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Warp Zoned’s PAX Prime 2013 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
UPDATE: We’ve picked the winner so the PAX Prime 2013 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway is closed to new entries. Check back for a new contest soon!
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Entering the contest is simple. The Warp Zoned staff has scattered hundreds of entry cards (like the one to your right) around the Washington State Convention Center. If you find a card, send an email with your name and where you found it to tips AT warpzoned DOT com. Please use “PAX Prime 2013 Contest” as the subject line.
But don’t worry, if you’re not attending PAX Prime 2013, you can still enter. First, you have to find a virtual entry card hidden within our PAX East 2013 coverage. Here’s a hint:
Look for a preview of a game starring an armored gardener.
Once you find it, email the URL of the article and your name to tips AT warpzoned DOT com to enter. Please use “PAX Prime 2013 Contest” as the subject line.
Either way you enter, if you LIKE our Facebook Page, you’ll receive a second entry in the giveaway. Good luck!
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Tagged PAX Prime 2013
First trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate welcomes us to the big house
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate will be available for the 3DS and PS Vita on October 25, alongside its console big brother, Batman: Arkham Origins. Today, developer Armature Studio and publisher WB Games have given us our first look at the side-scrolling action title in a new trailer.
It seems that the famed jail is under “New Management” as Batman will have to battle Black Mask, The Penguin, The Joker, and Solomon Grundy in the bowels of Blackgate Prison. It’s a good thing that Catwoman is around to offer her assistance:
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate brings the Batman Arkham games to a handheld format for the first time to Sony and Nintendo handheld systems. Featuring stealth gameplay, free-flow combat, and Batman’s infamous gadgets, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate captures the genuine Arkham feel players have come to appreciate. With gripping 2.5D graphics, fully voiced narrative, and a captivating storyline, you’ll will explore deep inside the bowels of this remote island penitentiary that plays an important role in the Arkham universe.
I have to admit, the comic-style cutscenes look great.
Posted in 3DS, News, Vita
Tagged Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, PAX Prime 2013
Sega @ PAX Prime 2013: Sonic Lost World, Total War Rome II, more
PAX Prime 2013 opens in a few hours and Sega has revealed the four games they’ve brought to the Washington State Convention Center. If you’re going to be wandering the show floor today, you’ll get a chance to play Sega’s entire Fall lineup including Sonic: Lost World, which will be released this October exclusively for the 3DS/Wii U; Total War: Rome II, which will be available next week; Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, which will also be available next week; Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F, which was added to store shelves and the PSN this week; and Heroki, a mobile game that will be released later this year. You’ll be able to find all of these games at Sega’s booth: #142/#242.
If you’re interested in the inner workings of Total War: Rome II, the development team at Creative Assembly is hosting a panel on Sunday, September 1 titled “History vs. Gameplay – Hey Creative Assembly, Where’s the Accuracy in My Pew Pew Shooter?” Sounds like a good time.
More details on all of Sega’s PAX Prime lineup is available after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, Mobile, News, PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Castle of Illusion, PAX Prime 2013, Sonic: Lost World, Total War: Rome II
Majesco launches Midnight City, an indie game publishing label
Majesco has always existed on the fringes of the video game industry. Normally a publisher of budget games, the company has dabbled in AAA development in the past (BloodRayne, for example), but mostly sticks with Zumba-branded exercise games these days. But while out there on the fringe, the Majesco brass has discovered that the kids love them indie games. So they started their own indie publishing label, Midnight City.
Midnight City will make its debut at this weekend’s PAX Prime, where the publisher will present ten very unique games to the public including a “lost” Game Boy game, a space age riff on Marble Madness, a “12-bit adventure,” a new game featuring Slenderman, and more. The label’s initial slate of games will be released for digital download services such as Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC downloadable sites.
You can read all about Midnight City’s lineup after the break and, if you’re attending PAX Prime, you can check them out this weekend in their booth. (more…)
D3 @ PAX Prime 2013: Earth Defense Force 2025, Adventure Time 2, Regular Show
D3 Publisher has announced they’re bringing three games to this year’s PAX Prime. Here’s what you can expect to find in playable form from the budget publisher in Booth #6616:
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! – In a completely new storyline and adventure featuring the voices of the show’s most popular characters. Fans will have to save the Candy Kingdom by exploring the mysteries surrounding a massive Secret Royal Dungeon deep below the Land of Ooo.
Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby In 8-Bit Land – Regular Show makes its first foray into the video game world when Mordecai and Rigby get transported into some of their favorite video games. The duo will have to use their best skills and unique abilities to traverse the various challenges to escape and return home in this “eggscellent” journey.
Earth Defense Force 2025 – This action shooting bonanza from D3Publisher arms players with more weapons than ever before! Players will have the experience of their lives as they form elite soldier classes to send on a global quest to protect the world from alien invasion.
EDF! EDF! EDF! PAX Prime begins tomorrow, August 30 and runs through Monday, September 2.
MS bringing Killer Instinct, Battlefield 4, Forza 5, Ryse, “other suprises” to PAX Prime 2013
PAX Prime practically takes place in Microsoft’s backyard and the consolemaker will have a large presence at the show, taking over three booths (#412, #422, and #432) and a hefty chunk of the Washington State Convention Center. But they only plan to have eight games on display, and one of them is on loan from Electronic Arts.
Four Xbox One games will be playable on the show floor including Crytek’s Ryse: Son of Rome, Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 5, Double Helix’s Killer Instinct reboot, and DICE’s Battlefield 4.
Microsoft also plans to erect a massive theater in their booth that will showcase developer-guided demos of four additional games on a 30-minute rotation. The rotation includes new looks at Rare’s Kinect Sports Rivals:, Capcom’s Dead Rising 3, the game creation game Project Spark, and the lone Xbox 360 game in their booth, Fable Anniversary. According to Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb, “other surprises” may be in store for the Xbox booth as well.
This year’s PAX Prime expo runs from August 30 through September 2. More details on all of the demos can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Battlefield 4, Dead Rising 3, Fable Anniversary, Forza Motorsport 5, Killer Instinct, Kinect Sports Rivals, PAX Prime 2013, Project Spark, Ryse
Ubisoft’s PAX Prime 2013 Lineup: Watch Dogs, The Crew, AC4: Black Flag, Rayman Legends
After a big showing at last weekend’s Gamescom, Ubisoft is gearing up for another big demonstration of their upcoming lineup at this weekend’s PAX Prime. The publisher plans to show four games at their booth with an additional pair (The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot and Might & Magic: Duel of Champions) in the LAN Area.
Ubisoft’s booth (#612) will include demo stations for The Crew, and Rayman Legends. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs will also be on hand, though both will be hands-off only.
Ubisoft’s booth will include a host of other activities such as a picture station with Black Flag’s pirate assassin, Edward Kenway. Black Flag fans will also be able to score an inflatable cutlass sword while Watch Dogs watchers can collect a logo-branded lanyard.
Ubisoft’s only playable next-generation game at PAX Prime is the “massive open world action-driving game” The Crew. In addition to a hands-on demo, fans will be able to drive away with an exclusive keychain.
PAX Prime 2013 will take place this weekend, August 30 through September 2, in Seattle. I hope you’ve already got your tickets, because they’ve been sold out for months.
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Tagged Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, PAX Prime 2013, Rayman Legends, The Crew, Watch Dogs
Sony is bringing playable demos of EVERYTHING to PAX Prime 2013
With 25 playable games, Nintendo has a pretty impressive PAX Prime 2013 lineup. It’s perhaps the most impressive group of titles available on display this year and… wait… Sony is going to have how many games at this year’s PAX Prime? I see. That certainly is a lot. But is it more than Nintendo? Oh, well alright then…
Ladies and gentlemen, Sony will have nearly 40 playable games to this weekend’s PAX Prime expo! There’ll be ten PS4 games (including InFamous: Second Son, DriveClub, and Killzone: Shadow Fall), nine PS3 games (including Beyond: Two Souls, Gran Turismo 6, and Rain), and 20 Vita games (including Killzone: Mercenary, Tearaway, and Luftrausers). Basically, the publisher is bringing nearly every announced, but unreleased, game they have to Seattle. That’s impressive.
You can find the full list of playable titles after the break and you can Sony’s massive PAX Prime presence at Booths 112, 122, 212, and 222. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3, PS4, Vita
Tagged PAX Prime 2013