Warp Zoned Presents
Video Game Canon- Jordan Minor’s “Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Galaxy” is Now Available for Pre-Order
- Angry Birds, Dragon Quest, FIFA Soccer, and Silent Hill are the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- 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
Warp Zoned Presents
- Video Game Research Library
- With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)
- Vib-Ribbon: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game – The New York Times (2026)
- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It – Aftermath (2026)
Most Recent: Xbox One
Xbox Store Today: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Resident Evil HD
Are you ready to do battle with a horde of hellspawn, a gaggle of zombies, and a spaceship full of aliens? If you’re interesting in purchasing anything in today’s Xbox Games Store update, you better be.
Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners can return to Raccoon City to fight zombies in the latest re-release of Resident Evil. This version of the “REmake” includes enhanced graphics and a new widescreen presentation.
Also available this week are a pair of Saints Row titles: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected and Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell. Re-Elected marks the franchise’s debut on the Xbox One and includes all of the previously released DLC as the Third Street Saints attempt to stop an alien invasion. In Gat Out of Hell, Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners will travel to the underworld and “Shoot The Devil in the Face.”
More information on all of these games can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Resident Evil, Saints Row IV, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
Elder Scrolls Online to get June 9 release on PS4/Xbox One; Bethesda ends monthly fee
Bethesda has announced that some changes to the way you play will be coming soon to The Elder Scrolls Online. But first, they’ve also confirmed that the MMO will launch for the PS4 and the Xbox One in a special “Tamriel Unlimited” edition on June 9.
“Tamriel Unlimited” will serve as the basis of Bethesda’s new philosophy for The Elder Scrolls Onlibe going forward. Beginning March 17, the publisher will discontinue the game’s monthly fee for all players in a special update. For new players, this means that a one-time purchase of the game disc is all that’s required to jump into the world of The Elder Scrolls Online.
However, an optional subscription tier will still exist for those who want it. The ESO Plus plan will offer access to “exclusive in-game bonuses, a monthly allotment of crowns to use in the store, and all DLC game packs.” All current players will automatically be enrolled in ESO Plus after the “Tamriel Unlimited” update in March.
The “Tamriel Unlimited” edition of the game (on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One) will include all of its updates and content additions, including the Justice and Champion systems. For players looking to get the most out of The Elder Scrolls Online, Bethesda also plans to offer optional downloadable content in the future and an in-game Crown Store for the purchase of customization items.
To celebrate this good news, Bethesda has released a new cinematic trailer, “The Confrontation,” for The Elder Scrolls Online. It’s been embedded above.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged The Elder Scrolls Online
John Malkovich is a badass janitor in this CoD: Advanced Warfare Exo Zombies trailer
If the movies have taught me anything, it’s that you do not mess with John Malkovich. And you especially don’t mess with John Malkovich during a zombie apocalypse, because he will mess you up janitor style. This is all a prelude to saying that John Malkovich will play the world’s most badass janitor ever in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s Exo Zombies co-op mode. Apparently, Neil Flynn was busy.
With the Havoc Map Pack scheduled to launch (on the Xbox One and Xbox 360) in less than a week, Activision has released the first Exo Zombies gameplay trailer and it is marvelous. In addition to Malkovich, Bill Paxton is on hand as an Atlas executive along with Rose McGowan as a dual-wielding security guard. And The Walking Dead‘s Jon Bernthal does his best Jon Bernthal impression in his two seconds of screen time.
Human Element goes on hiatus as Robotoki shuts down
Robert Bowling has informed Joystiq that his development house, Robotoki, will cease operations immediately. This announcement also likely marks the end for Human Element, their zombie shooter for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. In an official statement, Bowling said that the game is now on hiatus due to a lack of funding:
“This week we have ceased operations at Robotoki and the development of Human Element is on hiatus. We were actively negotiating a new publishing deal for the premium version of Human Element but unfortunately I was unable to continue to self-fund development until a deal was finalized.”
