The Gamerzitch Weekly Wrap-Up for 7/2/11

Heyo! Slow weeks still continue post-E3, but it's slowly picking its feet up with things, which we did post, but hopefully next week, things will start popping up again! For now at least, this is what we got! It's not much, but hey, it's something!

• Gamers rejoice! The Supreme Court upholds the constitutional rights of video games!
• Respawn Entertainment finally launches their website and teases their upcoming game
• Call of Duty has its own convention. Weird? Yes, but it's for a good cause!
• Split/Second development studios, Black Rock Studios, is planned to close up shop
• Jake Livak talks about Game Design and Balancing in this week's Variety Friday
• Jake Livak also gives his opinions about the differences between Retro Games and Modern Games in this week's 2nd Variety Friday

That's it for this week, everyone! Hopefully the beginning of next week, things will start kicking back to old routine. Anywho, have a great July 4th weekend everyone!

The Gamerzitch Weekly Wrap-Up for 6/17/11

So last week was hell and everything is winding down from E3 2011. Speaking of that, what'd you think of this year's expo? Drop a comment right below! Let's hear your thoughts about the expo! Anywho, it's been a rather slow week for news and announcements, but hey, there were a few things here and there! It's pretty much that publishers, developers, press, media, etc. are exhausted from E3, so give'em a break with announcements. You already got a lot of them from E3!

To the news!

• Homefront developer, Kaos Studios, closes its doors
• Surprisingly, Call of Duty: Elite has gotten over 2 million applicants for its beta
• Some EA games have disappeared from Steam, most notably, Crysis 2
• Guess what? Wii U won't play DVDs or Blu-Ray. Oh well!
• Mortal Kombat DLC Characters to start arriving, beginning on June 21st with Skarlet !
  
• Kinect hacking endorsed by Microsoft officially! Software development kit released as well
  
• Minecraft for Xbox 360 being developed by 4J Studios
• Patrice Désilets, who was Creative Director on Assassin's Creed franchise, begins working at THQ

Like I said, it's been a bit of a slow week, with the exception of certain hacks that have been going around with big name companies in the industry, who are victimized. With that in mind, be sure to check your accounts with these companies just in case if your account has been compromised.

Have a great weekend everyone!

The Gamerzitch Weekly Wrap-Up for 6/10/11: E3 2011 Edition

E3 has come and gone, but it doesn't mean the end of big announcements and reveals to end. That's why we're here at Gamerzitch! Before we start with the weekly wrap-up, we at Gamerzitch would like to say "Thank you" for visiting us for our livestreams we set up for each and every press conference, reading our Wrap-Ups for each of them, and checking out our Twitter and Facebook for up to the minute coverage as it happend!

First thing's first, if you missed the conferences, we have kindly re-capped all of them just for you. 

• Microsoft E3 2011 Press Conference - What We Saw
• EA E3 2011 Press Conference - What We Saw
• Ubisoft E3 2011 Press Conference - What We Saw
• Sony E3 2011 Press Conference - What We Saw
• Nintendo E3 2011 Press Conferencw - What We Saw

Anyway, here's the wrap-up for the week!

• Here's a Pre-E3 trailer that BioWare and EA released for Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Even Square-Enix released a teaser for Final Fantasy XIII-2 just a bit before E3 2011 began
• Guess who else got hacked? Nintendo, unfortunately...but nothing got stolen. Instead, it was for the lulz
• We get an early trailer for the Kinect compatible game, Kinect Star Wars
• Guess who's coming back in the SSX game in this trailer! Yep, he should be familiar to you!
• Lara Croft is get the hell beat out of her in the ambitous reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise in this Pre-E3 trailer
• Global Agenda is getting Jet packs!
• The critically acclaimed, The Witcher 2 is getting an Xbox 360 version!
• Unveiled by Naughty Dog, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception gets a collector's edition
• Get yourself ready to play as Umbrella Corp. mercenaries in the new Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, as seen in this Pre-E3 trailer
• More Diablo III PS3 rumors? I think so!
• Rev up your engines, load up your guns...it's Twisted Metal's new trailer!

The above are all just 1 day before E3 2011. Here's where we get you your wrap-ups for each conference along with some news that happened right in the middle of it all!

• Halo 4, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, and Dance Central 2 all l got outted before their official unveils!
• The Nintendo eShop has finally launched!
• Details have arrived about Ghost Recon: Future Soldier for the Nintendo Wii U
• The game Dust 514 will integrate itself in the world of EVE Online. To coincide, here's the trailer
• OnLive celebrates itself with it's 100th game that's been added to their library
• Cloud storage is coming to Xbox Live!
• Solar 2, a new indie game has gotten a trailer
• We take a look at Operation: Eternity Vault in a trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Take a gander at Star Wars: The Old Republic's custom gaming gear!
• What the? Rage to have 3 discs in the Xbox 360 version? Now that it's a problem, but that's intriguing!

