We haven’t had a new James Bond game since Quantum of Solace, which managed to be a very mediocre first-person shooter game, well for better or for worse a new 007 game is on the way called James Bond 007: Blood Stone. There was more to the news this week than a British secret spy getting a new game, Zombie Studios announced that despite only being on the market for a few weeks, Blacklight Tango Down will be receiving an official sequel. Not only that, but while you wait for BT2 to arrive you can check out some streaming TV with Hulu Plus on the PS3. These stories and more in this July 17th, 2010 edition of the Blend Games Weekly Recap.
Sunday
King’s Quest: The Silver Lining Now Available, For Free. A pseudo-sequel fan-made project hits the digital webwaves.
Ruse Free Weekend Announced. Test out your strategic mind-muddling abilities with a free Ruse weekend.
Zone 4: Fight District Debut Trailer. A mixed-martial arts fighting game has landed online, courtesy of OGPlanet.
Live Deal of the Week: South Park Tower Defense. Who would have thought that South Park and strategy could be used in the sentence? Well, now it has.
Top 10 Video Game Producers. From Jade Raymond to…well, you’ll just have to check the list out yourself.
Dusky New Lost In Shadow Screenshots. Sandy new screenshots of the game where you play a shadow as the main character.
Lamentations of a 30 Year Old Gamer. Ah, the joys of getting older…while still gaming.
Monday
Deus Ex : The Icarus Effect Novel Announced. Get a head start on the new game by checking out the new novel.
Driver San Francisco Delayed to 2011. Of course…it was because of that silly car-hopping feature, no doubt.
DeathSpank Epic Weapons Trailer Features Unicorn Poop. Now this was an interesting trailer…more or less because of the unicorn poop.
Arab Gamers Receive Their First Ever Soccer MMO, X-Kick Well the world loves the real football (Soccer to Americans) so it only made sense to release one over in the middle-east.
Free iPad Up For Grabs During Hero: 108 Open Beta. Play up to level 25 and get a free iPad, that’s it. I’m sure if you miss out on this one another game with an open beta will be giving away an iPad, too.
Lost Horizon Adventure Game Coming To PC This August. Interested in a little pointing and clicking? In a game! Get your mind out of the gutter, people.
CM4 Styles Up Game Devices With DSi, Wii And PSP Covers. For the metro-fashion gurus and high-life style aficionados.
WRC FIA World Rally Championship Release Date Announced. A few months away folks….months, not years.
Tuesday
Cancelled Mortal Kombat Co-Op Game Had Sub-Zero and Scorpion Working Together. Is this some sort of blasphemy? The two of them….working together? It’s like being Michael Bay and M. Night in a room together and asking them to work together on a shared movie idea.
Mafia II: Jimmy Vs Vendetta DLC Detailed by Trophies. Some new trophies have given away what the new DLC will be.
NCAA Football 11 Patch Coming Tomorrow. And if you’re reading this today, then it means that the patch is already available.
Dragon Quest IX Released In North America. If they can just manage to pump out a few more each year, they can catch up to Final Fantasy.
Medal of Honor Limited Edition Announced for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game is already aiming to be the new Modern Warfare.
Kane and Lynch 2 Release Date Moved Up. IO is actually moving the release date up…how odd.
ModNation Racers Getting Casual Difficulty. Ah, the AI was kicking the butts of newbies so now they’ve lessened it for the new players.
Apple Keeps It Clean With iPhones, So Why Can’t Dell? Greenpeace is asking and consumers deserve an answer.
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms Closed Beta Starts. The Han dynasty is finished and it’s time for gamers to rewrite their own history in this epic MMO.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Onslaught Mode Coming To PC. Like they would really leave PC gamers out to rot? No way.
Free R.U.S.E. Preview This Weekend. You can find out what the game is like with a free preview and there’s no tricks involved.
Professor Layton And The Unwound Future Gets New Release Date. One of the most celebrated handheld titles gets a new release date and you’ll have to click the link to find out why.
Atari’s Haunted House Being Revived On Wii, Xbox 360, PC. Anyone even remember this game? Yeah I didn’t think so.
