Daily Scoop: March 24, 2014 – Resistor, the card game

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Nicole Kline

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this on Scoop before, but Anthony Amato and I have been working on a card game named Resistor. Well, I’m happy to say we’ve finally got a Facebook page! So if you’d like to see what the game is all about, and support us, please feel free to go like our page. Thanks so much!

If you want to check out something you can actually purchase right now, there are a few good deals happening at the Humble Store. Breach & Clear is $9.99, Escape Goat 2 is $8.99, Ether One Deluxe is $16.99, and Crea is $9.99. Over at Steam, you can get BioShock Infinite for $7.49 for another day, as well as Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition for $4.99. Scoop ’em up!

Of course, if it’s t-shirts you’re looking for, just hit the jump!

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Lego Ninjago: Nindroids coming to 3DS, Vita this Summer

Posted on March 24, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Lego’s popular Ninjago line will receive a second video game adaptation this Summer when WB Games brings Lego Ninjago: Nindroids to the 3DS and Vita.

Developed by Hellbent Games (in partnership with TT Games), Nindroids will include 30 levels of action and puzzle-based gameplay adapted from events in the Lego Ninjago Rebooted animated show. Players will train in the art of special moves and combo attacks to become a “Spinjitsu Master” as they defend New Ninjago City:

Lego Ninjago: Nindroids players will face their greatest challenge as they work to protect New Ninjago City from the Overlord’s Nindroid army. Infiltrate Borg Tower, fly the Kai Fighter and face off against the evil Tech Wu. Take to the streets in Cole’s Earth Mech and Jay’s Thunder Raider, defend the skies in Zane’s Ninjacopter, escape Pythor on Lloyd’s Golden Cycle, and enter the Digiverse for an epic final battle. Story mode features additional favorite characters like Nya, Sensei Garmadon, Samurai X, and PIXAL.

WB Games also announced that Lego Battles: Ninjago, which was released exclusively for the DS in 2011, has sold two million copies to date.

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Diablo III is unofficially officially coming to Xbox One

Posted on March 24, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Officially, Diablo III‘s exclusive next-generation home is the PS4. But unofficially, the game’s Lead Producer, Alex Mayberry, has told VideoGamer that the game is definitely coming to the Xbox One as well:

“I don’t know where we are with Microsoft right now so I can’t really comment on what that contract looks like,” Diablo 3 lead producer Alex Mayberry explained to us this morning while discussing tomorrow’s launch of Reaper of Souls. “The point is we are developing for Xbox [One] and PS4 simultaneously. We hit those major platforms and then our goal as a development team is to make them run.”

Because of the ongoing contract discussions, the only thing that Mayberry can officially say is that Diablo III might never be released on the Xbox One. That said, development on both versions of the game is being done at the same time within Blizzard, so a simultaneous launch (similar to the PS3 and Xbox 360 release of Diablo III) isn’t out of the question.

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls will be released for the PC tomorrow. According to Mayberry, the PS4’s Ultimate Evil Edition “[isn’t] too far off.”

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Chris Hardwick is lending his voice to a “funny” game sequel

Posted on March 24, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Chris Hardwick, creator of The Nerdist and the host of @Midnight and Talking Dead, is moving into video games. Specifically, he’s lending his voice to one:

So who wants to speculate on what funny game franchise Hardwick could be involved with? We know Tim Schafer is hard at work on Broken Age Act 2 and it’s suspected that Valve has the humorous Portal 3 in development somewhere within their secret catacombs. Another possibility is the new Saints Row game that Jay Mohr is connected to. And even though it would be funny for fans, I don’t think it’s a spot in the next episode of Telltale’s second season of The Walking Dead. Call me crazy.

But all three of those comedic franchises would definitely fit Hardwick’s vocal and comedic stylings well. And I’m sure I missed several strong possibilities. Hopefully we’ll find out soon.

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Blizzard @ PAX East 2014: Heroes of the Storm, Diablo III PS4, Hearthstone, WoW: Draenor

Posted on March 24, 2014 by John Scalzo

blizzardlogoBlizzard will have plenty to showcase at this year’s PAX East expo, including playable demos of the PS4 port of Diablo III, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.

