Weekly Recap Oct 16th: Crazy Taxi Remake, War Of Angels, DOTA 2 Coming

It looks like 2010 and beyond will be the era of remakes, reboots, reinventions and redo’s. Sega not only reinvented Sonic recently with the release of Sonic 4: Episode 1 but they’re also bringing back the arcade and Sega Dreamcast classic, Crazy Taxi for newer consoles. On a separate page of gaming news, NeoWiz is bringing the story-oriented War of Angels to North America. The gimmick for the game is that players determine their character’s outcome in the same way of Knights of the Old Republic. Valve also dropped a surprise on the gaming community, announcing that DOTA 2 is on its way for fans of the original Warcraft III mod. These stories and more in this October 16th, 2010 edition of the Game Blend Weekly Recap.

Sunday

XBLA Fans Caption Contest: Win a Copy of Comic Jumper. Can you come up with a catchy caption?

New Victoria 2 Patch Released. Helping to sort out all those little buggery mishaps.

Call of Duty Black Ops Achievement List. Want to find out what you can look forward to achieving in Call of Duty Black Ops? Well, here’s your chance.

Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy Versus XIII Gameplay Trailer. Agito and Versus show us what the future of Final Fantasy is about.

Medal of Honor First Hour of Gameplay To Air. Gametrailers will be giving gamers an exclusive look at the new title.

Monday

Tenacious D Performing At BlizzCon 2010. A real treat for Blizzard fans? I guess so.

CrimeCraft BleedOut Expansion and Graphic Novel Coming. A very eerily cool graphic novel comes with the expansion.

Nintendo Downloads: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episoe I. The day has come and it’s time to get re-excited about Sonic.

GameRanger Surpasses One Million Active Users. A lot of people playing, probably in good part due to Borderlands crappy multiplayer setup.

Limbo Developer Making New IP, Possibly Multiplatform. Because topping a masterpiece like Limbo would be kind of tough.

Batman Arkham City Screenshots Are All About The Caped Crusader. And a little bit about Gotham, too.

Dead Space Ignition Free With Dead Space 2 Pre-Order. Free stuff is always a good thing.

Tuesday

World of Warcraft Patch 4.0.1 Arrives Tomorrow. That’s a few days ago for people reading this at the appropriate time.

Fable III Soundtrack Gets Release Date. If you enjoy the music from previous games then you might enjoy the music from the upcoming game.

Why Does Call of Duty Black Ops Prestige Edition Have An RC Car? I don’t know, you’ll have to click the link to find out.

DC Universe Online Character Customization Trailer. How about making a clone of The Thing?

Cities XL 2011 Debut Trailer Shapes The World. And by shaping the world, that’s referring to the virtual world of course.

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Wednesday

Dante’s Inferno Sequel Still In Doubt. Poor Dante, trapped in limbo.

Civilization V Patch Detailed. Find out what the new patch entails.

Crazy Taxi Remake Announced For Xbox Live And PSN. Get ready for some HD Crazy Taxi driving.

GodsWar Online New Server Coming For Halloween. Just in time for trick or treating.

DOTA 2 Announced. Valve takes on the re-imagined sequel of a World of Warcraft III mod.

CityEngine Updated To Support Small Dev Studios. Now low-budget games can have a big budget city look. Nice.

Gamers Get To Decide Features For Mega Man Legends 3. Putting the power back into the hands of gamers.

War of Angels Closed Beta Coming Soon to North America. Level up your Angel, KotOR style.

Temple of Elemental Evil Arrives On GOG. Another goold ‘ole game on Good Old Games.

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Thursday

Gears of War 2 Hits Games On-Demand. Grab a copy for cheap…and without a hard copy, if you’re into that sort of thing.

HAWX 2 MIG Alley And Cold War DLC Pack Released. Two additional reasons to pick the game back up.

Force Unleashed Designer Co-Founds Fearless Studios. Awesome company name…now let’s see if they can deliver the goods.

Vindictus Officially In Open Beta And Free-to-Play. Grab a sword and start hacking and slashing your way through this awesome game.

Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare Pack Release Date Announced. There’s a final date stamped to this highly anticipated DLC.

Halo Reach Noble Map Pack Screenshots And Release Date Announced. Bungie isn’t quite done with the game just yet.

Dragon Age II BioWare Signature Edition Announced. Amazing how soon this game is on the way coming off the success of the first game.

Splatterhouse Mutilation And Regeneration Screenshots. Rick loses limbs and then gets them back.

Shoot Many Robots Announced for Xbox 360 and PS3, Coming 2011. Because robots are the new zombies.

Dance Central Song List Announced. The complete list of dance-worthy tunes to flesh out the Kinect experience.

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Friday

Conduit 2 Trailer Introduces Weapons and Enemies. Sega is amping up everything about Conduit 2.

Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition Announced. Because every game needs a more expensive version of the original retail.

Red Dead Redemption DLC Getting Retail Release. If you can’t afford Xbox Live you can grab the content from your local Wal-Mart.

Halo Reach Deliver Hope Making Of Video. Want to know how that awesome live-action trailer got made? Here’s how.

DC Universe Online Screenshots: Power Girl Vs Mummies. It’s like toilet-paper-wrapped zombies.

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Saturday

OnLive Offers 30% Off Shooters Games This Weekend. That means today…or maybe, yesterday.

Comic Jumpers Sexist Undertones. A review of the risqué new action game.

King of Fighters 2002 Ultimate Match On XBLA Dated, Priced. A new-age classic returns to the Xbox Live Arcade.

Monday Night Combat Title Update. New content, new patches, new features.

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer Preview. Electronic Theatre details how the multiplayer in a new preview.

Download Fable 2 For Free. How? Click the link to find out.

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