Weekly Wrap-Up #8 – Radical Entertainment Shuttered, Dragon Dogma Hits 1 mil & Sony Promotion

<p>Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up&comma; the weekly &lpar;and ever evolving&rpar; time when we look at the top five <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-3&sol;">news<&sol;a> stories &lpar;in no particular order&rpar; of the week&period; Below is a brief summary&comma; for the full stories&comma; simply click on the hyperlink&period; So here’s the list without further adieu&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dragons-dogma-sequel-confirmed&sol;dragons-dogma&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-19475"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-19475" title&equals;"Dragon's Dogma" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;06174430&sol;Dragons-Dogma-300x167&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"475" height&equals;"297" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Capcom has announced that <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dragons-dogma-sequel-confirmed&sol;">Dragon’s Dogma<&sol;a><&sol;em> has hit the one million shipped milestone&comma; which places the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dragons-dogma-sequel-confirmed&sol;"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">game<&sol;span><&sol;a> in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;major franchise” category for the publisher&period; Without explicitly stating as much&comma; there will be a sequel for <em>Dragon’s Dogma&period;<&sol;em> Capcom also noted that the game set week one <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dragons-dogma-sequel-confirmed&sol;"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">sales<&sol;span><&sol;a> records in Japan for a new IP released within the past 10 years<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;developer-call-duty-vita-unknown&sol;call-of-duty-vita&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-19523"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-19523" title&equals;"Call of Duty Vita" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;06174417&sol;Call-of-Duty-Vita-300x173&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"497" height&equals;"282" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;developer-call-duty-vita-unknown&sol;">developer of Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops Declassified<&sol;a>&comma; the Vita spin-off&comma; is apparently so unknown even Treyarch &lpar;you know&comma; the guys behind <em>CoD&colon; Black Ops 2 <&sol;em>for the PS3&rpar; haven’t got a clue&period; John Rafacz of Treyarch was asked by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;videogamer&period;com&sol;psvita&sol;black&lowbar;ops&lowbar;declassified&sol;news&sol;even&lowbar;treyarch&lowbar;doesnt&lowbar;know&lowbar;whos&lowbar;developing&lowbar;black&lowbar;ops&lowbar;on&lowbar;vita&lowbar;apparently&period;html">VideoGamer&period;com<&sol;a> about who the developer for the Vita title was and rather succinctly stated &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t know&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kazuo-harai-steps-sony-computer-entertainment-chairman&sol;kazuo-harai&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-19554"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-19554" title&equals;"Kazuo Harai" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;06174327&sol;Kazuo-Harai-300x199&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"457" height&equals;"359" &sol;><&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kazuo-harai-steps-sony-computer-entertainment-chairman&sol;">Kazuo Hirai<&sol;a> announced that he will be stepping down as Representative Director and Chairman of Sony Computer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kazuo-harai-steps-sony-computer-entertainment-chairman&sol;"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">Entertainment<&sol;span><&sol;a> in order to take his new post of President and CEO of the entire Sony Corporation&period; Hirai will remain on the board of directors on a part time basis&period; As a parting gift&comma; Hirai did receive a pretty nifty one-of-a-kind PlayStation 3&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;prototype-studio-closes-doors&sol;radical-entertainment&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-19650"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19650" title&equals;"Radical Entertainment" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;06174124&sol;Radical-Entertainment&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"280" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Canadian-based studio behind <em>Prototype and Prototype 2<&sol;em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;prototype-studio-closes-doors&sol;">&comma; Radical<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;prototype-studio-closes-doors&sol;"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">Entertainment<&sol;span><&sol;a>&comma; has been essentially shut down by Activision&period; Senior audio director at Radica&comma; Rob Bridgett&comma; tweeted &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;RIP Radical Entertainment 1991-2012&colon; earlier today&period; A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard&comma; Radical Entertainment was formed in 1991 in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;prototype-studio-closes-doors&sol;"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">Vancouver<&sol;span><&sol;a>&period; The studio is probably best known for their work on <em>Prototype<&sol;em> and <em>Prototype 2<&sol;em>&comma; the company cut their developer teeth on like 1992’s <em>Wayne’s World<&sol;em>&comma; <em>The Terminator<&sol;em> and<em> Brett Hull Hockey 95<&sol;em>&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;larger-3ds-reportedly&sol;3ds-console-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-17666"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17666" title&equals;"3ds-console" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;06184859&sol;3ds-console1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Satoru Iwata&comma; President of Nintendo&comma; has stated that the company would not charge gamers a subscription fee to use the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wii-online-service-free&sol;">Wii U’s online services<&sol;a>&period; During a shareholders meeting&comma; Iwata said he has no qualms with subscription-based online services&comma; Nintendo feels it isn’t the best course of action to take for the Wii U&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;uk-insane-edition-cry-3&sol;far-cry-3-insane-edition&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-15095"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15095" title&equals;"Far Cry 3 Insane Edition" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06202146&sol;Far-Cry-3-Insane-Edition&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"540" height&equals;"302" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This week had a lot of big <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-e3-edition&sol;">news<&sol;a> and the news staff and I found it hard to narrow it down to the usual five stories&period; With that in mind&comma; we bring you&comma; yet again&comma; the honorable mention section&colon; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;cry-3-delayed&sol;">Far Cry 3<&sol;a><&sol;em> is the latest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;cry-3-delayed&sol;"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">game<&sol;span><&sol;a> to hop on the delay train&period; If you were hoping for a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;iwata-no-3ds-models-anytime&sol;">model of 3DS<&sol;a> with two analogue sticks&comma; think again&period;  The crew over at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gears-war-judgement-crew-aided-pixar&sol;">Epic Games has enlisted the help of Pixar<&sol;a> for the next <em>Gears of War<&sol;em> game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you missed out on the big news items this week 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"> The Interview with Q<&sol;a>&comma; hosted by Matthew Quinlan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;small&lowbar;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let us know if you agree with our top five&period; If you have suggestions for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-e3-edition&sol;">future<&sol;a> Weekly Wrap-Ups&comma; feel free to email me at <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com">jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enjoy&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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