Weekly Wrap-Up #12 – Rod Fergusson Leaves Epic, Next Xbox Within 18 Months

<p>Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up&comma; the weekly &lpar;and ever evolving&rpar; time when we look at the top five news stories of the week&comma; in no particular order&period; Below is a brief summary&comma; but for the full stories simply click on the hyperlink&period; Let us know if you agree with our top five&period; If you have suggestions for future Weekly Wrap-Ups&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;<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>Well&comma; somebody must still be playing<em> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mgs4-finally-receives-ps3-trophies&sol;"><strong>Metal Gear Solid 4<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; because <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mgs4-finally-receives-ps3-trophies&sol;"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">Sony<&sol;span><&sol;a> has posthumously released a patch that will add trophies to the 2008 stealth&sol;action game by Hideo Kojima and Konami&period; There are some interesting trophies in there&comma; such as being kissed by Ocelot during the final battle&comma; and killing many enemies in one area and then vomiting&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;prince-persia-leaked&sol;possible-prince-of-persia&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-22244"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-22244" title&equals;"Possible Prince of Persia" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;06140730&sol;Possible-Prince-of-Persia-300x187&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"579" height&equals;"363" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ubisoft released an image on their forum of what could possibly originate from the next <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;prince-persia-leaked&sol;"><strong>Prince of Persia<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;em> Granted&comma; it’s not explicitly stated&comma; but there happens to be POP&lowbar;ZERO&lowbar;2 written at the bottom of the image and it does seem to fit the nature of the <em>Prince of Persia <&sol;em>games<em>&period;<&sol;em><&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-4&sol;oddworld-strangers-wrath-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-15355"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-15355" title&equals;"Oddworld Stranger's Wrath" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06201445&sol;Oddworld-Strangers-Wrath1-300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"469" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;oddworld-series-favorites-headed-vita&sol;"><strong>couple of great games<&sol;strong><&sol;a> from the original Xbox era&comma; <em>Oddworld&colon; Munch’s Oddysee<&sol;em> and <em>Oddworld&colon; Stranger’s Wrath HD<&sol;em> will be ported over to the PS Vita&comma; in the near future&comma; according to its developer&period; Both are receiving a bit of a face lift as they are both games of an earlier generation of consoles&comma; an action platformer and FPS respectively&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;xbox-manufactured&sol;xbox-next&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-13500"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-13500" title&equals;"Xbox Next" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06211109&sol;Xbox-Next&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"610" height&equals;"342" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a recent <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;careers&period;microsoft&period;com&sol;jobdetails&period;aspx&quest;jid&equals;86318" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong>job advertisement<&sol;strong><&sol;a> at Microsoft&comma; there is a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;xbox-slated-receive-version-18-months&sol;"><strong>new version of the Xbox<&sol;strong><&sol;a> slated to be released within the next 18 months&period; Part of the job request reads&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Over the next eighteen months&comma; Microsoft will release new versions of all of our most significant products including Windows &lpar;Client&comma; Server&comma; Phone and Azure&rpar;&comma; Office&comma; and Xbox&comma; along with completely new offerings like Microsoft Surface&comma;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gears-war-producer-joins-bioshock-team&sol;irrational-games&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-22448"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22448" title&equals;"irrational games" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;06140409&sol;irrational-games-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"331" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the recent departure of former director of product development Tim Gerritsen&comma; Irrational Games have brought on a new face from another acclaimed franchise to finish work on <em>Bioshock&colon; Infinate<&sol;em>&period; According to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5933119&sol;bioshock-infinite-update-multiplayer-modes-cut-gears-maestro-joining-should-fans-worry" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong>Kotaku<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gears-war-producer-joins-bioshock-team&sol;"><strong>Irrational Games has brought on Rod Fergusson<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; producer of the <em>Gears of War<&sol;em> series&period; The website reports that Fergusson is now taking the role of making sure <em>Bioshock&colon; Infinate<&sol;em> is ready for it’s February&comma; 2013 launch date&period; Fergusson has had instrumental roles in the production of the Gears of War series&comma; as well as other Epic titles&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;schilling-lose-50-million-38-studios-financial-issues&sol;38-studios-4&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-15781"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15781" title&equals;"38 Studios" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06200854&sol;38-Studios3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &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&period; Here are some of the articles for the honorable mention section&period; The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company have secured the rights to the game&comma; as well as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rhode-island-edc-gains-assets-38-studios&sol;"><strong>38 Studios’<&sol;strong><&sol;a> other assets&period; Yesterday&comma; a couple avatar items on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace were shown as being <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;real-money-xbox-live-mistake&sol;"><strong>purchasable via real currency<&sol;strong><&sol;a> instead of Microsoft Points&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>If you missed out on the big news items this week&comma; you can check out our weekly podcast 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; And finally&comma; check out<a title&equals;"The Interview with Q" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;interview-jacob-andersen-game-director-heroes-generals&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong> The Interview with Q<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; hosted by Matthew Quinlan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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