The Weekly Gaming News Digest 7th-11th July, 2008

July 12th, 2008 · 7 Comments

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Hello there, Eoco here. I would like to introduce yet another new feature to Sarcastic Gamer, the ‘Gaming News Weekly Wrap Up’. The title says it all. This feature is for those of you who only check Sarcastic Gamer for their gaming news, or those of you who haven’t had enough time to catch up on all the latest happenings. The staff here at SG are, after all, only human and it’s impossible for us to cover every piece of news that comes out, so here are the things we missed (and the things we didn’t miss) in a handy link dump format. Enjoy!

Note: Please leave a comment saying whether this is useful or not, as it takes a lot of time to do and there’s no point me doing it if it’s not useful to anyone. Any suggestions are welcomed with open arms.

Premium Rock Band Drums cost $299.99 (Drum Rocker)

Sega announces RTS Stormrise (GamesIndustry.biz)

New Mirror’s Edge 2D trailer and some 3D screenshots (Joystiq)

Infinity Ward “definitely” doing sci-fi shooter (CVG)

Burnout Paradise’ Cagney update delayed on Xbox 360 (Criterion)

Too Human Demo Finally Coming (IGN)

Activision to launch iTunes rival (Financial Times)

Konami Sues Viacom Over `Rock Band’ Music Video Game (Bloomberg)

We Have the Judge’s Report Recommending PERMANENT DISBARMENT for Jack Thompson (GamePolitics)

Microsoft: ‘no truth’ to Banjo-Kazooie motion control speculation (Joystiq)

GameStop memo details Xbox 360 price drop (Joystiq)

Patapon 2, Loco Roco 2 In This Week’s Famitsu (PSP Hyper)

Gears of War 2 splash page strongly hints at Nov 9 release date (Gears of War) Via Epic Forums

PS3 firmware 2.41 now available (PS3 Fanboy)

Lionhead and Microsoft Game Studios Give Gamers Head Start to Pad Their Fable II Bank Accounts (Gamerscore Blog)

Google Lively (Lively) Via Massively

Fallout 3 Refused Classification in Australia (Australian Government) Via Joystiq

No ‘Brutal Legend’ At E3 (MTV Multiplayer)

Rumor: Leaked pics of Duke Nukem 3D on XBLA (Joystiq)

Capcom’s official E3 2008 line-up revealed - Flock announced (Capcom Unity)

Amazon/GameFly - new Wii listings: Star Wars Battlefront 3 on Wii? (UPDATE - DS as well!) (GoNintendo)

Activision Blizzard Gets Stockholder Approval (GameDaily)

MUST WATCH! - 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Trailer (Game Trailers)

Firmware 2.41 announcement (Three Speech)

Capcom’s E3 Booth Open to the Public (Capcom Unity)

Bungie teases an E3 reveal (Bungie) Via CVG

C64 Motion Sensing (OldBitCollector)

EndWar Pre-order Stress Test (Ubisoft Forums)

Bungie Day: 7/7/08- Cold Storage Map Released for Free (Bungie)

Rock Band 2 wireless instruments listed on Amazon (Joystiq)

Merriam-Webster unveils new dictionary words including ‘Fanboy’ (Yahoo)

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    7 responses so far ↓

    • 1 Yamster // Jul 12, 2008 at 2:36 pm

      We didn’t miss the 2.41 release! I even linked to ThreeSpeech! :(

    • 2 Animathias // Jul 12, 2008 at 3:42 pm

      We’re only human, Yamster. It’s impossible for us or even Eoco to cover every story you write up ;)

    • 3 Eoco // Jul 12, 2008 at 4:16 pm

      Also Yamster look at this section:

      ’so here are the things we missed (and the things we didn’t miss) in a handy link dump format’

      Note the ‘and the things we didn’t miss’.

    • 4 Yamster // Jul 12, 2008 at 4:17 pm

      Come on Ani, there aren’t even that many stories from me! Are there..? :P

    • 5 Eoco // Jul 12, 2008 at 4:31 pm

      In short: yes.

    • 6 pwnerjohn // Jul 12, 2008 at 4:40 pm

      Well done guys, that really helped me to catch up on current affairs :)

    • 7 Echelon // Jul 13, 2008 at 11:19 pm

      i like it , it helps

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