Nintendo has had an epiphany and they're finally moving toward the sort of network user account system that gamers have been clamoring for. During an investor's seminar Nintendo rolled out a ton of big news about the future of the company, although it probably won't be enough to stave off all the naysayers and doom-bringers.
Developers have made headway on an Xbox 360 emulator, estimating that progress is coming along quite well and they are able to get some games booted and to the title screen. Also, Microsoft takes a crazy risk on a recycle program for the PS3 that sees them putting $100 toward the purchase of an Xbox One. That's in addition to some insane rumors that have some serious weight behind them, stating that a disc-less Xbox One is arriving this holiday season, along with a couple of highly anticipated games... but no Halo 5. These stories and more in this February 1st, 2014 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Sunday
Titanfall Won't Support Split Screen Multiplayer Good? Bad? What do you think?
Windforge Coming To Steam March, Features Custom Airship Construction This is one of the rare games out there that knows what it is and how to get it done.
Xbox 360 Emulation Coming Along Nicely, Says Dev Team We could be playing popular Xbox 360 games on our Steam Machines rather soon.
MAG Shutting Down Next Week The 256 player shooter for the PS3 is shutting down and going away. Say your farewells.
Dragon Ball Z Battle of Z Kicks It Up A Notch On Tuesday If you're reading this, then the game is already available.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Charges Onto PS4 This April Sony finally puts a date on one of the more celebrated MMOs in recent times.
Monday
EverQuest Next Landmark Alpha System Requirements Announced Find out if your computer has the cajones to run this new-generation MMO.
EverQuest Next Coming To PS4; PlanetSide 2 Releasing on PS4 Soon This is great news for people looking for something to fill out the library during the software drought.
PS4 Supply Can't Keep Up With Demand, Says Sony Well, that's what happens when you launch a very successful console. They have no one to blame for this situation except for Microsoft and all their terrible marketing throughout 2013.
Nintendo Bringing Wii U, 3DS Demos To Mobile Devices The Big 'N' takes the plunge and may start investigating mobile options for their games.
Bound By Flame Is 1080p On PS4, 20 Min Video Released Check out some of the gameplay from the upcoming game from Spiders, Bound by Flame.
Redux Dark Matters Launches On Dreamcast People really love the Dreamcast for some reason and that's why a game was launched for it this week.
Blackguards Early Impressions: You Can't Sleepwalk Through Combat Trust me, I've tried.
Tuesday
Titanfall Beta Coming In February According to Retailer And according to Vince Zampella and the rest of Respawn. Plus, they have a heck of a lot riding on this game's success.
Xbox One Will Trail PS4 The Whole Generation, Says Insider It's not even a matter of opinion, the stats seem to fit in line with this frame of thinking.
Europa Universalis 4 Gets Wealth of Nations Expansion in Q2 Some new content is inbound for the strategy series from Paradox Interactive.
Tomb Raider Launches on PS4 A couple of PlayStation Classics also arrive on PSN this week.
GTA Online Microtransactions Worth $100 Million Per Year Rockstar could be set for life if they can get GTA Online working correctly.
Gears of War Purchased By Microsoft, Next Game to Use Unreal Engine 4 Now we're talking... the only downside is that the game is being designed by Black Tusk and not Epic Games.
Elder Scrolls Online PS4 And Xbox One Require Monthly Subscription The MMO from Bethesda won't be free-to-play... the game will carry with it a somewhat hefty price tag.
Shadowrun Returns Dragonfall Expansion Available for Pre-Order Shadowrun isn't done delivering new-age nostalgia for today's generation of gamers, as the expansion is becoming available for pre-order right now.
Call of Duty Ghosts Onslaught DLC Arrives For Xbox 360, Xbox One If you're still playing Call of Duty, there's some new DLC available.
Nintendo Not Making Mini-Game Apps For Smartphones The Big 'N' shuts down all rumors surrounding smartphone support. Looks like it's back to the drawing board.
Sly Cooper Animated Movie Coming 2016 Well this is some surprising news.
Battlefield 4 Buys Your Love With Free Weapon Unlocks EA doesn't want to be a three-time running Worst Company in America... but it looks like it might happen again.
PS4 Will Emulate PS1, PS2 Games Locally This is pretty cool news for those who want a truly backwards compatible system.
