Looks like the week ended with a bit of a bang heading into Super bowl Sunday. There are rumors circulating around the net about a new Nintendo gaming platform coming out, possibly a new handheld, while Sega has finally revealed Project Needlemouse and let people in on the upcoming redo of Sonic, appropriately named Sonic 4: Episode 1. Madden 10 has a few Super bowl predictions and Eden Entertainment has dropped a major bomb on the news circuit with the announcement of a North American release of the Devil May Cry-esque, action-MMORPG, Last Online. These stories and more in this February 6th, 2010 edition of the Blend Games Weekly Recap.
Sunday
Mass Effect 2 Face Database Launched. After making a face it’s now possible to share your face with the world.
The Top Ten Most Imporant Launch Titles of All Time. Gaming titles from popular platforms that boosted companies into superstardom.
Mass Effect 2 Review. Find out what Blend Games’ Editor Pete Haas thinks about this sci-fi adventure RPG.
D3 Publisher Announce Despicable Me: The Game. Don’t guess what a game like this must be about…click the link and find out for yourself.
Monster Hunter Tri Set To Launch In Three Editions. Too many is apparently never enough.
Why “Too Easy” and “Too Hard” are BS. An editorial from The Game Reviews takes a look at the difficulty settings in games.
Monday
Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Arrive on the Wii. A series of new releases now available for the Nintendo Wii.
Bad Company 2 Will Never Go Prone. No more lying down on the ground. Click the link to find out why.
Global Agenda Now Available. Through Steam, of course.
Rhythm Based MMO, Audition, Seeking Indie Musicians. If you’re unknown with a cool tune, it just might fit in well with this well renown free-to-play, rhythm-based MMO.
Dekaron Winter Guild Championship Underway. Teams from across several servers will do battle in this gruesome MMORPG.
Days of Thunder Coming To XBLA And PSN This Summer. I wonder if Tom Cruise is proud?
Diablo III Screenshots: Desert Warfare. Blizzard shows off some of their desert warfare in the upcoming Diablo III.
Tuesday
Wal Mart and Best buy Abandon Used Games Market. Oh, what happened? Ah, I know…the economic crises must have kicked their balls in.
Free Red Faction Guerrilla With Metro 2033 Pre-Order. Now that’s a pretty kick butt pre-order program.
The Behemoth Announces BattleBlock Theater For Xbox Live Arcade. Click the link to find out what this oddity is all about.
BioShock 2 Uber Edition Is A Disaster. The unboxing is here…but is it really a disaster?
Civilization Network Beta Begins This Summer. Up for the challenge? Find out how to participate by clicking on the link.
CBS Rejects Dante’s Inferno Super Bowl Commercial. It’s over a few simple words, too.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat Now Available. Stateside, that is.
Victoria II Developer Discusses Politics, War And Economics. A very lengthy and wordy new developer documentary for this culturally historic simulation.
Prison Break Conspiracy And Tattoo Screenshots. More character shots of this intriguing television-based action game.
Borderlands Patch 1.21 Released Fixes Multiplayer Issues And Graphics. An update worth the trouble, no doubt.
World of Warcraft Death of the Lich King Cinematic Video Patch 3.3.2 Released. We’ve seen him rise, now find out how he falls.
The Secret World Kingsmouth Trailer Arrives With First Gameplay Footage. We finally get to see what this modern-day MMO looks like, in-game.
Aliens Vs Predator Multiplayer Demo Coming Thursday. This recap runs on Saturdays…so you know what that means? Yep, the demo is already available. Best to start the download now so it’ll be down by the time you get finished with the recap.
No Crafting In BioShock 2. Hoping to get your craft-on in BS2? Well, rest assured that won’t be happening.
Madden NFL 10 Predicts Saints Victory In Super Bowl XLIV. Superbowl predictions are hit or miss…find out what the winning play will be this time around.
StarCraft II Sentry Unit Revealed. Get a first-hand glimpse at the new sentry unit from SCII.
Dragon Age Awakening Screenshots Introduce Vigil Keep. New territory to explore in the upcoming DLC, but first check out how it looks with the new screens.
Nier Global Release Date Announced For Xbox 360 And PS3. Square Enix timestamps the beginning of the shelf life for this bloody RPG.
Indie Game Challenge Voting Sweepstakes And Finalists Announced. Just by voting for a favored game makes you eligible for winning some cool prizes.
The Swarm, Another Xbox 360 Exclusive Due Out In May. If you like turning into or avoiding turning into a dangerous alien species, then this might be your kind of game.
