Sad news this week as one of the coolest, most successful development companies are closing their doors. The makers of Star Wars: Battlefront and the hugely successful Mercenaries has been shutdown by Electronic Arts, which goes to show that any developer with a sense of integrity would avoid going under their publishing wing considering that EA has no integrity whatsoever for respecting developers. CB’s Kelly West also contributed a special feature for the new locations in Sims 3: World Adventures and Xbox Live will be free for the weekend. These stories and more in the November 21st edition of the Blend Games Weekly Recap.
Sunday:
God of War III To Have Co-Op More rumors that may not be rumors? Definitely worth a click.
Resonance Of Fate Complete Gameplay Overview Trailer. A complete walkthrough of Resonance of Fate, spanning story, characters, combat and customization.
Dragon Age Origins Review. Blend Games’ Pete Haas describes what makes this such a force to be reckoned with in the world of role-playing games.
Borderlands Original Soundtrack Coming Next Month. If you liked the music from Borderlands, including the theme song from Cage the Elephant then you can look for it next month. Click the link to get all the details from Electronic Theatre.
Sam And Max Beyond Time And Space Review. The latest in the hilarious adventures from TT Games courtesy of The Game Reviews.
Xbox Live Free For Silver Members From Friday Is this not good news or what? After that ridiculous ban it looks like Microsoft is trying to save face. Check it out over at Stick Skills.
Grand Line Server Works To Improve Teamwork In Tales Of Pirates. An interesting new update for the free-to-play IGG MMORPG elevates teamwork by terminating specialty items. Worth a clicksy? Yep.
Monday
Shattered Horizon Moonrise Content Pack Is On The Way.
Time Turns Geeky With Techland. Time, the magazine, has joined the geekdom generation with a new website called Techland.
Dead Space 2 Has Multiplayer. Now all that terror won’t be as bad with a second person to help share the thrills.
GTA V Setting Still Undecided. Rockstar has yet to make up their mind on where to send gamers in the next installment of GTA.
Modern Warfare 2 Spin-Off Revealed. Could Ghost be getting his very own game? That’s a strong possibility.
Just Cause 2 PS3 Version Has Exclusive Feature. Let the system wars begin. Eidos has revealed that Just Cause 2 for the PS3 will get something special (Level 45 Flameshield Activate!)
Mad Catz Wireless-N Adapter Available Now For PS3 And Xbox 360. It’s $20 cheaper than Microsoft’s wireless adapter and just as efficient. So what are you losing? Nothing.
Co-Op Possible For Dragon Age And Mass Effect Sequels. Everyone loves playing with a buddy and everyone loves BioWare. It’s an epic win-win situation.
Mercenary Wars Third Closed Beta Goes Live. It’s only for a limited time so register fast.
Tuesday
Facebook Coming To The PS3 Via Firmware Update 3.10 Get ready for Facebook to invade the PS3.
Call of Duty World at War Zombies Arrives On iPhone, iPod Touch. Can’t get enough Call of Duty or zombies? Well, now you can get both in mobile editions for your iPhone.
Lost Planet 2 Pre-Order Bonus Includes Resident Evil Content. Anyone up for playing Resident Evil characters in Lost Planet 2 with a few weapons from RE? I know I’m not the only one raising my hand.
Microsoft Says Leaked Natal Launch Details Are False. Looks like there won’t be 14 games launching in November with Natal. Click the link to find out why.
Borderlands PC Patch 1.01 Released. Because everyone hates their character being wiped.
War Rock Invites Banned Xbox 360 Gamers Because CEO Accepts Piracy. Is that not ironic or what?
EA Closes Pandemic Studios. Douche bag move by EA to save money? No question about it.
Mass Effect 2 Final Box Art Released. A lot of people aren’t too pleased with the generic design. But obviously Microsoft must know something about marketing that we don’t.
Activision Creates Sledgehammer Games Studio Headed By Dead Space Vets. EA closes down a studio and Activision opens one with former EA employees. I think Activision just royally burned EA on this one.
World of JingWu Content Update Adds New Servers. Like Tekken? Like MMOs? Well, you can play an Tekken-MMO clone with the new servers being opened for World of JingWu.
Ubisoft’s Uplay Service Launches With Assassin’s Creed II. A brand new web portal with its launch celebrated by the launch of Assassin’s Creed II.
The Sims 3 World Adventures First Impressions – France Cinema Blend’s Kelly West gives readers a tour of The Sims 3: World Adventures.
Kane And Lynch 2 Dog Days Announced For 2010 Release. The psychopath and professional killer are back for some more double-teaming action.
No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise Revealed For PS3 And Xbox 360. Suda wasn’t lying about a new No More Heroes not being on the Wii.
