Weekly Recap: PS4 Rules The Sale Charts And 5 Other Shocking News Stories

The PlayStation 4 turned out to rule the day as the top selling console for the month of March. It was a slaughter like no other, as inFamous: Second Son helped push and keep Sony's momentum-fueled game console moving through the sales charts like a proctologist moves through rectums. That wasn't all, though. Titanfall managed to become the top selling software for March, sharing a great deal of success across PC and the Xbox One... and just recently, the Xbox 360.

Things took a turn for the worst when news broke that the Xbox One was the object of a father's decision... even more-so than his own child. In fact, the father committed infanticide in order to get some quiet time with his plastic machine. Sad, sad times. These shocking stories and more in this April 19th, 2014 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.

EA Tries To Save Battlefield From Dying

Who knew that a company usually rife with angst from its very own fanbase could turn around and do the right thing? Well, in this case, EA is trying to save Battlefield from Gamespy's upcoming shutdown. Ubisoft is also keeping the good-guy points in tow, revealing that Watch Dogs is still scheduled to arrive for the Wii U in the holiday season of 2014. Respawn didn't want to be left by the wayside, and so they also announced that they have some brand new content inbound for their new IP, Titanfall, and that includes three brand new maps for only $10. Oh yeah, and the kid who plays Carl on the popular show The Walking Dead is also a fan of DayZ.

World of Darkness MMO Canceled

When a game is stuck in limbo for so long and eventually starts getting the label of “vaporware”, it's no surprise when a company eventually announces that the game is canceled. With that said, World of Darkness has been canceled. As I said, no surprise there. In an attempt to broaden the appeal of the PlayStation Vita, Sony has acquired four brand new games for the handheld. Unfortunately, none of those new games are the top-down shooter, The Hong Kong Massacre. The aforementioned title is like a John Woo film fused with Hotline Miami. That's bound to get a few bandanna-wearing, mullet-sporting, stuck-back-in-the-80s gamers clamoring to find out when the game will release. Oh yeah, and there's a new game called Severed on the way but it's due out next year.

Borderlands 2 Final DLC Launches

Now this probably helps put some butts into seats, as Gearbox Software's final piece of DLC for Borderlands 2 has gone live. That's right, it's all nice and available right now. If that's not your cup of tea, maybe watching a grown, hairy-arsed man without his shirt on grinding against a pole will get you all sweaty down under... since you probably have shoes on and you should air those things out as soon as possible. And if that doesn't make your feet sweat, then maybe fighting fanboys over whether the Xbox One will stop sucking once DirectX 12 drops will get your gooses going. If that doesn't help then I'm fresh out of suggestions... save for Nintendo completely slashing the prices on their Nintendo 3DS games. But no one cares about that because they're apparently too busy playing Poopy Bird on their Kindle Fire.

Xbox One Lands In China This Summer

Microsoft appears to be the first of the big three console manufacturers to start making plans to put the Xbox One on store shelves over in mainland China. They announced they'll be partnering with a local distributor to sell at least 100,000 SKUs right off the bat. That's Microsoft flexing some of their corporate muscle right there... and the good kind of muscle, not the flaccid one that requires medically prescribed pills to get pumped up. Fans of Assassin's Creed might want to check out a list of historical figures who could easily make the upcoming game a must-buy. You might be surprised to see who makes the list. A throwback SNES-style cooperative RPG has gone into Early Access and you can pre-order the game right now. A before ending on a positive note, it should be mentioned that one of the most creative and prolific composers in the video game industry, Martin O'Donnell, has been fired from Bungie. Mourn a bit, because Bungie's board of directors sure didn't.

Titanfall Wins March In Sales

The Xbox One may be having a tough time of it, but Titanfall seems to be making out a-okay. The prime-time title from Respawn managed to win March in the software sales department. Nevertheless, that didn't stop Microsoft from boasting to the public that they have shipped to retailers more than 5 million SKUs. If the console wars aren't your cup of tea, don't sweat it. There's plenty of tame news abound, including a new update for Terraria on the Xbox 360. Dynasty Warriors 8 XL is also planned to arrive on Steam this May, and JetGetters managed to receive an angel-investor who fully funded their game, hence they canceled their Kickstarter. GTA V also received new air race features via the verified jobs update.

Man Kills Infant To Play Xbox One

This is striking and devastating news. A man actually suffocated his own child in order to get the kid to stay quiet so he could enjoy some alone time with his Xbox One. That's right, a man killed his own infant son in order to watch TV on his Xbox One and play games. On the lighter side of the gaming sector, at least Super Mario Bros is playable in some form on the Xbox One. There's also some details on what we know so far about Fallout 4. There's also a brand new character joining the cast of characters for Skullgirls and his name is Big Band. Ending things on a moderate note, The Amazing Spider-Man is only 1080p at 30fps, instead of being 1080p at 60fps. Don't worry, maybe Beenox can fix this discrepancy before release date.