Jagex Games Announces Stellar Dawn for PC and Mac. Running on propriety tech, this game promises to do something different in the MMO genre.
Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes Release Date Announced For PS3 and Wii. Need to find out how soon you’ll be able to do a Japanese rendition of Dynasty Warriors? Click the link to grab the numbers.
Natural Selection 2 Pre-Order Alpha Access Announced. A new promotion for the awesome, upcoming FPS-RTS.
Hulu Plus Now Available To Select PS3 Owners. It’s selective yes, and maybe it selected you. Click the link to find out if you’re eligible.
Tim Schafer Explains Why There Aren’t Many Funny Games. Yes, please explain why everything is a first-person shooter these days.
Thursday
Blacklight Tango Down 2 Confirmed. Already? Well, good things come in twos, I guess.
Review: Puzzle Quest 2. This game has been receiving rave reviews elsewhere. See how the game racks up with an honest review of this RPG puzzle title.
Start Downloading StarCraft II, Now! And we mean right now!
Aliens vs Predator Console Patches Cancelled. See below for the reasoning of why the patches were cancelled.
1 Vs 100 Not Returning to Xbox Live for Third Season. “If it don’t make the money then it musta’ go” says the Microsoft rep in regards to XBL software.
DJ Hero 2 Artists List Announced. Some of your favorite dance-floor icons may or may not have made the cut. Check it out to see if DJ Bump-My-Grind is on the list.
Assassin’s Creed Comic Book Mini-Series Announced. Complete with a trailer to show you just how graphic it really is.
JoyStick Labs Unveils Big Name Support for their Fall Program. Epic Games, Nvidia and just about every other big name you can think of is now associated with the accelerated program.
Splash Fighters Gets Major Overhaul In New Update. By overhaul, I mean anything you can think of with the word “new” in it applies here.
Apache Air Assault Coming To PS3 And Xbox 360 This Fall. We don’t’ get many helicopter games, so I’m not complaining.
Dead Rising 2 Zombrex Edition Coming to North America. It’s like a big ‘ole huge collection of things…you’ll just have to click the link to find out how much you really get in this collector’s edition.
Friday
NPD Sales Report: Red Dead Redemption Rides Again. No surprise that one of the best games this decade is still raking in the dough for Rockstar.
Red Dead Redemption: Legends and Killers Pack Screenshots. Red and Mr. Kelly make a return in the new DLC.
James Bond 007 Blood Stone Announced for PS3, Xbox 360, PC and DS. Will this be as good as Everything or Nothing or just another cheap cash-in? Read on to find out.
Aion: Assault On Balaurea Release Date Announced. Forget the endgame content, it’s time to ready your character for the new expansion pack.
Mega Man Universe Coming to PSN, Xbox Live Arcade. Even more Mega-Manness for people who already found some way to conquer Mega Man 10.
A Game of Thrones Genesis Announced. For gamers who complain that there aren’t enough RTS titles out there, here’s a new one for you.
Allods Online Chest Contest Has PS3, Alienware, HDTV Up for Grabs. All you do is play, get free keys and open chests…how awesome is that?
Wolf Team Update Includes New Characters, Abilities and Graphics. The new abilities probably won’t make me want to shoot werewolves any less.
Breach Hits a Delay; Atomic Games Adds New Content. Now that’s how you do a game…if it gets delayed, add new stuff.
Saturday
Destination Arcade Only Available for Summer of Arcade.
Victoria 2 Developer Diary Archive Released.
Heavy Fire Special Operations Release Date and Price Announced. Well this isn’t The Heavy but a release date is a release date.
Madden NFL 11 Demo Dated. No matter how good or bad this series becomes it will forever be popular amongst the core fans. Click the link to find out when you’ll be able to test the waters of this game.
Co-Op Gets Confirmed for KillZone 3. Just in case you forgot.
That wraps up this edition of the Weekly Recap here at Blend Games. Now given that Haunted House is being revived for major game consoles in this generation of gaming, a new debut trailer has been released for the game and you can check out just how haunted this classic remake is. Enjoy.
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