Weekly Wrap-Up: Halloween Is Coming!
Hey, boys and ghouls, it’s nearly Halloween, the most spook-tacular holiday of the year, so I’ve got to use up all my horror-related puns in the next couple weeks, or else they will expire and I would be haunted by the thought all year. That would be positively scary! I don’t know witch(!) of our terror-filled (spider) Web shows you should watch first, Jack (o’ Lantern).
- Sessler’s Soapbox: Adam Sessler discusses the joy of the grind.
- The MMO Report: Casey drops knowledge on you about the planet of Balmorra in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
- Fresh Ink: Blair Butler reviews the most notable comic releases of the week.
- Feedback: Feedback takes a look at Brutal Legend and more gaming-world happenings.
And now, the news…
Monday
- In this Morning Hangover, Sterling McGarvey asks readers if wrestling games are fighting games and Patrick Klepek falls in love with
- According to Charles Martinet’s twitter, Nintendo is working on a new Mario game.
- A recent post on pointed-head intellectual blog The American Scene makes an interesting point: Video games are this generation’s B-Movies.[[/lDungeons and Dragons.[[/link]Abbey Road.
- Gameloft has announced that the iPhone/iPod Touch version of Earthworm Jim will be released on October 21.
- students at Carnegie Mellon university have created an interesting use for Microsoft’s Surface: Playing tabletop
- MTV Games and Harmonix announced this morning that the first full album for The Beatles: Rock Band will be
- Ubisoft has released a debut trailer for its upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short films.
- VIDEO: Star Trek Online Developer Diary Brings You Up To Speed
- Could Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time be the last Ratchet & Clank game ever?
- Microsoft has announced that its new Xbox Live portal Halo Waypoint will launch on Nov. 5.
- Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has teased he’s in the "finishing stages" of an unannounced project.
- VIDEO: Shattered Horizon Trailer Takes One Giant Leap For Zero-G, Trigger Happy Mankind
- Thor: Robert De Niro and Jude Law to join cast?
- The upcoming Xbox 360 update will prevent unauthorized storage devices from being used with consoles.
- Mutating guns? Yes please! Check out our review of Gearbox’s ‘Borderlands’.
- Critter Crunch developer Capybara Games told us their game has missed its first week sales targets, but they’re still "really happy"
- If you haven’t been following along with Borderlands, here’s what you need to know.
- VIDEO: DJ Hero Mixes Up Mash-Up Trailer
- Peter Moore characterized disc-based distribution as a "burning platform."
- September sales numbers show PlayStation 3 saw a nice sales spike from its price cut and PS3 Slim, but DS still held onto the top spo
- Industry sales for September were released and Halo 3: ODST managed to sell more than 1.5 million copies.
- Borderlands, FIFA 10 and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 headline this week’s new releases list.
- In the battle of The Beatles: Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero 5 in September, The Beatles: Rock Band was the victor.
- VIDEO: Nuke-Happy StarCraft II Battle Report #4 Demos Remade "Lost Temple" Map
Tuesday
- In this Morning Hangover, Patrick Klepek wonders if you really want Twitter, Facebook and others on your gaming console.
- Sony had a very good month in September and would like to pat itself on the back a bit.
- Queen will appear in Lego Rock Band.
- Indian video game fan Chirantan Patnaik recently set the Guinness World Record for playing Grand Theft Auto IV for over 40 hours stra
- Activision has revealed the track lists for its upcoming family-oriented music game Band Hero.
- MEDIA: The Beatles: Rock Band Abbey Road DLC Gets Trailerized And Screened
- Over five billion tweets have been twittered since twitter began.
- Analyst Michael Pachter believes that an Xbox Live price increase is on the horizon.
- Patrick went hands-on with both the Facebook and Twitter applications for Xbox Live.
- The NPD Group has released the top 20 best selling PC games for September and at the top of the list are plenty of MMOs.
- You want to participate in the first installment of our weekly mailbag. You want this very much.
- Will the upcoming ‘Green Lantern’ film kick off the ‘Justice League’ movies?
