GameSided Recap (August 26 – September 1)

In an effort to keep you informed of the week’s events, each Sunday we gather the best of what the news had to offer, as well as provide some of our staffers’ thoughts and opinions on what’s going on within the video game industry. It’s the GameSided Recap!

Opinions

• Daniel reviewed the Top PlayStation 3 Games, dissected by genre.
• Michael countered by listing the Top 10 Xbox 360 games of all time.
• Kristian finished off his list of the Top 25 Madden 13 offensive and defensive players.
• We finished off the Top 10 list of impressive gaming skills videos.

Previews

• Nick gives us a look at the PAX Prime 2013 schedules. Here are today’s events, while this one covered Saturday’s events, and this one covered Friday’s events.

News

• Nintendo revealed the Nintendo 2DS this week. It will retail at $129 and will release on October 12.
• The Wii U finally got a price cut and will ship deluxe models at $299 starting September 20th. There were also a lot of new release dates for upcoming Wii U games.
• Madden NFL 25, Lost Planet 3, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and other games were released earlier this week.
• Speaking of Final Fantasy XIV; you may now monetize Youtube and Twitch videos when streaming game content.
• Grand Theft Auto V released their TV ad trailer. Just sixteen more days until launch!
• It’s not just young adults that play video games. Moms love to play them too, according to a report.
• Mark Cerny busted out some Japanese and English dialect to promote PS4 launch title Knack.
• Fan voting will apparently affect player rankings in Madden 25 over the season.
• Facebook is working with Unity to provide an SDK that will integrate mobile gaming aspects with Facebook features on the web.
• Deadly Premonition is coming to Steam, so maybe you’ll play it this Halloween. So says Mr. Stewart.

Social Media

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Editors

Nick Tylwalk: @Nick_Tylwalk
Daniel George: @ItsDanielGeorge
Michael Straw: @MikeStrawQCS

Staff Writers

Kristian Cuaresma: @1on1Kris
Patrick Allen: @ArrowheadAddict

Question Of The Week

Have you ever visited PAX Prime? If so, what is your fondest memory of the event?