What started off a potential Crackdown rumour quickly turned out to be something entirely different. Two things actually. One was that Ruffian Games are partnering with Square Enix on an indie project called Connection. The other news was the small matter of Microsoft acquiring the Gears of War IP and that the next game is in development.
Analysts are suggesting that we might see a return of Red Dead some time this year. If that's true we'll all be very happy. Say it's true Rockstar, say it's true.
We delve into the recent events surrounding King and their legal dispute with Stoic over the trademark for The Banner Saga in The Sweet & Sour of the Candy Saga™. Well worth a read if you've been following recent events.
Is Watch Dogs coming in May or June? That is the question. What isn't in question is whether it's coming to Wii U or not. It is..
Word on the street is the Neill Blomkamp is going to direct the pilot of the new Halo TV show, though there's only rumours at this point. There's some Street Fighter live-action news for you today as well.
FIFA 14 is yet again at the top of the UK charts, while Dragon Ball Z made it into the top ten (just).
A trio of MMO related announcements from Sony Online Entertainment. First up was the news that SOE are shutting down four MMOs this year. There's an unannounced MMO in the words at the studio and it's being dedicated to Star Wars Galaxies players. It was also confirmed that shifted a million on PlayStation 3. The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot is going into open beta next month. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is heading to Europe in 2015. A second expansion was revealed for Europa Universalis IV. We've got 4K screens of Project Cars.
And finally, over the weekend we took a look at the crowdfunding scene in the January edition of Crowdfund Watch.