The first full week of June comes to close as gamers and industry insiders alike recovery from the holiday vacation blues. The week was ripe with news pickings complete with revelations about the PlayStation 4’s production start time, as well as rumors regarding some of the tech that will be included with it. Sony also has a summer sale going on for some of the latest and greatest digital titles and Microsoft spends a lot of time and effort trying to recovery from a torrented leak of Gears of War 3. These stories and more in this July 9th, 2011 Weekly Recap here at Gaming Blend.
Sunday
Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions Delayed To Late July. Square delays the game to fix up the save feature and a few other nuggets…such as polish.
Gears of War 3 Leaked Onto Torrent Sites With Spoilers Intact. It’s not as bad as it sounds…okay, it is as bad as it sounds.
Battlefield Heroes new Map and Party Packs Announced. EA keeps the content rolling out for their F2P MMOTPS.
Backbreaker Vengeance Review. How well does the arcade follow-up to one of the most original football games fare? Click the link to find out for yourself.
Monday
Microsoft Investigates Gears of War 3 Leak; Spoiler Videos Appear On Youtube. The leaks were bad but the YouTube videos were the final push over the edge for MS.
Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Animations Different From Single Player. Well duh…but not everyone was expecting this.
Killing Floor’s Summer Sideshow Event Features The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of. Like eyeless, clapping monkeys. Spooky.
PS4 Production To Start This Year For 2012 Launch. I don’t like PS4 rumors anymore than the next gamer over, but there’s some legit juice behind this one.
Operation Gamma 41 Officially Enters Open Beta. It’s very different than you might be expecting.
Tuesday
UbiCollectibles Want Your Money. What are they and why do they want your money? Well, click the link to find out.
Team Fortress 2 Won’t Add Subscription. It’s good to know that free-to-play doesn’t mean pay-to-play-monthly.
Auto Club Revolution Entering Closed Beta This Month. Facing off against NFS: World and a few other titles, it will be interesting to see how this game fares in the competitive world of online racers.
Could Crysis Have Been An Xbox 360 Exclusive? You have no idea how close it came to being Xbox only.
Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta Free To The Public. Download it and start playing folks!
Xbox Live Cloud Saves Now Available To The Hard Driveless. Space becoming an issue for you? Well, save it to the cloud, brother.
Soul Calibur V Behind The Scenes Video Is Awkward. It almost looks like one of the Project Soul members want to ask “…why are you stealing our dignity?” yeah, it’s that bad.
World of Battles Brings The Challenge Back To RTS Games.
Fallen Earth Alpha County Free Expansion Added For Subscribers. More than 75 square miles of newness to experience in the sprawling survival-MMO action title.
Resistance Dual Pack Offers Two Games and Bonus DLC. Paying less and getting more is like every gamer’s dream come true.
Civilization World Open Beta Begins. Build up your very own civilization, free of charge. Check out the open beta before all the digital space is used up.
Why Arkham City’s Robin Looks Bad-Ass. Well, just about everything in Rocksteady’s Batman universe looks badass, but any explanation is well worth reading.
Thursday
Diablo III Playable Demo At GamesCom 2011. Blizzard is recycling some old demo code from last year’s BlizzCon for this year’s GamesCom.
Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked Coming This Fall To Home Consoles. Majesco couldn’t pass up the opportunity to cash in on the new movie.
Burnout Crash Coming This Fall To Xbox 360, PS3. You spend the entire game causing massive crashes with friends. Sounds like a fun time on a Friday night.
PSN Summer Sale Cuts PS3 Game Prices. With all these games on sale it’s sometimes tough decide what to buy first.
What’s Different About Elder Scrolls V Skyrim the PC Version? You might be surprised…or you might not be. You’ll only find out after clicking the link.
Bethesda Announces Dishonored For PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Yet another first-person shooter…but there’s hope that it may not be like the 101 other shooters out there.
Harmonix Developing Vidrhythm. A potential music video-rhythm-based music game? Potentially.
DICE: No Modding Tools Planned For Battlefield 3 Launch, Frostbite Too Complex. Sad news for modders…it means you’ll actually have to pay for more maps.
Friday
Dream Drops MMO Is Like A PC Version Of Kingdom Hearts. That’s definitely a good thing. Unless you hated Kingdom Hearts.
Video From iD Software Covers All Things Rage. And by all things I’m talking weapons, story, character development and vehicles.
Resistance 3 Ships With Three Demos. That’s kind of insane…but that’s a testament to the power of Blu-Ray, baby.
Mass Effect 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition Is An Origin Exclusive. EA is capitalizing on their digital store with some exclusive content.
Burnout Crash Encourages terrible Driving. And why would’t they? Burnout is all about terrible driving…well, being good at driving terrible anyway.
John Carmack Says Mobile Devices To Overpower Xbox 360, PS3 By 2013. And by overpower, he means hardware wise.
Battlefield 3 Suppressive Fire, Bipods, and Rewards for Poor Accuracy Explained. It’s a lot simpler than you might think.
No More Digital Comics For PSP. Find out why Sony pulled the plug on reading comics without actually having to have the comic book in your possession.
Saturday
BioShock Infinite E3 Demo Is Extremely Impressive. A complete walkthrough of the E3 footage for BioShock: Infinite. As the headline says, it’s impressive.
Win 1 of 3 Copies of Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. Find out how much of your soul you’ll need to sell to grab a copy of the newest third-person shooter from D3.
Hands-On With Ubisoft’s Rocksmith. Does this game reinvent the music rhythm genre or is it just another cash in? Get a glimpse into the future with the hands-on preview.
Castlevania Harmony of Despair Coming To PSN; Local Co-op Added. Now you can play with a buddy…or your girlfriend (if you have one, but we all know you’d probably be lying if you said you did).
In-Depth Review: Revenge of the Titans. How well does the game hold up? Is it worth the time…more importantly, is it worth your money? Click the link to find out.
Fifteen Minutes Of BioShock Infinite Gameplay Footage. All the gameplay you could possibly ask for from this year’s E3.
Section 8 Prejudice Expanding With Frontier Colonies Map Pack Skirmish Mode. After all those frags have gone down TimeGate has decided to add some extra maps to the menu.
That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. You can check out a brand new trailer for the recently announced PlanetSide 2 below. Enjoy.
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