Weekly Wrap-Up #26 – Nintendo Responds to 18+ eShop Content, LittleBigPlanet CrossControl DLC, Diablo III Coming to Consoles

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<p>It’s that time of week 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>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><b>Number 5<&sol;b><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 642px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;commons&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;File&colon;Nintendo&lowbar;eShop&lowbar;logo&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><img class&equals;"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title&equals;"English&colon; this is so epic" alt&equals;"English&colon; this is so epic" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;7&sol;70&sol;Nintendo&lowbar;eShop&lowbar;logo&period;jpg" width&equals;"642" height&equals;"362" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">English&colon; this is so epic &lpar;Photo credit&colon; Wikipedia&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-confirm-reason-eu-wii-blocks-18-eshop-content&sol;">Nintendo Confirm Reason Why EU Wii U Blocks 18&plus; eShop Content<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>As we reported yesterday&comma; Nintendo has implemented restrictions to the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Wii&lowbar;U" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Wii U<&sol;a> eShop in Europe meaning that gamers can only access 18&plus; Rated content between the hours of 23&colon;00 – 3&colon;00&period; However&comma; since we reported the story Nintendo have released a statement to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Eurogamer<&sol;a> explaining the reason of them doing so&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wii&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Nintendo we<&sol;a> always aim to provide a safe gaming experience for fans of all ages and ensure that we comply with applicable legal age restriction requirements across Europe&period; Legal age restriction requirements vary across a number of European countries&period; Since <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;maps&period;google&period;com&sol;maps&quest;ll&equals;34&period;9699694444&comma;135&period;756202778&amp&semi;spn&equals;0&period;01&comma;0&period;01&amp&semi;q&equals;34&period;9699694444&comma;135&period;756202778&percnt;20&lpar;Nintendo&rpar;&amp&semi;t&equals;h" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Nintendo of Europe<&sol;a> is based in Germany&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Nintendo&lowbar;eShop" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Nintendo eShop<&sol;a> is complying with German youth protection regulation which therefore applies to all our European markets&period; Under German law&comma; content rated 18&plus; must be made available only at night&period; Therefore the accessibility of 18&plus; content in Nintendo eShop is limited to&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><b>Number 4<&sol;b><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;littlebigplanet-2-utilize-ps-vita-cross-controller-dlc&sol;lbp2-cross-controller&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-32549"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32549" alt&equals;"LBP2 Cross Controller" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;06074856&sol;LBP2-Cross-Controller&period;png" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;littlebigplanet-2-utilize-ps-vita-cross-controller-dlc&sol;">LittleBigPlanet 2 to Utilize PS Vita in New Cross Controller DLC<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><i>LittleBigPlanet 2<&sol;i> will be getting some new content later this month in the form of the Cross-Controller Pack&period; This pack&comma; which makes the PS Vita the controller and second screen&comma; will see Sackboy going on a new adventure with a group of Space Pirates in an attempt to find some valuable treasure&semi; as pirates tend to do&period; The Vita’s front and rear touch screens will be required to make your way through some of the obstacles in this new content and will also make <i>LBP2<&sol;i> the first game to implement Cross-Controller support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><b>Number 3<&sol;b><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;diablo-iii-step-closer-release-consoles&sol;diablo-iii-4&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-32334"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32334" alt&equals;"Diablo III" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;06075314&sol;Diablo-III&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;diablo-iii-step-closer-release-consoles&sol;">Diablo III A Step Closer To Release On Consoles<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Although a console port of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Dungeon&lowbar;crawl" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">dungeon-crawler<&sol;a> <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;blizzard&period;com&sol;diablo3&sol;&quest;rhtml&equals;y" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Diablo III<&sol;a><&sol;em> has still yet to be officially announced by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;blizzard&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Blizzard<&sol;a>&comma; the developer has once again mentioned that is it an option they are exploring&comma; and