Weekly Wrap-Up #63 – September 16 Through September 21

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<p>This week was a pretty good week for gamers&period; If you missed any of the big stories&comma; simply keep reading&period; Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up&period; Below you’ll find a brief summary of the stories&comma; but for the full articles&comma; click on the hyperlink&period; Feel free to let us know if you agree or disagree with our choices&semi; if you have suggestions for future entries&comma; feel free to email me at <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com"><strong>jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enjoy&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;grand-theft-auto-gameinformers-december-cover-protagonists&sol;gtav-three-protagonists&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-28992"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28992" alt&equals;"GTAV - Three Protagonists" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;11&sol;06090949&sol;GTAV-Three-Protagonists&period;png" &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;rockstar-recommends-installing-gtavs-xbox-360-play-disc&sol;">Rockstar Recommends Not Installing GTAV’s Xbox 360 &OpenCurlyQuote;Play’ Disc<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Well&comma; better to know what to do and what not to do before the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rockstar-recommends-installing-gtavs-xbox-360-play-disc&sol;">game<&sol;a> comes out&comma; as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RockstarSupport&sol;status&sol;379493174768439296">Rockstar&comma; in a response to a question on Twitter<&sol;a>&comma; is advising players to not install <em>Grand Theft Auto V<&sol;em>&OpenCurlyQuote;s &OpenCurlyQuote;Play’ disc to the 360 Hard Drive&period; If you weren’t aware already&comma; <em>GTAV<&sol;em> comes on two discs on the Xbox 360&comma; one that requires an install and another that allows you to play the game&period; Normally&comma; installing a game helps with load times and performance&comma; but in the case of <em>GTAV<&sol;em>&comma; it would seem that installing the &OpenCurlyQuote;Play’ disc will have a negative affect on the game’s performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Said Rockstar&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For optimal performance&comma; we recommend not installing that disc&period; We will have more info on our Support Site at launch&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;h1>&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;playstation-4-release-date-revealed&sol;ps4-hrdware-large5-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-52186"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52186" alt&equals;"ps4-hrdware-large5" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;08&sol;05170401&sol;ps4-hrdware-large5&period;jpg" &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;sony-confirm-voice-gesture-control-ps4&sol;">Sony Confirm Voice &amp&semi; Gesture Control For PS4<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Could this be the &OpenCurlyQuote;Wii&sol;Kinect-Phenomenon’ all over again&quest; Sony recently spoke with Engadget&comma; confirming that their next generation <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sony-confirm-voice-gesture-control-ps4&sol;">console<&sol;a>&comma; the PS4&comma; will support both voice and gesture control through the PlayStation Camera&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the console launching on November 15th in North America and in Europe on November 29th&comma; are voice and gesture commands something that you really need in a next generation console&quest; Especially after Sony went to so much trouble in  saying that the PS4 was a machine designed for gamers by gamers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;h1>&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;playstation-4-facts-unconfirmed&sol;ps4-share-button&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-40447"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40447" alt&equals;"PS4" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;02&sol;ps4-share-button&period;jpg" &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;playstation-4-will-support-video-capture-hdmi&sol;">PlayStation 4 Will Support Video Capture Through HDMI<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The PlayStation 4 will allow users to capture video <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-4-will-support-video-capture-hdmi&sol;">game<&sol;a> footage using HDMI&comma; Sony announced during TGS earlier today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brad Douglas&comma; Head of Third Part Relations for Sony Computer Entertainment&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;kazamatsuri&sol;status&sol;380518558184128512">took to Twitter<&sol;a> to follow up the announcement by saying&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think we just announced that we’re going to allow video capture of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-4-will-support-video-capture-hdmi&sol;">games<&sol;a> over HDMI&excl; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Details will follow soon&period;”&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If this wasn’t enough of a confirmation&comma; Douglas later confirmed the news to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2013&sol;9&sol;19&sol;4747176&sol;ps4-will-allow-video-capture-of-games-over-hdmi">Polygon<&sol;a>&comma; who was also attending the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&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;eas-new-ceo-andrew-wilson&sol;andrew&lowbar;wilson&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-53207"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53207" alt&equals;"andrew&lowbar;wilson" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;09&sol;05161151&sol;andrew&lowbar;wilson&period;jpg" &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;eas-new-ceo-andrew-wilson&sol;">EA’s New CEO is Andrew Wilson<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The new CEO at EA who will now lead the company after <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;john-riccitiello-resigns-ea&sol;">John Riccitiello resigned in March<&sol;a> has been chosen&comma; and its been revealed to be Andrew Wilson&comma; who was previously the Executive VP for EA <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;eas-new-ceo-andrew-wilson&sol;">Sports<&sol;a> and EA’s Origin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let me start by saying I am deeply honored and humbled to become EA’s CEO&comma;” said Wilson in a <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ea&period;com&sol;news&sol;a-message-from-ceo-andrew-wilson">blog post on the EA website<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have a profound respect and passion for this organization&comma; as well as for our global community of fans&comma; and I’m incredibly motivated to serve our people&comma; our gamers and our shareholders at such an exciting time in our industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I envision EA as the World’s Greatest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;eas-new-ceo-andrew-wilson&sol;">Games<&sol;a> Company&period;  This is not about what we are aiming for or what we will become&period;  Rather&comma; it is about an unfaltering commitment to what we will be every day&period;  This is an attitude that must drive our culture as one team&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&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;nintendo-creating-single-account-system-wiiu-3ds&sol;3dswiiu&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20227"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20227" alt&equals;"3dswiiu" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06150258&sol;3dswiiu&period;jpg" &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;nintendo-much-aware-demand-unified-account-across-3ds-wii-u&sol;">Nintendo Is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Very Much Aware” Of Demand For A Unified Account Across 3DS &amp&semi; Wii U<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Many gamers have become frustrated with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-much-aware-demand-unified-account-across-3ds-wii-u&sol;">Nintendo<&sol;a> and its lack of an account system ever since the Nintendo Wii was originally launched meaning that if your console broke&comma; you would lose all of your virtual console games and &lpar;unless Nintendo was feeling generous&rpar; would have to re-buy them all alongside a new console&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This didn’t get any better with the introduction of the 3DS and the Wii U where gamers are now seeing a huge push from Nintendo in digital distribution&comma; allowing full retail games to be purchased as digital copies alongside NES&comma; Snes&comma; GameBoy&comma; GameBoy Color and exclusive eShop titles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&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;disney-dropped-iron-man-and-star-wars-games-for-disney-infinity&sol;disney-infinity-logo&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-52046"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52046" alt&equals;"Disney-Infinity-logo" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;08&sol;05171223&sol;Disney-Infinity-logo&period;jpg" &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;gta-v-pc-petition-passes-484000-supporters&sol;">GTA V PC Petition Passes 484&comma;000 Supporters<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sony-plans-sell-5-million-ps4-consoles-march-2014&sol;">Sony Plans To Sell 5 Million PS4 Consoles Before March 2014<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;disney-infinity-passes-294000-copies-sold-us&sol;">Disney Infinity Passes 294&comma;000 Copies Sold In US<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;49545&sol;bagocast-logo-twitter-3&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-49546"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49546" alt&equals;"bagocast-logo-twitter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;07&sol;05183856&sol;bagocast-logo-twitter&period;png" width&equals;"307" height&equals;"289" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you missed out on the big news items this week&comma; you can check out our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcast&sol;bagocast&sol;">weekly podcast <&sol;a>and get an audio update of this week’s madness from our podcasting team&period; Listen to us as we talk about some things seriously and a few other things not so much&period; We guarantee this episode will make you shake your fist at times and nod your head at others&period;<b><&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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