This Week: EA’s massive 50% off XBLM sale

Posted on January 17, 2011 by John Scalzo

Electronic Arts has launched their massive Xbox Live Marketplace sale, which runs from today through next Monday, January 24. Gamers will be able to get 50% off on the following Xbox Live Arcade games and Game Add-Ons, including the recently released MicroBot:

Xbox Live Arcade Games

  • Battlefield 1943
  • DeathSpank
  • DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
  • Hasbro Family Game Night: Battleship
  • Hasbro Family Game Night: Boggle
  • Hasbro Family Game Night: Scrabble
  • Madden NFL Arcade
  • MicroBot
  • NHL 3 on 3 Arcade
  • Risk: Factions

Game Add-Ons

  • Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening
  • Dragon Age: Origins – The Darkspawn Chronicles
  • Dragon Age: Origins – The Golems of Amgarrak
  • Dragon Age: Origins – Leliana’s Song
  • Dragon Age: Origins – Witch Hunt
  • Medal of Honor – Hot Zone Pack
  • FIFA 11 – Live Season All Leagues
  • Fight Night Round 4 – Champions Pack II
  • Madden NFL 11 Max Pack
  • NCAA Football 11 – NCAA Power Pack
  • NHL 11 – 20th Anniversary Bauer Boost Pack
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 – Favorites Course Pack
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EA wants to know if “Your Mom Hates Dead Space 2” in contest

Posted on January 17, 2011 by John Scalzo

With Dead Space 2 just a little over a week away, EA has launched a new contest on the Dead Space YouTube channel that seeks to find out if “Your Mom Hates Dead Space 2.”

Gamers are encouraged to show their moms a few scenes from Dead Space 2 and take pictures of the results. They must then tweet these pictures on Twitter with the hashtag #mymomhatesdeadspace2. The best reactions will be chosen by EA and win some sweet Dead Space 2-themed prizes (including a PS3 adorned with Isaac Clarke’s face).

EA has an entire playlist full of reactions already posted on YouTube, you’ll definitely want to check it out. Your mom might not.

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Daily Scoop: January 17, 2011 – Amazon Deals Edition

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s all about Amazon Deals in today’s Daily Scoop. First up, they’ve got up to 40% off Disney games. The pickings are pretty slim, unless you’re like me and you love Disney: Sing It games. They are super fun!

Next up is the Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, which is the DJ Hero 2 Party Bundle. Originally priced at $129.99, you can get it today for 23% off at $99.99.

But the REAL deals will be starting at midnight (Pacific Time) tonight, when Amazon goes live with another All Video Games Gold Box Event. All day tomorrow – that’s Tuesday, January 18th – the Gold Box deals will be nothing but video games. The link goes to a bunch of electronics deals right now, but we’ll bring you more information on all of tomorrow’s game deals as soon as we have it.

To round this out with something cute, check out today’s shirt.w00t – I know our editor, John Scalzo, will get a kick out of it.

“Freeze, rebel scum! Drop those plans immediately or OOPS! Hold your wamp rats, TK-80085. Don’t want to cross against the light now, do we?”

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Akuma, Taskmaster sneak into Marvel vs Capcom 3 as secret characters

Posted on January 17, 2011 by John Scalzo

IGN has posted videos revealing the two latest additions to the roster of Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds: Akuma and Taskmaster.

Akuma is Ryu’s red-headed archenemy from the Street Fighter franchise while Taskmaster is a Marvel villain that most often clashes with Deadpool. According to Eurogamer, both characters won’t be selectable at the start of the game. Akuma will be unlocked after acquiring 2,000 Players Points while Taskmaster requires 8,000. Eurogamer also claims that Capcom plans to round out the Marvel vs Capcom 3 roster by revealing two more characters.

You can see gameplay footage of Akuma and Taskmaster in action after the break.

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Weekly Warp-Up: I Love Mortal Kombat Edition

Posted on January 16, 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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In a world where the PlayStation 3 has been jailbroken… we examine the fallout now that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been hacked to shreds.

And on the eve of LittleBigPlanet 2‘s release, we talk to Media Molecule’s James Spafford about the game. The interview gets to the stuffing of Sackboy’s new adventure with information on all the new tools available in LBP2, a little bit about the game’s single-player campaign and what it’s like working for Media Molecule.

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Daily Scoop: January 16, 2011 – Creative ways to kill zombies, now cheaper!

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s another late morning and another apology from me. MAGFest is intense!

Not much going on scoop-wise, other than today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, which is Dead Rising 2 for the PlayStation 3. It’s on sale for $39.99 from $59.99, and it’s totally worth it. And don’t forget about the awesome, week-long buy 2, get 1 free sale going on at Best Buy that John Scalzo already reported on.

Amazon’s also got some more video game sales up its sleeve for this week – stay tuned to Warp Zoned for more information.

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Gallery1988′s “Multiplayer” exhibit is awesome

Posted on January 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Gallery1988, an art gallery in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, launched a new exhibit last night titled “Multiplayer”, which consists of limited edition posters inspired by video games. The exhibit includes the awesome Frogger PSA poster to your left as well as prints based on The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Tetris, Silent Hill and Duck Hunt.

If you don’t live in California, you can check out some of the posters at Super Punch and OMG Posters! (The Overworld, My Tetris Heart Longs For Your Push and I’m alone there now, in our special place, waiting for you.).

The show will run through February 4.

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Buy 2 games, Get 1 free at Best Buy this week

Posted on January 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Do you still have a few gift cards burning a hole in your pocket after Christmas? Then I suggest you head down to your local Best Buy this week to stock up on games as the retailer is running a “Buy 2 Games, Get 1 Free” promotion this week (Sunday, January 16 – Saturday, January 22).

The sale applies to every DS, PSP, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 game priced $29.99 and up. And shoppers are encouraged to mix and match games among the five systems. The promotion also includes LittleBigPlanet 2, Mindjack, Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 and the rest of this week’s new releases.

So good luck and good (bargain) hunting.

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