Weekly Wrap-Up #10 – Activision for sale? Wait, what? MGS4 get’s a trophy patch, plus kickstarter success

<p>Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up&excl; The weekly—and ever evolving time—when we look at the top five &lpar;in no particular order&rpar; <a title&equals;"News BagoGames" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;category&sol;news&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">news<&sol;a> stories of the week&period; Well&period; my friends&comma; you would be wrong to assume that we don&&num;8217&semi;t have anything juicy for you&period; Sink your teeth into this&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-10&sol;fortnite2-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20488"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20488" title&equals;"fortnite2" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145707&sol;fortnite21-1024x577&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"332" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Fortnite<&sol;em> is set to be the first game to run on the Unreal Engine 4&period; <em>Fortnite<&sol;em> will be a PC exclusive survival&sol;shooter&period; Taking place during a zombie apocalypse&comma; players will have to survive by cooperating to scavenge for materials and build a fortress during the day&period; By night&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;ll have to fend off the undead in their forts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a title&equals;"Fortnite Article" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;fortnite-game-running-unreal-engine-4&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Link to Article<&sol;a> by VP<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-10&sol;activision-for-sale-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20491"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20491" title&equals;"Activision-For-Sale" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145643&sol;Activision-For-Sale1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vivendi Reportedly Selling Off Majority Share of Activision Blizzard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vivendi—who holds a 60&percnt; stake in Activision— is apparently looking to sell off their shares of the gaming giant&period; If the selling off of shares turns out to be true&comma; Vivendi could stand to make &dollar;10 billion by doing so&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a title&equals;"Bagogames News" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;vivendi-reportedly-selling-majority-share-activision-blizzard&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Link to article<&sol;a> by Ayesha&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-10&sol;steam-summer-sale-20122-590x341&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20494"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20494" title&equals;"Steam-Summer-Sale-20122-590x341" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06150005&sol;Steam-Summer-Sale-20122&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After weeks of anticipation&comma; the annual Steam Summer Sale has started&period; Deals are once again flowing through the online service&comma; albeit later than usual&period; The Steam Summer Sale is famous for placing large discounts on copious amounts of PC exclusive games&period; Whether it is a single game&comma; or an entire collection of a developers content&comma; the budget buyer can attain them for as much as 80&percnt; off the retail price&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a title&equals;"bagoGames news" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;steam-summer-sale-live&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Link to article<&sol;a> by Chris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-10&sol;ouya-590x341&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20493"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20493" title&equals;"Ouya-590x341" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;Ouya-590x3411&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Ouya<&sol;em> is a new console being developed to focus on free-to-play games&period; It’ll also run on the Android platform&comma; be hackable and cost US &dollar;99&period; The purpose is to bring games focused on the mobile&comma; back to the TV screen&period; And it’s pronounced &OpenCurlyQuote;OOO-yah&excl;’&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a title&equals;"BagoGames News" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ouya-console-kickstarter-campaign-details&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Link to article<&sol;a> by Ayesha&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-10&sol;metal-gear-solid-4-trophy-patch&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20495"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20495" title&equals;"Metal-Gear-Solid-4-Trophy-Patch" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145634&sol;Metal-Gear-Solid-4-Trophy-Patch-e1342365769917&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"310" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After years of wanting and wishing&comma; <em>Metal Gear Solid 4 <&sol;em>fans are finally having their prayers answered&period; The PlayStation smash hit is receiving a much awaited patch to enable the support of trophies in the game&period; Better late than never&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a title&equals;"BagoGames News" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;metal-gear-solid-4-trophy-patch-incoming&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Link to article<&sol;a> Mitch<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-10&sol;zombie-challenge-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20497"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20497" title&equals;"Zombie-Challenge" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06145625&sol;Zombie-Challenge1-e1342376991998&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"442" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; big news in relation to the site&period;  We have reached our <a title&equals;"kickStarter" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;979368987&sol;the-undead-zombie-short-film" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">KickStarter<&sol;a> goal of &dollar;1000 during the week&period; We currently stand at &dollar;1369 with 4 days left&comma; so click over there and chack it out&period; A big thank you to all of you who have donated to the project so far&period; I speak for all of us here at BagoGames when I say that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s the big news we had for this week&period; No doubt there will be more to come with Gamescom just around the corner&comma; so expect big news leaks in the weeks ahead&period; Also&comma; check out this weeks <a title&equals;"BagoCast" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;category&sol;podcast&sol;bagocast&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">BagoCast<&sol;a> and take a look at <a title&equals;"Interview With Q" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;category&sol;podcast&sol;the-interview&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Interview With Q<&sol;a> hosted by Mattew Quinlan for more of what we do here on BagoGames&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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