With GDC well behind us and gamers still soaking in all the content that came out of it, this week was more about complimenting what happened at the conference rather than work as an unveiling of anything spectacular. That doesn’t mean there weren’t some pretty good news items that surfaced this week. XSpanD's universal 3D-TV glasses are coming and will work with HD 3D-TVs so gamers who enjoy 3D stereoscopic games can be ready with the new glasses. Microsoft has finally offered gamers an alternative in memory storage, namely in the faster, smaller and more convenient form of USB storage devices. Also, GameStop wants publishers to work with them on providing DLC via used games rather than trying to thwart the used game market with separate DLC. These stories and more in this March 20th, 2010 edition of the Blend Games Weekly Recap.
Sunday
Crackdown 2 Release Date Announced. Find out when you’ll be able to lay waste to crime in this uber sequel.
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Details And Price Revealed. Activision is doing for gamers what Obama did for the Proletariats.
SXSW 2010: Inter With PopCaps Jon David. Games, indie industry and more are all explored in an interview courtesy of The Game Reviews.
3D Only Xbox 360 Debut Title Revealed. From the movies to video games, it looks like 3D is invading all forms of multimedia entertainment.
Topware Announce Battle vs Chess for Multiple Platforms Battle vs Chess, eh? Well that’s something worth checking out, if only to get a clear explanation of the name.
Monday
Castlevania Rondo of Blood Now On Virtual Console. One of the gazillion Castlevania games comes to Nintendo’s VC.
Crackdown 2 Fun With Friends Video Documentary Reveals Multiplayer. So what modes will be present this time around? Don’t waste time reading this description, click the link to find out.
Hunted The Demon’s Forge Announced For PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It’s from Bethesda…so expect nothing less than awesomeness.
Business Tycoon Online Takes A Trip To Fort Knox. All that money and gold now up for gamer grabs.
Plain Sight Game Modes And Screenshots Revealed. Now if only someone could explain to me what’s actually happening in those screenshots, I think all would be right with the world.
Win A Wii Or DSi With A How To Train Your Dragon Contest. It’s as simple as it sounds.
Gran Turismo 5: It’s Time To Race Trailer. And we also get to see some NASCARs in action.
Transformers War for Cybertron Dev Doc And HD Screenshots. The game is uber-awesome and you can check it out by clicking on the link.
Tuesday
Crytek’s Next Game: Self-Defense Because you never know when you might get robbed.
MLB 2K10 Patch Coming This Week For PS3 And Xbox 360. Apparently the goal for every company is to ship a game broken and then later release a patch to make it the way it’s supposed to be.
God of War III Released. One of the most highly anticipated games of the year is finally here.
The game keeps getting delayed but at least a demo is on the way.
Dragon Age Origins Awakening Launch trailer. After numerous news postings about this expansion, the launch trailer has finally arrived.
Erebus Travia Reborn First Closed Beta Test Starts March.
Mahjongg Dimensions Reaches One Millions Users On Facebook. This comes on the heels of a GDC speech saying social gamers are hard to reach. Pfft.
XpanD’s X103 3D Glasses Announced For 3D Ready TVs. If you have a 3D-TV then all you need are X103 glasses.
Dead to Rights Retribution: City in Chaos Trailer and Screenshots. The screenshots are a little bit more chaotic than the trailer, though.
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Delayed To June. Usually this only happens to console games. Find out why the PSP’s first-priority espionage action game is getting the delay treatment.
Battlefield 1943 PC Not A Priority At The Moment. Simply because of piracy…or is it?
Skate 3 Release Date Roster Announced. All the details unveiled in one news posting. Find out if your favorite skater made the cut.
Metro 2033 Title Update Preps For Single Player DLC; Adds Control Scheme. Seems like control schemes would be higher up on the priority list of things to add to a game before they ship, eh?
Quick Hit Football Now 1 Million Users Strong. And counting…
Army of Two The 40th Day DLC Coming Early. Now this is a strange twist of news…content that’s actually arriving earlier than expected. I hope this isn’t a terrorist attack of some kind.
Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days Release Date; Extended Gameplay Trailer Released. After the debut of the game not too long ago, it’s time for Ubisoft to unveil a few details.
Just Cause 2 Demo Exceeds 2 Million Downloads. The math for this is simple: a game with 35 square miles of stuff to blow up + a bunch of people who like to blow stuff up = 2 million downloads.
Red Dead Redemption: Life in the West Trailer. It’s not all that bad.
