Weekly Recap March 17th: Mass Effect 3 Ending, No New Xbox Console, Shenmue HD

The Capcom DLC fiasco continues to burn like a raging wildfire. BioWare also continues to address that they acknowledge the fan's discontent with Mass Effect 3's ending. Sega hints at a possible Shenmue HD which just might ignite enough sales to warrant an actual conclusion to one of the most original games ever made, and Microsoft confirms that there will be no new Xbox console this year, nor will there be any announcements for a new console this year, handing 2012 to Nintendo on a silver platter. These stories and more in this March 17th, 2012 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.

Sunday

You Can't Kill Bin Laden Medal Honor Warfighter Sad news if you were hoping to plaster a bullet between his eyes while he cowered behind one of his many wives.

PC Game Sales Top $18.6 Billion In 2011 Nope, PC gaming is not dying.

Space Dog Fights Soviet Union Laika Believes You'll have to click the link to get an understanding.

Doom Creator Has Shooter Plans John Romero wants to go old-school and do something the fans enjoy.

Mass Effect 3 Review: Saving The Galaxy Can Be A Chore The official review is hot off the presses right here folks.

How To Unlock Mass Effect 3 From Ashes DLC For Free Want to play as the DLC character for free? Check it out here.

Industry Blend: Capcom's Disc Locked Content Could Combat Used Game Sales It's not a conspiracy, it's just common sense.

Mojang Bethesda Settle Scrolls Lawsuit The indie devs settle their differences...nice.

Monday

Street Fighter X Tekken PS Vita DLC Details Coming In April Capcom will spread more info at Captivate.

Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3X Revealed? Some rumors point to the possibility but you'll have to check it out for yourself.

Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer DLC Characters Revealed A few extra characters to increase the co-op replayability incoming.

Unreal Engine 4 Demo COuld Be Displayed With Xbox 720 Announcement It's entirely possible, but check out the statements before having a cow.

Utility Vehicles Simulator Announced Take out the trash and put some road signs down while you're at it..boyaa!

World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Info Dump Coming Next Week Blizzard plans to release some info on the game a few days from now.

EA Responds To Accessing On-Disc DLC For Mass Effect 3 A nice on-target PR response as any.

Armored Core V Goes Gold Take your mech and customize the heck out if it within a few week's time.

Old People Don't Want Young Kids Playing On Facebook Because kids are bratty pieces of crap...no, no, I kid, I kid.

BioShock Infinite Supports PlayStation Move At Launch 2K wants you to move while you play with the PS Move.

Onimusha Soul Coming To Browsers In June Capcom may have a DLC fiasco on their hands but that doesn't mean they're abandoning their other franchises.

Crytek Teases Spectacular Announcement Crysis 3 perhaps?

Tuesday

Hacker's Videos Show Street Fighter X Tekken DLC Characters Are Complete New video footage proves the characters are indeed, complete.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Adds Black Box Black Ice Negotiator DLC Additional DLC is on the way for Activision's Call of Duty.

XSeed Games To Start Publishing Games On STeam Awesome. Simply put...awesome. Means more JRPGs incoming for PC gamers.

Alan Wake Sells Two Million; Alan Wake 2 Seems More Likely Good for Remedy.

Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection Arriving For PS3 This June Capcom will be re-releasing the Wii games for the PS3.

Nexon Believes $60 Game Model Needs To Change I agree with him.

Skullgirls Possibly Set To Release April 4th Well, it's possible but not set in concrete.

Mass Effect 3 Datapad Released For iOS New mobile app for iOS to help make the Mass Effect 3 experience that much more complete.

Guild Wars 2 Beta Access Headstart Included With Pre-Purchase Pre-order the game right now to hop into the beta before anyone else.

Wednesday

Mas Payne 3 York Sao Paulo Sweepstakes Announced Click to find out more about winning a trip overseas.

GTA V Likely To Release In 2013, Says Analyst Too much Call of Duty will bump it out of a possible fall 2012 release.

Yesterday Release Date Set For March 22nd Focus Home Interactive released new info on the upcoming adventure point-and-click title.

