After numerous delays from Blizzard (mostly because they were working on World of Warcraft content) StarCraft II has finally arrived for PC overly eager PC gamers. Sony Online Entertainment announced that EverQuest II will be going free-to-play, with cash shop and subscriptions still available as optional payment methods, and some brand new details may have surfaced for Rockstar’s next iteration of the uberly popular open-world action drama, Grand Theft Auto. In addition to this, new trailers for Overgrowth, Halo: Reach and Mafia II have surfaced. These stories and more in this July 31st, 2010 edition of the Game Blend Weekly Recap.
Sunday
Comic Con: Capcom Announces Street Fighter X Tekken for Xbox 360 and PS3.
Review for Gunnar i-AMP Anime Onyx 3D Glasses. Are the RealD supported, 3D glasses worth it?
Comic Con: Epic Mickey Tales of the Wasteland Comics Coming Soon. To accompany the already (un)deserved hype.
Comic Con: Darkspore Development Assisted by BioWare. Does this mean the mean gene creations could engage in a little “love” talk?
Comic Con: DarkSpore Gameplay Details Revealed. All the nitty gritty on the upcoming EA game is spilled…a little bit.
Comic Con Preview: Saw II Flesh and Blood. Pete gets some hands-on time with the upcoming horror survival-puzzle game.
Monday
Nintendo Download: Aero The Acrobat, Face Pilot. More downloads in the weekly crunch on WiiWare releases.
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Announced for PC. Whoa-ho-ho….now this is my kind of game.
StarCraft II Racks Up 800,000 Pre-Orders…Top That Halo Reach. Bungie probably will top that though.
Kane and Lynch 2 Comes Steam-Packed With Steamworks. Valve will be getting in on the nitty-gritty when the game launches next month.
Commander: Conquest of the Americas Demo Now Available. History repeats itself as gamers aim to conquer America with illegal immigrants.
Enjoy your Massage Coming to Wii August 9th…Seriously. It’s the strangest game since Noby Noby Boy.
Street Fighter X Tekken Gameplay Screenshots and Trailer. All in favor of Tekken characters in SSFIV say “I”.
Grand Theft Auto V Going Hollywood. That’s no big surprise.
ESRB Lists NBA Jam for Xbox 360 and PS3.
Metal Gear Solid Invades Front Mission Evolved with Decals. Big Boss has some logos he wants to stick on your Wanzer.
Tuesday
StarCraft II Wings of Liberty Released. It’s here…the wait is over.
Madden NFL 11 Demo Released. I could say the same about this, but the novelty is all used up on this series.
TD Freek Unleashed Just in Time for Madden NFL 11. Coinciding with the demo announcement, Kontrol Freek has some new gear to accompany the demo.
Tales of Pirates II Dream City Marks Fourth New City in the Game. IGG has implemented some new city structures and items in the upcoming MMO sequel.
Alan Wake The Signal DLC Now on Xbox Live. This marks the “now available” day for the month of July.
Sherwood Dungeon Gets Major Content Overhaul. If you want to continue the trend of “now available” it still works with Sherwood Dungeon since the new update is…(dun dun dun) Now available.
Transformers War for Cybertron Characters and Map DLC Now Available. Uh oh, it looks like we have one more to join the ranks.
Dragon Age II Gameplay Footage Released. New footage of the upcoming action-RPG have already surfaced.
Comic Con Preview: Castlevania Lords of Shadow. Some hands-on impressions of the very impressive looking Lords of Shadow.
Star Trek Online Season Two Now Available. Season One got off to a rocky start but they’re hoping to revive STO with some snazzy season two content.
Comic Con Preview Rush N Attack Ex Patriot. An arcade-style stealth action game…now that’s different.
Call of Duty Black Ops Coming to Nintendo DS. How the heck will they fit it on the DS? Click the link to find out.
O-Games Announces Nine New Games for Wii, PC and DS. A lot of new games is a good thing…but whether or not they’re actually good is a whole other story.
Monster Jam Path of Destruction Rips Onto Consoles This November. Shredding cars and stomping mudholes in anything that gets in their way.
EverQuest II Goes Free-to-Play. This is almost news of the year right here.
Dragon Age Golems of Amgarrak DLC Announced. BioWare isn’t done with the first game yet.
Lego Universe MMO Receiving Trading Cards in 2011. Odd as it may be, I have a feeling these will be very popular.
Thursday
Uncharted 2 Update 1.09 Released. Check out what new changes the update brings with it.
Comic Con Preview: Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions. More hands-on time with Activision’s latest Spider-Man game.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 VIP Map Pack 5 Released. If you have the cash to throw at the game in this micro-trans, then it’s ripe and available for you to purchase.
SOCOM 4 Delayed To 2011. Not too surprising…but you might want to click the link to find out what the hold-up is.
Double XP Reactivation Weekend Announced for Aion. Hoping to get a few people back to playing the game, Aion is holding some double experience point events.
City of Heroes Going Rogue ViDoc Introduces New Powers. An interesting collection of new powers are now available in the game.
S4 League Major Patch Update and Sexy Swimwear Added. Who says you can’t be sexy while being skilled in the arts of head-shots?
NBA 2K11 Soundtrack Announced. A few goodies and a few oldies.
Wedding Dash 4-Ever Coming to PC and Mac August 10th. Bringing out the inner-wedding planner in us all.
Friday
PlayOn Offers TV/Netflix Support for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and iPhone.
Star Wars The Old Republic Nar Shaddaa Screenshots and Concept Art Released.
Medal of Honor Beta End Date Announced for PC, PS3, Xbox 360. If you haven’t been beta’ing it up, you might want to start now.
Star Wars The Force Unleashed Producer Quits LucasArts. Will this spell good or bad news for future Star Wars games? You’ll have to click the link to get the whole story.
New Characters and Items Available in FreeStyle Street Basketball. A hip-hop Britster and ghetto guy with blonde hair join the fray.
Lost Horizon Release Date is Clear as Day. Because stopping evil Nazis from getting their hands on supernatural weapons never gets old!
Dragon’s Lair Trilogy coming to Wii This Fall. How many times will this game get re-released? Apparently not enough.
Combat Arms Introduces Gamers to Operation: Sector 25. New map, new toys, and new armor items all available and at your fragging disposal.
Saturday
Battlefield 3 Beta Invites Included with Medal of Honor Limited Edition. That’s one way to boost sales.
Monday Night Combat: Meet your Assassin. Backstabs and sneak attacks for the win.
Halo Reach Achievements List Announced. Check out some of the achievable goals in the supposed final Halo game.
EA Releases Shots of Terrell Owens in Madden 11. Check out Terrell in some action packed new shots.
Singularity Review. New blood Brittany Brooks takes on Activision’s latest shooter, Singularity.
BattleSwarm Field of Honor Review. We round out the week with a Gears of War meets Starship Troopers MMO that doesn’t disappoint.
We wrap up this edition of the Weekly Recap with a new trailer of Mafia II that shows that life is just a good ‘ole kick in the head. Enjoy.