Players who get a chance to visit booth #848 will be able to play as The Crusader in Diablo III’s “Ultimate Evil Edition” with a DualShock 4 controller for the first time. If they slide over to the WoW: Warlords of Draenor demo, they will experience “updated character models” and the expansion’s “intro experience.” A brand-new demo of Heroes of the Storm will also be on hand, with never-before-seen heroes to try out. And finally, the iPad edition of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft will be playable at Blizzard’s booth.

As always, PAX East will be held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. This year’s expo will begin on Friday, April 11 and run through Sunday, April 13.

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Weekly Warp-Up: GDC 2014 in Review Edition

Posted on March 23, 2014 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 2014 edition of the Game Developers Conference took place this week and, as always, it held a few nifty surprises:

  • Sony unveiled their virtual reality headset, which is currently known as Project Morpheus. The publisher also confirmed it won’t be out in 2014 and that it will be priced under $1,000.
  • Keiji Inafune and Comcept gave us an extended look at Mighty No. 9.
  • WB Games announced a Gauntlet reboot, which will be available exclusively through Steam.
  • And speaking of Steam, Valve lifted the curtain on the latest revision to the Steam Controller.
  • Finally, The Last of Us won “Game of the Year” honors at this year’s GDC Awards and Papers Please took home the “Seumas McNally Grand Prize” at the 2014 Independent Games Festival.

But don’t worry, even with all this GDC news, the Warp Zoned staff kept plenty busy. To celebrate this week’s release of InFamous: Second Son, Andrew Rainnie explored the franchise’s beginning in It Came From 200X! The InFamous Series. We’ve also got reviews of two of this month’s other big games, Yoshi’s New Island and South Park: The Stick of Truth. Finally this week, I’d like to introduce you to Continue Countdown, our brand new discussion roundtable show. In the premiere episode, the Warp Zoned staff got together to talk about Project Morpheus, a Last of Us movie, The Stick of Truth, and much more. Check it out!

All of this week’s non-GDC news can be found after the break.

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New Releases: Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Deception IV, Witch and Hundred Knight, More

Posted on March 23, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Are you ready to dive back into Sanctuary to do battle with pure evil? If not, you better get ready as Blizzard will release Diablo III: Reaper of Souls for the PC this week. A PS4 version is also in the works and will be available later this year. But if you’re a PlayStation gamer who wants a new dungeon-crawler now, NIS America plans to release The Witch and the Hundred Knight for the PS3 this week.

If dungeon-crawling RPGs aren’t you thing, this week also sees the release of BlazBlue: Chronophantasma (PS3), the latest fighting game from Arc System Works, and Deception IV: Blood Ties, the latest game in the cultish trap-filled strategy series.

And if you’re looking for more games, a few more new releases can be found after the break.

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Sledgehammer says Call of Duty 2014 is “ambitious” and “creative”

Posted on March 22, 2014 by John Scalzo

CallOfDutyLogoActivision typically uses the month of May to announce a new Call of Duty game, but that didn’t stop Sledgehammer Games’ Glen Schofield from talking about the latest entry in the franchise during last week’s Game Developers Conference.

Sledgehammer’s General Manager stated that the currently untitled game (known internally as Call of Duty 2014) is the “most ambitious, most creative game we’ve ever made.” Along with partner Michael Condrey, Schofield’s track record at Sledgehammer includes 2011’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, as well as an unreleased third person action game set within the Call of Duty world. The pair first worked together at EA, where they produced James Bond 007: From Russia With Love and the much-loved Dead Space. A short “in-game character image” from Call of Duty 2014 accompanied Schofield’s words, but it’s probably going to be a while before we see anything more than that.

Call of Duty 2014 marks Sledgehammer’s first time as the primary developer on a game in the series. In February, Activision confirmed that the series would be moving to a “three-year cycle” with Sledgehammer switching off with Infinity Ward and Treyarch to develop new games in the Call of Duty franchise.

[Source: GameSpot]

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