Hotline Miami 2 Wrong Number Coming This Summer Set for release in the second quarter, the top-down shooter
Square Enix Collective Service Takes 5% Off Crowd-Funded Titles, 10% Off Game Revenue If you didn't like AAA publishers before, you probably won't like them anymore.
Zen Bolsters Pinball Roster With Super League Football Because why not?! It's only the most popular sport in the world.
PlayStation Discounts 14 Games For Flash Sale It may already be over by the time you click the link, but it's well worth a shot, right?
PlayStation Now Beta Keys Being Sent To PS3 Owners Sony is looking for beta testers for their digital streaming service due for release this summer.
Titanfall Was Exclusive To Xbox Because EA Thought Xbox One Would Dominate Oh, what an astronomically massive miscalculation that was, eh?
Final Fantasy 13 16-Bit Recap Is How The Game Should Been Designed We see Final Fantasy XIII in a brand new light and it's actually an amazing thing.
GTA 5 For PC Pre-Orders Begin This Week, According To Report Well, if this is true I might break my own rule and pre-order.
Thursday
Outlast Will Run At 1080p 60fps On PS4 Another PC port running max on the PS4. Well done, Sony.
Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls Collector Edition Contents Shown Off By Blizzard The Collector's Edition has garnered quite a bit of press for its illustrious offerings.
PC Gaming Expected To Hit $25 Billion in 2014 After setting records in 2012 and presumably 2013, the hardcore PC gaming movement will continue to storm through the sector in 2014, too.
Hearthstone Beta Season 3 Starts Friday The third season for Blizzard's Hearthstone gets underway.
Royal Revolt 2 Invades Mobile Devices In February A new mobile title arrives for mobile devices.
Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod Adds Minecraft Building, Player-Created Content The multiplayer mod for Just Cause 2 just leveled up... big time.
Reven Brings Side-Scrolling Metroid Gameplay To Greenlight There's a collection of awesome new Greenlight games available.
Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z Gets Special Edition Screens Tecmo Koei released a ton of new screenshots for the upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 game.
Tomb Raider Xbox One, PS4 Review: Is It Worth $60? Here's a big question for this HD remake for new generation consoles.
Xbox One OS Patch Inbound There's also a limited edition Titanfall console set for release, too.
Friday
Wii U To Emulate DS Games Nintendo is also working on a unified network user account for use across all their systems.
Pokemon Finally Partners With Hulu You can watch Pokemon via Hulu... finally.
Elder Scrolls Online Pre-Order Gives You Free Assassin's Creed 4 or Assassin's Creed 3 The uPlay deal is to help push users toward's Ubisoft's digital distribution platform.
Microsoft Wants Your PS3 For $100 Toward An Xbox One This has to be the biggest flamebait marketing move by a company ever.
Xbox One With No Disc Drive For $399... Would You Buy It? Well, would you? It only can't do a lot of what the PS4 can, for the same price.
Nintendo Responds To Overwhelming Wii U Negativity From Media Iwata handles the case with class.
Master Reboot Bringing Subtle Horror To PS3 February Sony is keeping the thrills rolling in tight with a new horror title for the PS3.
Rust Cheat Fixes Coming Soon Additional fixes are inbound for Garry's open-world survival game.
PS4 Continues To Outsell Xbox One 5-to-1 In Spain The Sony PS4 has managed to outsell the Xbox One by a massive margin in Spain.
Bandai Namco Unveils 2014 Game Launch Line-Up For PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 Bandai rolls out their line-up of games due out for multiple consoles throughout 2014.
Saturday
GTA 5 Online Lawsuit Dismissed The court throws this one out to the dogs.
Microsoft Pursuing Legal Action Against Xbox One Leaker Well, that's what he gets for telling the truth! Never tell the truth! Lesson learned.
Batman Arkham Origins DLC Cancelled For Wii U No more DLC for you Wii U owners... it's been axed. Nintendo is handing out refunds.
Zynga Acquires NaturalMotion, Lays Off 15% Of Workforce An odd day indeed, as Zynga throws out a ton of money while throwing out a ton of employees, too.
16 Games And Game Soundtracks You Probably Won't Recognize A trivia contest with a prize for the lucky gamer who gets it right. Do you think you can answer them all?
Divinity Original Sin: Hands-On Co-op Preview Co-Optimus gives some hands-on impressions of Divinity: Original Sin and talks a little bit about the co-op features.
That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. You can check out a Top 5 Worst Games of 2013 video below, courtesy of our good buddies at Games HQ Media.
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