Free Mass Effect 2 Content Coming In Two Weeks. Anti-up some hard-drive space for some extra content for this epic space adventure.
Thursday
Camon Hero Trading Card MMORPG to Launch This Spring. Imagine Yu-Gi-Oh! As an MMO and you’re thinking on the right track.
Rumor: Nintendo Announcing New Platform At GDC 2010. A Wii 2 or a DS3? What can we expect? Click the link to find out.
Quick Hit Football Gets Microtransactions. Cash shops really are a thing of the future…sort of.
Star Trek Online Increasing Capacity To Meet Demand. “The engines, Cap’n, they just can’t take anymore”
Fallout New Vegas Coming In Fall 2010. They haven’t even let Fallout 3 saturate itself into the history books of gaming yet and they’re already pumping out another one.
Splinter Cell Conviction Gets New Release Date. Yet again? Better than not having one, I guess.
Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 Announced By Sega With Trailer. Get a first look at the brand new rendition of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Zeno Clash Ultimate Edition Trailer Reveals New Attacks. And the new attacks don’t include judo chops.
Dekaron/2Moons Valentines Events Underway. Busting skulls for loved ones.
Iron Man 2 The Game: War Machine Teaser Trailer. It’s time to go to war.
Friday
Free Demo Available For Epic Games’ Dungeon Defense. Running on the Unreal Development Kit, the indie title now has a free demo available and it looks kind of cool.
Dark Void Soundtrack And DLC Available Next Week. February 10th is the wait date….now all you have to do is, wait.
Just Cause 2 Demo Confirmed. I bet you can’t wait to climb to 5,000 and free-fall into the water, eh?
Thief 4, Deus Ex 3 Targeting Wider Audience.
UFC Undisputed 2010 Box Art Revealed Brock Lesnar Is Cover Athelete Whether you like pro-wrestling or not, Brock is the man on the box for the next UFC game.
Xbox Live Being Discontinued For Original Xbox Consoles. Microsoft is further tightening the screw in the back of original Xbox owners.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Demo Montage Is Very Persuasive. How persuasive? Well, don’t let these words stop you from clicking the link to find out.
Consumners Not Interested And Don’t Need An Apple iPad. That’s what the number say, anyway.
Aliens Vs Predator Demo Gets Patched. Having problems playing the demo? Click the link…try the patch.
The Grinder Is Not A Wii Exclusive. This is pretty good news for non-Wii owners.
Saturday
Dynamic Slash Bloody New Media Blowout For Wii. Sandlot Games has an awesome new title on their hand for the Wii.
L.A. Noire Confirmed For PS3 And Xbox 360 Rockstar Games has confirmed for both next-gen consoles with very little details.
Facebook’s HP Games Offers Up Prizes Just For Playing. Cool prizes are at hand, too…such as a brand new computer.
Devil May Cry MMO Clone, Last Online, Coming To North America. This game is literally a brand new kind of MMO experience…imagine Devil May Cry fused with WoW.
The Calling Goes Gold For Wii; Release Date Revealed. If you enjoy spooky calls from ghosts, this is your kind of game.
Red Dead Redemptions Screenshots Go Wonder Woman. Roping horses is all the rave these days.
BioShock 2 Daddies And Sisters Media Blowout. Violent scuba divers protecting little girls from mutant psychos? It’s just like spending a fun day at the aquarium.
Madden Facebook Game On The Way. It’s almost surprising it took this long for him to get a Facebook game.
infamous 2 Has Online Component So what do you do? You’ll have to click the link to find out.
Sims 3 High-End Loft Stuff Pack Impressions: Daisy Gets A Makeover. New first-hand impressions of the add-on for Sims 3.
Top 10 Needlessly Perverted Mainstream Games. We round out the week with a list of perversely entertaining mainstream games, courtesy of The Game Reviews.
That wraps up this edition of the Weekly Recap here at Blend Games. You can check out a brand new video of the new MMO, Mortal Online. This game is an awesome new MMORPG where you can behead people, chop off body parts, venture throughout an ever-changing world and develop your character while taking on quests, making enemies and starting friendships. The game is currently in open beta, which means you can start playing it as soon as you download it. I might also add that this game looks an awful lot like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
Law And Order's Latest Twisted Case Just Reminded Me Why Hudson University Is The Worst Place In Dick Wolf's New York
James Patterson Shares Love For Tyler Perry, Explaining Why He Thinks Star 'Got Screwed By The Director' Of Alex Cross Movie
Amid Suits’ Resurgence, Gabriel Macht Gets Honest About Why He ‘Needed Time Away’ From Harvey Specter