In a previous life, Bowling served as the Community Manager at Infinity Ward before founding Robotoki in 2012. Human Element was originally scheduled to launch in November and its first trailer debuted at last month’s inaugural Game Awards. You can see some of that footage in a farewell video that’s been posted after the break. It also features a quick look at some of Robotoki’s other unreleased projects, including a pretty sweet-looking space exploration game. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Human Element
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection brings Borderlands 2, Pre-Sequel to PS4, Xbox One
I’m having some serious feelings right now, Internet.
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection will bring the Borderlands series to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for the first time on March 24. As expected, it compiles Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – and all of the DLC for both games – into a single package for $59.99. You can transfer save files and characters between the last-gen and the new-gen and, of course, it’s also got updated graphics.
All of that is sort of ho-hum, until you get to the part where the games now have four-player couch co-op. Oh, and there’s an absurd $399.99 special edition of the game that comes with “a remote controlled Claptrap steward robot, a collectible steel case, and 12 exclusive lithographs.” There are only 5,000 of these being made available worldwide, and pre-orders open today, so you better get on it fast if you want one.
Having played a zillion hours of Borderlands, I shouldn’t even consider buying this. But honestly, if it had the original Borderlands in it as well, I would have already pre-ordered it, as it’s the only one I haven’t played with Anthony Amato. And I don’t have $400 just laying around to buy that Claptrap Edition. But… But… I really want to!
Hit the jump to see what comes in the “very limited” Claptrap-In-A-Box Edition. (more…)
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Latest Project CARS trailer definitely has a lot of realistic-looking cars in it
Do you love beautifully rendered graphics? Then you should watch this trailer.
Do you love cars? If so, you should definitely watch this trailer.
Are you bored? What are you waiting for? Watch this trailer!
Slightly Mad Studios has released a new trailer for Project CARS and I suggest you watch it right now. Whether you’re a fan of racing games or not, if this trailer is any indication, the game looks like it’ll push your PC, PS4, or Xbox One to its limit. And if you’re a fan of virtual reality, Project CARS will also include support for the Oculus Rift (on the PC) and Project Morpheus (on the PS4).
Bandai Namco will publish Project CARS and they plan to make it available in stores for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on March 17. A Wii U version is also in the works and will be released sometime later this year.
Dontnod partners with Focus Home for Vampyr RPG
Focus Home Interactive has announced they’ve teamed up with Dontnod Entertainment to publish a new role playing game known as Vampyr. Presumably, it’ll have something to do with vampires, but for now, all we’ve got to go on is this Twitter tease:
With @DONTNOD_Ent and @FocusHome, the blood will drip! #FocusHome pic.twitter.com/N8P7T8HlVt
— Focus Interactive (@FocusHome) January 20, 2015
Dontnod is a relatively new developer and they released their first game, the futuristic beat ’em up Remember Me, in 2013. The first episode of their most recent game, Life Is Strange, will be available on January 30.
DMi acquires NASCAR license; NASCAR 15 and NASCAR 16 announced
The NASCAR license has changed hands several times over the last decade, and now it looks like it’s pulling into a new garage for 2015 and 2016. After being parked at Eutechnyx since 2010, the next NASCAR game will be produced by DMi Games. DMi was founded by Ed Martin, who was formerly employed at Eutechnyx and Papyrus (another former NASCAR developer).
As part of the announcement on their official website, DMi has confirmed that they are hard at work on NASCAR 16 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. This is just the first of many projects from the developer, which also has “several new games” in the works.
But what if you want to play a new NASCAR game this year? Good news, DMi also announced that NASCAR 15, developed by Eutechnyx, will launch for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 this Spring. NASCAR 15 is being referred to as a “season update” and will be released exclusively as a digital download.
It’s currently unknown if DMi will work with an outside publisher to release their NASCAR games. Eutechnyx partnered with Activision for NASCAR 2011, NASCAR: Inside Line, and NASCAR 2013 before signing a deal with Deep Silver to publish NASCAR 14.