’t that much of a stretch. You probably won’t stumble across a more believable hoax all day.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Street Fighter IV
Xbox Live Rewards expands in April with Play To Earn program
Taking a page from Sony, Microsoft is launching a new way to earn cash and prizes through their Xbox Rewards program in April. Beginning today, all Xbox Rewards members will get a chance to “Play To Earn” through the MyPunchcard promotion. Throughout the month of April, Xbox 360 owners who play Xbox Live Arcade titles and purchase items from the Xbox Live Marketplace will be rewarded:
- Receive a Free Avatar Item WHEN YOU Play 20 hours of any combination of XBLA games.
- Receive a 1-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership WHEN YOU Purchase any four XBLA games priced at 400 Microsoft Points or more.
- Receive 800 Microsoft Points WHEN YOU Spend 3200 Microsoft Points on XBLA games.
And if you’re looking for something to buy, Major Nelson has alerted us that several big new games will be available on the XBLA this month including BattleBlock Theater, Double Dragon II, Motocross Madness, Sacred Citadel, God Mode, and Monaco.