Warp Zoned Presents
Author: Bret Morace
The Witcher 3 officially announced for PS4
Earlier this month, Game Informer called The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, “a must see next generation RPG.” Those words rang true as CD Projekt RED confirmed through a press release that the game will in fact be coming to the PlayStation 4 when it is released in 2014.
Adam Badowski, head of CD Projekt RED, was excited to announce the news, “We were thrilled when asked, several months ago, to be one of the developers who were granted early access to the PlayStation 4. It was an exciting moment to be invited to be in the company of other legendary developers like Bethesda, EA, LucasArts, Ubisoft or Activision as one of the teams working on titles shipping early in the PlayStation 4’s lifecycle. Of course, we couldn’t reveal any specifics about this to our fans, even though many journalists and forum members asked about when and how The Witcher might show up on Sony’s console. After yesterday’s PlayStation Meeting we can finally promise: The Witcher 3 is coming to the PlayStation 4.”
The Witcher 3 will come out on the PC and “all high-end platforms available” in 2014. Will the open-world game also make it to the currently unannounced Xbox 720? We’ll see.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged PlayStation Meeting 2013, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Armored Core: Verdict Day coming this Fall to PS3, Xbox 360
From Software’s newest entry in their long-running mech series, Armored Core: Verdict Day, is scheduled to be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 this Fall. The news was broken in a press release from publisher Namco Bandi.
The title puts gamers in a world thrown in chaos where, “Important natural resources needed for the survival of competing factions are scavenged and fought across the world with deadly Armored Core mechs. A strong trigger finger, innovative customization and strategic teamwork will be all that stand between survival and complete annihilation.”
If you’ve got a save game file from Armored Core V, you’ll be able to continue using it in Verdict Day. Also returning is the Operator Mode, which Namco Bandai promises will be enhanced with “new upgrades,” including the ability of players to “tactically command a full squad of Armored Core mechs from a tactical top-down point-of-view.” Finally, a persistent multiplayer mode will be available so you never have to play.
But if you want to, AI-controlled teammates will always be nearby.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Armored Core: Verdict Day
Major Nelson announces “Xbox Ultimate Game Sale” for Feb. 26 – March 4
Xbox fans get ready for a good week.
Today, Major Nelson released the good news that from Feburary 26 through March 4, over 60 Xbox 360 Games on Demand titles will be on sale. All 60 games will be at least 75% off and some will drop as much as 85% off for the “Xbox Ultimate Game Sale.”
A different batch of games will go on sale each day and many of the titles have already been confirmed by Major Nelson. Hit the jump for a list of some of the games you can expect. (more…)
Naughty Dog reveals Uncharted 3 beta statistics
In an interview with IGN, Naughty Dog’s multiplayer game designer, Robert Cogburn, revealed some interesting figures about the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception beta.
According to Cogburn, 600,000 unique players have played the beta since its launch last Tuesday. And that’s before the beta was released to non-Playstation Plus members today. Though Naughty Dog stated the level cap for the beta was 25, it was revealed the cap is actually level 50. Cogburn also said Naughty Dog may have more planned for the beta, but reiterated they were happy with the beta’s content currently.
Finally, the designer urged players to go to the Naughty Dog forums to report problems to the Naughty Dog team.
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Portal 2 soundtrack now available for download
Can’t get enough Portal 2? Well, lucky for you, Volume 1 of the game’s soundtrack, Songs To Test By, is available at the official Portal 2 website as a free download.
Just wait, there’s more. Valve has also promised two additional volumes in the Portal 2 soundtrack series will be released sometime in the future. The soundtrack is pretty impressive and currently dominating my iPhone, so for my fellow lovers of Portal 2, enjoy!
For science!
Gears of War 3 becomes fastest pre-ordered title in Xbox 360 history
Major Nelson announced today that Gears of War 3 has become the fastest pre-ordered exclusive in Xbox 360 history. In real numbers, Microsoft confirmed the game has already surpassed one million pre-orders. Along with this information, Nelson released some stats about the recently completed Gears 3 beta.
Over the course of the beta’s four weeks, 1.29 million players played more than 11 million multiplayer matches. Wow. Here are some of the other stats provided by the Major:
- 145 different countries participated in the beta
- 249 years worth of matches played
- More than 11 million matches completed
- More than 927 million kills recorded
- More than 131 million executions performed
- More than 23 million deaths by chainsaw
- Nearly 23 BILLION bullets fired
- 4.9 billion ribbons and 291 million medals earned
- 435,000 people earned the Beta exclusive Thrashball Cole skin
- 234,000 people earned the Beta exclusive Gold Retro Lancer
Gears of War 3 will be released on September 20.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Gears of War 3
PSN still not available in Japan
While most of the world logs back onto the PlayStation Network, the gamers of Japan are still left in the dark. The problem no longer deals with hackers, but rather the government, which refuses to let Sony continue online game services until Sony provides more information on the measures it’s taking to prevent another attack.
Kazushige Nobutani, director of the Media and Content Industry department at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, told Dow Jones Newswires, “We met with Sony on May 6 and 13, and basically we want two things from them.”
“The first is preventative measures. As of May 13, Sony was incomplete in exercising measures that they said they will do on the May 1 press conference.” The second answer they need is how Sony plans to win back consumer confidence. “There were similar cases in the past that were caused by other firms, and we are asking Sony whether their measures are good enough when compared to countermeasures taken in the past.”
Sony began restoring the PSN on Saturday after last month’s hacking nightmare that compromised the personal information of 100 million users.
Posted in News, PS3, PSP
Tagged ApocalyPS3 2011
Tecmo Koei supporting Wii 2
During an earnings briefing, CEO Yoichi Erikawa, who took the CEO position last November, spoke on the future plans for the company. Erikawa said he would like to have launch titles for the Wii 2.
Erikawa did not end the Nintendo love there as he also noted that the 3DS is helping boost their sales. Tecmo Koei also plans to release their many series on the 3DS and Sony’s NGP.