- SCREENS: Aion Holiday "Harvest Revel" Celebrates With New Screens
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been given an 18 rating by the British Board of Film Classification.
- ‘Grand Theft Auto’ comes to the PSP with ‘Chinatown Wars’. Check out our review!
- Zombies are all the rage these days. Check out our review for the new PlayStation Portable game ‘Undead Knights’!
- THQ has announced that the post-apocalyptic Darksiders will be released on Jan. 5.
- Want to be Feedback’s question of the week? Submit one!
- Smallville’s Justice Society grows as roles for Hawkman, Dr. Fate, and Stargirl get cast.
- Major Nelson has revealed that the Halo Waypoint portal will be included in the upcoming Xbox 360 update preview program.
- VIDEO: Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Packs In Insomniac’s Replay Value Rep
- Eagerly awaited action game God of War III will probably have DLC, but won’t have multiplayer.
- Fairytale Fights puts the "grim" in Grimm. We talk to one of the marketing directors about what you can expect!
- VIDEO: Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 Story Trailer Maintains Melodrama
- The British Board of Film Classification has revealed in great detail the "strong sex" found in GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony.
- Halo Waypoint is more important than just a hub for Halo. Microsoft told us "Waypoint" is part of Halo’s storyline.
- TheFeed’s own Stephen Johnson reviews A Boy and His Blob for the Wii. Will the new game delight fans of the first game and lure newco
- TheFeed’s own Dana Vinson reviews Wii Fit Plus, the updated collection of exercise minigames that utilize the Wii Fit Balance Board.
Wednesday
- In this Morning Hangover, Patrick Klepek wonders if G4 readers are still PC gamers — or if they’ve moved on.
- A lot of info on the concepts behind Wii game Epic Mickey have been revealed.
- Based on an email sent to some Xbox Live users, Microsoft is trying out some kind of incentive or reward program for Xbox Live users.
- Trailer/Screens: The Saboteur Media Train Is "Just Getting Started"
- Sony has patented a mysterious new game controller.
- Developer 2D Boy’s World of Goo pay-what-you-want experiment has been a huge success, and it has the data to prove it.
- There’s a bug preventing Borderlands gamers on PlayStation 3s from playing with their friends…but Gearbox is working on it.
- A new Uncharted 2: Among Thieves space as well as a major update will be hitting PlayStation Home this Thursday.
- SCREENS: Namco Bandai Announces Gravity-Bending, Co-Op Shooter Inversion
- The first screen shot for Castlevania ReBirth has surfaced.
- Legendary strategy game maker Sid Meier announces Civilization Network for Facebook will be released next year.
- VIDEO: After 15 Years, Konami Brings Back Jet Pack Rodent Heros In Rocket Knight
- Joe Quesada: Captain America will "rock everyone’s socks off."
- Bayonetta becomes just the 12th game to receive a perfect score from Japanese gaming publication Famitsu.
- Nickelodeon has purchased the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
- Orlando based heavy metal band Trivium announced on a radio interview yesterday that it is recording a song for God of War III.
- Electronic Arts announced today its Need for Speed franchise has now sold over 100 million units.
- Enter our ‘Brutal Legend’ Sweepstakes to be one of ten to win a Limited Edition Eddie Riggs statue!
- Rockstar has released audio clips teasing the new radio content shipping with GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony.
- SCREENS: This Is What Prison Break The Game Will Look Like
- Adam uses Borderlands as an example of how "grinding" can be as satisfying experience if the game’s mechanics are solid.
Thursday
- In this Morning Hangover, Andrew Pfister considers both sides of the argument regarding removing dedicated servers from Modern Warfar
- Peter Molyneux apparently dropped word that Fable III would feature support for Microsoft’s Project Natal.
- Learn exactly what Halo Waypoint is, where it’s going and why, as a Halo fan, you should be paying attention to it.
- Steve Ballmer apparently confirmed Blu-ray for the 360.
- Travel through time and space as Adam Sessler reviews ‘Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time’ for the PlayStation 3.
