Weekly Recap Aug 3rd: Fez 2 Gets Canceled, XCOM Enemy Within, Tomb Raider 2 Coming

The creator of Fez II cuts the game's lifespan short very early after having an absolute meltdown on Twitter following some very toxic arguments with trolls. 2K Games has a new XCOM game in the works, and Square and Eidos are also working to get a new Tomb Raider out for the next-gen consoles. These stories and more in this August 3rd, 2013 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.

Sunday

Starbound Devs Ask Gamers Which PlayStation Platform They Should Port The Game To PSV, PS3 or PS4? It's a bit surprising which system gamers requested the most.

Nintendo Discusses Wii U, Indie Dev Approval Process, NDAs, Certification Curious what the process is for getting approved and regulated as a Nintendo approved developer? Check out this handy article.

Kingdom Hearts 3 Won't End The Series This is good news for people who can't get enough of Kingdom Hearts.

Ms. Germinator Wiping out Viruses on PS3, PS Vita Soon The new puzzle game will arrive for Sony's consoles sooner rather than later.

Fez 2 Canceled, Fish Throws Twitter Tantrum Phil Fish has officially become the Kanye West of video games.

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Details Modes, Costumes, Pre-Order Items Tecmo rolls out some additional details for the latest fighting game.

Warframe Being Considered For Release on Xbox One Digital Extremes' highly popular space-ninja game could be arriving very soon for Microsoft's next-gen console alongside the PS4 version.

Michael Biehn Says Workingo n Aliens: Colonial Marines Wasn't Fun At All Why? Because it was passionless and felt like a cash-in. His words, not mine.

Devs Added Boob Jiggling to Lightning The thinly framed warrior gets an upgraded boost in her sex appeal.

Monday

Last of Us Tips: Surviving Multiplayer Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork?

Cabal Online Rising Force Gets New Expansion It arrived this week and is available to the committed community of Cabal.

Fez 2 Petition Showcases Best and Worst of the Internet Some troll and some don't, but many want Fez 2 back.

7 Days to Die Now On Kickstarter After garnering a bit of attention in the media circles, 7 Days to Die Is Now on Kickstarter.

Beware The $60 Fee-to-Pay Games With Microtransactions

GTA 5 Character Switching Inspires GTA IV Mod A new script mod allows you to easily switch between multiple characters in GTA IV, just like GTA 5.

PS4 Access Video Confirms 2,000 Friend Limit, Free Party Chat Have a legion of friends and chat all at the same time, for free, on the PS4.

Tuesday

Witcher 3 Studio Doesn't Believe in DLC Not the scheming kind, anyway.

Capcom Rejected Dragon's Crown; Dragon's Crown Sells Out In Japan Awesome move right there Capcom, bravo. Way to go, big boy. You done yourself real proud. Woot, woot.

Media Molecule Delays Tearaway The PS4 exclusive gets hit with a bit of a delay.

Saints Row 4 Still Banned In Australia The game still hasn't been approved for release in the land down under.

Monster Hunter Frontier G Coming To Wii U, PS3 Capcom's illustrious Monster Hunter MMO is coming to the Wii U and PS3 later this year.

Xbox One Version of Monochroma Scrapped for Wii U Release Indie devs are already picking and choosing sides and in the case of the highly lauded Monochroma, they're picking the Big 'N' over the mini 'M'.

Assassin's Creed 4 PS4, PS3 Exclusive DLC Stars Aveline The first playable female assassin from Ubisoft's series will be playable in AC4.

BioShock Infinite DLC Clash of the Clouds Released, Burial At Sea Coming Soon New DLC drops for BioShock infinite to expand and extend the single-player gameplay.

Wednesday

GameStop Continues PlayCation Promo While Gamers Promote Alternatives Not everyone is down with GameStop and some gamers are cooking up some alternatives for the community.

Wii U Sold An Abysmal 160,000 Units Last Quarter Ouch.