That's it for this week. Obviously with E3 being the event in the industry, that I keep referring to as "The Superbowl of Videogames" we couldn't be up to date with everything that happened at the expo, especially since we weren't there. Hopefully over the weekend, we'll be able to check back on things that we've missed if we have the time. Anyway, enjoy your weekend and game on!

The Gamerzitch Weekly Wrap-Up for 6/3/11: Pre-E3 Edition

It's that time of year again and it's only just a few days away! What's that you ask? Well it's only the "Superbowl of Videogames" known as E3. This year, in my opinion, could be the biggest one yet. I can't imagine what big surprises "The Big 3" will have. I mean, thins have been sort of hush-hush between all of them, but who knows!

What's really awesome is that many developers and publishers have released a lot of details about games that are at the expo; the fact of the matter is that E3 didn't even start so it's already going to be awesome! With some regular news and some that is pre-E3 news, expect some of us to do some catch-up on here so that we can prepare you and ourselves for this year's expo. So, please, keep checking back on us. We'll also be looking to keep you updated with up to the minute news with a few ideas that we're still working on, so also keep checking on us with that.

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Anyway, on to the weekly wrap-up!

• Call of Duty was allegedly said to have a subscription based service for future titles, although it has been confirmed!
• Rockstar Games has revealed the "Rockstar Pass" for their L.A. Noire DLC
• Are you excited for Battlefield 3? Of course you are! Here's 17 minutes of in-depth Battlefield 3 details, straight from EA!
• The confirmed subscription based service Call of Duty: Elite is getting a closed beta. You can register now!
• Here's your first look at the campaign for Gears of War 3 in this new trailer
• The Nintendo DS Lite's price has dropped to $99.99. Is this goodbye?
• Earlier this week, the Playstation Store restoration was delayed in Japan
• The Playstation Store has officially returned!
• Duke Nukem Forever gets a launch trailer and, oh yeah, it's NSFW
• Is it true that Mass Effect 3 may be compatible with Kinect?
• Volition Inc. and THQ have released an E3 Trailer for your viewing pleasure for Saints Row: The Third
• The highly praised PC Game, The Witcher 2, will be coming to Xbox 360!
• The NGP will play PSP Games Better!
• Konami has just revealed their upcoming game, from their Pre-E3 Press Conference, NeverDead
• Silent Hill fans will get to play the critically acclaimed Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 in HD!
• The NGP will also get its own Silent Hill installment, titled Silent Hill: Book of Memories
• Sony's "Welcome Back" Program is officially available on the Playstation Store!
• Guess who'll be playable in Batman: Arkham City? That's right! Catwoman!
• The sequel, Darksiders II, has been announced, grace the cover of Game Informer Magazine, and has its own trailer for E3!
• Remember XCOM from last year's E3? Well, 2K Games is making you remember that it's being made in this new E3 Trailer
• Jake keeps the sprit of E3 going with his Variety Friday about game sequels

That's it for this week! Like I said, keep checking on us. We'll be definitely making sure that we'll be trying our hardest to get you up the minutes news and announcements on here as it happens during the Press Conference from The Big 3. Keep a lookout on here so that you know how we'll be providing you all of that!

We'll also be playing catch-up from the huge bombardment of Pre-E3 trailers and announcements from the past couple of days!

Anyway, have a great weekend and just to let you know, this is the calm before the storm.

The Gamerzitch Weekly Wrap-Up for 5/27/11

News has been slowing down little by little each week. Why? Well E3 is coming up so every developer and publisher is getting ready to showcase games for the expo. However, that doesn't mean that things haven't happened all week. With a few cool tidbits this week, don't be alarmed. The rest of the big announcements will come in on the 2nd week of June!

• Our very own John Callahan reviews L.A. Noire
• Sony may be cutting out the PSP in favor of their NGP, but that's not stopping them from remastering PSP Games to play on your PS3 in HD
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gets its premiere gameplay trailer. Yup, it's awesome
• The Playstation Store did not return on May 24th and still isn't up. Wonder when it'll be back up..
• It's done...it's finally done! Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold!
• We've waited long enough, but we finally get our first look at Dead Island gameplay - a full 12 minutes!
• Are you a Gears of War fan? Like a BIG Gears of War fan? Well then, get your replica Retro Lancer with your copy of Gears of War 3. Just be sure to cough up some extra cash though
• Call of Duty: Black Ops is still selling like crazy, which is why Sony has a new PS3 Bundle that comes with it!
• Square Enix is working on a new MMO, but what MMO could it be?
• The developers Turtle Rock Studios, the studio behind the Left 4 Dead games is now working with THQ to get another game going
• The next Ninja Gaiden installment gets some details out
• In this week's Variety Friday, Jake Livak talks about RPGs: how they've changed these days, how some may struggle in today's standards, and some that have even sticked to their roots.

That's it for this week! Keep checking back on us and of course listen to our podcast, which will be available on iTunes. This also includes are previous episodes as well. Have a great weekend and game on!