Weekly Recap: GTA 5 Pulled From Stores And 5 Other Award-Worthy Stories

This past week was pretty insane. We saw a group of consumers get together to have Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto V pulled from Target and Kmart, two Wesfarmers subsidiaries in Australia. This move led to the game also being removed – along with other R18+ movies and games – from the NZ Warehouse Group, according to Kotaku. And the outcry and precedent-setting for the event has a lot of core gamers up in arms about what kind of slippery slope this represents for interest groups who don't like certain kinds of content in certain kinds of games.

Additionally, Geoff Keighley's Game Awards 2014 took place on Friday night, and it was actually, dare I say, very impressive. It's the kind of awards show that could get gamers to feel proud to look forward to each year. Tighter production values and some cleaning up here and there on the technical side and it could be a monumental annual event for the gaming industry. These stories and more in this Decembr 6th, 2014 edition of the Weekly Recap.

Broken Age Part 2 Gets Delayed

Poor 'ole Tim Schafer... throwing his lot in with the wrong crowd and now running out of money and getting all screwed up on the development side of Broken Age over it. This is what happens when you put ideology before ethics. There's a new video for the upcoming PS4 and PC title, The Talos Principle, showcasing how to build a level in a time-lasped scenario of only 25 minutes. Very impressive. Dragon Age: Inquisition gets the review treatment courtesy of Pete Haas and you can find out whether or not it lives up to its hype. There's some exciting news inbound for Star Citizen contributors, as the game could receive modular ship customization at the $65 million mark. Microsoft reveals the free Games for Gold for December. 15 minutes of Halo 5's multiplayer has been let loose in a new video. And there's 10 minutes of gameplay on display for the upcoming Resident Evil Revelations 2.

Sony Pulls Ads From FIFA

In a truly bizarre “WTF?” moment of the week, Sony has pulled sponsorship from FIFA due to corruption. Yep, it's not just isolated to video game journalism. Sony gets a bevy delight of delectable games this week. A new trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight has been released focusing on the cinematic grandeur of the Batmobile. Bungie has finally addressed the Glass Vault exploit in their first-person MMO, Destiny. If you're interested in an MMO racer, The Crew has launched. Some new world bosses are landing hard and heavy in Blizzard's still-going-strong MMORPG, World of Warcraft.

Hackers Have A Present For Xbox Owners

Don't get too cozy around the entertainment center if you're an Xbox Live subscriber, hackers have a Christmas present for you. A new broadcasting service has gone live for Steam called Steam Broadcasting. It's quite nifty, too. The latest update for Hearthstone will nerf specific cards. You'll want to find out why, right here. Someone managed to sell a Wii U Amiibo for a whomping $2,500 on eBay. If you have a Wii U and you're playing Super Smash Bros. online, be wary of this error that could brick your system.

GTA V Pulled From Store Shelves

GTA V gets pulled in Australia from Kmart and Target. Even though it was stated that the radical groups didn't want to take games away, it kind of looks like that's what's happening. The PlayStation's 20th anniversary has gotten underway and it's a pretty big freaking deal. Epic Games has released the latest version of the Unreal Engine... it's all the way up to version 4.6 now. Fallout 4 won't be announced at this year's Game Awards. Ubisoft already has a new Assassin's Creed game in the works. There's some big issues that LittleBigPlanet 3 owners are suffering on the PS3 and PS4 versions of the game. Turtle Rock has unveiled some new modes for Evolve.

Deus Ex: Universe Engine Revealed

Get a glimpse at what the new Deus Ex might look like with a screenshot from the in-engine render right here. GTA V is being pulled from even more store shelves... nice. Free content is on the way for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel along with some paid DLC. Sony has a special holiday sale in the works for PlayStation shoppers. Here's a handy guide on how to get the full card list for Hearthstone. Destiny won't be getting raid matchmaking any time soon. And ZeniMax Online has explained exactly why Elder Scrolls Online has been delayed for the Xbox One and the PS4.

Dragon Age: Inquisition Is 2014's GOTY

I'm guessing there was a dearth of good games this year because 2014's Game of the Year award went to Dragon Age: Inquisition. I don't know, maybe it really was that good but it certainly didn't seem like it. Anyway, you can check out the full list of winners here. The creator of Super Smash Bros. may step away from the franchise following the super-success of the Wi U version. Two big updates are inbound for Resogun and Super Stardust in 2015. The complete size of Halo 5's multiplayer has been revealed. Microsoft has had to apologize to devs for withholding money. And Street Fighter V will be a timed exclusive on the PS4.