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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
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- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
Most Recent: Xbox One
Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Open Beta begins on October 6
Electronic Arts and DICE have announced plans to launch Star Wars: Battlefront II‘s Open Beta for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on October 6. Players will be able to participate in the Open Beta until October 9, but fans who pre-order the game will be able to try it out two days earlier (on October 4).
Community Manager Jared Petty posted a few more details about the Open Beta on the PlayStation Blog, and here’s what players should expect to find in the pre-release test:
Galactic Assault on Naboo
- Join the Separatist droid army or the Republic Clones on the streets of Theed in massive 40 player multiplayer melees.
- Choose from four distinct trooper classes:
- Assault Troopers are classic flankers, pushing the line forward and advancing the front.
- Heavy Troopers use their high-powered weapons and personal body shields to take ground and hold it.
- Officers power up their teammates with buffs and deploy remote weapons to support their allies.
- Specialists lay traps and snipe from a distance.
- Control beloved Star Wars heroes, pilot prequel-era vehicles, and more.
The Open Beta will also include “an epic Starfighter Assault set during the original trilogy era” and players will be able to “[pilot] an assortment of Star Wars’ greatest ships in an objective-based, multi-stage battle.” Additional details about this half of the Open Beta will be revealed during this year’s Gamescom expo in Cologne, Germany.
Star Wars: Battlefront II will be released on November 14.
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Tagged Gamescom 2017, Star Wars: Battlefront II
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy will be released on August 25
Over the weekend, Bandai Namco announced that Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on August 25. The fighting game compilation will include remastered re-releases of the first three games in the series (Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 – Full Burst), as well as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road To Baruto.
Because of the size of the Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy collection, Bandai Namco will sell the retail version for a premium price ($79.99). The digital version will be available at the slightly lower cost of $69.99.
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Tagged Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
The Escapists 2 will be released for PC, PS4, Xbox One on August 22
Team17 has announced that The Escapists 2 will be available for the PC, PS4, Xbox One on August 22. The top-down prison break simulator is also in development for the Switch, and will be released for Nintendo’s console at a later date.
The publisher has also confirmed that players who pre-order The Escapists 2 will get the chance to escape from another prison, “The Glorious Regime.” Other planned features for the game include:
Features
- A dedicated tutorial for new players to learn the basics of prison life
- 10 unique themed prisons to escape from including the frosty Fort Tundra, a train hurtling through the desert, and even a trip to the final frontier!
- Play each prison solo or multiplayer with both local and online co-op and versus modes for up to four players
- Drop-in, drop-out online multiplayer experience. Carefully plan and execute an intricate escape from your initial incarceration with your fellow inmates either online or locally, or simply hop into an existing game already in progress to help pull off the final touches of the escape!
- A brand new combat system to make every prison brawl even more bruising
- Create your con with over 300 customisations to create your perfect prisoner
- New ways to escape
- New items to craft… Build yourself a homemade Taser to knock out guards plus many more!
A brand new trailer for The Escapists 2 has been embedded above.
Here’s the video game deals for Amazon Prime Day 2017
Prime Day is back at Amazon, and the online storefront is gearing up to offer gamers a ton of Video Game Deals this year. Like in years past, you won’t find many BIG titles on sale, but there is a little something for everyone.
