Weekly Wrap-Up # 19 – Prey 2 in Limbo, Epic Seattle Gets Studio Head

<p>It’s that time of the 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;">Number 5<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;prey-2-development-limbo&sol;prey-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-27538"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27538" title&equals;"Prey 2" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;10&sol;06100754&sol;Prey-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;prey-2-development-limbo&sol;">Prey 2 In Development &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Limbo”<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Fans who were hoping to play Prey 2 sometime in the near future got some bittersweet news today&period; On one hand it was confirmed by Human Head Studios developer Nathan Cheever through Twitter that the game hasn’t been cancelled&comma; so that’s good news&period; However&comma; it was also revealed that the game is indeed in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Limbo”&comma; so we have no idea of knowing when it might finally be released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 4<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;psn-store-update-29th-north-american-update&sol;playstationstoreupdate&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-15957"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15957" title&equals;"PlayStationStoreUpdate" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06200502&sol;PlayStationStoreUpdate&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-store-update-hitting-rough-patches&sol;">Playstation Store Update Hitting Rough Patches<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Sony’s new PlayStation Store overhaul went live in Europe earlier this week&comma; but unfortunately it didn’t take long for the problems to start piling up&period; The main problems seem to be issues with adding funds to your wallet&comma; and slow loading of pages&period; While not everyone is experiencing these issues&comma; there are enough complaints to where Sony had to address the issue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 3<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;bioshock-infinte-collectors-editions-revealed-songbird-statue&sol;bioshock-infinite-collectors-editions&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-27728"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27728" title&equals;"BioShock Infinite Collector's Editions" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;10&sol;06100218&sol;BioShock-Infinite-Collectors-Editions-1024x503&period;png" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;bioshock-infinte-collectors-editions-revealed-songbird-statue&sol;">BioShock Infinte Collector’s Editions Revealed&comma; Contain Songbird Statue<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Irrational Games’ Ken Levine somehow made the wait for <em>BioShock Infinite<&sol;em> much more difficult to bear today&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;irrationalgames&period;com&sol;new-featured&sol;premium-and-ultimate-songbird-edition-announced&sol;">as he revealed<&sol;a> the Premium and Ultimate Songbird Editions of <em>BioShock Infinite<&sol;em>&period; The Premium Edition&comma; set at a price point of &dollar;79&period;99&comma; but does not come with the Songbird statue&period; Meanwhile&comma; the Ultimate Songbird Edition that is set to be &dollar;149&period;99 will have all of the items contained in the Premium Edition and the Songbird statue<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 2<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;call-duty-elite-free-black-ops-ii&sol;call&lowbar;of&lowbar;duty&lowbar;black&lowbar;ops&lowbar;2&lowbar;logo&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-27520"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27520" title&equals;"Call&lowbar;Of&lowbar;Duty&lowbar;Black&lowbar;Ops&lowbar;2&lowbar;logo" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;10&sol;06100824&sol;Call&lowbar;Of&lowbar;Duty&lowbar;Black&lowbar;Ops&lowbar;2&lowbar;logo&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;call-duty-elite-free-black-ops-ii&sol;">Call of Duty Elite To Be Free For Black Ops II<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Here is a bit of semi-surprising news from Activision&period; To no one’s surprise&comma; Activision announced that <em>Call of Duty Elite<&sol;em> will be coming to <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops II<&sol;em>&period; Now&comma; the surprising part is that the service is going to be completely free&period; That’s right&comma; so unlike last year there will be no premium version&period; For anyone that remembers&comma; last year the premium version was &dollar;60 and the appeal was that all the DLC packs were included with the purchase of Elite&period; Have no fear&comma; a season pass has also been announced&period; For &dollar;49&period;99 you can purchase all four DLC packs for <em>Black Ops II<&sol;em>&comma; or you can purchase them separately for &dollar;15<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 1<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wb-games-seattle-general-manager-head-epic-seattle&sol;epicseattle-v4&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-27761"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27761" title&equals;"epicseattle-v4" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;10&sol;06095922&sol;epicseattle-v4&period;gif" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wb-games-seattle-general-manager-head-epic-seattle&sol;">Former WB Games Seattle General Manager to Head up Epic Seattle<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>According to a recent report by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2012&sol;10&sol;18&sol;3518460&sol;wb-games-gm-behind-guardians-of-middle-earth-gotham-city-imposters-to">Polygon<&sol;a>&comma; Laura Fryer&comma; the former chief of WB Games Seattle and executive producer at Microsoft Games Studios will now be the general manager of Epic Games’ Seattle studio&period; Fryer&comma; who’s history includes the conception of Microsoft’s Zone&period;com and executive producer of <em>Gears of War<&sol;em> and <em>Gears of War 2 while employed at Microsoft Games Studios&period; <&sol;em>Most recently Fryer was the general manager of WB Games Seattle where she oversaw work on<em> Guardians of Middle Earth<&sol;em> and <em>Gotham City Impostors<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;interview-boje-holtz-developer-fire-burst&sol;theinterview-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-14008"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14008" title&equals;"TheInterview" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06205733&sol;TheInterview1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&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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