Big shockers flooded the news channels this week, as things kicked off at the San Diego Comic-Con. The convention played (or is playing) host to a number of huge properties that make geekdom so huge, including but not limited to collector's edition figurines, toys, movies, comic books and video games (I'm sure someone might be angry I left something out of the list).
At this year's event we were treated to and teased with The Last of Us 2, some details about the upcoming movie based on Sony's popular new IP, as well as all sorts of other crazy and big news stories that happened in, around and even outside of the comic book convention. So sit back, hold on to your butts and get ready to enjoy the ride as we take a journey through a time machine to recap all the highlights and big happenings within the gaming industry in this July 26th, 2014 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Xbox Entertainment Studios Shutdown
Microsot shutters the doors on the XES only a few months after securing advertising deals from major advertisers. Details on the new-gen version of Doom won't arrive until 2015. The latest version of Hearthstone goes live this week. A new trailer drops for Styx: Master of Shadows... on the PS4. Pre-order details drop for The Swapper on PS3 and PS4. A new update is detailed for the Xbox One, and a class guide is available for Destiny.
DoTA 2 Team Wins $5 Million
Playing competitive video game sports has netted one team $5 million in USD. A new update adds some big new content to Heroes of the Storm. Ryan offers gamers a very expressive and textually artistic view of Destiny. A full list of Hearthstone's cards have been outed. The devs of No Man's Sky want to avoid over-hyping the game, and The Sims 4 will have a subscription model... because EA.
Battlefield Hardline Delayed
EA takes the right move and delays Battlefield Hardline to 2015. The producer for Ryse and Crysis 3 has left Crytek. Grab some of these awesome games right now on Steam for only $1. Halo's former composer has won a settlement against Bungie over an unlawful firing. Some new maps launch for Killzone: Shadow Fall. Agent Locke finally gets detailed for Halo 5.
Destiny's Beta Drops For Xbox Gamers
After waiting what probably seemed like forever, the beta for Destiny has gone live. New DLC has been announced well ahead of Arkham Knight's release for Red Hood. Project CARS will make an appearance at Sony's booth at GamesCom. EA has made a lot more profit from their mobile transactions than you originally thought. Akiba's Trip is coming to North America for PlayStation consoles. And Titanfall's new Black Market feature isn't anywhere near as nefarious as you might have been thinking... click here to see why.
Chinese Gamers Hate Xbox One
It looks like no matter what, the Xbox One just can't catch a break... not even in China. EA is giving away free copies of The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection... like, right now!. A new RPG is in the works called After Reset RPG from Black Cloud Studios. Sony has to dole out $15 million in expenses over the 2011 hacking breach of PSN. We have up a new review of The Swapper for PS4. You'll never figure out why Destiny pre-orders are being cancelled by retailers.
Last Of Us 2 Discussed For PS4
Sam Rami, Evil Dead auteur, and Neil Druckmann, the creative director for The Last of Us, takl about The Last of Us 2. Epic. The Xbox One will finally have a retail distributor in China. The cast of the cult-classic television show Firefly will return in the upcoming Firefly Online game. There's something interesting happening with Far Cry 4's online mode and Wargaming integrates Twitch live-streams right into the middle of the game.
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