We’ve collected Amazon’s Prime Day 2017 Video Game Deals right here, though the retailer will surely be adding more throughout the day…
Overnight/Morning Deals (Eastern Time)
- Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition (PS4) – Starts at 3:14 AM
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Collection (Xbox 360) – Starts at 5:19 AM
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind (PS4) – Starts at 6:24 AM
- Nioh (PS4) – Starts at 6:54 AM
- Super Dungeon Bros (PS4) – Starts at 7:09 AM
- Farming Simulator 17 (Xbox One) – Starts at 8:14 AM
- For Honor (PS4) – Starts at 8:24 AM
- Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (PS4) – Starts at 8:34 AM
- Super Smash Bros. For 3DS (3DS) – Starts at 8:39 AM
- Dragon Quest Heroes II (PS4) – Starts at 10:09 AM
- Lego Worlds (Xbox One) – Starts at 11:24 AM
- Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition (Xbox One) – Starts at 11:44 AM
- Putty Squad (PS4) – Starts at 11:49 AM
Afternoon/Evening Deals (Eastern Time)
- Final Fantasy XV (PS4) – Starts at 12:34 PM
- Guitar Hero Live: Supreme Party Edition (PS4) – Starts at 1:29 PM
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4) – Starts at 1:39 PM
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (PS4) – Starts at 1:54 PM
- Just Dance 2017 (Xbox One) – Starts at 2:39 PM
- Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection (PS4) – Starts at 3:44 PM
- Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (PS4) – Starts at 4:59 PM
- Tekken 7 (Xbox One) – Starts at 5:09 PM
- Tekken 7 (PS4) – Starts at 6:14 PM
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC) – Starts at 6:14 PM
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto (Xbox One) – Starts at 6:39 PM
- Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4) – Starts at 7:24 PM
- Dark Souls III (PS4) – Starts at 7:39 PM
- 88 Heroes (PS4) – Starts at 7:59 PM
- Overwatch (PS4) – Starts at 8:04 PM
- WRC 5 (Xbox One) – Starts at 8:09 PM
Summer Games Done Quick 2017 raises more than $1.7 million for Doctors Without Borders
Summer Games Done Quick, an annual speedrunning marathon that benefits Doctors Without Borders, closed the book on another successful event this weekend. According to the organizers (via Twitter), Summer Games Done Quick 2017 smashed all expectations and managed to raise a total of $1,760,400 for the charity. That figure easily beat last year’s total of $1,294,139, and the bar has definitely been raised for Awesome Games Done Quick 2018 in January.
We here at Warp Zoned want to give a hearty congratulations to all the runners who took part in Summer Games Done Quick 2017, and all the donors who helped make it such a success. And in case you missed out on some of the amazing runs, you can rewatch the entire marathon right now on YouTube.
New Retail Releases: Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, Hunting Simulator
The Summer lull continues as just two new games will be available on store shelves this week.
Square Enix will make Final Fantasy fans very happy this week with the launch of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age for the PS4. The RPG was originally released for the PS2 in 2006, and is considered a high-water marks for the series. The remake will include the Zodiac Job System, which was only available in the “International” version of the game, as well as Trial Mode, Speed Mode, and enhanced graphics and sound.
This week’s only other new release is Hunting Simulator, a hunting sim for the PS4 and Xbox One. Hunting Simulator is published by Maximum Games, and it features 12 “expansive” regions, 17 rifles, and 37 types of animals.
That’s all for now, but we’ll be back throughout the week with a look at the latest additions to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.
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Tagged Final Fantasy XII
Destiny 2’s Open Beta begins on July 21… here’s the first trailer
Destiny 2‘s Open Beta is just a few weeks away, and Bungie has revealed that participants will be able to try out the first mission from the Story Campaign, the “Inverted Spire” Co-Op Strike, and competitive multiplayer. You can get a glimpse at the action in the new trailer embedded above.
According to the developer, prospective Destiny 2 players who pre-order the game will receive Early Access to the upcoming Beta. PS4 pre-purchasers will be able to play their first match on July 18, and Xbox One owners will get to join in a day later on July 19. All players on both platforms will be able to enter the Open Beta on July 21.
Destiny 2 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on September 6. The game will also be available for the PC on October 24, with an Open Beta scheduled for sometime in August.
Xbox Store Today: Pulstar
There’s just one new addition to the Xbox Games Store today, and it’s Pulstar, a side-scrolling shooter originally released for the NeoGeo in 1995. A Launch Trailer has been embedded above, and more information about the title can be found right here:
Xbox One Games
Pulstar
Pulstar is a side-scrolling shooting game released by SNK in 1995. Control the “Dino246,” and take down the aliens who are attacking the solar system. The game features a verity of offensive and defensive options, including five unique Voyager items and special IO items. Use everything at your disposal to protect your ship and defeat the alien threat!