Weekly Warp-Up: Do A Barrel Roll Edition

Posted on November 6, 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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As the calendar turns from October to November, we begin gearing up for the biggest month of new releases in the entire year. But we also decided to look back at the What We Played in October in the most recent Warpback and we examined the Games of November in the latest edition of The Next Level.

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New Releases: Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, Super Mario 3D Land, More

Posted on November 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

They’re here. They’re finally here. This Fall’s three most anticipated games (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Super Mario 3D Land) are finally ready for release.

If the idea of fighting in World War III, slaying dragons, or traipsing through the Mushroom Kingdom doesn’t appeal to you (and if so, just what kind of monster are you?), there’s plenty of other options in this week’s new releases as few publishers are shying away from this 1-2-3 punch of awesomesness. There’s also…

Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break.

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Mass Effect 3 beta accidentally leaked, new features revealed

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Brian Bishop

Last night, something magical happened on Xbox Live, if only for a moment; like a shooting star through the atmosphere. A Mass Effect 3 beta was leaked onto Xbox Live last night, and was accidentally made available to people who had signed up for the XBLA dashboard beta.

For a very brief moment of time, a 1.8 GB download was made available for ME3 that included a demo of both the single-player mode and new “Galaxy At War” multiplayer mode for the game. A gameplay video was subsequently upload to YouTube and screenshots were released on the NeoGAF forums of the experience.

After the demo was taken down, BioWare’s Jesse Houston released a statement chalking it up to human error, and said that the game was still in it’s really early code and wasn’t reminiscent of the final product at all. He also confirmed that the game includes three new play styles: “action mode,” “story mode,” and “RPG mode.” More details on these new ways to play Mass Effect will be released in the future.

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Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition drops it like it has rad poisoning on Feb. 7

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Chris Urie

If you enjoyed wandering the arid wasteland of Fallout: New Vegas‘s Nevada desert, then you should be jumping for joy when the Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition drops February 7, 2012. And it is going to drop harder than an irradiated gecko with one between the eyes.

This edition (available for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360) includes the original game as well as all of the various add-ons: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, Courier’s Stash, and Gun Runner’s Arsenal. In addition to extending the wild world of New Vegas, the pack also extend’s your characters level limit to 50. Now those giant robot spiders will hardly be a match for you.

Just remember, what happens in New Vegas, stays in your bone marrow forever. But look at the bright side, at least you glow in the dark.

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The Michael Bay commercial for Need For Speed: The Run is directed by Michael Bay

Posted on November 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

EA gave Michael Bay the chance to cut a commercial for Need For Speed: The Run because… well, why the hell not? Bay is known for making movies with fast cars, fast (and scantily clad) women, and lots of explosions; and that’s just what we get in this trailer. There’s also plenty of slow motion, a few car crashes (also in slow motion), and a rousing score (while main character Jack punches out a cop in slowmotion). Yup, this is a Michael Bay-directed trailer all right.

Need For Speed: The Run will be available in stores on November 15.

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DMC: Devil May Cry is officially a reboot of the series

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Brian Bishop

It’s official: The new Devil May Cry game is a reboot of the franchise, not a prequel, reports Degenki Playstation.  When DMC: Devil May Cry was announced for the PS3 and Xbox 360 at TGS last year, it was apparent that this wasn’t the Dante we all know and love.  He even had a new emo-tastic look, complete with white hair and disheveled demeanor.

Degenki Playstation goes on to say that this iteration of the Devil May Cry series takes place in parallel universe (with a completely different Dante) to the one from the original Devil May Cry series, which very well could mean that we could still get a Devil May Cry 5 sometime in the future.

The magazine says that this shift in universe was actually Ninja Theory’s idea.

Also in the wake of this DMC news, a series of new screenshots for the upcoming game were released yesterday, shedding even more light on the upcoming game. Hit the jump to view all ten screenshots.

[Source: Siliconera]

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Original Zelda game coming to 3DS; Majora’s Mask remake still being considered

Posted on November 4, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is just a few weeks away, but Nintendo plans to keep the Zelda train rolling with an original 3DS game (that’s not a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, which features an actual Zelda train) and possibly a Majora’s Mask remake.

Speaking to Portugese game site MyGames, series Producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that pre-production work on the next Zelda game, which will be a totally original tale for the 3DS, has begun:

“We are already preparing a new game, a game in the series for the Nintendo 3DS, but don’t think that it is a direct sequel to the Zelda titles released on DS. We are talking about a new game, but it takes much of what has been done on previous handhelds.”

And what about Majora’s Mask? Aonuma had this to say about a 3DS remake of the divisive N64 entry in the series:

“It’s something I’m asked about often and I assure you that it is something I’ve spoken to Miyamoto about. But recently we released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D as a remake. We are considering the idea, but it didn’t seem right to launch a remake one after another, so the next Zelda game on 3DS will be original.”

[Thanks to Nintendo Everything for the translation]

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Konami releasing 3 Silent Hill games in first 3 months of 2012

Posted on November 4, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Wintertime is already cold and dark and a little scary, but Konami plans to make it downright terrifying next year. Over the first three months of 2012, the publisher plans to release three new games in the Silent Hill series.

Konami plans to ease us into their Silent Hill marathon with the release of the Silent Hill HD Collection on January 24. The PS3/Xbox 360 package collects Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 together and gives them an HD makeover for the first time.

In February, the terror goes portable as Silent Hill: Book of Memories comes to the Vita. Sony’s next handheld is scheduled for a February 22 launch in the US, so consider this one a launch title.

Finally, the Vatra Games-developed Silent Hill: Downpour will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in March.

And they say Christmas Halloween comes but once a year.

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