Weekly Recap Feb 14th: Dragon Age, God Of War III, Gears Of War 3

A kick-butt week of news it has been here at Blend Games. Even the weekend proved to provide noteworthy additions to the news cache. It all started on February 8th with a Dragon Age interview, and some hands-on time with inFamous, Madworld and Velvet Assassin. From there it was just an explosive week of eye-popping gaming news.

Sunday

Dragon Age On PC And 360 Before PS3? That’s the story folks. Blend Games’ Editor Pete Haas gets some face time with the developers in an interview on when Dragon Age will be hitting retailers and on what systems.

MadWorld Hands-On Preview. Rich Knight takes the Wii exclusive for a spin. One thing is guaranteed: It’s definitely not for kids.

Zombies Humping Refrigerators? Yeah, well that’s the story for the Left 4 Dead diary that’s taking place on Slapstic.

Gamers Helping HipHopGamer In Popularity? Well of course they are. Find out why this subject even became headline news.

Monday

Hands-On Velvet Assassin Preview. Pete Haas takes the sexy and stealthy new protagonist on an interactive ride of danger and suspense. Check it out to get his impressions on the game.

Gears of War PC Glitch Finally Fixed. Yes, the play-inhibiting glitch that angered many has been fixed. Check out the story to find out how to make it work.

Xbox 360 and PS3 sharing new IP? Yep, the rumor is actually a fact. Click the link to find out why.

inFamous landing on the PS3 in June? So says a Sucker Punch rep…or did they?

inFamous Hands-On Preview If the rumor of a June release still has you scratching your head, fear not dear gamers, for new gameplay information is readily available. Just jump through the link with the click of the left mouse button.

Tuesday

Gears of War Is The New Star Wars? Well, it certainly isn’t the new Care Bears.

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Demo Is Now Available. Flight-sim fans are finally getting something noteworthy on the consoles.

KillZone 2 A Waste Of Time? Well, that’s what some people are saying. Find out why with a little clicksy on the link.

Street Fighter IV Tournament On The Way. Get those thumbs ready for Game Crazy’s nationwide tourney for SFIV.

Wednesday

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Had A Change Of Name. If you didn’t know what the name was before or what it is now, it would probably suit your best interest to click the link and find out the truth behind the news.

G.I. Joe Video Game Announced. Activision announces yet another movie-to-game title. Whoopie.

Aliens Vs. Predator Gets A New Game. Now this is news. At least the games have always been better than the movies. Make the franchise proud Sega, make it proud!

New Epic MMO? Well, this is a huge possibility. There’s some new evidence that has emerged indicating an MMO is in the works.

Sega Has Been Hit By The Economy. Find out what they’re axing and what it means for gamers.

Thursday

James Bond Is Already In A New Game. It hasn’t been announced and the new movie isn’t even in production, but Bond is in a new game. Confused? Click the link.

Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2 Coming Soon. How soon is “Coming Soon”? Well, the link explains just how soon “soon” is.

David Jaffe Wants to Work For LucasArts. God of War creator wants to work on Indiana Jones? Yeah, definitely work a click.

Starcraft II Beta Starting Soon. Just like the story above, “Coming Soon” is pretty much relative to “Coming Months”. Well, in CoD’s case it’s more like “Coming Seasons”. Still, click the link to find out how to be a part of the beta.

Suikoden Tierkreis Coming To North America. Dated and sealed for a US release. Find out when this game will be coming to a retailer near you.

Midway Files Bankruptcy So what does this mean for the next Mortal Kombat game?

Creative Assembly Working On New Multiplatform Title. Get the details on what the new project might be.

Daedalic Helps Gamers With Illiteracy. A mature topic being handled in a mature way.

Friday

Flower Too Good For Its Own Good? It’s a bit more controversial than that. Better click the link to find out why.

Microsoft Opening Retail Stores. Want to find out what they’ll be selling? Click the link.

PS3 Sales Drop 24%. Do I really need to say anything else?

God Of War III Epic New Trailer. It was in the headline for the weekly recap, find out why it earned the spot and what makes the trailer so epic.

Saturday

Gears of War 3 Not Coming To PS3? Well, duh.

Feeding The Machine: Shut Up About Game Reviews. The title is just a precursor for a very good editorial.

Ensemble Studios Vets Form Robot Entertainment. No reason to feel bad for the Ensemble Studio crew. Find out what they’ll be up to at Robot Entertainment.

Watchmen: End is Nigh Release Date Announced. We round out the week’s news with a release date announcement. Nothing worth complaining about with that news, right?

Well, that wraps up the week ending on February 14th. Lots of news, eh? Well, there’s plenty more to come next week, including reviews for new releases such as Halo Wars.

Will Usher

Staff Writer at CinemaBlend.