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December was a pretty sweet month for gaming here at Warp Zoned! We attacked our backlogs ferociously, and even spent some time sucked into mobile games. I know, who would have thought it? Read on to find out how we spent our holidays. Spoiler alert: we had to recharge our handheld devices a lot!
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After enjoying a Fall 2012 run on the PC and PlayStation Network, Vblank Entertainment’s Retro City Rampage is ready to make its Xbox Live Arcade debut today.
This wild parody of classic 8-bit games and the original top-down Grand Theft Auto games can be yours for 800 Microsoft Points ($10):
YOU are THE PLAYER. Out of prison and on an mission, your open-world crime spree is ambushed by ”EVIL” GOOD GUYS. They will stop at nothing to protect the citizens of Theftropolis City from your RAMPAGE OF DOOM. Are YOU bad enough to defeat the “EVIL” GOOD GUYS? Retro City Rampage invites you to steal over 40 vehicles and outrun the law while mowing down your fellow citizens! Jump on pedestrians for coins, or use them for target practice with over 25 weapons and power-ups! WHOA! This 8-bit nostalgic throwback comes loaded with over 80 story missions and arcade challenges! Challenge friends and share replays to educate them in the finer points of SUPER CRIME. Lock and load your lightgun. You’ve just entered Retro City Rampage.
Good morning and Happy New Year, dear readers! Did you have a wonderful holiday break? I played so much stuff, I can’t even remember all of it. I put what I could in the article that’ll be coming up later, so be sure to read what we played in January to see what I couldn’t put down. Sadly, today it’s back to work for me and most of the rest of the world. The break flew by all too quickly!
What kind of deals are there out there for you right now to spend your precious Christmas money on? It doesn’t look like there’s too much going on, honestly. GameStop has some typical deals going on in their weekly ad, including Halo 4 for $39.99, Dead Space 2 for $14.99, as well as $49.99 for Far Cry 3 and Diablo III.
Gamefly is having a big year-end sale on used games, including games like Child of Eden, Homefront, and Lego Batman (those are all $12.99). This sale ends tomorrow, so scoop ’em up!
By far the best sale going on all month is over at Insert Coin, an online gamer clothing shop. All of their clothes and accessories are based on/inspired by video games, and most of them are amazing! Many of their older styles are up to %60 off right now, so take a look. You won’t be disappointed!
Just two t-shirts for you today:
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Writing on Polytron’s official website, developer Phil Fish has confirmed that his acclaimed puzzle-platformer, Fez, will make its way to additional platforms in 2013:
2013 is going to be an interesting one, too.
For one, FEZ will finally be ported to other platforms.
Yes, i’ve heard you, dozens of people emailing me everyday telling me how much of an idiot i am for not porting FEZ to everything.
Fish didn’t say specifically which platforms would receive a port of Fez in 2013, so I guess it’s up to us to speculate. PC? PS3? Wii U? Maybe… Maybe… and Maybe.
Sony rang in 2013 with a small PlayStation Store update consisting of two games: the free-to-play Jetpack Joyride (available on the PS3 and Vita) and Chronovolt (Vita only).
More info on both games can be found here:
PSN Games
Jetpack Joyride (Free)
Join Barry Steakfries as he breaks in to a secret laboratory to commandeer the experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science evildoers.
PS Vita Games
Chronovolt ($4.99)
Chronovolt, an action adventure in time. Pilot the Chronosphere through wonderful worlds to stop Dr Scabious and his Minions from controlling the end of the Universe. Use powerful time controls to stop and rewind time, open time gates and blast enemies into the past.
Jetpack Joyride (Free)
Join Barry Steakfries as he breaks in to a secret laboratory to commandeer the experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science evildoers.
Welcome to Warp Zoned’s second annual Golden Pixel Awards. It was definitely a good year for gaming. With the fight over Mass Effect 3‘s ending, the resurrection of Sleeping Dogs, and the launch of the Wii U, we were treated to 12 months of interesting stories.
So sit back and relax as we reward the best (and worst) games of 2012 with a series of accolades based on their rather unique accomplishments.
The bombs have fallen, the economy has collapsed, food is scarce, the zombie hordes are scratching at your door, and you’ve boarded yourself up in a bunker that’ll stand for a hundred years. What better way to spend your time in “The Vault” than by playing Warp Zoned’s favorite games from 2012? It doesn’t matter if you call it a “Top Ten List” or “Our Favorites From 2012,” but these are the games we plan to keep playing even if there was no game industry to keep making games.
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Electronic Arts has announced another round of shutdowns for some of their online-enabled games. This time the hammer is falling on EA Sports’ 2009/2010 slate of games, including NBA Live 10 and NBA Jam. This announcement means that NBA Jam: On Fire Edition becomes EA’s only basketball game with online play.
The publisher is also cutting the cord on online support for The Sims 2, claiming it’s “no longer feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping these games up and running.”
You can find the full list of upcoming server shutdowns after the break.
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Edge of Twilight is a steampunk fantasy adventure game that has been in the works for a long time. Originally announced in 2007 (and in development well before that), the game was thought to be canceled last year.
But it looks like Edge of Twilight might be breaking for the dawn soon as developer Fuzzyeyes has announced the game will be coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 in Summer 2013. Not only that, but they’ve also confirmed that an iOS spinoff, Edge of Twilight: Horizon, will be available as a free download on the iTunes App Store soon.
Sadly, the PC version of Edge of Twilight appears to have actually been canceled as no mention of it was included in the most recent PS3/Xbox 360 announcement.
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