Weekly Recap April 27th: Ratchet And Clank Movie, Xbox Infinity Announcement, AMD 7990 Malta

Ratchet & Clank will be turned into a movie sometime in 2015, which is exciting, right? The next generation of Xbox will be announced and its being codenamed Infinity, and Nvidia really turned heads throughout the week with all the press coverage of their Radeon HD 7990 Malta, which is now the most powerful consumer graphics card on the market. These stories and more in this April 27th, 2013 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.

Sunday

Deus Ex Human Revolution CryEngine 3 Screenshot Released Curious how Deus Ex would have looked in the CryEngine 3? Check out the screenshot.

Mother 3 Fan Translation Offered To Nintendo For Free The community has spoken...will Nintendo answer?

APB Reloaded New Version Launches; New Vehicles, Desert Scarf Inbound I love me a good 'ole desert scarf. But that's just a small part of what's in store with the upcoming APB Reloaded.

Guild Wars 2 Retro Platformer Rytlock Critter Rampage Now Playable The April Fool's joke has turned into a reality thanks to a little ingenuity and a strong fan base.

Binding of Isaac Sells 2 Million Copies Good news for the indie devs still climbing up the ranks.

MMO Brawler Lost Saga Enters Open Beta One of my favorite MMO games from years ago is being re-released and you can join in on the action right now.

Monday

Metro Last Light System Requirements Announced; Free Game With Nvidia Cards Buy a high-end video card...get the game for free. I like the sound of those apples.

World of Warcraft Bad Robot Pet Pays Tribute to JJ Abrams Activision pays a bit of an homage to the sci-fi storytelling engineer.

Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Beta Underway, Adds Steam Authentication Pirates can no longer play the game for free...not in the multiplayer beta, anyway.

PhysX Water Simulation Breaks Realism Barrier on GTX 580 A single Nvidia GTX 580 does all sorts of awesome in a new water simulation demonstration.

Gearbox Grabs Rights To Homeworld In the continued THQ auction Gearbox laps up the Homeworld IP.

Injustice Gods Among Us Review: Superman is a Prick Because he just is...he really, really, really is.

Crystal Kingdom MMO Brings Back JRPG Nostalgia This is a love letter to 16-bit SNES JRPG fans.

Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection Sneaks Onto PS3 This June Be sure to bring your cardboard boxes with you, too.

Tuesday

Project CARS Delayed to Q2 2014; FSA Investigates Investment Fraud The investigation is not good news for Slightly Mad Studios, but it's a kick-butt game and hopefully they come out on top.

Lego City Undercover Chase Begins Now Available on 3DS Ahead of the Wii U launch, Lego City Undercover rolls out for Nintendo's 3DS.

Nvidia Teases GTX Titan LE, GTX Titan Ultra? Nvidia could be turning the Titan card into a series of cards.

Dragon Crown Headed to PS3 and PS Vita this August All the busty, feisty action of Vanillaware's Dragon's Crown will land on Sony's platforms this summer.

Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate Strategy Portal Launches Need help playing Castlevania Lords of Shadow on your 3DS? Check out the new strategy portal to help you out.

Age of Wushu Releases at GameStop, Features Jet Li Mission If you bought Age of Wushu from GameStop you're in for a treat by receiving a special training mission featuring none other than Jet Li.

Don't Starve Now Available on Steam One of the most talked about games that wasn't talked about in media finally launches on Steam to wide acclaim.

Ratchet & Clank Movie Headed to Theaters 2015 The popular franchise is getting the movie treatment in two year's time.

Dead Island Riptide Retail Launch Begins Next Zombie Apocalypse Deep Silver launches the next phase of Dead Island.

Wednesday

XCOM Shooter Re-Announced Soon As a digitally distributed title, no less.

Call of Duty Ghost Coming November 5th? Well, this is not too surprising.

AMD 7990 Launches At $1,000, Comes With 8 Free Games Well worth the price of entry? Well, that's debatable. However, it's now the most powerful dual-GPU on a single PCB on the market

Lord of the Rings Online Heads to Helm's Deep in Upcoming Expansion Turbine has some new plans for the LOTR MMO, plans that include expanding the game further into the movie's cinematic mythos.

Fire & Forget Vehicle Looks Like Batman's Tumbler And there are some brand new screenshots to prove it.

Samurai Jazz Lands on Steam's Greenlight This inventive new 8-bit style game is looking for a little support on Steam's Greenlight.

Tempest Reborn Comes to PS Vita as TxK Although, it won't arrive until later on this year.

Next Xbox Announced May 21st Later on in the month of May, Microsoft will unveil the next generation Xbox.

Thursday

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Operation Payback Offers Financial Support for Modders Valve goes on and does the right thing for the community while allowing the people who keep the community alive funded.

Scribblenauts Unmasked Features DC Comics Characters The creative scribbling game allows you to engage with some of DC's finest.

Mega Man Rayman Visit Nintendo eShop Two iconic gaming classics have become part of Nintendo's virtual console.

Beyblade Evolution Spinning Onto 3DS Fall I didn't think people still liked Beyblade, but I guess a new game proves me wrong.

Battlefield 3 Server Emulation Tool Allows For Real Mods, Spectator Mode The community has taken it upon themselves to create tools to allow for real modding and spectator mode.

Corsair 350D Micro ATX Case Announced, Good for Steam Box Builds The case isn't quite tiny enough to compete with the OUYA or the Xi3 Piston, but they're getting there...they're getting there.

Hell Invaders Announced For PC, Linux, Mac A new CCG RTS game has been announced by Spicy Horse featuring demons, hell knights and virtual cards.

Ride To Hell: Route 666 RTS Game Stars Biker Gangs Deep Silver's new series of biker games showcases the strategy title, Route 666.

Friday

Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC PS3, PC Release Dates Revealed

Skyrim Legendary Edition Includes All DLC If you had only waited...tsk, tsk.

Nintendo Calls Off E3 2013 Press Conference They'll still be there, they just won't engage in the super-duper press conferences like Sony and Microsoft.

The Realm Brings Thematic Point and Click Action To PC An interesting, artistic new point-and-click adventure title makes its way onto Kickstarter.

Lost Planet 3 Semi Open World, Will Not Be Like Lost Planet 2 Some good and bad news for the upcoming Lost Planet 3.

Jacob Jones Bigfoot Mystery Bringing Episodic Adventure to Vita An off the wall, oddball adventure title is arriving for the PlayStation Vita.

Saturday

Lego Batman 2 Now Fighting Crime on iOS And that means no matter where you go, you can be Batman...on your mobile device...in Lego form, of course.

Sci-fi RPG Mars War Logs Launches PC The indie sci-fi RPG launches on PC.

Electronic Theatre Lost Planet 3 Campaign Preview An in-depth preview of the single-player campaign

Total War Rome 2 Pontus Faction Free DLC Coming Soon Free DLC? Creative Assembly is really pushing for a pro-consumer turn.

DualShock 4 Shown Off With Soothing Introductory Video Sony unleashes additional info on the new DS4 controller for the PS4.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Preview A hands-on experience of the upcoming release from Ubisoft.

Bureau: XCOM Declassified Shooter Is A Prequel Find out how XCOM became what it was with the digital download prequel.

That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap, You can check out some brand new footage of Grid 2's multiplayer gameplay in the video below.

Will Usher

Staff Writer at CinemaBlend.