Warp revolves around a fun idea, the kind of idea you could image being born over beer and pizza.

Gamer Designer 1: “So, what if there was an alien and he was captured by these asshole” scientists?”

Gamer Designer 2: “Yeah! And he can, like, warp places, and solve puzzles and stuff!”

Gamer Designer 3: “Wait! What if he could, like, warp into someone?”

All: “…”

All: “…and make them explode! AWESOME!”

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The action strategy revival is set to continue with Swedish developer Zeal Game Studios revealing that it is working on a new multiplayer entry in the genre. Set in the far reaches of a war torn universe, R.E.D. Frontier will see players hammer seven shades of the proverbial out of one another in a desperate attempt to secure precious fuel supplies.

If the announcement trailer can be considered a reliable guide, each player will control a hero character backed by a small but deadly entourage of robots and vehicles. According to publisher Paradox Interactive, R.E.D. Frontier will adopt a structure common to multiplayer first person shooters, in so far as players eliminated from the contest will instantly respawn. The game will support up to a dozen players per session and a range of customisations and unlockables will be up for grabs.

R.E.D. Frontier will join Red Faction and Red Orchestra in the burgeoning red subgenre when it arrives on PC later this year. Alas, both publisher and developer are being remarkably tight lipped about what R.E.D. actually stands for. Any suggestions?

NanoBITES captures those small but important morsels of gaming information that otherwise might slip between the cracks.

ITEM! After receiving a warm reception on 360 and PS3, futuristic squad based shooter Binary Domain is coming to PC. According to publisher SEGA, it will land on store shelves in April.

ITEM! Dissatisfied fans are petitioning BioWare to amend the much debated conclusion to Mass Effect 3. As reported by Game Informer, the developer is considering fan feedback and has “ruled nothing out”.

ITEM! Australia is another step closer to having an R18+ classification for video games. As noted by Kotaku, the proposed legislation has been endorsed by the federal House of Representatives and will now make its way to the Senate.

ITEM! Dark Energy Digital, the studio responsible for undersea sci-fi action game Hydrophobia, is in the hands of administrators according to a story published by GamesIndustry International.

ITEM! A dozen years after the arrival of the last game in the series, we finally have a release date for Diablo III. Blizzard Entertainment’s feverishly anticipated action RPG will become available on Tuesday 15 May.

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Presented in glorious alphabetical order, New Media: Retail Roundup is your indispensible checklist of the home console and handheld titles arriving in stores this week. What will you be playing?

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Armored Core V * Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure * Ninja Gaiden 3 * Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

NINTENDO Wii Nothing 3DS BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II

SONY PS3 Armored Core V * Ninja Gaiden 3 * Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City PSV Nothing

VARIOUS PC Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai

New Media: Downloadable Digest is your handy reminder of the downloadable titles released during the past week.

MICROSOFT XBLA Shoot Many Robots Games on Demand Brink * The Gunstringer * Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

NINTENDO WiiWare Nothing Wii VC Strider (Mega Drive) 3DS eShop Nothing 3DS VC Metroid (NES) DSiWare Nothing

SONY PSN Journey * Shoot Many Robots * Warp Full PS3 Games BioShock 2 Complete Pack * FIFA Street PS1 Classics Nothing PS2 Classics Nothing Full PSV Games Nothing Minis Canabalt * Gold Medalist * Reef Aquarium

VALVE Steam All Zombies Must Die! * Bumbledore * Defenders of Ardania * ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron * Wizorb

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