Ubisoft scores a huge win amidst DRM controversy, gaining tons of praise from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon all while a Uplay foul-up allows people to torrent the standalone expansion for free (talk about self-inflicted epic fail). Capcom delays Lost Planet 3 to August and Batman: Arkham Origins is announced, making it the big reveal of the week. These stories and more in this April 13th, 2013 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Sunday
America's Army Proving Ground Now Accepting Beta Testers, First Image Released Get into the game and test out the latest version of America's Army.
League of Legends Adding Lissandra Ice Witch Soon A new hero is invading LoL and she's one frosty witch.
Black Rock Shooter Game Coming To North America, Europe The portable title taking Japan by storm will be making its way Stateside and across the Pond later this year.
Remember Me System Requirements Released Find out if your gaming rig is up to snuff for this upcoming third-person shooter.
Lifeless Planet Launching Later This Year The team has been working hard to bring this game about a lifeless planet to life later this year as the title takes shape and form.
Sang-Froid Tale of Werewolves Now Available On Steam Saving your sister from a bunch of hungry werewolves never looked so fun.
Monday
MLB 13 The Show Leads PSN Sales In the Month of March Curious if thatgamecompany's Journey is also still on the list? Be sure to click the link and be surprised at what made the top alongside MLB 13.
BioShock Infinite Alternate Box Art Released See what other covers the team considered for one of the best story-oriented shooters of the generation.
Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Trailer Details Rage Mode Bust open a can of whoop-arse on mobs of innumerable sizes using all of Van Helsing's skills.
Torment Tides of Numenera Racks Up $4.1 Million Via Kickstarter And we're inching ever-so-close to the mark where gamers will start Kickstarting AAA titles.
Thunder Wolves Brings Cinematic Bullet-Hell To PS3, Xbox 360, PC Pretty much an arcade version of Call of Duty with helicopters.
Grimlands Joins Kickstarter After Being Canceled The developers are looking for support via Kickstarter after Gamigo dropped the axe on them.
Skyrim Update 1.9 Hitting Xbox 360, PS3 More fixes inbound for a game that was released two years ago.
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon Release Date May 1st? A really good troll or a cool concept that Ubisoft is going through with? You decide.
Tuesday
No One Lives Forever and Why Hasn't It Been Re-Released? IP rights...you've got to love copyright laws.
Vita Update v2.10 Adds Folders Keep your content and apps organized with the addition of folders on your PSV.
Mega Man Canceled FPS Maverick Hunter Revealed Capcom had, at one point, put Mega Man into the shoes of an FPS hero...but then they backrolled on the idea and canceled it.
BioShock Infinite Recreated in Minecraft Well, isn't this a pleasant surprise...Columbia in voxel-cube format. Who would have thunk it?
Project Awakened Trailer Features Panda With A Baseball Bat and Giant Enemy Crabs Well, they're classic tropes in the world of video games and sure beat running around as a zombie with a giant purple dildo.
Xbox Live Arcade Hosts April Sales Check out some games Microsoft is actually letting you buy at a discounted rate.
Divinity Original Sin Hits Kickstarter Goal Another game from a self-publishing developer gets over the hurdle.
Lost Planet 3 Delayed to August Capcom wants to freshen the game up some more before releasing it to the public.
Batman Arkham Origins Announced Along With Blackage Mobile Game Rocksteady is ready to get back into the troughs and bring out another amazing Batman game.
Star Wars Battlefront 3 Version 2 Trailer Features Amazing Speeder Chase More of the canceled Battlefront game that you won't be able to play.
Frobisher Says Adds More Mini-Games With Mega Fun Pack DLC An odd new add-on for an odd game for the PSV.
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures Joins Steam's Greenlight The side-scroller makes its way to Steam's platform.
Grimlands Video Explains How Leveling, Guilds Work Drago gives gamers an inside look at how the leveling process works for Grimlands.
Project Eternity First Game Trailer Sports Dynamic Effects The Unity Engine gets a nice highlight in this brief teaser for Obsidian's upcoming RPG.
Tearaway Tears Into Vita This October One of the exclusives announced during Sony's event in February is launching this October.
COD Black Ops 2 Most Played Game In March, SimCity The Least Played Activision continues to dominate the charts while EA does not.
Thursday
Age of Wushu Officially Launches in North America After lots and lots and lots of promotion on small and niche-based MMO sites, Age of Wushu launches in North America.
SimCity Coming to Mac This June EA's city builder will launch this June for Apple's Mac.
Splinter Cell Blacklist Confirmed For Wii U Who says Nintendo's latest console won't have third-party support?
Batman Arkham Origins Screenshots Feature Penguin Black Mask More villains fill out the antagonist list for Batman in the prequel to Arkham Asylum.
PC Hardware Sales Decline By Nearly 14% There's a lot turbulence happening in the tech space and it's not looking good for PC hardware.
Friday
Flashback Remake Announced For XBLA, PSN Ubisoft and Vectorcell bring a classic back from the heyday of gaming.
Tales of Xillia Collector's Edition Includes Milla Maxwell Figure A cool figure comes with the purchase of the collector's edition.
Ridge Racer Driftopia Coming to PS3 and PC A new free-to-play title from Namco is on its way this year for PS3 and PC.
Dark Souls 2 Screenshots Run From Chariot Fight Namco Bandai unleashed some brand new screenshots for the action, hack-and-slash game.
Sims 3 Island Paradise Dives In EA keeps the Sims 3 expansions rolling out with some brand new content.
Saturday
Grimlands to Support Linux, Mac Drago Entertainment adds some new goals to their attempt to bring the troubled MMO to life.
Project CARS Screenshots Continue To Impress More screens from Slightly Mad Studios' high-end looking racer.
Battlefield 3 Gymkhana Edition Ramps Up The Badassery This is one of the most impressive displays of skill that is only surpassed by the awesome camera work.
Castle of Illusion HD Remake Coming to Xbox 360, PS3 this Summer The classic Sega Genesis title is heading to current gen consoles.
Dark Souls Sells 2.3 Million Units From Software has made some impressive milestones with Dark Souls.
Xbox 360 Achievement Sound Turned into Art What does success look like? Well, grab a glimpse of the sound in the form of a visual graphic thanks to a few inventive artists.
From Software Says Dark Souls on PC Was “Half-Assed” They're going to rectify that problem with the sequel.
That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. You can check out some new gameplay footage of Mob of the Dead for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 below. Enjoy.
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