Crackdown And Dead Rising 2 Games With Gold For August If you're signed up with Xbox Live Gold you'll get two free games this month with classics such as Dead Rising 2 and Crackdown.

Utherverse Adds Edutainment Initiative To Their Platform The multimedia platform adds additional education measures to their ever-expanding web services.

Rise of the Triad Launches on PC The classic remake makes its debut on PC... finally.

MineCon 2013 Tickets On Sale Today Pick up your tickets now for the second annual MineCon event, and have some fun with friends at the celebration of one of the biggest indie games ever launched.

Watch Dogs Creator Responds To Poor Feedback of Xbox 360, PS3 Trailer That nasty Watch Dogs footage? Well, you'll be glad to know that Ubisoft has no real answer for you, so it's probably safe to pre-order your PS4 and get the game on a next-gen console.

Killzone Mercenary Closed Beta Begins, Opens To All In Late August The PSV shooter will be inviting any and all comers near the end of the summer.

Thursday

Survived, CryEngine 3 Survival Game Makes Zombies Scary Again An atmospheric, story-oriented zombie game brings some interesting concepts to the genre.

Skydive Proximity Flight Finally Makes Use of Kinect In A Cool Way For the first time ever, Kinect will have a game that doesn't outright suck.

Dark Souls First Person Mod Reminds Me Why Skyrim Combat Sucked Play one of the hardest games in first-person, and see how FP melee combat is supposed to be done.

Star Citizen Hits 15 Million In Crowd-Funding brand new ships are also on the way, including the Battlecruiser.

Fist Puncher Now Beating the Pants off XBLIG Get a few friends and play a classic beat 'em up title on Xbox 360.

Tomb Raider 2 Coming to PS4, Xbox One The next generation of Tomb Raider is being prepped for the next generation consoles.

Shadowrun Returns Review: Kickstarter Darling Mostly Delivers With some minor things left on the cutting room floor, Shadowrun Return manages to get most of everything right.

Thunder Wolves Shoots Up PSN Later this month the Desert Strike-esque top-down arcade shooter will launch on Sony's system.

Friday

WWE 14 Phenom Edition Stars Undertaker The Dead Man is on the receiving end of a very special WWE promotion for the latest iteration of the game.

XCOM Enemy Within Revealed By Ratings Board, Announcement Coming At Gamescom Will it be for new-gen consoles or the old aging hardware? Only Gamescom will tell.

Xbox One Criticism Was A “Witch Hunt” Says id Software Co-Founder John Carmack denounces the rage gamers poured on the Xbox One.

Battlefield 4 Fixes Sea Combat

EverQuest Next: Free-to-Play Destructible Environments, User Made Content This is one of the biggest new MMOs on the horizon.

Dragon's Crown Sells 300,000 Copies In Japan, Retail Shortages occur You have to admit that whether you like the game or not it's selling quite well.

Xbox One Clock Speed Upped by 53mhz; Final Dev Kits Sent Out To Studios Microsoft is finally optimizing the console for the fall release.

Saturday

The Note First Poetry Drive Game You don't know how to play or where to go or what to do, and that's the whole point.

Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD Co-op Review Co-Optimus reviews the latest Pixeljunk game.

Whore of the Orient Video Footage Confirms You Get To Play An Asian Guy Well, here's good news for those who finally want to play someone from the Orient that isn't a South Korean made MMO.

Marvel Heroes Co-op Impressions Co-optimus has a first-impressions editorial up on the Marvel Heroes MMO.

Pikmin 3 Cloudberry Kingdom Hit Nintendo eShop Some of the big games for the Nintendo Wii U will finally launch next week.

Elder Scrolls Anthology Includes Skyrim, Morrowind, Oblivion and More Bethesda has a giant package of all the Elder Scrolls games in one giant package.

That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. You can check out the latest trailer for Payday 2, featuring the Safehouse stage. Enjoy.

Will Usher

Staff Writer at CinemaBlend.