Weekly Recap Sept 7th: Timesplitters On PS4, Diablo 3 Reviews, PC Master Race Falls

If you like this little thing called “suspense”, then the first week of September was chock full of it. In fact, there were enough surprises and twists to make M. Night blush with envy. Timesplitters was confirmed to be in development for the PS4, much to the delight of future-PS4 owners. Diablo III's review scores sort of prove the definitive version of the game is for consoles and that the PC Master Race got screwed over with the release of the game last year. Speaking of the PC Master Race, the Steam hardware survey results for August seemed to indicate that there aren't quite as many silver-haired masters as we once thought. These stories and more in this September 7th, 2013 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.

Sunday

Halo On Xbox One Is Called Halo 5? New snippets of detail seems to lend itself to this idea.

Diablo 3 Console Review Round-Up For Xbox 360, PS3 Gets Two Thumbs Up The review scores have spoken and Diablo 3 is good.

Minecraft Xbox 360 Gets Mass Effect DLC Love the N7 armor from Mass Effect? Well, you'll be able to sport it in the upcoming DLC for the 360 version of the game.

Final Fantasy XIV Realm Reborn First Impressions A first-hand preview of the game after playing for a bit.

Terraria iOS Review: A Cheaper, Clumsier Brother How well does the mobile version of the game hold up? Not bad but it's clumsy... real clumsy.

Big Publishers Abusing DLC, Expansion Packs Have Hurt Indie Devs Whenever an indie dev wants to experiment with DLC it's now an uphill struggle.

Samurai Gun, Road Not Taken, VVVVVV Coming To PS3, PSV Popular indie games are scheduled to arrive on Sony's many platforms.

Mega Man Creator Heads To Kickstarter To Make The Game Capcom Never Will The Mega Man game you all deserve can't be made, but Keiji Inafune is going to come awfully close with The Mighty No. 9.

GTA IV Multiplayer Server Mod Allows For 128-Player Mayhem It's not quite as destructive or as big as the Just Cause 2 multiplayer beta, but it comes close enough.

Sweet Fuse Now Available On PSP, PS Vita Another experimental game lands on Sony's portable consoles.

Monday

Dustforce Coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita One of the more obscure platformers will arrive on home consoles, courtesy of Capcom.

Diablo 3 PS4 Might Support PS3 Characters. Blizzard is potentially adding some extra tender loving care to the console rendition of one of the biggest selling PC games of all time.

Halo 5 Story Details Aren't True, Microsoft Says Well, back to the drawing board when it comes to Halo 5 story rumors.

Aces Wild Brings Anime-Style Brawling Action To Steam Greenlight

Cosmic Star Heroine Coming PS4, PS Vita, Kickstarter Campaign Launching Soon Another new game makes its way to the Kickstarter regime.

Xbox One Won't Support External Hard Drives At Launch Major Nelson drops an unfortunate bomb on the Xbox One gamers. No external hard drive support at launch.

Timesplitters Rewind Is In Development For PS4 Good news for fans of Timesplitters, as the game that gained its fame on consoles is, indeed, in development for Sony's console.

Lost Island Launches On Desura An isometric, ¾ view ARPG for PC has recently launched on Desura.

Why Xbox One Doesn't Have Illumiroom You know that cool thing known as Illumiroom? Well, it won't be launching with the Xbox One... it may not even be coming at all.

Mighty No. 9 Surpasses Kickstarter Goal In One Day Keiji Inafune's not-quite-Mega Man game has successfully garnered the support it needs to become the reality that gamers are so happily expecting.

Tuesday

Xbox One's Ryse Is Boring, Did Not Feel Next Gen At All, Says IGN A poor showing of the game's multiplayer leaves a very sour impression on IGN's editors.

Double Fine's Broken Age Cast Includes Jack Black, Jennifer Hale Two heavyweights in the celebrity arena will lend their talents to Double Fine's Kickstarted project.

Castle of Illusion HD Now Available Sega re-releases the classic side-scroller for today's generation of consoles.

Sweet Fuse: At Your Side Review A review of the latest game to arrive for the PSP.

Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Level 10 Impressions How well does the game scale heading out of newb territory?

Fantasy Football Arrives For Xbox 360, Coming to Xbox One this Fall Get all your fantasy football needs right from the comfort of your Xbox 360.

Borderlands 2 Digistruct DLC Now Available Gearbox unveils some new DLC for Borderlands 2 just ahead of the game's GOTY Edition release.

