Weekly Wrap-Up #13 – Dragon Age 3 Rumors, OnLive Staff May Not be Rehired

<p>It’s that time again when we take a fond look back at the top five news stories from the week&period; Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up&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>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 5<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;onlive-ceo-reports-staff-rehired-owner-company&sol;">OnLive CEO Reports That Most Staff Will Not Be Re-Hired by New Owner of the Company<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;onlive-ceo-reports-staff-rehired-owner-company&sol;onlive&lowbar;logo&lowbar;still&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-23089"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23089" title&equals;"onlive&lowbar;logo&lowbar;still" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;06134917&sol;onlive&lowbar;logo&lowbar;still-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"331" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former CEO of OnLive&comma; Steve Perlman has some bad news for the employees of the recently sold company&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Most of the people will not be coming on board&period;” Said Perlman during a meeting with all of the present staff members&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve been a non-stop fundraising machine&comma; and I finally got to the point where I just could not bring in enough funding to carry this thing forward&period;” Explained Perlman to his staff members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 4<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;capcom-presents-renet&sol;">Capcom Presents&colon; ResidentEvil&period;Net<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;capcom-announces-free-online-service-resident-evilnet-stat-tracker-players&sol;residentevil6-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-22720"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-22720" title&equals;"ResidentEvil6" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;ResidentEvil6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"347" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>ResidentEvil&period;Net<&sol;em> is being designed by Capcom to basically be Resident Evil fans’ new Facebook&comma; complete with collectibles&comma; achievements&comma; and prizes&period; By playing the game&comma; as well as competing in different competitions based on who can defeat certain levels with higher scores&comma; you’ll be able to earn points linked to your RE&period;Net account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 3<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dragon-age-3-rumor&sol;">Dragon Age 3 Story Rumor<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ea-delay-dragon-age-iii&sol;dragonageiii&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-13750"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-13750" title&equals;"DragonAgeIII" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06210512&sol;DragonAgeIII&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"598" height&equals;"349" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several Bioware forum users are claiming to have taken a survey based on the events and story of a possible <em>Dragon Age 3 <&sol;em>title that’s rumored to be in development&period; A few character-concept art screenshots were included in the original post&comma; and were saved before they were taken down by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;neogaf&period;com&sol;forum&sol;showthread&period;php&quest;t&equals;486787">NeoGAF<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 2<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hideo-kojima-speak-pax-present-future-metal-gear-solid-franchise&sol;">Hideo Kojima to Speak at PAX Regarding the Future of the Metal Gear Franchise<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hideo-kojima-foresee-metal-gear-solids-global-success&sol;hideo-kojima-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-20380"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20380" title&equals;"Hideo Kojima" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;Hideo-Kojima&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a>Konami has announced that during PAX Prime&comma;will speak regarding the rise of Metal Gear&comma; and what will come in the future of the series&period; Geoff Keighley of Spike TV will be moderating the discussion&period; The discussion is set to be a one hour program that highlights the 25th anniversary of the series this year&comma; taking place at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle&comma; on September 1st&comma; at 1&colon;00pm PST&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 1<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sony-steals-show-gamescom&sol;">Sony Steals the Show at Gamescom<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sony-steals-show-gamescom&sol;sonygamescom&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-23161"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23161" title&equals;"sonygamescom" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;06134648&sol;sonygamescom&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was an exciting time for Gamescom this year&period; We had big game announcements&comma; brand new information revealed and some great speakers&period; However&comma; there was one company in particular that satisfied our thirst for fresh ideas and this year&comma; it was Sony&period; With four brand new IPs announced and a stronger commitment for PlayStation Plus&comma; gamers are being won over&period; Let’s take a look at what they showed&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Honorable Mentions<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;lord-rings-online-expansion-delayed-october&sol;lotro-riders-of-rohan-logo&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-23329"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23329" title&equals;"LOTRO-Riders-of-Rohan-Logo" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;06134245&sol;LOTRO-Riders-of-Rohan-Logo-1024x612&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"352" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">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; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;lord-rings-online-expansion-delayed-october&sol;">Lord of The Rings Online Expansion Delayed Until October<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ubisoft-ceo-claims-pc-games-high-piracy-rate&sol;">Ubisoft CEO Claims PC Games Have High Piracy Rate<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dead-space-3-gun-combining-feature&sol;">Dead Space 3 Will Have Gun Combining Feature&comma;<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;metal-gear-solid-hd-released-digitally&sol;">Metal Gear Solid HD to be Released Digitally<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;revolution-software-announces-broken-sword-serpents-curse-starts-kickstarter-fund&sol;">Revolution Software Announces Broken Sword&colon; The Serpent’s Curse – Starts Kickstarter Fund<&sol;a><&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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