Halo Reach Premieres At 2009 Spike Video Game Awards. Want your first glimpse at Halo: Reach? Just watch the VGAs on SpikeTV.
Leaked Witcher 2 Gameplay Footage Battles Giant Squid. Seven whole minutes of in-game footage featuring Witcher 2.
R.U.S.E. Beta Launch Date Details Revealed. Want to get in on the illusive RTS by Ubisoft? Click the link for the details.
Call of Duty MMO Planned? Yeah because we just don’t have enough shooting games that involve a lot of players trying to get headshots.
Thursday
The Sims 3 World Adventures First Impressions – China Cinema Blend’s Kelly West goes on tour around China. Get a glimpse at some exclusive screenshots and details after the jump.
Left 4 Dead 2 Review Ryan Rigney tackles this arcade-style shooter and explains where it excels and where it falls a few thumbs too short of perfection.
PSN To Get Subscription Service? Let’s hope Sony doesn’t turn into Microsoft.
BioShock 2 Special Edition Announced. If BioShock 2 by itself isn’t good enough there’s always the Special Edition.
Dragon Age: Return To Ostagar DLC Announced. Already finished DA: Origins? BioWare has you covered with brand new DLC on the way.
Altis Gates Bosses Are Designed To Break MMO Mold. Tired of the same old bosses in MMOs? IGG has an answer and it’s worth clicking the link to find out what it is.
Star Trek Online Open Beta Schedule Revealed. Can’t wait to get beamed up into the Star Trek MMO universe? The wait won’t be long.
Ninja Assassin Game Now Available For iPhone. Hacking and slashing for mobile gamers on the go.
Friday
The Sims 3 World Adventures First Impressions – Egypt. A look at the Egyptian culture in Sims 3, thanks to Cinema Blend’s own Kelly West.
Need For Speed Shift Gets Team Racing Mode; Legendary Cars In December. EA isn’t leaving NFS: Shift buyers high and dry. They don’t plan on screwing their customers over quite like their employees *cough*Pandemic*cough*.
Aliens And Zombies In Modern Warfare 2? It Could Have Happened. What kind of world would it have been if MW2 had zombies and aliens? Well, a good one…possibly.
Shattered Horizon Update Patch Has Drifted Online. A few bug fixes, patches and features have been added to Futuremark’s popular zero-gravity shooter. Click the link to find out what’s been changed and what’s been added.
Windy X Windam Coming To North America For Nintendo DS. A side-scrolling, tournament fighting game is heading to the DS. Good luck trying to find it in stores amongst all the Hanna Montana and Olsen Twin games.
Mass: We Pray Game Promotes Dante’s Inferno. EA is pulling out all the stops to make this noteworthy in the media. But is it just overkill?
Xbox 360 And PS3 Will Get Owned Twice Over By Wii Holiday 2009. It’s almost official, we just need some NPD numbers for November and December.
Xbox Live Free This Weekend. Silver subscribers will get a chance to discover the gold as Xbox Live goes free this weekend.
New Red Dead Redemption Trailer Coming Next Month. If you’ve waited this long just for the Red Dead sequel to pop up on your news radar, you won’t have to wait too much longer for a new trailer.
Saturday
Sins of a Solar Empire Diplomacy Beta Dated. Space-opera junkies get some more good news as the beta for Sins of a Solar Empire lands an official date.
Mass Effect 2 Surprise Next Week. What sort of surprise is it? Well, you’ll have to wait until next week…that’s why it’s a surprise.
The Saboteur Goes Gold. Pandemic’s swan song goes gold…and it will be surprising if the game sells well enough to get EA out of the financial hot water.
Amazing New BattleSwarm Field Of Honor Launch Trailer. Reality Gap released a new action-packed trailer for the MMO-shooting game that’s a lot like Starship Troopers. And yes, it is epic.
BioShock 2 Gameplay Media Blowout. A few new trailers for the highly anticipated BioShock sequel.
Top Ten FPS Guns. That old saying is true: the gun makes the hero. So The Game Reviews gives a list of the guns that make the heroes…a hero.
Left 4 Dead 2 Update Fixes Matchmaking. Tired of meeting up with all the wrong people in your arcade, zombie-slaughtering frenzy? Valve has a fix for you.
The Sims 3 World Adventures First Impressions – Returning Home. CB’s Television Editor, Kelly West, finally brings it all home in this week’s special Sims 3 World Adventures feature.
That wraps up this edition of the Weekly Recap here at Blend Games. We part ways this week with a brand new trailer of the upcoming fighting game, Martial Arts: Capoeira.. The game is due out for the PS2, Wii, PSP and every other system that doesn’t include next-generation visual technology. The game doesn’t look too bad, though. Enjoy.
