Warp Zoned Presents
Author: John Llewellyn Martin
Katamari Damacy Vita TGS trailer is all about shapeshifting
Namco Bandai’s trailer for Katamari Damacy on the PlayStation Vita is light on info, heavy on the quirkiness, but all around awesome. See the Prince roll around and listen to the announcer shout, “STRETCH! SHRINK! STRETCH! SHRINK!” in Japanese. It would seem that the newest addition to the series is the ability to shapeshift. When thinking about the Vita’s dual touchscreen features, I get perhaps a little too excited about the gameplay possibilities.
Check out the video up top and try to figure out if that’s a giant man-baby that the Prince encounters. No release date has been given, but I’m already rarin’ to go roll my balls over junk.
Posted in News, Vita
Tagged Touch My Katamari
First Army Corps of Hell trailer, complete with pig squeals
Square Enix’s upcoming Vita game, Army Corps of Hell, seems to be an unholy marriage of Pikmin and countless dark forces from the deepest parts of the underworld. In the game’s Tokyo Game Show trailer, we are treated with some gameplay, music by a Japanese metal band called United, and more than a few instances of censored objects onscreen.
Prepare your senses and click up top to view the trailer. No release date has been given yet, but I’m willing to bet that the pre-order bonus will be a sacrificial goat.
Posted in News, Vita
Tagged Army Corps of Hell
Ninja Gaiden 3’s TGS trailer is red all over with new details
Ninja Gaiden 3‘s “Consequence” trailer is heavy on blood and disembodied voices crying out in lamentation. We see Ryu Hayabusa grunting around in pain while gallons upon gallons of blood, explained to be the blood and hatred of all he has slain, course through his arm. I almost want to see him use it to arm-wrestle with Nightmare from the Soul Calibur series.
In addition to the trailer, a multiplayer mode was announced at a pre-TGS event, set to pit would-be ninjas online against each other with the end goal of surpassing Hayabusa. I’m going to name my ninja Lag, because we all know that lag kills (cue the crickets).
It was also announced that two “play styles”, Ninja and Hero, will be featured in Ninja Gaiden 3. “Ninja” is the traditional style and the same way you’ve been playing the game for the past few iterations, while “Hero” will allow players to auto-block and auto-dodge if they just want to focus on the narrative.
So watch Ryu get a cursed arm capable of throwing a fastball from hell in the trailer above. Ninja Gaiden 3 is due in early 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
[Source: Joystiq]
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Ninja Gaiden 3
Animal Crossing 3DS TGS trailer is all kinds of serene
A new trailer for Animal Crossing 3DS, set for release in 2012, was shown at the Tokyo Game Show. It features some really calming piano music in the background while showing you the improved graphics and interactions with neighbors. Perhaps the most noteworthy addition to the series is the ability to swim. I’m almost hoping to see Mr. Resetti, the mole who treats to you filibuster-like speeches if you reset without saving, pop out of the water in an inner tube.
Take a gander at your future anthropomorphic neighbors in the trailer above.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Sonic Generations speeds onto consoles November 1
It’s been 20 years since Sonic blurred onto the screen and into our collective gaming heart. To celebrate, Sega is releasing Sonic Generations on November 1 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A 3DS version is slated for “Late 2011.”
In Sonic Generations, players will be treated to some nostalgia as Sonic and friends go back in time and meet their younger, fresh-faced counterparts. Watch them team up to save their friends and battle whoever it was that caused this affront to the space-time continuum in beautiful HD. You’ll race through Classic and Modern stages as both versions of the Blue Blur, saving friends and fighting iconic bosses while unlocking more levels and challenges.
If you hold out for the 3DS version, you’ll be treated to exclusive content in the form of new environments, an unlockable “special stage”, a two-player Versus Mode, and the chance to collect bonuses through Street Pass.
Posted in 3DS, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Sonic Generations
GameStop is now taking your iStuff
GameStop has announced that they will be accepting iPod, iPhone, and iPad trade-ins starting today. Depending on the condition of your “iTrade”, you will receive store credit or cash to put towards anything GameStop sells. Devices with dents, scratches, water damage, personal engravings, or are just simply defective, will not be accepted.
No exact trade-in values have been given, but they’re sure to be worth a lot more than your average video game trade-in, letting you build up more store credit.
If you have these devices around your house collecting iDust, why not just bring them into GameStop to put towards that sweet Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition or something else on the schedule for this fall. Whether or not that dragon statue will have app support is another story.
Check out the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S in Need For Speed: The Run
If you’re hard up for some Porsche action, the Limited Edition versions of Need For Speed: The Run will give you access to the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S. The game will feature an “illicit, coast-to-coast race from San Francisco to New York”, according to its website. With 500 horsepower and 800 lbs of torque, not to mention those sexy contours, you’ll be tearing up the country’s virtual asphalt in style. It’s probably the next best thing to owning the actual car. And at $49.99 for PC and $59.99 for PS3 and Xbox 360, a copy of Need for Speed: The Run is slightly more affordable.
The 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S will be exclusive to the Need For Speed: The Run “Limited Edition,” which is actually the only version of the game available on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, so pre-order now (or not) and live out your Porsche dreams on November 15, 2011.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Need For Speed: The Run
Dark Souls’ “Prologue: Part 3” trailer is the most metal thing you’ll see all week
Namco Bandai continues to stream out the Dark Souls prologue trailers with part three. Now, we get to see the giant, boney monster-thingy named Nit staring at the fire in his hands despite lacking eyeballs. If there’s one hope I have for the game, it’s that every hit on Nit will count as a headshot since his torso is made of skulls. We then see him “unleashing a miasma of death and disease” before cutting to a company of knights throwing lightning bolts at dragons.
If Namco Bandai would allow it, I’d like to form a metal band and use these images for an album cover. Dark Souls is set for a US release on October 4, 2011.
And in case you missed them, don’t forget to check out Prologue: Part 1 and Prologue: Part 2.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Dark Souls