Controversy erupts over Kojima Productions handing off Metal Gear Rising to PlatinumGames, with Kojima having to step in and explain why they had to do it. Naughty Dog unveils their post-apocalyptic survival game, Last of Us, which features some snazzy looking vegetable zombies. And it's been confirmed that Just Cause 3 is on the way alongside a Just Cause: Scorpion Rising movie. These stories and more in this December 17th, 2011 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Sunday
Coolest Game Trailers of 2011 Nominees Here it is, Gaming Blend's own list of nominees for the coolest game trailers of 2011.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare Announced Alan Wake finds out what he must do to stop the nightmares from coming true.
Skyrim, Portal 2, Arkham City Lead Spike VGA 2011 Winners List The complete list of Spike TV's VGA winners here.
Epic Games Fights Off Zombies With Fortnite Epic goes full-on zombie tower-defense in their newest game.
BioWare Unveils Command & Conquer Generals 2 Bioware's latest is a little out of the norm but that doesn't mean it won't be grand.
Uncharted Developer Unveils Last of US For PS3 A new big budget experience from the folks that brought you Uncharted.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD Coming Soon If they can't make money off new games, Activision is going to try to make money off the old ones.
Monday
Mark Hamill, Tara Strong Not Happy With Spike TV's VGAs The reason why has nothing to do with what you'd expect, but check it out to get a full description of the fallout.
Sniper Elite V2 Trailer Shows What A Bullet Through The Skull Looks Like You have got to love X-ray technology.
Afterfall Insanity 50% Off For Those WHo Pre-Ordered For $1 Good news for anyone who bought the game for only $1.
Modern Warfare 3 Earns $1 Billion Faster Than Avatar Ahahaha....yeah, there's only one thing to say about that... Money, money, money.
Gotham City Weapons Trailer Released, Console Beta On The Way Soon you'll be able to test out your very own Gotham City Imposter.
Rumor: Half Life 3 Announcement Coming In 60 Days If it's true then it's going to be the biggest news of 2012.
DiRT Showdown Bringing Demolition Derby Action In May 2012 A revamped
Skyrim DLC Will Be Beefy As the old saying goes, better to be beefy than to be skinny. And Bethesda likes their DLC real, real beefy.
Tuesday
GSC Game World Makes Official Statement Regarding Closure The company sort of explains their situation.
E3 Ticket Prices Double Paying close to $1,000 if you aren't an industry insider...yikes!
Buttonless: Stories Behind 67 iPhone, iPad Games Now Available Find out how some of the most popular iOS games came to be.
Humble Indie Bundle 4 Includes Super Meat Boy, Cave Story
Dual Kinect Support Offered In iPi Soft Middleware If you have the living room or den space, you can do your very own mo-cap sessions for games and movies.
Obsidian Chief Officer: I hope Digital Distribution Stabs Used Games Market In Heart Um, yeah...because obviously gamers would actually prefer paying more for games whenever possible.
Battlefield 3 Back to Karkand Hits PC, Xbox 360 The highly anticipated DLC for Battlefield 3 becomes available.
Hard Reset Extended Edition Coming To Retail Thanks to Kalypso Media If you have a slow internet connection you'll soon be able to pick up the PC exclusive Hard Reset from local retailers.
Star Wars Republic Early Access Begins Start the new year with a galactic bang in The Old Republic.
Tales of Graces F Release Date Announced Arriving in North America, March, 2012.
Fruit Ninja Kinect Christmas DLC Released for Free Free DLC is like Santa stuffing your stocking with an extra TV remote. It's all relative...it's all good.
Jim Sterling Says Spike VGA's Don't Need to Change, Gamers Do Do you agree? Do gamers really need to give it up on expecting more out of Spike's VGAs?
Just Cause 3, Just Cause: Scorpion Rising Movie In Development I'm looking forward to one but not the other.
Plants Vs Zombies Confirmed For PlayStation Vita Bringing some casual flair from the iOS to the PSV.
Guild Wars 2 Closed Beta Launches This Friday Gear up and get ready, while this may be a day later than the beta launch, you can still hop into the game to try it out.
Aion Going Free-to-Play In Europe NCSoft wants some more Euro gamers, badly.
Thursday
Ninja Gaiden 3 Release Date Collector Edition Announced Get some extra goodies in the collector's edition of the game.
Anarchy Reigns Delayed To July 2012 Sega delays the beat-e'm-up to a summer release.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare Getting Horde Mode Fight off hordes of baddies in a new mode with Remedy's upcoming Alan Wake.
Pando Market Data Shows 38 Million People Downloading MMOs in 2011 Basically, people love MMOs....that's what it boils down to.
Star Wars Republic Pre-Order Customers Get Grace Period Don't worry, BioWare wants to keep gamers playing and playing as soon as possible.
Skyrim Patch 1.3 Hits Xbox 360, PS3 Find out what else Bethesda fixed in the new patch.
Moonlight Online Heads Into Pre-Alpha, Screenshots Released Werewolves vs vampires vs hunters...where do I sign up?
APB Reloaded Surpasses 3 Million Registered Users APB: Reloaded is moving on up.
Friday
Metal Gear Rising: Truth Behind PlatinumGames Kojima Collaboration No need to worry, Kojima wanted PG for MGR.
QUBE, Portal-Esque Game Now Available For PC; Debut Trailer Looks Sleek Very sleek, I might add. Toxic did a great job on the game.
KUNOS Simulazioni Unveiling Proprietary Tech, Game A brand new game is on the way from racing sim pros, KUNOS.
I Am Alive Trailer Explains Rules There are rules for survival you know....important rules.
Dungeon Defenders Quest Last Eternia Shard DLC Coming Soon To PSN, XBLA A batch of new DLC is on the way for the multiplayer RPG.
Joe Danger Special Edition Receives Santa DLC Embracing the holiday season with some extra special celebratory paid-content.
Adventure Game, Stacking, Confirmed For PC Stack like you've never stacked before...for PC.
Saturday
Sumioni Demon Arts Coming To PS Vita Spring, 2012 An artistic new adventure platformer is coming for the PSV.
Star Wars Galaxies Shuts Down For Good It's time to move on and move up to BioWare's The Old Republic.
BattleTags Coming To World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III Blizzard introduces some new forms of content for their game series.
Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Ships 10 Million Copies Whether or not it will actually sell 10 million remains to be seen.
Army Corps of Hell Confirmed As PS Vita Launch Title All righty, gear up and get ready to take on the armies of hell for the PSV this February.
Top MMORPGS Worth Playing in 2012 A list of MMOs worth playing in 2012 that you may not have known were coming.
Win A Copy of RAAMs Shadow For Gears 3 Click the link to find out how to grab yourself a copy of the new DLC pack...FOR FREE!
That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. A brand new character spotlight video was released for the long-time Twisted Metal resident Mr. Grimm, check it out below.
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