Weekly Recap: Sony Buys OnLive And 5 Other Shocking Stories

The most startling and shocking news of the week was obviously Sony buying OnLive and setting a shutdown date. Anyone who didn't purchase their OnLive games through Steam will be out of luck at the end of the month.

A discussion about the future of the Wii U kicked things off early in the week, following Nintendo's NX announcement. We finally get the official release date for Halo 5: Guardians, and it's a little earlier than you might have been expecting. There's also some news about Titanfall 2. These stories and more in this April 4th, 2015 edition of the Weekly Recap.

The Wii U Is Dead...

Long live the Wii U. Here's an interesting take on the future of Nintendo's eighth-gen console. The graphics downgrade that the Xbox One and PS4 suffered with the GTA V patch has been fixed. You can play the remake of Super Mario 64 right now. One of the worst perpetrators of SWAT'ing has turned out to be a 13-year-old kid. Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove has successfully hit its Kickstarter goal. If you're a developer, you're definitely going to love the fact that Valve's VR headset toolkits will be free for developers. Fatalities in Mortal Kombat X will be way easier to pull off. Speaking of Mortal Kombat X, check out these sound effects made with green goop and a plunger. A new gameplay video has released for the Sword Coast Legends. There's a massive bug in Pillars of Eternity that's finally getting fixed. Another bug in Bloodborne has halted multiplayer progression. And BioWare still has plans for the often ignored Jade Empire.

Halo 5's Release Date Set

Microsoft unveiled the release date forHalo 5, along with some new trailers. Here are some of the features missing from Dead or Alive 5: Last Round on PC. Spotify is now available on the PS3 and PS4. Check out some of the character classes that will be present in Rainbow Six: Siege. Furious 7 is making waves and the cars are making an appearance in Project CARS. Check out the first details on the ZRRO game console. And for a limited time you can get a PS4 camera for free with a PS4 bundle... here's how.

Free Games With PS Plus

Here are the free games you'll get with PlayStation Plus in April. New tech that lets you control games with your brain waves and eyes has Gaming Blend tripping out - Check it out here. Someone beat Bloodborne in under 44 minutes. Here's how they did it. Nintendo's lawyers step in and shutdown this Super Mario 64 HD project. On April Fool's Day players were able to gain super powers in Dying Light. Check out the first 25 minutes of Mortal Kombat X's story mode. A Batman: Arkham Knight version of the PS4 has been announced. Destiny's Inferno mode has made a return. Check out our review for Story of Seasons. Mortal Kombat X will allow you to try out DLC before you buy it.

PlayStation Home Shutdown

PlayStation Home has finally shut down. Here are the final awards for the Club Nintendo specials. Batman: Arkham Knight's final resolution has been revealed for the PS4. Mortal Kombat X's latest trailer spotlights the Briggs family. We put together a Pillars of Eternity cheats and achievement guide. Here are the details. There was a neat April Fool's trick with League of Legends and StarCraft 2. Three new Assassin's Creed titles are on the way.

Titanfall 2 Tidbits Teased

Oh, there were some tidbits of information teased about Titanfall 2 that are worth checking out. These classic N64 and DS titles just landed on the Virtual Console for the Wii U. Elite: Dangerous has launched on Steam. Rockstar unveiled a 60fps trailer for GTA V. Nintendo is unleashing more characters on the roster for Super Smash Bros and they're Pokemon. Quantum Break from Remedy Entertainment and Microsoft has been delayed to 2016. Hearthstone Blackrock Mountain launched, giving gamers even more dynamic, card-playing action. Sadly, the couch has been nerfed in Battlefield Hardline. The 200cc mode will be arriving for free in Mario Kart 8. A few arcade classics from Atari's old collection could be getting the reboot treatment. If you're looking for more new content in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare you'll definitely want to check out the new DLC that just launched for the Xbox One and Xbox 360.

OnLive Bought Out And Shutdown By Sony

Here's the news that really rocked the gaming nation this week; OnLive was bought out for its patents and then shutdown by Sony and gamers will lose everything. You like being AFK in Destiny? Well Bungie will be punishing you for it. Daybreak Game Studios are still hard at work on H1Z1, adding a ton of new fixes and content. Rockstar finally fixed the graphics downgrade issue on the Xbox One and PS4 versions of GTA V. The alpha test for Rainbow Six: Siege is coming soon - get the details here. Kingdom Come: Deliverance has been delayed from late 2015 to mid 2016. Electronic Arts is seeking playtesters for Star Wars: Battlefront. Halo Online's region-free mod has been shutdown by Microsoft and here's why. All hail GabeN. He's now more badass than ever before, because he's a playable character in Crawl.