GTA 5 Bravado Banshee Becomes A Real Car They made it, and you can own it. Click the link to find out how.

DIablo 3 Launches For PS3 and Xbox 360 After just a year of going through the controversy of the PC launch, Diablo 3 has found its way onto the home consoles.

Wednesday

Battlefield 4 Will Have Test Ranges But No Bots Well, DICE was almost close to recapturing their classic luster... too bad.

Bind of Isaac Banned From Nintendo 3DS For Breaking Nintendo's Religion Rule Thou shalt not be religious in thy games. That's all Nintendo was asking you guys not to do and you go and do it. For shame.

Saints Row 4 DLC Adds Dubstep Powers New music has arrived for the Dubstep gun in Saints Row IV, including classical, polka and heavy metal.

Pokemon X & Y Get XL Consoles, Pokemon Bank Nintendo found a new way to monetize on your addiction to collecting them all.

Steam Survey: Most PC Gamers Have Weaker PCs Than The PS4 and Xbox One Oh, that's so, so terri-bad. The PC Master Race has lost a step in this bit of the fanboy war. Don't worry... wipe the salt from your keyboards and upgrade come November to reclaim your throne... you can do it! By Gaben, you can do it!

Xbox One Release Date Is One Week After PS4 Launch Microsoft has set the release date in stone for November 22nd, just a week after the PlayStation 4 launches.

Killzone Mercenary Review: PS Vita Gets Its Shooter Positive words for the portable shooter on Sony's handheld.

Thursday

Final Fantasy VI Fan Film Probably Won't End Well A bunch of Square fans have put together a small film based around Final Fantasy VI, but it may not end well.

Steam Launches Trade Offers For Inventory Items You can now trade your goods from your inventory in Steam.

Project Phoenix Confirmed For Release on PS4, PS Vita The JRPG to revive all JRPGs will be arriving on the PS4 when it's finished.

Your Titanfall Beta Invite is Fake An oh-so-disparaging story about the culture of fake beta invites. Read, enjoy, be sad.

Creative Labs External Sound Blaster Omni Card Announced Creative Labs has introduced a new sound card that actually lives outside of your PC.

, Brath of Fire II, Giana Sisters Arrive on Nintendo's eShop A bunch of new games arrive on the eShop.

EA Sports UFC Introduces Female Fighters The future Expendables star makes her debut in EA's upcoming UFC game.

Timesplitters Rewind Dev: If PS4 Players Beat PC Players in PvP I would Hug Them You and me both pal... you and me both.

Friday

NoseBound, Hunted, Pro Janitor Police Join Steam Greenlight Three top tier indie titles make their way to Steam's Greenlight.

Battlefield 4 Weapon Customization Has 240,000 Combinations A new trailer details how much and how deep the weapon customization goes in Battlefield 4.

Americans Only Spend $2.88 Billion On Games in Q2 According to analysts, many gamers are saving up for next-gen consoles instead of spending their money on current gen systems and software.

Minecraft Player Recreates Star Trek USS Voyager Whether you liked the show or not, the Voyager in Minecraft looks completely stunning.

Sony Convinced Bethesda To Bring Elder Scrolls Online To Xbox One and PS4 Adam Boyes to the rescue. Xbox One fans can be happy that Sony brought them an MMO to their console.

State of Decay PC Release Weeks Away, Developer Discussing Next Game If you like what Undead Labs did with State of Decay, you'll be pleased to know that they have big plans for another game on the way.

Saturday

Halo 4 designer brands "sexy" MGS5 character "lazy and exploitative" Oh boy, let the war of the words continue. SJWs inbound.

'Gamers will choose between Xbox One and PS4 after Gadget Show hands-on' Well, it's kind of obvious gamers will have to choose once November rolls around, unless they're made of money and have about $1,000 to burn just for fun.

Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Freefall Racers ET does an in-depth review of the latest Freefall Racers.

Playstation 4 to Support a Maximum of Four Controllers Well at least you know that four-player splitscreen isn't going anywhere.

Rebellion announces ‘Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2' Oh the zombie sniper game was popular enough to garner a sequel. I bet you didn't see that one coming?

So You Want to Work in Video Games?: Going Indie with Sarah Northway A brief walkthrough of taking the low road and entering the gaming industry as a newbie... as an indie. Totally worth a read if you're interested in that kind of stuff.

That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. You probably want to see something cool or awesome? Well check out some new HD gameplay of Driveclub on the PS4 below.

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