Welcome to the MMGN Weekly Recap. For those of you who are simply too busy, or haven't been floating around for the past week, we bring you snippets of this week's biggest news in gaming!
Trials: Evolution sets XBLA launch day record
The successor to 2009's extremely popular Trials HD, Trials Evolution has already set a new record for XBLA launch day sales, downloaded over 100,000 times during its first day and grossing over $1.5 million. Read more....
Former GSC employees announce new S.T.A.L.K.E.R-like MMO
It seems veterans of GSC Game World were tired of the on again, off again rumours surroundingS.T.A.L.K.E.R 2, with a bunch of them forming a new studio named Vostok Games. Read more....
Newell breaks silence on Half-Life 2: Episode 3
Finally Gabe Newell has broken Valve's silence on Half-Life 2: Episode 3, yet maintaining a little distance by referring to it as Ricochet 2 on the Seven Day Cooldown podcast. Read More....
The Walking Dead won't be released on consoles in Australia
Telltale Games has crushed hopes and dreams this morning by confirming The Walking Dead -- based on the popular comics of the same name -- will not be released on PS3 or Xbox 360 in Australia. Read More....
Crysis 3 announcement trailer arrives
EA has released its highly anticipated first gameplay trailer for Crysis 3, following the teaser announcementof a trailer earlier this week. Read More....
Wii U games will be released digitally and physically
Following news that New Super Mario Bros. 2 and other 3DS games will be released digitally, as well as boxed at retail, Nintendo has confirmed that Wii U games will get the same treatment. Read More....
The Avengers Review
People are going to be calling this the best superhero film ever and the best action film ever. Best action film I can definitely agree with, but best superhero film, I'm not so sure. What I can say though is that it's probably the most enjoyable film I've ever seen. Read More....
Black Ops 2 - What I Do (And Don't) Want To See
With the next Call of Duty set for release on May (and plenty of stuff already being teased and leaked), I've started to think about what I'd like to see in the next game, and hopefully what I eventually won't end up seeing. Read More....
The Walking Dead Episode 1 Review
In a world where "zombie game" has almost become a dirty word, The Walking Dead arrives with a fresh take on an overcrowded genre. Read More....
Screwed up: Publishers CBF with Australian rating system
Is our ratings system so screwed up that publishers prefer to just ignore Australia? Is that where this whole mess is going to culminate? I know it’s all apparently going to change with R18+ in the future, but this is the now, and now is when the symptoms are beginning to show. Read More....
10 Essential Xbox Live Arcade Titles
With the next Call of Duty set for release on May (and plenty of stuff already being teased and leaked), I've started to think about what I'd like to see in the next game, and hopefully what I eventually won't end up seeing. Read More....