Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge is the first Wii U launch title

Posted on November 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Wii U is still shrouded in mystery, but the first launch title has been announced and it’s not what you’d expect.

Instead of an announcement from Nintendo concerning the latest adventure starring Mario or Link or even Samus Aran, the announcement of the first Wii U launch title has come from Tecmo Koei. During a financial presentation, the publisher revealed that Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge will be available at the Wii U’s launch (whenever that is). Nintendo plans to “re-introduce” the Wii U to the public at E3 2012, so a Fall release is likely.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is also in development for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and will be released on those two platforms in early 2012.

[Source: Andriasang]

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Black Friday Game Deals 2011: Toys R Us

Posted on November 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

Black Friday is less than two weeks away (November 25, mark your calendars) and retailers have continued to release their annual Black Friday sales circulars.

Do you want to be a Toys R Us kid? How about a Toys R Kids who buys Rage, Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3, Forza Motorsport 4, and more on Black Friday? You know, kid’s stuff! Those games (and many more) will be part of the toy retailer’s “Buy 1 Get 1 For $5” promotion. They’re also running a “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” promotion on select DS and Wii games.

Hit the jump for the complete list of “Buy 1 Get 1 For $5” and “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” games as well as all the rest of Toys R Us’s sale-priced games.

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Weekly Warp-Up: Announcing an Announcement Edition

Posted on November 13, 2011 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…

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Poor Peyton Hillis. Poor, poor Peyton Hillis. The Madden Curse Strikes Back and it has made the popular Browns running back its latest victim. But we thought we’d check in with the rest of the players who participated in the Madden NFL 12 cover tournament with A Midseason Report on All 32 Cover Finalists.

If you’d prefer to focus on this Fall’s other major sport, shopping, we’ve got some more good news: the Black Friday ads are slowly being released. We’ve got the game deals for Walmart, Best Buy, and Target all sorted for your pre-Black Friday planning.

Finally, this week has seen a huge number of “announcements of announcements.” Get the scoop on Call of Duty 9, Saints Row 4, Gran Turismo 6, and a few more after break.

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Gran Turismo 6 confirmed to be in development

Posted on November 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

That’s right, development has begun on Gran Turismo 6, and it’s been confirmed by no less an authority than the President of Polyphony Digital himself. Speaking to IGN, Kazunori Yamauchi confidently confirmed that the sequel to the polarizing Gran Turismo 5 is now in development. And that’s about all he could confirm:

IGN: How do you decide what goes into GT5 DLC and what goes into the next full game?

Kazunori Yamauchi: Of course we’re working on GT6 already and I think what really will be the separating factor is something that we can’t update through a DLC is something that obviously has to be saved for GT6. Things that we can provide through DLC we will, so that’s really the market difference.

So let’s see, if Gran Tursimo 6 gets announced at next year’s E3 Expo, it’ll probably be released sometime in 2017. Sounds reasonable, right?

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Black Friday Game Deals 2011: Target

Posted on November 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

Black Friday is less than two weeks away (November 25, mark your calendars) and retailers have continued to release their annual Black Friday sales circulars.

Target’s ad has sailed away from the bargain shopper’s bullseye with prices that are a tad higher than those found in the ads from Walmart and Best Buy. The list of games is very similar (Need For Speed: The Run, Gears of War 3, Battlefield 3, and Madden NFL 12), but each one has been priced at $37 each. However, Target is giving shoppers the chance to drive Forza Motorsport 4 home for $27, its lowest Black Friday sale price yet.

Hit the jump for the full details on that deal and all the rest of Target’s sale-priced games.

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CoD Modern Warfare 3 becomes the biggest entertainment launch ever… sort of

Posted on November 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the biggest entertainment launch in history with total sales of over $400 million (that’s 6.5 million copies) throughout North America and the United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 8.

This total surpasses the previous record holder, Call of Duty: Black Ops, which tallied $360 million in sales last year. Before that, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 held the record with a one-day sales total of $310 million.

“We believe the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “Other than Call of Duty, there has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records three years in a row. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise exceed worldwide theatrical box office for Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, two of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time.”

While the sales numbers of Modern Warfare 3 are impressive, who wants to tell Bobby that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 sold over 11 million tickets in a single day this past July? And then another five million were sold the next day with yet another five million sold on the day after that?

It doesn’t matter how often gamemakers shout “We’re bigger than Hollywood!” It always requires the same faulty math Activision employs here where 6.5 million copies of a game sold at a minimum of $60 per copy somehow creates a more popular product than a film that tallies 11 million tickets sold at $8 a pop.

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New Releases: Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Zelda Skyward Sword, Halo Anniversary, More

Posted on November 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

Ladies and gentlemen, the biggest week of new releases has finally arrived. More games are released in the third week of November than at any other time of the year and, once again, the publishers have come through with an amazing array of titles including:

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases, which numbers close to 70 games, after the break.

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Battlefield 3 blows away the competition in October NPD report

Posted on November 11, 2011 by John Scalzo

The NPD Group has released their report on the ten bestselling titles in October and, not surprisingly, Battlefield 3 takes the top spot. EA’s modern warfare sim likely won’t hold onto the crown for long as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was released to record-breaking sales earlier this week.

Battlefield 3 was followed by a slew of new releases including Batman: Arkham City, NBA 2K12, Rage, Just Dance 3, Dark Souls, and Forza Motorsport 4. That’s right, the brutal action RPG Dark Souls outsold Microsoft’s big racing franchise.

Holdovers for this month include Madden NFL 12, Gears of War 3, and that other football game, FIFA Soccer 12. The complete top ten for October can be found after the break.

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