- The uncensored version of Left 4 Dead 2 has once again been denied classification by Australia’s ratings board.
- VIDEO: Assassin’s Creed II Dev Diary: Progressive Upgrades Make The Man
- VIDEO: Army of TWO: The 40th Day Trailer Reveals Co-Op Survival "Extraction Mode"
- Microsoft’s much anticipated Windows 7 operating system is now available.
- Gearbox has supposedly fixed the issue blocking friends from playing with one another in Borderlands for PlayStation 3.
- This week on The Links Of TheFeed, we check out the best cosplay ever and a very naughty Captain Kirk.
- VIDEO: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Reveals Twin-Brother Henry As Playable Character
- THQ has released a new trailer for its post-apocalyptic horror shooter Metro 2033.
- Ubisoft has said "there’s always hope" for a PlayStation 3 version of Splinter Cell: Conviction.
- EA will be restricting the "Extraction" multiplayer mode in Army of Two II: The 40th Day to pre-order customers for a whole month.
- Video: Multiplayer BASE jumping in GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony is going to be sheer madness.
- Check out the girls of Dragons Age: Origins.
- Wrestling fans! Check out our review for the new multiplatform release ‘WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010′!
- The latest installment in the Ghouls ‘n Ghosts series is coming to an unlikely platform: iPhone.
- Ubisoft says that it is interested in bringing multiplayer to future Assassin’s Creed titles.
- Rockstar is offering people who participate in Movember the chance to have their likeness appear in Red Dead Redemption.
- VIDEO: Left 4 Dead 2 Leaked Cinematic Trailer Is Uber Violent And Completely Awesome!
- Casey tells you about the planet of Balmorra in Star Wars: The Old Republic, shows you the new Star Trek Online dev diary, and the ne
- The first chapter of Dragon Age: Journeys, an epic Flash game that ties into Dragon Age: Origins, is now playable.
- This week’s episode of Feedback features Adam, Blair, Patrick & Andrew yappin’ about the September sales numbers, and more.
Friday
- In today’s Morning Hangover, Sterling McGarvey predicts Last.fm and streaming 1080p video could be big gets for the Xbox 360.
- Microsoft explains why it’s disabling "unauthorized storage devices" and what that means for Xbox 360 users.
- Rock Band 2, with all the instruments, is only $79!
- A game based on Pet Sematary is coming to the iPhone.
- Ubisoft has revealed that James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game will be released on Dec. 1.
- Epic may be planning to release the Unreal Engine 3 to consumers.
- Trailer/Screens: Cable Revealed As Upcoming DLC Character For Marvel: UA2
- A group of Nannies are unhappy over Dante’s Inferno’s achievements.
- Peter Molyneux has revealed his list of the top five most innovative games of the past 20 years.
- VIDEO: Dragon Age: Origins Profiles Dwarven Drunkard, Oghren
- GameFly has launched a GameCenter app for the iPhone that lets you manage your queue and look up details on thousands of games.
- Rumor Killer: Robert De Niro & Jude Law will NOT be cast in Thor.
- Microsoft saw an 18 percent decline in its Q1 profits, while its Xbox division saw an increase over last year.
- SCREENS: Final Fantasy XIII Screens Are Fang-tastic
- VIDEO: Ubisoft Reveals Windows 7 Multi-Touch Support For R.U.S.E.
- V’s luscious new villainess talks about her character.
- VIDEO: Ready Your Fist/Firearm/Husky For The Dead to Rights: Retribution Combat Dev Diary
- A free, movie-making software powered by Epic Games’ Unreal 3 engine, is now available for download.
- Adam Sessler gives you the lowdown on the huge amount of content we’ve got coming for you next week.
- Blair Butler reviews Resurrection, Underground, Iron Man, FVZA, etc on Fresh Ink Online.
- If you’re looking for some new tracks for your favorite music games, then check out this week’s music DLC round-up.
- Dragon Age: Origins will now arrive on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC at the same time, November 3.
- Tell us what you’re playing this weekend!
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