has now gone so far as to confirm that it has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;builds up and running on it&period;” Blizzard Chief Creative Officer <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Rob&lowbar;Pardo" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Rob Pardo<&sol;a> told <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;10&sol;3752536&sol;diablo-3-running-on-consoles-still-not-an-official-blizzard-project" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Polygon<&sol;a> that&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re still kind of exploring it&period; We’ve got builds up and running on it&period; We’re hoping to get it far enough along where we can make it an official project&comma; but we’re not quite ready to release stuff about it&comma; but it’s looking pretty cool&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><b>Number 2<&sol;b><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;11000-people-dark-souls-ii-wii&sol;dark&lowbar;souls&lowbar;cover&lowbar;art1&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-32727"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32727" alt&equals;"Dark&lowbar;Souls&lowbar;Cover&lowbar;Art1" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;06073839&sol;Dark&lowbar;Souls&lowbar;Cover&lowbar;Art1&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;11000-people-dark-souls-ii-wii&sol;">Over 11&comma;000 People Want Dark Souls II on Wii U<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>We previously reported about the Dark Souls II petition which gamers were signing regarding trying to convince Namco Bandai to bring the game onto the Wii U&period;In less than a week the petition has gathered &lpar;at the time of writing&rpar; 11&comma;740 digitalised signatures&comma; all from people who want the developer to support Nintendo’s new console&period; Dark Souls II was announced on December 7<sup>th<&sol;sup> this year for release on Xbox 360&comma; PS3 and PC but NOT Wii U&period; Will you think that Bandai Namco will change their mind&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><b>Number 1<&sol;b><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;humble-thq-bundles-5-million-14-days&sol;229551276&lowbar;e722c3a888&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-32740"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32740" alt&equals;"229551276&lowbar;e722c3a888" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;06073715&sol;229551276&lowbar;e722c3a888&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;humble-thq-bundles-5-million-14-days&sol;">Humble THQ Bundles Makes More Than &dollar;5 Million in Just 14 Days<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>It was certain that the Humble THQ Bundle was going to make A LOT of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;humble-thq-bundles-5-million-14-days&sol;">money<&sol;a> in its time on sale&comma; but we don’t think that people expected anything like this&excl; The Humble THQ Bundle raised an amazing total of &dollar;5&comma;097&comma;476&period;23 since it originally started on the 29th November 2012 from the help of 885&comma;289 backers&period; Games which were featured in the bundle consisted of Metro 2033&comma; Darksiders&comma; Red Faction&colon; Armageddon and Company of Heroes whilst those who paid over the average being spent also received Saint’s Row&colon; The Third&comma; Titan Quest&comma; Ref Faction&colon; Armageddon’s Path of War DLC and also Warhammer 40&comma;000&colon; Dawn of War&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><b>Honorable Mentions<&sol;b><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;borderlands-2-patch-deals-badass-rank-issue-fixes&sol;edg233-h&lowbar;border-grb01&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-32669"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32669" alt&equals;"EDG233&period;h&lowbar;border&period;grb01" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;06074318&sol;EDG233&period;h&lowbar;border&period;grb01&period;jpg" &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; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;borderlands-2-patch-deals-badass-rank-issue-fixes&sol;">Borderlands 2 Patch Deals With Badass Rank Issue&comma; Many Other Fixes<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;objection-level5-sued-sega&sol;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;OBJECTION&excl;” Level-5 Being Sued By Sega<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-4-holiday-brazil&sol;">Assassin’s Creed 4 To Holiday In Brazil<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;bagocast-episode-15-playstation-sensation&sol;bagocast-itunes-logo-with-headphones-11&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-21948"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21948" alt&equals;"BagoCast iTunes logo with headphones" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;06141706&sol;BagoCast-iTunes-logo-with-headphones1&period;png" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>If you missed out on the big news items this week&comma; you can check out our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcast&sol;bagocast&sol;">weekly podcast <&sol;a>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;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;f969af44-17fe-40fe-845d-e717775fb322" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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