Top 5 Stories of the Week – Bioware Vet Casey Hudson Leaves Studio

<p>On this week&&num;8217&semi;s top 5 stories we have a few surprises to share with you&period; It appears Assassins Creed  will be coming out of our ears soon as yet another game has been announced even before the release of Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Unity&period; That plus Monopoly just got a whole lot more interesting&comma; that is if you like Zelda&comma; and in a further stretch really love you some Monopoly&period; We have those two stories and more on this week&&num;8217&semi;s top 5 stories&period; To read the original stories click on the links and please leave us comments below or on the stories themselves for your thoughts&period; What story did you think was top dog this week&quest; Are you excited for Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Rogue&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 5<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-64407"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64407" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ryse Son of Rome BagoGames" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ryse-son-of-rome-raises-its-shield-on-pc-this-fall&sol;">Ryse&colon; Son of Rome Raises Its Shield on PC This Fall<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Crytek is redressing its army of 1080p centurions into 4K ones with its announced PC port of <em>Ryse&colon; Son of Rome&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Crytek’s Carl Jones&comma; director of business and development&comma; confirmed the Xbox One launch title will arrive on PC with<strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;4K resolution support”<&sol;strong> sometime later this fall with all its DLC included&period; Crytek is publishing the game for digital download&comma; while <em>Saints Row<&sol;em> publisher Deep Silver will handle <em>Ryse<&sol;em>&OpenCurlyQuote;s hard copy release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jones proudly explained that the move was <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;another leap in graphics quality for PC gamers”<&sol;strong> and that <em>Ryse<&sol;em> is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the perfect showcase for what’s now possible in high-end PC games&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He went on to say that the Roman battle brawler will <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;benchmark PC graphics showcase”<&sol;strong> later this year and <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;probably for a long time in &lbrack;the&rsqb; future&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 4<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mans-sky-wows-fans-spaceships-dinosaurs&sol;no-mans-sky&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-62583"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62583" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;05095734&sol;No-mans-sky&period;jpg" alt&equals;"No man's sky" width&equals;"1919" height&equals;"1079" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hello-games-confirms-mans-sky-pc&sol;">Hello Games Confirms That No Man’s Sky Will Be On PC<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Uk gaming magazine Edge has revealed in its September issue that that the hotly anticipated indie title No Man’s Sky will be released for the PC&period; Edge staff took a trip to visit the developer behind No Man’s Sky&comma; Hello Games&period; Having been<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mans-sky-wows-fans-spaceships-dinosaurs&sol;"> shown off extensively at this year’s E3<&sol;a>&comma; we already knew that the game would be releasing for the PS4&period; Now we know that there will be a PC version&comma; but that it will come sometime after the game’s initial launch on Sony’s newest console&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with Edge&comma; Hello Games’ managing director Sean Murray said that &OpenCurlyQuote;we’ve always had PC in mind’&period; Murray went to explain that his team is currently focusing on the PS4 version of the game in order to maximize its procedural generation algorithms&period; ”Unlike most games&comma; the actual hardware really affects what we can do in terms of the richness of the worlds and things like that&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 3<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;legend-zelda-monopoly-coming&sol;zelda&lowbar;gamestop&lowbar;ex-2014&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-64350"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64350" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05084450&sol;Zelda&lowbar;GAMESTOP&lowbar;EX-2014&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zelda&lowbar;GAMESTOP&lowbar;EX 2014" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"803" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;legend-zelda-monopoly-coming&sol;">Legend of Zelda Monopoly Coming<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamestop&period;com&sol;toys&sol;monopoly-the-legend-of-zelda-gamestop-exclusive-edition&sol;115791"><strong>GameStop<&sol;strong><&sol;a>is offering <em>Monopoly&colon; The Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> game for &dollar;39&period;99&period; This 2-6 player game includes 6 tokens&colon; the bow&comma; hookshot&comma; boomerang&comma; Triforce&comma; Hylian Shield and Ocarina of Time &lpar;which is only given in the GameStop edition&rpar;&period; Some more GameStop Exclusives include&colon; a 11”X17” Hyrule Lithograph in a treasure chest holder folder&comma; and 6 item power cards&colon; Goddess Harp&comma; Wind Waker&comma; Minish Cap&comma; Spirit Flute&comma; Phantom Hourglass and the Ocarina of Time&period; <em>The Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> <em>Monopoly<&sol;em> game will be released on September 15&comma; 2014&period; Pre-orders are available now&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 2<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-rogue-game-confirmed&sol;assasssass&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-64357"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64357" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05084442&sol;assasssass&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Assassin's Creed Rogue" width&equals;"2880" height&equals;"1800" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-rogue-game-confirmed&sol;">Assassin’s Creed Rogue Game Confirmed<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Ubisoft needs to hire a new plumber because of all the leaks going on around there&period; Although I may be fired for making such a poor joke I feel like it was worth it&period; The &OpenCurlyQuote;leaks’ <em>cough cough <&sol;em>led to a quick announcement by Ubisoft that the game <em>Assassin’s Creed Rogue<&sol;em> will be released for the 11th November  on the Xbox 360 and PS3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The announcement was followed by a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;IoOsv0FBpaU&num;t&equals;97">trailer<&sol;a> which contains a man with a funny Irish accent executing an assassin&period; Apparently the man in question is an Assassin turned Templar who goes by the name Shay Patrick Cormac or Irish McIreland O’Irishman&comma; his codename&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 1<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;casey-hudson-hits-reset-button-moving-bioware&sol;casey-hudson-talks-mass-effect-4&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-64461"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64461" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05084111&sol;casey-hudson-talks-mass-effect-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"casey-hudson Mass Effect BagoGames" width&equals;"594" height&equals;"344" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;casey-hudson-hits-reset-button-moving-bioware&sol;">Casey Hudson Hits &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;reset button&comma;” Moving on From Bioware<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Game director and producer Casey Hudson’s famously served too galaxies far&comma; far away&period; One of them was <em>Star Wars&colon; Knight of the Old Republic&comma; <&sol;em>and another was all three of the Bioware’s <em>Mass Effect<&sol;em> titles&period; Following 2012′s departure of BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk&comma; Husdon took a central role in maintaining the company&period; Now Hudson will be hitting &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the reset button” and subsequently moving &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;on from BioWare&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the following letter of Hudson’s on the studio’s website&comma; Hudson leaves behind a wealth of work already dedicated to both the studio and the series’ future&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Though there’s never an easy time to make a change like this&comma; I believe this is the best time for it&period; The foundation of our new IP in Edmonton is complete&comma; and the team is ready to move forward into pre-production on a title that I think will redefine interactive entertainment&period; Development for the next Mass Effect game is well underway&comma; with stunning assets and playable builds that prove the team is ready to deliver the best Mass Effect experience to date&period; And the Dragon Age&colon; Inquisition team is putting the final touches on a truly ambitious title with some of the most beautiful visuals I’ve seen in a game&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Honorable Mentions<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>This week had a lot of big news and the news staff and I found it hard to narrow it down to the usual five stories&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;boo-bunny-plague-headed-steam-september&sol;bbp4&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-64382"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64382" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05084359&sol;BBP4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"BBP4" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;boo-bunny-plague-headed-steam-september&sol;">Boo Bunny Plague headed to Steam in September<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;

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