Topping last week’s recap would be a serious challenge given all the amazing news that came pouring in regarding upcoming titles and some new announcements. The last week of April, however, plays host to a few things we already knew and some things we didn’t. Of course, the real headliner is the announcement of the Wii 2 being officially confirmed by Nintendo for a 2012 release. A small taste of the sequel to the revolutionary home console will undoubtedly make an appearance at this year’s E3. A complete review of Valve’s Portal 2 is up and available for perusing, and the Nintendo 3DS will get its first taste of Cave Story later this year. Tons of new assets have also become available for the game, so gamers can get a glimpse at how the game will look in 3D right here. These stories and more in this April 30th, 2011 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Sunday
Final Fantasy VI Coming PS3, PSP In North America. The very best Final Fantasy game is finally coming to the PS3 and PSP. Hoo-rah.
APB Reloaded Version 1.5 Released With 35,000 Beta Keys. Check out what’s going down in San Paro with all new content and updates.
Gears of War 3 Beta Tips and Tricks. Need an edge over the competition? See what Stick Skills has to offer up with their tips and tricks guide.
Worlds First Red Faction Armageddon Review Goes Live. The very first review for the highly anticipated Destruction 3.0 game is live.
Monday
Review For Portal 2. A glowing review of the less-than-standard first-person shooter.
Nintendo Confirms Wii Successor for 2012. Perhaps this time it will be called the Revolution?
Nintendo Downloads: Airport Mania, Ubongo. Not every game for Nintendo’s shop channel is an old-school past-gen title.
Gears of War 3 Beta Now Available to Pre-Order Customers. You paid for it and now your time has arrived…enjoy the beta pre-orderers, enjoy the beta.
Information Released For Cyberpunk Game, Dead Cyborg. Find out a little bit more of how you play the game and what’s going to be available.
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars Coming This August To PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Because the WWII genre hasn’t been getting a lot of love lately.
Blade and Soul Won’t Require Gamers To Upgrade Their PCs. Good news for penny pinchers.
THQ Wants More Warhammer 40,000. And I agree with them.
Tuesday
Mass Effect 3 Screenshots Feature Commander Shepard Battling Cerberus. And I don’t think Shepard is losing…go Shepard, go!
Hydrophobia Prophecy Coming To PC and PS3. A revamped version of the underwater thriller is heading to the PC and PS3.
Red Faction Armageddon Demo Announced for Xbox 360 and PS3. The physics-based destruction game gets a demo to tease and tantalize gamers into purchasing the full thing.
Fallout Vegas Update 1.3 Goes Live For PC; Hitting Consoles Soon. Another patch to fix a few broken things…just a few.
Call of Duty Black Ops Call of the Dead Map Gets George Romero and Freddy Krueger. Classic horror icons make an appearance in Call of Duty.
LucasArts Signs Multi-Year Contract To Use Unreal Engine 3 For Next-Gen Consoles. Not the current gen consoles, but the real next gen consoles.
PSN Downtime Explained; Sony Issues Emergency Warning Regarding Personal Information. Guard thy secrets well…for a hacker is lurking about.
Witcher 2 Assassins Of Kings Has Officially Gone Gold. You all know what this means, right? It’s done…it’s finished…it’s ready to be played.
Allods Online Astral Odyssey Goes Live With Huge Content Patch.
Skydive Proximity Introducers Gamers To Motion-Based Skydiving. Gaijin Entertainment is taking a different approach to the motion-based era.
Brink Basic Video Tutorial For Newbs Keeps It Simple. And by simple, it’s like literally someone holding your hand through the tutorial.
FEAR 3 Delayed By Another Month. Wow, seriously that’s no big surprise…but how many more delays will this game encounter?
Beyonce Sued By Video Game Developer. A contract is a contract.
Blizzard Says Diablo III Is in The Home Strech. It’s about time, right? Especially considering that World of Warcraft kept taking precedence over the project.
Thursday
Red Faction Armageddon Delayed To June. No big surprise there.
Driver San Francisco Story Trailer Announces Release Date. The interesting new driving game gets an official release stamp.
Scarlet Legacy Coming This Summer to PC. Some additional action-RPG multiplayer action is on the way.
Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Collection Abyssea Edition Arriving On May 16th. If you’re still a Final Fantasy junkie this is probably going to be a must-buy.
Nvidia and AMD No Longer Mutually Exclusive. A match not necessarily made in electronic heaven, but it’s close enough.
Friday
MicroVolts Gets Zombies Starting May 5th. The zombie infection spreads to the violent toy MMOTPS.
Cave Story 3D Release Date, Box Art and Screenshots Revealed. One of the most fun side-scrolling games released gets the 3D treatment this fall.
Portal 2 DLC Will Be Free. Valve really knows how to treat their fans.
The Hunter Receives Redfeather Falls Update. This update adds a new Black Bear to hunt…just be sure to watch out for crazy environmentalists.
Saturday
Slice SD iPhone, iPod Touch Receives New Levels. Finger cutting good times up ahead.
Next Assassin’s Creed Revealed In New Teaser Trailer. Cryptic, mystic and conspicuously mysterious. Can you decipher the new trailer?
Brink Dedicated Servers Detailed. A great way to extend the life of any multiplayer game.
The Fancy Pants Adventures Review. Find out how well the game pans out as an XBLA game.
Sanctum Cooperative Review. A new review of the tower defense title, courtesy of Co-Optimus.
That wraps up this edition of the Weekly Recap not only as the final week of April but the final day of April, too. You can check out the official launch trailer for Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Collection Abyssea Edition below. Enjoy.
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