The week ending with a fourth of July weekend celebration isn't a bad way to end the first full week of July. In lieu of that celebration we have the the best Xbox One games released so far, all primed and ready in a fully fleshed out list for your enjoyment. The rest of the week played host to some other thrilling news, including a possible Halo 5 spin-off, which might make sense for Microsoft's annualized plans for the series. Lindsay Lohan is back up to her old ways, this time following through with a lawsuit against Rockstar and Take-Two over the portrayal of a character she perceives to be herself in Grand Theft Auto V.
EA has acknowledged why they haven't been developing new games for Nintendo and Sony's handheld devices, making it known that they just don't see a “lucrative” future for the devices in the coming years. EA also ends back up in the news for being accused of charging for game demos, however they were somewhat exonerated when they stated that it was an “error” in the system. These stories and more in this July 5th, 2014 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Titanfall Devs Love The PS4
The Titanfall developers, Respawn Entertainment, are absolutely in love with the PS4. Watch Dogs gets a minor fix for some of its problems, but not all of them. The video game software market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2018 and $64 billion by 2015. Rebellion offers up a solution for the Sniper Elite 3 Steam key kerfuffle before the whole thing turned into a massive, ugly mess. Goat Simulator is expected to land on retail shelves this month. EA ends back up in a bucket of hot water over a new fan-fallout centering around the removal of toddlers and swimming pools in The Sims 4. Gaming Blend's Pete Haas ranks all the Final Fantasy VI characters by greatness. And pre-orders for GTA V have slowed down drastically for the PS4 and Xbox One.
Halo 5 Spin-Off Is Possible
If you were a little bummed about only one Halo game coming next year, be warned that there could be another game in the works. In the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight it's possible to scope out Wayne's penthouse. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor is removing guild levels, for better or for worse. Mario Kart 8 has actually given a bigger sales boost to the Wii U than other first party titles were able to do for the Xbox One and PS4. It looks like players will have to contend with hover tanks in the upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. How well that will work in multiplayer will be an interesting thing. Another Steam Machine's specs have been detailed, this time featuring Gigabyte's Brix. The outspoken group over at Devolver Digital have basically told everyone ragging on home consoles and saying for them to “die”, to simply “f*ck off”.
EA Drops Support For Major Platforms
EA is dropping support for recognized platforms such as the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita. This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise given the company's reticence toward the Wii U in the recent past. Rockstar continues to roll out new DLC for GTA V, this time there's some Independence Day-themed DLC. The fourth season of Hearthstone has gotten underway. The Xbox One E3 press conference actually impressed Shuhei Yoshida. Deep Silver has announced a new Escape From Dead Island game, coming exclusively to the Xbox 360 and PS3. The petition for The Sims 4 has reached 11,000 people and Age of Empires Online has officially shutdown.
Lindsay Lohan Sues GTA 5 Creators
She went from thinking about it to actually doing it... I'm talking about Lindsay Lohan suing Rockstar Games over GTA V. Did you know that bad in-game behavior in video games could help you become a better person in real life? Seems crazy but that's not what a new behavior research report says. Sega's honey pot of golden coins and dollar bill-filling coffer machine called Hatsune Miku will arrive for the Nintendo 3DS. A new bullet-hell rendition of Raiden is on the way called Raiden IV: Overkill. A new method for using your PS4 controller with the PS3 has become available, and here's how you do it. EA got hit hard by the ASA when Dungeon Keeper's ads have been banned due to being misleading. No surprise there, eh?
The Best Games Xbox One Games... So Far
Gaming Blend rolls out the 10 best games on the Xbox One... so far. There's a delay with Hearthstone's Naxxramas, click to find out why the devs had to delay it. Konami's PES 2015 will be 1080p and 60fps on the PS4 but the specs for the Xbox One are unknown. The creator of Pac-Man explains why the iconic character didn't appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Bethesda makes it known that Fallout 4 won't be appearing at QuakeCon 2014. Titan Souls is coming to the PS4 and PS Vita next year, and Diablo 3 won't be getting regular patches on PS4 and Xbox One.
EA Gets Accused Of Charging For Demos
Unsurprisingly enough Electronic Arts has been accused of charging for game demos on the Xbox One. However, the company had a perfectly reasonable explanation for why it happened. Homefront: The Revolution will supposedly be hard-locked at 30fps, assuming Crytek UK doesn't die. There's a bunch of new games that land on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. E3 2014 really turned out favorable for Evolve, as the game won tons of awards. You can calculate your guardian with a new Destiny calculator. Cole Train could be making a return to the newest Gears of War on the Xbox One. Rockstar is taking so long with heists for GTA Online, you'll want to check out how gamers will be able to tell when they do become available. CoD: Advanced Warfare on the Xbox One will look just like its E3 2014 presentation.
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