Things completely unraveled for Microsoft this week as the situation devolved from hopeful down to direful. The official policies for the Xbox One have been unveiled and they aren't pretty. This was accompanied by announcements for Deus Ex: The Fall and Halo: Spartan Assault, two games that are both designed for mobile tablets...yes, tablets. These stories and more in this June 8th, 2013 Weekly Recap that arrives just ahead of E3 next week.
Sunday
Steam Greenlight Gets Trashed By Devs Of Paranautical Activity The harsh reality of their situation doesn't make for pleasant times.
Remember Me Reviews Note Snazzy Aesthetics With Lack Of Interactivity A recurring praise was showered on the game for its visuals and presentation, just as a recurring criticism was laid upon the game for its shallow world and lack of interactivity.
Verdun Brings WW1 FPS Action To Steam Greenlight A new FPS from a group of indie developers aims to expand and grow the World War I genre, which is currently sitting at nil when it comes to current day shooters.
Fallout Vegas Mod Project Brazil Part One Released An ambitious new overhaul for Fallout receives its first release.
Terraria Coming to Mobile Devices Bring all the 2d building action to your smartphone.
How To Spot A Viral Marketer In The Gaming Community Because you never know when one could be among you.
Final Fantasy XIV Beta Reborn For PS3 Set For June 14th The beta will re-introduce gamers to the real MMO Square has in store.
Deus Ex Nihilum Mod Adds 10 Hour Campaign A complete extension of the main game with enough additional gameplay to make AAA titles jealous.
Halo Spart Assault Domains Registered By Microsoft Ah, some new Halo properties are inbound?
Xenonauts, X-Com Successor Joins Steam's Early Access Program Get into the development of Xenonauts early with a new early access program from Steam.
Monday
Dark Souls 2 Coming March 2014 Namco Bandai puts an official stamp on the release window for Dark Souls 2.
Oculus Rift Co-Founder Killed During Police, Gang Altercation An unfortunate outcome for one of the co-founders for the Oculus Rift.
Black Tower Brings Final Fantasy VII Style Gameplay To Greenlight A game that mimics the 3D JRPG days of the PSX arrives on Steam's Greenlight.
BMW M8 Ultimate Gaming Beast Case Looks Beastly BMW brings back the beast in PC gaming with a case rig so beastly that it's actually called the Ultimate Gaming Beast. Now if only they could find gamers who could afford it.
PDP Produce Officially Licensed Xbox One Accessories They've signed on with Microsoft and will be making officially licensed accessories for the next-gen console.
Halo 4 DLC Fails To Keep gamers Playing, According to Research Data Despite having a regular helping of DLC, the numbers show that the DLC isn't helping keep player retention in Halo 4.
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Core Fighters Is Free-to-Play A free-to-play rendition of Team Ninja's bustling fighter will arrive for the PS3 and presumably for the Xbox 360.
Scrolls Open Beta Launches Mojang's latest card title has gone live and is currently in open beta.
52% of Gamers Are Not Okay With Xbox One's Online requirement Well, you might want to take the survey with a grain of salt considering that it comes from Kotaku.
Tuesday
GTA V Map Assembled By Fans Rockstar gave them the tools and the fans built it. I guess that old saying is true?
Asus Transformer pad Infinity Powered By Tegra 4, Supports 4K Resolution Play games on a high-end, portable gaming pad powered by Nvidia's Tegra 4 processor.
Ride to Hell Lets You Build Your Own Bike This is pretty neat as it lets you customize your own ride as you kick butt and take names on the road of bi-wheeled fury.
Injustice Gods Among Us Gets Infested With Scorpion NetherRealm Studios drops Scorpion into the world of DC as brand new DLC.
Razer Blade Pro Gaming Laptop Sports Nvidia 765M GPU, 17-Inch Screen A large-screened gaming laptop brings the back for a mighty hefty buck.
Stick It To The Man Looks Insane, Awesome, Insanely Awesome A crazy new platforming title arrives for the PlayStation platforms.
Marvel Heroes Launches as Free-to-Play Action MMORPG David Brevik's highly anticipated Marvel MMO designed as a the spiritual successor to Diablo II finally launches.
INheritage Now Available For iOS A story-based, anime-inspired shooter lands on iOS.
Omni Next Gen Virtual Reality Treadmill Coming January, 2014 It really is the future of gaming and it looks pretty darn sweet.
Halo: Spartan Assault Is A Windows 8 Shooter Well, at least it's a Halo game for PC...right?
Dark Souls Design Works Full of Deadly Art An artbook for the creatures from the first game is now available at select retailers.
Xbox One Priced At $399, PS4 Priced At $349 Estimates Pachter He may be wrong quite often but he may not be far off the mark on this one.
