The Xbox One catches flack for Gamestop's new layaway program. A lot of gamers are calling it desperate, but Microsoft is looking at options to get people to buy the darn thing one way or another. The Titanfall commenced this week, and anyone with a PC or Xbone should likely sign-up to get in some early play-time before the game launches this March. We also have up first-hand impressions of Titanfall from the beta.
Also, the NPD figures for U.S., sales in January have filed in and it's not looking pretty for the Redmond camp. Then again, many people who have been keeping track of the sales data probably already knew that. All of these bait-worthy stories and absolutely tons of other great content (but not really) in this February 15th, 2013 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Sunday
Velocity 2X At Anything Less Than 60fps, 1080p Would Be Suicide For the PS4, of course.
Dark Souls 2 ESRB Rated Teen Is it appropriate? Good? Bad? At least it's rated, right?
Batman Arkham Origins Probably Won't Get Another Patch DLC has become the developer's priority. Sorry, no more game fixes.
Wii U Can Now Play HTML5 Games Thanks To PlayBoxie The service is also available for the Xbox One and PS4, but you get free access to the games on the GamePad or the console, which is a real benefit for Wii U owners.
Xbox One eSRAM Too Small For 1080p, Says Sniper Elite Dev They may make terrible games but they're blatantly honest about hitting that 1080p factor and the difficulty of that.
Dungeon Keeper iOS Review: Give Me Your Money Well if you doubted the terribleness of the game, just read the review to get an idea.
Hearthstone Beta Accoutns Won't Be Wiped Again The Starbound complex is done and over with.
Monday
Blackguards Gameplay Impressions: You Will Die A Lot Dark Souls style.
Titanfall Xbox One Controllers Have Begun Shipping Grab your very own Titanfall livery controller for the Xbox One.
Flappy Bird Developer Removing Game From App Store, Google Play No more Flappy Bird. No more $50k a day for Dong.
EA Gets Lambasted Over Dungeon Keeper The Microtransactions have gotten completely out of hand for EA and the trade commission has stepped in.
Slim PlayStation Vita Bundled With Borderlands 2 The Vita is dying worse than the Wii U, but Sony is pushing, forcing, fighting for the Vita to survive. Fight Vita, fight!
Starbound Elevates Awesome Factor With Mass Effect and Halo Mods A couple of awesome new mods have dropped for Starbound.
Toukiden Review Ryan gives some pointers on why the game is slaying with the best of 'em.
Banner Saga Sequels In the Works Despite a trademark dispute, Stoic Studio is saying that they will continue to make Banner Saga games.
Final Fantasy Type-0 English Fan Translation Enter Beta A new video has also been released to cement the update.
Marvel Heroes Gets Forge Asgard Update A new Mac Beta is inbound as well.
Tuesday
Watch Dogs Release Date Between April and June Sadly, the Wii U version has been delayed, but hopefully not cancelled.
GTA IV Petition Asks Rockstar To Remove GFWL I don't know how well it's going to work out... this is Rockstar we're talking about.
Xbox One Layaway Program Offered by GameStop Pay on the system over time as opposed to doing so in one lump sum, it just might help move some of the stock.
Titanfall Beta Sign-Up Is Live You can register right now, before it's too late.
Major Nelson Explains Xbox One Patch Delay, Fans Get Testy And rightfully so.
Mario RPG Headline Club Nintendo Rewards March also plays host to Super Punch-Out, the classic that helped give Nintendo some identity back in the day.
Xbox One Stereo Headset and Multiplayer Update Coming in March The update for the Xbox One will arrive with stereo headset support, but more importantly, hard drive management and a controller battery indicator.
Goat Simulator Coming To Steam The launch video is a video to behold, no doubt.
Rodeo Games Licenses Unreal Engine 4 They're working on a new Games Workshop title and the likelihood is that it's a Warhammer game.
God of War Collection, Murasaki Baby Announced For Vita Sony continues to unfold a nice cache of games for their platforms, both portable and console.
