Daily Scoop: July 3, 2012 – Almost time to grill!

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July! For normal people, that means grilling meat, watching fireworks, getting drunk, and being a sweet meal for mosquitoes. For me? I don’t know what it means. I’m hoping it means I can do some laundry, order some Chinese food, and watch this week’s episode of True Blood. Oh, and play some board games, and maybe check out Dungeonbowl. Nothing says national pride more than that.

Anyway, deals! What’s up for today? First of all, Amazon’s having a sweepstakes – the Seattle Gamer Weekend Sweepstakes, to be exact. The winner will get a trip to sold-out PAX Prime in Seattle (squee!), and the first two losers will get PlayStation 3 consoles. Suckers!

Deals at Amazon this week are:

That’s some pretty good deals right there! And there are also two pretty fantastic game-related shirts today as well…

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Activision partners with Tencent to operate Call of Duty Online in China

Posted on July 3, 2012 by John Scalzo

Activision continues to move forward on their free-to-play Call of Duty project, Call of Duty Online. Today, the publisher announced a partnership with Internet service provider Tencent to operate Call of Duty Online in China.

Like most free-to-play games, Call of Duty Online will offer players the ability to purchase in-game items and customize their character in a variety of different ways. The game’s story will be told through multiple Spec Ops missions from the Modern Warfare universe. In addition to online multiplayer, Call of Duty Online promises to include “a variety of game modes and features.”

It’s currently unknown if Call of Duty Online will ever become available outside of China or even when it’ll make its Chinese debut.

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Penny Arcade 3 now available to download from XBLIG store

Posted on July 2, 2012 by John Scalzo

Zeboyd Games has fixed the saving bug in the Xbox Live Indie Games version of Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 and, as promised, the game is now available to download on your Xbox 360.

The game is priced at 400 Microsoft Points ($5) and is worth every virtual penny if you love old school RPGs and/or the Penny Arcade webcomic.

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The Games of July 2012

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Warp Zoned Staff

July may seem like a slow month for new games, but Square Enix was busy, and will hopefully keep some of us busy for the next few weeks. Other than that, there’s a lot of random in this list of what we plan on playing in July. Check it out after the jump, and tell us what you hope to be playing this month!

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Get your first look at the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn teaser trailer

Posted on July 2, 2012 by John Scalzo

Microsoft’s “Halo studio,” 343 Industries, is hard at work on this Fall’s Halo 4, which is the start of a brand new trilogy starring the Master Chief. But they’re also hard at work on the live-action episodic series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, which will also make its debut this Fall.

Over the weekend, Machinima unveiled the first Forward Unto Dawn teaser trailer, which you can view above.

It’s not quite a Halo movie, but I am definitely excited to learn more about Forward Unto Dawn at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, which begins on July 12.

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Veni Vidi Sega! Total War: Rome II announced

Posted on July 2, 2012 by John Scalzo

Sega, and developer Creative Assembly, have announced Total War: Rome II, the latest entry in their award-winning series of historical turn-based strategy games.

Encompassing one of the best-known periods in world history, Total War: Rome II will combine the most expansive turn-based campaign and the largest, most cinematic real-time battles yet seen in any game.

Total War: Rome II will sink players into the dangerous political machinations of Rome’s senate, while asking them to struggle with family dilemmas and question the loyalty of friends and allies. Leading the greatest army ever seen into battle will be just one challenge you will face at the head of the world’s first superpower.

Will you help forge an empire? Restore the Republic? Or grasp the reins of power for yourself, and assume the hated title of tyrant? Who will you conquer? Who will you betray? Who will you sacrifice?

How far will you go for Rome?

Total War: Rome II will be released sometime 2013, exclusively for the PC.

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Pre-order CoD Black Ops II, get reimagined “Nuketown” multiplayer map

Posted on July 2, 2012 by John Scalzo

Have you pre-ordered this November’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II yet? Why not? Perhaps Activision needs to sweeten the deal…

The publisher announced today that gamers who pre-order Call of Duty: Black Ops II for any platform from “participating retailers” will receive a code to download a remiagined version of “Nuketown,” a popular multiplayer map from the first Black Ops.

Now known as “Nuketown 2025,” Treyarch’s Studio Head, Mark Lamia, is thrilled about the map’s inclusion in Black Ops II: “Multiplayer fans of Call of Duty: Black Ops LOVE Nuketown. Flat out, Nuketown was a blast to play before, and we’re excited about the reimagined Nuketown 2025 in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. We can’t wait to play with everyone come this November.”

Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on November 13.

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Weekly Warp-Up: Summer Heat Edition

Posted on July 1, 2012 by John Scalzo

No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…

The thermometer is making the idea of sitting inside all Summer with a stack of video games sound mighty appealing. And here’s what was hot at Warp Zoned this week.

We talked to Walt Williams, the Lead Writer of Spec Ops: The Line, about his controversial new military shooter. Williams has a lot to say about the nature of war, what that should mean for video games, and why the city of Dubai’s very existence is a puzzle to him.

But the Summer heat has just started and as the first month of the season comes to a close we took a look back at What We Played in June 2012. If your idea of hot is the new Pokemon game, by all means, read on.

More hot stories can be found after the jump thanks to this edition of the Weekly Warp-Up.

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