Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up! The weekly—and ever evolving time—when we look at the top five (in no particular order) news stories of the week. Well. my friends, you would be wrong to assume that we don’t have anything juicy for you. Sink your teeth into this.
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Fortnite is set to be the first game to run on the Unreal Engine 4. Fortnite will be a PC exclusive survival/shooter. Taking place during a zombie apocalypse, players will have to survive by cooperating to scavenge for materials and build a fortress during the day. By night, they’ll have to fend off the undead in their forts.
Link to Article by VP
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Vivendi Reportedly Selling Off Majority Share of Activision Blizzard.
Vivendi—who holds a 60% stake in Activision— is apparently looking to sell off their shares of the gaming giant. If the selling off of shares turns out to be true, Vivendi could stand to make $10 billion by doing so.
Link to article by Ayesha.
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After weeks of anticipation, the annual Steam Summer Sale has started. Deals are once again flowing through the online service, albeit later than usual. The Steam Summer Sale is famous for placing large discounts on copious amounts of PC exclusive games. Whether it is a single game, or an entire collection of a developers content, the budget buyer can attain them for as much as 80% off the retail price.
Link to article by Chris.
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Ouya is a new console being developed to focus on free-to-play games. It’ll also run on the Android platform, be hackable and cost US $99. The purpose is to bring games focused on the mobile, back to the TV screen. And it’s pronounced ‘OOO-yah!’.
Link to article by Ayesha.
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After years of wanting and wishing, Metal Gear Solid 4 fans are finally having their prayers answered. The PlayStation smash hit is receiving a much awaited patch to enable the support of trophies in the game. Better late than never.
Link to article Mitch
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Also, big news in relation to the site. We have reached our KickStarter goal of $1000 during the week. We currently stand at $1369 with 4 days left, so click over there and chack it out. A big thank you to all of you who have donated to the project so far. I speak for all of us here at BagoGames when I say that.
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So, that’s the big news we had for this week. No doubt there will be more to come with Gamescom just around the corner, so expect big news leaks in the weeks ahead. Also, check out this weeks BagoCast and take a look at Interview With Q hosted by Mattew Quinlan for more of what we do here on BagoGames.