Mutant Mudds Deluxe Sells More on Wii U Than PS3, PSV, Steam Combined This is an impressive feat for Renegade Kid.
Final Fantasy XIV PS4 Launch Date On Beta Schedule Announced The prime-time MMO that fared well with many critics is making its way to the PS4.
South Park Stick of Truth Won't be Delayed Again That's right; and the reason it won't be delayed again is because it has gone gold. Woot!
Steam Tags Make It Easy To Find What You're Looking For Gamers and devs asked for it and now it's here: Steam Tags.
Titanfall On Xbox One Is 792p, Resolution may Increase Before Launch It's not quite 720p but it's definitely not 1080p.
Used Games Made $1.8 Billion In 2013, Digital Made $7.2 Billion Reports NPD Used games are killing the industry? The numbers don't lie and they certainly aren't saying that.
Thursday
Titanfall Beta Maps, Modes Revealed, No NDA In Effect Expect tons of uncanny video footage to drop for throughout the following week with the beta underway.
Sons of Anarchy Game Makes Me Hard, Says Kurt Sutter The game is still in the works apparently.
BAFTA 2014 Nominees Include Last of Us, GTA V No big surprise here.
PS4 Outsells Xbox One 2-to-1 In America In January Sony manages to outsell the Xbox One by a fairly large margin throughout January.
Wii U's X Aims To Destroy Xbox One and PS4 It's one of the few games that really goes all-in on the next-gen concept.
Angry Birds Stella Flying Your Way This Fall The latest version of Angry Birds takes a slight turn, this fall.
Battlefield 4 Naval Strike Expansion Adds Carrier Assault Mode, Inspired By Battlefield 2142 New modes, new inspiration, same game. Awesome.
Titanfall PC Has Insane Texture Resolutions, Literally That's part of the options... making the texture resolution “Insane”.
Friday
Square Enix Collective Is Free Publicity, Says Moon Hunter Dev Kitfox makes it known that they need the exposure that the Collective offers.
Bound By Flames Gets Combat and Story Details The PlayStation brand exclusive receives additional gameplay details and story.
Like the Oculus Rift? Check out VRFocus The new website focuses on all things virtual reality, from hardware and trends to software and development.
GTA 5 Online Valentine Day DLC Arrives For Xbox 360, PS3 Celebrate Valentines day by killing a bunch of people. #Valentine'sDayMassacre.
Nintendo Weekly Update Includes Super C The line-up of Nintendo games this week is kind of paltry.
Titanfall Beta: First Impressions Gaming Blend contributor Katy Goodman offers some first-hand play experience of the Titanfall beta.
Saturday
Nintendo Direct Talks Mario Kart 8, Smash Bros, Bayonetta Nintendo's latest direct rolls out plenty of new info on a ton of new and upcoming games.
South Park: Stick of Truth 13 Minute Gameplay Video Released A new collection of gameplay footage has been released.
Rust Beta Possible on PS4 However, the game is in development for both the Xbox One and the PS4.
Transformers Rise of the Dark Spark Spotted on Amazon A new Transformers game could be inbound, according to an Amazon listing.
Resident Evil Creator Sets August Release Date One of the few and true survival horror games gets an official release date.
Last of Us Left Behind DLC Launches As Valentine Treat Naughty Dog pumps out the highly awaited DLC for one of the best reviewed games of 2013.
That wraps up this edition of the Weekly Recap, and you can check out the latest trailer for Evolve, which is starting to shape up to be a pretty cool game. Check it out below.
90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days Featured A Heart-To-Heart Between Faith And Her Sisters, And I Totally Disagree With Their Advice
Is Austin Powers Getting Unfrozen Again For New Movie? Mike Myers' Latest Update Has Me Strangely Optimistic
Demi Moore's The Substance Earned All My Adoration By Giving Me Something I Rarely Experience As A Horror Fan