Wikipad Gaming Tablet Launches June 11th For $250 A not-so-badly priced gaming tablet releases this month.
Dead Trigger 2 Announced For Tegra 4 Devices The first-person survival shooter will be available on Tegra 4 devices this summer.
Doodle Jump Kinect Bounces Onto Xbox 360 This Summer Another Kinect exclusive has been announced, considering that Microsoft knows how much you guys love Kinect games.
Fantasia: Music Evolved Ready To Rock Xbox 360, Xbox One Yet even more Kinect games announced exclusively for Xbox consoles...oh yah!
Microsoft Cancels Post E3 Media Roundtable Discussions Why Microsoft? Why?!
Baldur's Gate Reloaded Fan Made HD Remake A cool new 3D HD remake of the original Baldur's Gate has been made by fans. The power of the modding community at work.
PlanetSide 2 And DC Universe Online Confirmed For PS4 The PS4's launch line-up isn't just looking good, it's shaping up to be the very best console launch line-up in the history of video game console launch line-ups. That is seriously no joke.
Warframe Coming to PS4 With 1080p Support Yet another game that will launch with the PS4 and a great way to showcase the diversity of the PS4.
Deus Ex The Fall Isn't What You Were Expecting Of course it wasn't. Well played Square-Enix, you trolled us good...real good.
Thursday
Castlevania Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition Coming To PC The PC rendition of the popular console game is getting a re-release on PC...on Steam, of course.
Xbox One DRM Gets Attacked By Neogaf While GOG.com Offers Support Good guy GOG and badass Neogaf...joining forces and kicking butt and taking names like true mofos. Congrats on getting Sony to stay straight and for Microsoft to scurry into a corner and cower like an elephant in front of a mouse.
Tiny Brains Brings Co-op Puzzle Solving To PlayStation 4 Yet another launch title for the PlayStation 4. Seriously Sony? Are you trying to break the threshold of awesome? You're almost there...really, you're within grasp.
ZRun Sprinting Onto PlayStation Vita A neat little runner will arrive for the PS Vita.
Project Diva F Finally Coming To US For PS3 One of the most popular Japanese titles will finally come to the U.S....so who wants to be bet how long it will be before shared content bans start?
It's Official: Xbox One Game Rentals Not Possible, Fees Nixed, 24 Hour Check-In Confirmed The official details of the Xbox One have been set and it isn't pretty.
Monster Hunter Online Closed Beta Invite Info Arriving During E3 Tencent is ramping up promotion for the upcoming game.
Blood Bowl 2 Bring Back Football Fantasy Violence Sack monsters, beat the mess out of opposition and embrace the mutant league.
Microsoft Cancels Xbox One Executive Interviews at E3 Silence never outed the crime of the guilty.
Metal Gear Solid 5 Kiefer Sutherland Is Solid Snake David Hayter hands over the reins to Keifer Sutherland...not a bad trade-off.
Friday
Diablo 3 Console Release Date Confirmed For September The ARPG will be arriving for Xbox 360 and PS3 later this summer.
Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Strikes February, 2014 The final game in the Lightning saga will launch next year.
Microsoft Denies Hiring Marketers To Vote Cheat Negative Xbox One Reddit Threads Do you think Microsoft is using viral marketers to downplay the negativity of the Xbox One?
E3 2013: Activision Games Line-Up Headlined By Destiny, COD Ghosts Some top-end AAA titles from Activision will be showcased at this year's E3.
Skylanders SWAP Force Hits U.S. This October The next big Skylanders game will be available this fall.
Animal Crossing Leaf Headlines Nintendo eShop Releases Nintendo rolls out more games on their eShop.
Murdered Soul Suspect Screenshots Investigate The Crime Scene more screens from the game where you investigate your own murder. Interesting, yeah?
Ubisoft Offers 75% Off on PC Games For E3 Running a sale ahead of Steam is a great way to get sales.
E3 2013: EA Rolls Out Their Official Game Line-Up Check out EA's line-up of titles they have planned for showcase during E3 next week.
Saturday
Serious Sam 4 Funded By Humble Weekly Bundle CroTeam's Serious Sam sequel will be crowd-funded through humble indie bundles. Nice, eh?
LeBron James NBA 2K14 Cover Athlete Love him or hate him, he's the cover athlete for this year.
Xbox One DRM Confirmations Has Angry Joe Avenging Gaming Another Angry Rant that lays out all the details in plain old english.
E3 2013 Dying Light Free Runs Onto PlayStation 4 A zombie apocalypse game where you have free-run away from zombies...nice.
State of Decay Patch Coming A few fixes for the Xbox Live Arcade's open-world GTA + DayZ survival game.
That wraps up this edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap. You can check out the video that might take E3 by storm depending on what they show during the big trade event.
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