The Video Game Librarian Pick of the Week is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One), the final game in Hideo Kojima’s sprawling Metal Gear saga. Metal Gear Solid pushed the stealth action genre to new heights of popularity when it was released in 1998, and this sequel takes the genre even further with a massive world and a wild story.
Also of note this week is Mad Max (PC, PS4, Xbox One), an open world adaptation of the famed film franchise. It’s not a direct remake of any one film, but a new story that takes place within the same world as Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Mad Max: Fury Road (which was also released on DVD/Blu-ray earlier this month). A complete list of this week’s new releases can be found here:
Other New Retail Releases
PC
- Act of Aggression
- Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces
- Mad Max
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Might & Magic Heroes VII
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Far Cry 4: Complete Edition
- Mad Max
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence
Vita
Xbox 360
Xbox One
New Release Round-Up For Downloadable Games
- Nintendo Download: Vs, Excitebike, Gunman Clive HD Collection, Mario Golf, more
- PlayStation Store: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Mad Max, Disney Infinity: Star Wars, more
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Mad Max, Disney Infinity: Star Wars, more
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): Evolve Free Weekend, Rugby World Cup 2015, Super Toy Cars, more
Feature Articles From Warp Zoned
- Feature: What We Played in August 2015
- Feature: The Games of September 2015
- Interview: Bendik Stang of Snowcastle Games Talks About Earthlock: Festival of Magic
New Game Announcements
- Capcom confirmed that Ace Attorney 6 is in development.
- Deadpool will strut onto the PS4 and Xbox One in November.
More News
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Reckoning Pack is now available on the PC, PS3, and PS4.
- An “Interim” patch for the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight is now available.
- NetherRealn Studios will add four characters to Mortal Kombat X in 2016.
- An Xbox One Elite Bundle with a 1TB Hybrid Drive and an Elite Controller will be available this November.
- Extreme Exorcism will begin busting ghosts on September 23.
- The New 3DS will be released in the US for the first time as part of a Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer bundle on September 25.
- Nintendo announced a Special Edition for Xenoblade Chronicles X.
- Sony is prepping four different editions of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End for release on March 18, 2016.
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will be released on February 23, 2016 and its pre-order incentive program will make you go cross-eyed in confusion.
- Comcept will release a Trial Version of Mighty No. 9 on September 15.
- XCOM 2 was pushed into next year as 2K Games announced a new release date of February 5, 2016.
New Videos
- Transformers: Devastation – “Gameplay Trailer / Peter Cullen Behind-the-Scenes Video”
Etcetera
- The BBC released the first trailer for The Gamechangers, their film about the making of the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
- Here’s your first look at Michael Fassbender in the Assassin’s Creed movie.
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