Top 5 Stories of the Week – Microsoft to Publish Tomb Raider

<p>After a little absence&comma; we’re back with the Top 5 Stories of the Week&period; We have some great stories for you below&period; Below are articles about one of the largest updates to hit the PS4&comma; Xbox One bundles&comma; and games being ported to current gen consoles&period; As always&comma; for the full article&comma; simple click on the hyperlink&period; Get in&comma; sit down and hold on because here we go&excl;<&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;order-1886-packs-punch-zeppelin&sol;the-order-1886-londonscape-bagogames&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-69791"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69791" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;05054701&sol;The-Order-1886-Londonscape-BagoGames&period;png" alt&equals;"The Order 1886 Londonscape BagoGames" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;order-1886-packs-punch-zeppelin&sol;">The Order&colon; 1886 Packs a Punch and Has a Zeppelin<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;order-1886-packs-punch-zeppelin&sol;">Game <&sol;a> Awards may have given us our latest glimpse at 2015’s mustachioed gentlemen &lpar;and woman&rpar; of <em>The Order&colon; 1886<&sol;em>&comma; but Sony’s The Playstation Experience lent fans a deeper look at just how hard of a punch these steam punks pack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fighting in the kitchen of an airship&comma; Sir Galahad and his forces battle rebel forces to and fro with a good deal of rather nasty gunplay and smart use of conveniently placed cookery&period; Context sensitive melee combat seems to be the aim of the game&comma; including attacks that use the environment much like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;meet-drakes-uncharted-4-thiefs-end&sol;">Nathan Drake’s refined combat prowess<&sol;a>&period;<&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;wont-playing-witcher-3-til-late-spring&sol;witcher-3-triss-bagogames&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-69849"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69849" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;05054346&sol;Witcher-3-Triss-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Witcher 3 Triss BagoGames" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &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;wont-playing-witcher-3-til-late-spring&sol;">You Won’t Be Playing The Witcher 3 &OpenCurlyQuote;Til Late Spring<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Geralt just can’t seem to get back in the saddle and neither can <em>The Witcher 3&comma; <&sol;em>it seems&period; Originally delayed from this year to next&comma; <em>The Witcher 3<&sol;em>&OpenCurlyQuote;s latest delay moves it from March to May and the Wild <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wont-playing-witcher-3-til-late-spring&sol;">Hunt <&sol;a> a few months more away from our grasp&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement from the board of CD Projekt on the Witcher’s official website&comma; claiming that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the sheer size and complexity of The Witcher&comma;” had an impact on the extension of its development cycle&period; Continuing further&comma; the studio elaborates that&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Now&comma; nearing the end of our work&comma; we see many details that need to be corrected&period; When we release the most important game in our studio’s history&comma; we must be absolutely sure that we did everything we could to limit any bugs to a level that will allow you to enjoy the game thoroughly&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The note concludes with an apology to fans and a request for trust&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We set the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wont-playing-witcher-3-til-late-spring&sol;">release date <&sol;a> too hastily&comma;” CD Projekt says&period;” It’s a hard lesson&comma; one to take to heart for the future&period; We know what we want to do to make Wild Hunt one of the best RPGs you will ever play&period; And we continue to work hard to achieve just that&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;final-fantasy-xx-2-remastered-summons-ps4-release&sol;final-fantasy-xx-2-remastered-yuna-bagogames&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-70053"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70053" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;05053226&sol;Final-Fantasy-XX-2-Remastered-Yuna-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Final Fantasy X&colon;X-2 Remastered Yuna BagoGames" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"450" &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;final-fantasy-xx-2-remastered-summons-ps4-release&sol;">Final Fantasy X&sol;X-2 Remastered Summons a PS4 Release<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The Playstation 4 just loves its Final Fantasies&period; The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-xx-2-remastered-summons-ps4-release&sol;">console <&sol;a> is already getting another <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;not-remade-final-fantasy-vii-coming-ps4-next-spring&sol;">glorified port of <em>Final Fantasy VII<&sol;em><&sol;a> this coming year and now Square Enix’s officially announced that the Playstation 3’s HD remasters of <em>Final Fantasy X<&sol;em> and <em>Final Fantasy X-2<&sol;em> are moseying on over to the PS4 too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-xx-2-remastered-summons-ps4-release&sol;">pick up <&sol;a> the two remasters at retail or on the PSN for &dollar;49&period;99 this spring while Final Fantasy VII will set you back &dollar;15&period;99 as a download only&period; Square Enix has said that both ports will include system-exclusive features&comma; but what they are we still don’t know&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We thought that the