It’s that time of week again, and what a week it was with Nintendo’s Wii U event. Let’s take a look back at the top five news stories from the week. Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up. Below is a brief summary, but for the full stories simply click on the hyperlink. Let us know if you agree with our top five. If you have suggestions for future Weekly Wrap-Ups, feel free to email me at jeremy.tyler@bagogames.com.
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Number 5
Bayonetta 2 Announced, To Be A Wii U Exclusive
Platinum Games will be contributing to the Wii U, it seems, as Bayonetta 2 has been announced at Nintendo’s Wii U Event. The Producer and Director of the original title, Atsushi Inaba and Yosuke Hashimoto, respectively, will each be returning for the sequel. Nintendo, meanwhile, will be playing the role of the publisher which makes Bayonetta 2 a Wii U exclusive.
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Number 4
Borderlands 2′s Mechromancer Detailed
The addition of a fifth playable character in the upcoming Borderlands 2 is no surprise, we have known about the upcoming Mechromancer class for some time now. Gearbox has revealed her name to be Gaige, a cyborg with the ability to deplay a massive robot called Death Trap.
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Number 3
Metal Gear Solid Revengeance Not To Release On Xbox 360 In Japan
News was announced earlier this week from Konami that the Xbox 360 version of Metal Gear Solid: Revengence will not be released in Japan next year. The game is still set to come out on the PS3 in February of 2013 as planned. No reason was given as to why the game is not going to release for the Xbox 360. In our own opinion as to why, the PS3 is well more established in Japan at the moment then the 360. The Xbox 360 has struggled to gain ground over there since it released and some stores even refuse to stock Microsoft’s system.
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Number 2
Nintendo Wii U Releases On November 18 For $300/$350
At Nintendo’s Wii U Preview Event In New York City today, the long awaited release date for their Nintendo WiiU system was revealed. At last, it is now known that the Wii U will ship on November 18th (Nov 30th for Europe) and will retail at $299.99 for the 8GB version and $349.99 for the 32GB version.Both the 8GB and the 32GB Wii Us will come with the console, gamepad, AC Adapter, Sensor Bar and an HDMI cable, but only the 32GB will come with Nintendo Land packed in, as well as a charging cradle and stands for the gamepad and console.
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Number 1
Obsidian’s New Game Needs Your Kickstarter Money To Get Made!
Obsidian Entertainment, famous for Knights Of The Old Republic II, Fallout New Vegas and Alpha Protocol, have announced their new project, technically. It’s called Project Eternity (working title), an isometric fantasy RPG inspired by games like Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment and will be lead designed by Chris Avellone (lead designer of Planescape: Torment), Tim Cain (creator of Fallout) and Josh Sawyer.
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Honorable Mentions
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. Here are some of the articles for the honorable mention section. Resident Evil 6 To Get Three DLC Multiplayer Modes, PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Increased Cloud Storage, WiiU GamePads Will Not Be Sold Separately In North America At Launch, Kojima Reveals Black Raiden From MGR: Revengeance TGS Demo
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