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
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z confirmed for release on PS3, Xbox 360
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z finally has a home. The wild Spark Unlimited/Team Ninja/Keiji Inafune’s Comcept collaboration was announced at this year’s Tokyo Game Show for “Consoles.” Today, thanks to a series of job postings on the developer’s official website, we’ve learned that it’s coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Here’s what Spark said to the prospective employees interested in joining the Yaiba team: “Spark is looking for an experienced Senior Designer to join us in making a breakout hit called ‘Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z’. This is an opportunity for you to have a hand in creating a bold new take on 3rd Person slasher with Horror elements for the PS3 and Xbox 360.”
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is currently on track for a 2013 release.
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All I want for Christmas is some new GTA5 screenshots
Rockstar Games is feeling a bit festive today. They’ve released five new screenshots from Grand Theft Auto V featuring Franklin and his dog, a shark that’s about to go Jaws on a swimmer, a submersible, a pair of jet planes, and all three of the game’s playable characters.
Hit the jump to get a look at all five screenshots and don’t forget that Grand Theft Auto V will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 next Spring. (more…)
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Tagged Grand Theft Auto V
Calvin Johnson defies Madden Curse, sets single-season receiving record
The Madden Curse targets some players (for example, Peyton Hillis in 2011), while leaving others alone. But this year, cover athlete Calvin Johnson laughed in the face of the Madden Curse after setting the single-season receiving record… and there’s still one game to go!
Johnson, who is a Wide Reciever for the Detroit Lions, pulled in 225 receiving yards yesterday against the Atlanta Falcons. This brought his season total up to 1,892 yards, surpassing Jerry Rice’s previous record of 1,848 in 1995. Interestingly enough, Rice appeared on the cover of Madden rival All-Pro Football 2K8 in 2007.
Congratulations Calvin, but with one game left to play, Madden NFL 13 could still claim a victim for the Curse. So be careful!
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII begins “The Final Journey” in this trailer
Lightning is sporting a new look in the latest trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Hmm… black leather… dark sunglasses… wielding a big sword… fighting a demon…
Lightning is Blade!
OK, maybe not. But check out the trailer and be on the lookout for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII’s release on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2013.
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Tagged Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
God Mode coming to PC, PSN, XBLA in 2013
Atlus has announced they’ll be publishing God Mode, a downloadable shooter from Old School Games and Saber Interactive in early 2013. God Mode is in development for the PC, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade and promises to be “an exciting third-person shooter that looks like a retail product […] with gameplay features and cooperative play like no other downloadable title.”
God Mode is a shooter that places players in the boots of a former god who has been banished from Mount Olympus along with the rest of his family. The former god must battle through the Maze of Hades to return to the Pantheon and reclaim their rightful place alongside the other gods.
God Mode will carry a budget price of $9.99 (800 Microsoft Points) and include a four-player multiplayer (local LAN and online), fully customizable gods, a Rage meter, and in-game modifiers known as Tests of Faith.
I assume your might will be tested as well.
Earth Defense Force 2025 gameplay video showcases new soldiers
We’re on track to receive not one, but two Earth Defense Force games in 2013. There’s the Vita re-release Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable and the brand new PS3/Xbox 360 game Earth Defense Force 2025. EDF! EDF! EDF!
In addition to dating EDF 2017 Portable yesterday, D3 Publisher Japan has unveiled a new gameplay video that showcases the new soldier types found in EDF 2025. If you played last year’s Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, you’ll be familiar with the Pale Wing and Air Raider classes, but they’ve been slightly modified for EDF 2025. Actually, the Pale Wing corps operates exactly like the Jet Armor did in Insect Armageddon. Limited flight capabilities from a jetpack and an energy-based weapon mean that the bugs have no where to hide.
The real fun is found with the Air Raider class. The Air Raider is a support soldier that drops a variety of turrets including a healing station, a machine gun turret, and land mines. The Air Raider, true to his name, can also call in an airborne strike that kills bugs dead.
Guaranteed.
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Tagged Earth Defense Force 2025
Retro City Rampage coming to XBLA, WiiWare in January
Vblank Entertainment has announced that Retro City Rampage will be available to download from the Xbox Live Arcade and Wii Shop Channel in January.
However, if you don’t want to wait you can grab the PC version now for $9.99 (regular price: $15) direct from the developer’s website or on Steam. The $9.99 price will also be applied to the PS3/Vita version (buy one, get both!) on December 24.
Either way, a winner is you!
Star Trek game beams into stores on April 23
A few months before Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the crew of the Enterprise, we’ll all get a chance to control Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock in Namco Bandai’s Star Trek for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Today, the publisher has confirmed that the game will be available in stores on April 23, 2013.
They’ve also announced that players who pre-order Star Trek will obtain the “Elite Officer Pack,” a downloadable bonus that includes ten costumes from the first movie as well as three additional weapons (Starfleet Type IV Stealth Sniper Rifle, U.S.S. Kelvin Hand Phaser, and Academy Phaser). The costumes will include “Stealth” uniforms, Kirk in a leather jacket, U.S.S. Kelvin uniforms, Academy uniforms, and Kobayashi Maru uniforms.
One of those is not like the others.