edition’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-x-x2-hd-review&sol;">fresh coat of paint on Playstation 3<&sol;a> was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the absolute best way to experience <em>Final Fantasy X<&sol;em>” if not a convenient way to also play <em>Final Fantasy X-2&period; <&sol;em><&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;drinkbox-studios-release-severed-exclusively-playstation-vita&sol;severed-demo-wrapup-screen&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-69838"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69838" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;05054416&sol;Severed-Demo-WrapUp-Screen&period;png" alt&equals;"Severed Demo WrapUp Screen" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"450" &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;drinkbox-studios-release-severed-exclusively-playstation-vita&sol;">DrinkBox Studios to release Severed exclusively on PlayStation Vita<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Over the weekend at the PlayStation Experience Keynote&comma; Drinkbox Studios were able to reveal <em>Severed<&sol;em> for the first time&period; Today&comma; the Toronto-based team at Drinkbox confirmed that their upcoming touch based <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;drinkbox-studios-release-severed-exclusively-playstation-vita&sol;">game <&sol;a> will be an exclusive to the PlayStation Vita&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Severed<&sol;em> is a strange world which is filled with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ghastly enemies&comma; including three-headed constellations&comma; six-armed swordmasters and beasts made of crows”&period; Using touch controls&comma; players will take control of a one-armed female character&period; The heroine uses a living sword as her preferred choice of weapon&comma; which helps her regain pieces of her past and future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As players set out into combat&comma; they’ll be <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;drinkbox-studios-release-severed-exclusively-playstation-vita&sol;">engaging <&sol;a> their foes in first-person view and using a touch based combat system&period; Along the way&comma; while unlocking secrets of this mysterious world&comma; players will have the chance to earn new abilities as well offensive and defensive strategies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;DrinkBox has a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;drinkbox-studios-release-severed-exclusively-playstation-vita&sol;">strong <&sol;a> relationship working with Sony and we felt <em>Severed’s<&sol;em> combat and exploration mechanics were a perfect match for the Vita&comma;” said Graham Smith&comma; Co-Founder of DrinkBox Studios&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We hope Vita gamers will fall in love exploring <em>Severed’s<&sol;em> uncanny world through our gameplay just like they have with our previous games&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;top-5-stories-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-kicking-it-old-school&sol;rise-of-the-tomb-raider-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-62885"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62885" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;05094320&sol;rise-of-the-tomb-raider&period;jpg" alt&equals;"rise-of-the-tomb-raider" width&equals;"2048" height&equals;"1312" &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;microsoft-will-publish-rise-tomb-raider&sol;">Microsoft Will Publish Rise of the Tomb Raider<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions of Crystal Dynamics’ Rise of the Tomb Raider will be published by Microsoft&period; While the game will eventually come to other platforms&comma; it will be an Xbox exclusive when it launches during the holiday period in 2015&period;  Marketing manager Aaaron Greenburg confirmed the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-will-publish-rise-tomb-raider&sol;">news <&sol;a> on Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Square Enix has since released a statement about the situation which reads&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Microsoft has always seen huge potential in Tomb Raider and they will get behind this <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-will-publish-rise-tomb-raider&sol;">game <&sol;a> with more support across development&comma; marketing and retail than ever before&comma; which we believe will be a step in continuing to build the Tomb Raider franchise as one of the biggest in gaming&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sony retaliated to this announcement last week when it revealed that Street Fighter V will be coming to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-will-publish-rise-tomb-raider&sol;">PS4 <&sol;a> but not to Xbox One<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Honorable Mentions<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;yakuza-5-comes-westward-ps3-next-year&sol;yakuza-5-cast-bagogames&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-69798"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69798" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;05054627&sol;Yakuza-5-Cast-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Yakuza 5 Cast BagoGames" width&equals;"610" height&equals;"340" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&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;<ul>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;yakuza-5-comes-westward-ps3-next-year&sol;">Yakuza 5 Comes Westward for PS3 Next Year<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;captain-toad-toadette-ready-adventure-70-levels&sol;">Captain Toad &lpar;and Toadette&rpar; Ready for Adventure… 70 Levels of it&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>If you have suggestions for future entries&comma; feel free to email me at jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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