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Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Weekly Wrap Up: Oct 16


Irrational Games loses more devs
            Irrational Games, which is currently in development on Bioshock: Infinite has lost two more employees.  Combat Design Director Clint Bundrick and Artificial Intelligence Lead Don Norbury have left the company and are now working over at Microsoft.  This follows the loss of Director of Product Development Tim Gerritsen & Art Director Nate Wells, who is currently working on The Last of Us over at Naughty Dog, both of whom left the studio back in August.  In addition to those departures, back in May Producer Joseph Faulstick left the company and just like the most recent ex-Irrational Games employees is currently working at Microsoft.  The only new hire the company has made in order to counteract these losses has been that of Rod Fergusson who was Director of Production on the Gears of War franchise back at Epic Games and has now taken over for Gerritsen as Director of Product DevelopmentBioshock Infinite is scheduled to be released on February 26th 2013.

Rayman Legends Delayed
            One of the Wii U’s biggest upcoming games that we have seen, Rayman Legends, has been delayed.  The game was supposed to be a launch title for the system in the UK, but now it has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2013.  The last thing Nintendo needs is to give people another reason to hold off on buying the Wii U, but here one is.

Borderlands 2’s two pieces of DLC
            Borderlands 2’s first piece of DLC was released this past week.  If you are in the game’s Premiere Club, which is to say that you pre-ordered the game, then you have access to the game’s brand new character, the Mechromancer, for free.  If you are not a member then it will cost you $10/800MSP.  In addition to this another piece of DLC is being released today.  Titled Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, the new single player add-on will also cost $10/800MSP and comes with new enemies, locations and a quirky new story.

More Injustice
            The box art reveal for Injustice: Gods Among Us confirms three more characters that will be playable in the new DC fighting game from NetherRealm Studios.  The new characters are the Joker, Green Lantern and Green Arrow.  Along with the reveals came a gameplay trailer, but only for the Green Arrow.  To view the trailer, click the link below.

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