Warp Zoned Presents
Author: Mike Ryan
Nintendo Switch Presentation: Everything you wanted to know about the JoyCon Controllers
During Nintendo’s Switch Presentation, the consolemaker revealed a few new details about the JoyCon Controllers:
JoyCon Controller Features
- Taken together, the JoyCon Controllers use a traditional button layout
- Separately, the Analog Sticks can be pressed
- Includes an NFC reader for Amiibo figures
- JoyCon Controllers can be flipped sideways, NES-style, and they’ll include L and R Buttons.
- A Capture Button will be available for capturing screenshots, and in the future, video. You’ll be able to share the screens you capture with your friends via social media.
- A Wii Remote-like acceleromator and motion sensors will also be included
- Multiple color variations will be available, including Neon Blue and Neon Red at launch
- JoyCon strap accessory (acts like the Wii Remote strap)
- The Right JoyCon has a motion IR Camera and can recognize hand features and distance
- JoyCon Controllers have a more advanced version of rumble, called HD Rumble
And in case you missed it, the Nintendo Switch will launch on March 3.
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Nintendo Switch Presentation: March 3 launch date, no region lock for games, Nintendo Switch Online Service announced
We’re liveblogging the Nintendo Switch event, and here’s the big news!
Many speculated the Switch will release on March 17th, but Nintendo announced today that the actual release date is actually March 3rd in Japan, the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and “major European countries.” That’s a whole two weeks earlier than initially thought.
On the other hand, while many thought that the price would be $249.99, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Switch will be officially priced at $299.99.
Nintendo will also launch a new online service for the Switch known as the Nintendo Switch Online Service. The Online Service will be free during the launch period, but a monthly fee will be required beginning in Fall 2017.
Finally, games on the Switch will not be region locked… much to the joy of gamers everywhere.
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Rocket League’s “Starbase ARC” update announced at Game Awards 2016
Developer Psyonix, creator of the wildly-popular Rocket League, announced an out-of-this-world update to their automotive soccer title. The update, entitled Starbase ARC, brings the Rocket League universe to the final frontier.
Starbase ARC, an homage to Psyonix’s critically-acclaimed mobile title, ARC Squadron, is an octagonally-shaped space station orbiting a desert planet in a distant galaxy. Lasers fire whenever goals are scored, starships battle it out in the skies, and planetoids float eerily by in the distance to create one of the most epic Rocket League atmospheres yet.
Launching December 7th, the Rocket League Starbase ARC arena will be free, and a similarly-styled premium car will be available for $1.99. This update will also introduce a Custom Training Mode that allows players to create their own training sequences, and upload them for other players to try out. More info on Custom Training can be found at Rocket League’s official website.
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Tagged Game Awards 2016, Rocket League
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (featuring Duke Nukem) announced at 2016 Game Awards
Today, People Can Fly and Gearbox Publishing announced a high definition remake of their high-octane action title, Bulletstorm. Titled Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, the original game has been given a fresh coat of paint, with better graphics and a higher framerate. Most importantly, those who pre-order it will be able to play through the full Campaign as gaming icon Duke Nukem!
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition releases on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on April 7, 2017, and features the following:
- The Total Package – All previously-released content including all maps, modes, and more on your favorite modern platform
- New Overkill Campaign Mode – Blast your way through the campaign by starting with an unrestricted arsenal of weapons and Skillshots
- New Echo Maps – Showcase your skills on six brand-new levels for the score-based Echo Mode
- Killer Visuals – Presented with updated models, environments, and animations all running at a smoother framerate than ever before
- The Art of Destruction – Orchestrate masterful kills by mixing fast-paced gunplay with unique kick, slide, and leash combos
- Visceral Audio – Bask your ears in Skillshot glory with newly remastered audio effects
- Duke Nukem’s Bulletstorm Tour – Pre-order the game and get the option to play through the entire Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition campaign as Duke Nukem, featuring a fully rerecorded script and brand-new lines from the original voice of Duke
“Everyone at our studio is excited to be delivering what we feel is the very best Bulletstorm experience to fans around the world,” said Sebastian Wojciechowski, the President of People Can Fly. “The team has worked tirelessly to ensure that Bulletstorm’s debut for a whole new generation will be great, and we hope that gamers everywhere are ready to step into Grayson’s boots again and show the world how creative they can get with their Skillshots.”
To hold you over for the next five months, the first trailer for the game is embedded above.
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Tagged Bulletstorm, Game Awards 2016
Game Awards 2016 Gameplay Trailer: Mass Effect: Andromeda
The final trailer released during tonight’s Game Awards featured the first gameplay footage from the highly-anticipated followup to the Mass Effect trilogy. Mass Effect: Andromeda looks to take the original formula to new heights, with plenty of the same action, exploration, and dialogue that made the originals so memorable.
Mass Effect: Andromeda will crashland on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 in Spring 2017.
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Get an “Extended Look” at Telltale’s Walking Dead: A New Frontier at the 2016 Game Awards
Not satisfied enough with releasing one trailer for an upcoming game, Telltale Games tonight also released an “Extended Look” trailer for A New Frontier, the third season of The Walking Dead. In this season, series mainstay Clementine is not the only main character. Instead, we see the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a new character, Javier, with Clem along for the ride as a supporting character. The “Extended Look” trailer gives us a good idea of the events that befell Javier’s family at the onset of the outbreak, and then quickly jumps to the present-day, where he meets up with Clementine.
A special two-part premiere of Telltale’s The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will be released on December 20th. The remainder of the episodes will launch in 2017.
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Halo Wars 2 Cinematic Trailer unveiled at Game Awards 2016
Microsoft took to the Game Awards stage to show off a cinematic trailer for Halo Wars 2. The trailer gave us a first look at the game’s big bad… Atriox, a Brute commander who wants to destroy both humanity and the Covenant. Atriox and his followers, known as The Banished, look to be quite the formidable foes.
Microsoft also revealed a new trailer for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, which you’ll receive if you pre-order the digital version of Halo Wars 2. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition will be available on December 20th and the trailer can be found after the break. (more…)
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Game Awards 2016 Trailer: Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
During tonight’s Game Awards ceremony, Yacht Club games presented the next DLC update to their wildly popular game, Shovel Knight. The add-on, titled Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, tells an entirely new story as seen through the eyes of Specter Knight, the first member of The Order of No Quarter. If the Plague of Shadows chapter is any indication, this expansion will breathe new life into the already-addicting retro title.
In a Kickstarter update, Yacht Club promised that players will find “new areas, new music, new enemies, new objects, new boss fights, new weapons, new armors, and way, way more than ever before” in Specter of Torment. They also revealed that the add-on will serve as a prequel to Shovel Knight’s main storyline.
No release date was given, but we should expect to see the update sometime in Spring 2017.
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Tagged Game Awards 2016, Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment