In this episode: Warp, I Am Alive, Dear Esther, Wasteland 2, The Showdown Effect, SimCity, Mass Effect 3 controversy, Dark Energy Digital closure and more!

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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 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend * Crash Time 4: The Syndicate * Jane’s Advanced Strike Fighters * Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations * Ridge Racer: Unbounded * Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13

NINTENDO Wii PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond 3DS Kid Icarus: Uprising 3D

SONY PS3 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend * Crash Time 4: The Syndicate * Jane’s Advanced Strike Fighters * Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations * Ridge Racer: Unbounded * Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 PSV Nothing

VARIOUS PC The Curse of Montezuma * Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale * Jane’s Advanced Strike Fighters * Princess Isabella: Witch’s Curse 2 – Return of the Curse * Rayman Origins * Wargame: European Escalation

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

MICROSOFT XBLA Rayman 3 HD * Sine Mora Games on Demand Deus Ex: Human Revolution * Kinect Sports * Wallabies Rugby Challenge

NINTENDO WiiWare Nothing Wii VC Nothing 3DS eShop Nothing 3DS VC Dr Mario (GB) DSiWare Nothing

SONY PSN Rayman 3 HD Full PS3 Games Assassin’s Creed: Double Edition * Assassin’s Creed Revelations PS1 Classics Nothing PS2 Classics Tak: the Great Juju Challenge Full PSV Games Treasures of Montezuma Blitz Minis Nothing

VALVE Steam Cubemen * Fowl Space * Mutant Storm: Reloaded * Myst V * Space Ark * Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai * Warp * Waveform * Yesterday * Ys: The Oath in Felghana

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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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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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