Weekly Wrap-Up #69 – October 28 Through November 2

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<p>It’s the weekend&comma; which means two things&colon; 1&rpar; We’re getting ever so close to the release of next-gen systems &lpar;who’s excited&rpar; and 2&rpar; another exciting 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;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;blockbuster-re-enters-administration-xbox-one-ps4-pre-orders-enter-danger-zone&sol;blockbustermoncton-3&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54802"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54802" alt&equals;"BlockbusterMoncton" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05150555&sol;BlockbusterMoncton&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;blockbuster-re-enters-administration-xbox-one-ps4-pre-orders-enter-danger-zone&sol;">Blockbuster Re-Enters Administration&colon; Xbox One &amp&semi; PS4 Pre-Orders Enter Danger Zone<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Blockbuster has entered administration again&comma; owners Gordon Brothers Europes have announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to IGN&comma; Gordon Brothers said in a statement&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The need to significantly reduce costs whilst a buyer is sought will unfortunately result in 32 redundancies at Blockbuster UK’s head office&period; All stores will continue trading as normal whilst a buyer is sought for the business&period;  In the event that a buyer cannot be found some stores may need to close&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Arguably the biggest concern however are pre-orders for both the Xbox One and PS4 consoles&comma; due this holiday season&period; The company says that <i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;any customers with outstanding orders should visit their local store who will deal with the matter&period;”<&sol;i><&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;zelda-link-between-worlds-3ds-north-america&sol;jack&lowbar;3dsxl&lowbar;bundle&lowbar;front&lowbar;webready&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54767"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54767" alt&equals;"Jack&lowbar;3DSXL&lowbar;Bundle&lowbar;Front&lowbar;webready" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05150705&sol;Jack&lowbar;3DSXL&lowbar;Bundle&lowbar;Front&lowbar;webready&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;zelda-link-between-worlds-3ds-north-america&sol;">The Legend of Zelda&colon; Link Between Worlds 3DS Bundle Coming to North America<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo has announced that it is bringing <i>The Legend of Zelda<&sol;i> 3DS bundle to North America&comma; in addition to Europe&period; The bundle&comma; priced at &dollar;219&period;99&comma; comes with a download code for <i>The Legend of Zelda&colon; A Link Between Worlds<&sol;i> and a 3DS XL system that is gold on one side and black on the other&comma; which represents the two worlds Link will travel between in the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This beautifully designed Nintendo 3DS XL system continues a tradition that has delighted our fans for decades&comma;” said Scott Moffitt&comma; Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales &amp&semi; Marketing&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s a special bundle for a very special video game&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;titanfall-coming-playstation-4&sol;titanfall-3&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54817"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54817" alt&equals;"Titanfall" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;Titanfall&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;titanfall-coming-playstation-4&sol;">Titanfall Not Coming to PlayStation 4<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>For those of you holding out for a PS4 version of Respawn Entertainment’s <i>Titanfall<&sol;i>&comma; well&comma; you may have to give up on it&comma; as EA put any hope of that to bed during its quarterly earnings call that took place today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen stated that <i>Titanfall<&sol;i> is &OpenCurlyQuote;exclusive only for the lifetime of the title on Xbox One&comma; Xbox 360&comma; and PC&period;’ Meaning that&comma; unless the Xbox One and Xbox 360 somehow cease to exist between November 22nd and March 2014 &lpar;when <i>Titanfall<&sol;i> comes out&rpar;&comma; you won’t be seeing the title on a competing home console anytime soon&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;novembers-ps-plus-instant-games-collection-getting-two-ps4-titles&sol;ps4-game-7083&lowbar;mid&lowbar;img5&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54854"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54854" alt&equals;"ps4-game-7083&lowbar;mid&lowbar;img5" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05150218&sol;ps4-game-7083&lowbar;mid&lowbar;img5&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;novembers-ps-plus-instant-games-collection-getting-two-ps4-titles&sol;">November’s PS Plus Instant Games Collection Getting Two PS4 Titles<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The games coming to the PlayStation Plus Instant Games Collection <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;31&sol;playstation-plus-november-preview&sol;">have been detailed<&sol;a> and two of these titles are PS4 games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to <em>ibb &amp&semi; obb<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Dragon’s Dogma&colon; Dark Arison<&sol;em> and <em>Binary Domain<&sol;em> on the PS3 side of things&comma; <em>RESOGUN<&sol;em>&comma; from Housemarque &lpar;<em>Super Stardust<&sol;em>&rpar; and <em>Contrast<&sol;em> will be free to PlayStation Plus members that are playing on the PS4&period; Of course&comma; those two games won’t be available until November 15th&comma; which is why the first three PS3 titles are there to keep you occupied until then&comma; as well as Vita titles <em>Soul Sacrifice<&sol;em> and <em>Oddworld&colon; Stranger’s Wrath<&sol;em>&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;nintendo-closes-3ds-swap-note-service-due-offensive-content&sol;7766871782&lowbar;d575791213&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54866"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54866" alt&equals;"7766871782&lowbar;d575791213" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;11&sol;05150149&sol;7766871782&lowbar;d575791213&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-closes-3ds-swap-note-service-due-offensive-content&sol;">Nintendo Closes 3DS’ Swap Note Service Due To &OpenCurlyQuote;Offensive Content’<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo has decided to close what is&comma; to many&comma; one of the best services that the Nintendo 3Ds provides to its users&comma; the Swap Note service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since being first available&comma; the service allowed users to send letters to each other in drawing form&comma; very similar to the original Nintendo DS’ pictochat service although it also supported sound recordings&comma; colours and allowed for the attachments of images from the 3DS’ SD Card slot&comma; something that may have led to the closure&period;<&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;activision-slashing-clan-support-cod-ghosts-wii-u&sol;7952835348&lowbar;b4ec059bb4-3&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-54786"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54786" alt&equals;"7952835348&lowbar;b4ec059bb4" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;05150630&sol;7952835348&lowbar;b4ec059bb4&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;assassins-creed-iv-black-flags-playstation-dlc-coming-platforms&sol;">Assassin’s Creed IV&colon; Black Flag’s PlayStation DLC Not Coming to Other Platforms<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;activision-slashing-clan-support-cod-ghosts-wii-u&sol;">Activision Slashing Clan Support From COD&colon; Ghosts On Wii U<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;halo-spartan-assault-coming-xbox-one-xbox-360&sol;">Halo&colon; Spartan Assault Coming to Xbox One&comma; Xbox 360<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrap-up-69-october-28-november-2&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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