Weekly Wrap-Up #66 – October 7 Through October 12

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<p>Yet another week has ended&comma; which means two things&colon; 1&rpar; We’re one week closer to the release of next-gen systems and 2&rpar; another entry of the Weekly Wrap-Up is coming your way&period; Below&comma; you’ll find brief summaries of our top 5 stories from this week&comma; as well as a few stories that were interesting&comma; but weren’t quite that big to make the cut&period; As always&comma; if you want to read the full story&comma; simply click on the link hidden in the titles&period; 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>Here we go&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 5<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;PTNAds1BPoI&quest;feature&equals;player&lowbar;embedded" height&equals;"360" width&equals;"640" allowfullscreen&equals;"" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ps4-trophy-unlocks-look-something-like&sol;">PS4 Trophy Unlocks Look Something Like This<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The PlayStation 4 is due out next month &lpar;holy crap&excl;&rpar;&comma; so now doesn’t seem like an odd time to see some of the new features and tweaks that have been made to the system following the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ps4-trophy-unlocks-look-something-like&sol;">PlayStation 3<&sol;a>&period; Like the new Trophies and how they’re presented&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In this video from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;user&sol;RajmanGamingHD&quest;feature&equals;watch">RajmanGamingHD<&sol;a>&comma; we’re given a brief look at what happens when you unlock a Trophy&period; The familiar &OpenCurlyQuote;ding’ sound is made&comma; just like on the PS3&comma; but Trophies appear and disappear faster&comma; which is shown when the PS4 and PS3 Trophy notifications are shown <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ps4-trophy-unlocks-look-something-like&sol;">side by side<&sol;a>&period; You may have also noticed that they now scroll in from the left side&comma; before fading out&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;journey-coming-playstation-4&sol;journey-3&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54110"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54110" alt&equals;"journey" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05153214&sol;journey&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;journey-coming-playstation-4&sol;">Journey is Coming to the PlayStation 4<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Let’s say you own a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;journey-coming-playstation-4&sol;">PS3<&sol;a> and haven’t managed to play thatgamecompany’s <em>Journey<&sol;em>&period; Let’s also assume that you’re holding out for the PS4 version you think will be coming to it&period; Well&comma; for starters&comma; you have good foresight&comma; because <em>Journey<&sol;em> is making its way to the PS4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This reveal comes from thatgamecompany&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;thatgamecompany&sol;status&sol;388261343901384705">who responded to a question on Twitter<&sol;a>&period; Yes&comma; <em>Journey<&sol;em> is being ported to the PS4&comma; but the dev isn’t involved with the development or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;journey-coming-playstation-4&sol;">marketing<&sol;a> of it&period; Hmm&period; As they state in their response&comma; they have no details to give outside of knowing that <em>Journey<&sol;em> is making the next-gen leap&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;new-iwata-asks-explains-pokemon-x-y-got-names&sol;yveltalcgi&lowbar;610&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54116"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54116" alt&equals;"YveltalCGI&lowbar;610" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05153158&sol;YveltalCGI&lowbar;610&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;new-iwata-asks-explains-pokemon-x-y-got-names&sol;">New Iwata Asks Explains How Pokémon X and Y Got Their Names<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; <em>Pokémon X and Y<&sol;em> are the first games in the long running series to &ast;not&ast; follow the traditional color naming&period; People have speculated and&comma; probably&comma; poked fun at the names&comma; but the real reason behind them is something no one would have guessed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;iwataasks&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;interviews&sol;&num;&sol;3ds&sol;pokemonxy&sol;0&sol;1">In the most recent Iwata asks<&sol;a>&comma; Satoru Iwata sits down with Game Freak Director Junichi Masude and Pokémon Company President Tsunekazu Ishihara and eventually the trio discuss the idea behind the names&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can remember it like it was yesterday&comma; how strong the response was when we announced the actual titles&comma; with people surprised and saying it was unexpected&comma;” said Iwata&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Why did you decide to name them Pokémon X and Pokémon Y&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The X and Y represent the x axis and the y axis&comma;” responded Masuda&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The world holds people with all sorts of ways of thinking&comma; and you can get a sense that they exist in different dimensions&period; But if you think of them as people who think on the x axis and people who think on the y axis-horizontal and vertical axes-then they intersect somewhere&period;”<&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;xbox-one-will-record-videos-achievements&sol;xbox-one-console-close-up-g3ar&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54044"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54044" alt&equals;"Xbox-One-Console-Close-Up-G3AR" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05153352&sol;Xbox-One-Console-Close-Up-G3AR&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;xbox-one-will-record-videos-achievements&sol;">Xbox One Will Record Videos of Your Achievements<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>You ever find yourself in a situation where you need proof that you actually unlocked an Achievement&quest; No&quest; Well&comma; me neither&comma; but its been revealed that the Xbox One will record video of your achievements&comma; so maybe now we can get into more situations like that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news comes from an interview done by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;user&sol;ChampChong&quest;feature&equals;watch">Champ Chang<&sol;a> while at the EB <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;xbox-one-will-record-videos-achievements&sol;">Games<&sol;a> Expo&comma; where Xbox Australia exec Adam Pollington confirmed the feature&period; This comes in addition to the five minutes of buffer video the Xbox One has already been announced to do&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;playstation-4-will-support-bluetooth-usb-headsets-launch&sol;controller1&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54136"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54136" alt&equals;"Controller1" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05153141&sol;Controller1&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-bluetooth-usb-headsets-launch&sol;">PlayStation 4 Will Not Support Bluetooth or USB Headsets at Launch<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>According to reports by Polygon and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-4-will-support-bluetooth-usb-headsets-launch&sol;">Game<&sol;a> Informer&comma; the PlayStation 4 will not support Bluetooth or USB chat at launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A representative from Sony reportedly told Game Informer that an update will be release after the console releases on November 15 that will bring support for Bluetooth and USB headset chat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PS4 will be shipping with a mono ear-bud headset&sol;microphone that can be used for in-game chat&period; This comes after a Sony representative told Polygon that the PS4 would support <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-4-will-support-bluetooth-usb-headsets-launch&sol;">PlayStation 3<&sol;a> wireless headsets&period; Apparently the support will not be part of the new systems launch&comma; however&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;saints-row-iv-enter-dominatrix-dated&sol;saintsrowiv&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54113"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54113" alt&equals;"SaintsrowIV" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05153206&sol;SaintsrowIV&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;saints-row-iv-enter-dominatrix-dated&sol;">Saints Row IV&colon; Enter the Dominatrix DLC Priced&comma; Dated<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-iv-season-pass-detailed&sol;">Assassin’s Creed IV Season Pass Detailed<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&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" &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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