No Splinter Cell Conviction Demo For PC. PC gaming is dying and this is just another nail in the coffin.
New Sci-Fi MMO Coming Using Star Wars Old Republic HeroEngine. The studio behind the new title is Pitch Black Games.
Thursday
2K Games Talks Cinematic Authenticity In Mafia II At this year’s GDC more of the mafia game was shown off to the public.
Tecmo Bowl Throwback Uses SNES Code. Going a little old-school? Well, click the link to get all the details.
Square Enix Announces Chaos Rings With Screenshots And Trailer. Brand new game from a company who seems to be trying new things within the gaming industry.
South Park Previews Tiger Woods Video Game. Only in the way that Trey Parker and Matt Stone could.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Sells 2.3 Million. In the short life-span of its shelf life it’s already making EA tons of cash.
Xbox 360 USB Storage Coming In Spring 2010. Finally, an alternative to those overpriced hard-drives.
Free Red Faction Guerrilla Darksiders Hellbook Coming Next Week. I don’t know how they fit together other than being published by THQ but it’s cool that a Hellbook is coming, nonetheless.
Lord of the Rings War in the North Announced for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. A brand new Lord of the Rings game is in the works and it doesn’t look like it’ll be sucking much.
F1 2010 Dev Diary Video Discusses Realism, Pit Crews And Graphics. The game is looking awesome and better than ever.
TV-Based Game, Wipeout, Coming To Wii And DS This Summer.
Black Prophecy Trailer Shows It Could Be An EVE Online Killer. Watch out EVE, another game has some really big ships and vast empty canvases of space in its fact sheet, too.
Grand Theft Auto Episodes From Liberty City Delayed For PC And PS3. Fanboys will probably say it’s a conspiracy from Microsoft to stave off sales of the DLC for PS3 owners.
Friday
Free MAG Trooper Gear Pack DLC Coming Next Week. If you need a leg-up, or possibly an arm-up, on the competition then some help is coming with the DLC pack next week.
EA Star Wars The Old Republic Could Get 2 Million Subscribers. I’m expecting a little bit more. Disgruntled WoW gamers plus Star Wars equals millions of players.
Total War MMO Possible. Why not? Everything else seems to be turning into an MMO these days.
Heavy Rain Taxidermist DLC Gets Release Date. Oragami killers and Taxidermists? Well, the game set a new standard for having hobbyist killers.
Mass Effect 2 Firewalker DLC Release Date Announced. It’s time to unleash the power of a new vehicle in Mass Effect 2 and this news details the exact release date.
GameStop Publishers Should Work With Us On DLC. Yeah because publishers and developers are getting screwed over in used game sales and they should lose more by working with GameStop and DLC offers? Ha!
Electronic Theatre Welcomes Lara Croft To Their Staff. A little cosplay never hurt at the workplace.
EA Sports MMA In-Game Trailer Brings The Fight. The game looks really good, too.
Mass Effect 2 Kasumi DLC Dated; Alternate Appearance Pack Anonunced. New character and new clothes for the character. The only thing that hasn’t been revealed is if “love talk” will make the cut.
Tales of Pirates II Announced With A Touch of Emo. There’s even screenshots to prove it.
Saturday
Samurai Shodown Sen Goes Gold For Xbox 360. The game will be arriving on store shelves come March 30th.
Modern Warfare 2 Double XP Weekend Announced. Time to get in some extra ownage over the weekend and actually get rewarded for it.
Final Fantasy XIII Is Fastest Selling Game In Franchise History. Too bad gamers found out the long-way that it’s also the most cinematic heavy game this decade next to Heavy Rain.
Champions Online Free Weekened Accompanies Revelation Release. Gamers can get in some free-to-play time with this popular MMORPG, but only over the weekend.
Left 4 Dead Character Will Die In Left 4 Dead 2 The Passing DLC. Who do you think will go first?
Games, Games And More Games! Shouldn’t We Be Looking At Our Modern Gaming Industry A Little Deeper Than This Now? A very lengthy headline for an inspective look at divulging the shift in the paradigm of gamers playing games, courtesy of Electronic Theatre.
Rumor Killers: Final Fantasy XIII, Gran Turismo 5 Move, DS 2 Details. Is it possible we could be seeing some motion-controlled tech being used in GT5? Check out the full article over at The Game Reviews.
That wraps up this edition of the Weekly Recap here at Blend Games. We leave gamers this week with trailer that takes a look at the enemy factions in the upcoming Iron Man 2 game, courtesy of GameTrailers. Enjoy.