StarCraft 2 Patch 1.5 Details Announced Blizzard rolls out extra details on

Interview: Darkness II Music Emotion Motivation Find out what went into making the music for The Darkness II.

BioWare: Mass Effect 3 Ending Unforgettable Fans don't agree, but BioWare doesn't agree with them.

Capcom: Resident Evil 6 Biggest RE Game Yet How big? Very big. The biggest game yet? Yep. Let's just hope they leave the on-disc DLC with SFxT.

Gratuitous Tank Battles Beta Begins Hop into a tank and blast people apart with the new beta.

Thursday

Microsoft Confirms No Xbox 720 At E3; 2012 Is All About Xbox 360 Straight from the horses mouth...no new console, new more core game announcements for the year.

Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition Coming This Summer BioWare's most beloved RPG is getting re-released as an enhanced edition this summer.

Street Fighter X Tekken Contains 56 Disc-Locked Colors Even more details leak for Capcom's DLC heavy fighter.

Street Fighter X Tekken Alternate Costume Pricing Leaked; $100 For All Characters If you don't mind paying an arm and a leg you'll be able to own all the character costumes in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Walking Dead Adventure Game Platforms Confirmed Click the link to find out which platforms this adventure title based on the popular show of the same name, will be appearing on.

PCS-150, PCS-250 Custom Fit Earphones now Available

Skyrim Patch 1.5 Adds Kill Cameras, Fixes Smithing The latest patch makes kills looking cooler and crafting easier.

Mass Effect 3 Deleted Scenes Revealed Final Hours App Check out what one of the endings could have been.

Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances Launches For The Public A new C&C game for the masses.

Diablo 3 Release Date Announced The final release date has been set.

Molyneux: Industry Isn't Ready For Milo Even though it could have been a game, Lion Head decided it just wasn't quite the right kind of game for today's industry.

Friday

Resident Evil Dev: Street Fighter X Tekken DLC Is A Scam When the guy who helped make Capcom a big player says the new disc-locked content scheme is a scam, well you have an idea of how close to a scam it is.

Shoot Many Robots Dev Working On New Project It contains user-generated content and will be published by Microsoft.

Pokemon White & Black 2 Box Art Released Get a first glimpse at the upcoming portable Pokemon game.

Borderlands 2 PC Features Include FOV Slider, Higher Resolutions Check out a few of the key features for Borderlands 2 on PC.

Torchlight Dev: Kill Game Discs, Boxes With Fire Someone seems to be embracing the digital age with a vengeance.

Are You Okay With Paying For Street Fighter X Tekken Colors? Yes, you'll have to pay for color customization.

idTech 4 Dev Kit In The Works To Rival UDK, Unity Devs can finally utilize idTech SDK tools to make some snazzy new games.

Eternal Blade Announced, Dungeon Crawling MMORPG gPotato has a new game in the works that sees gamers crawling through dungeons and looting and grinding with friends.

Street Fighter X Tekken DLC Pricing Set, Officially Unlocks April 3rd Capcom sets an official unlock date for the on-disc, locked content.

Saturday

Mass Effect 3 Challenge Weekend Starting For Xbox 360, PC Rack up some extra points for your multiplayer character this weekend.

EverQuest Finally Transitions From P2P To F2P The long-running MMO makes the plunge into being a free-to-play title.

Shemue HD Remake Already Complete? Sega has been hitting their old classics and remaking them for today's generation.

BioWare To Discuss Mass Effect 3 Ending Soon Potential closure maybe? Well, BioWare will finally let fans know.

Analyst: Diablo 3 To Sell 5 Million Copies Pretty much telling us everything we already knew.

8BitMMO Announced True-Life 8-Bit MMO You want a real MMO? Check out the 8BitMMO.

Elder Scrolls MMO Announcement Coming In May? It could be the biggest thing since the Mass Effect 3 ending.

That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. You can check out a new debut trailer for Lego Batman 2: DC Heroes below.

Will Usher

Staff Writer at CinemaBlend.