14 DAY TRIAL // This week was marked by Blizzard's decision to actually renounce its initiative of linking forum posting from players of Starcraft II and World of Warcraft with their real names, after a flurry of opposition from gamers. But there are other news that are worth parsing and for those who are interested in more opinions we also have a Weekend Reading piece about the push to 3D gaming and an EndWeekGame article detailing our gaming choices for the last two days.
On Monday Blizzard took a few steps back on its new forum policy. The Chief Executive Officer of the company still says that steps will be taken to make the forums a more friendly place but without assaulting the anonymity of the players. On the same day BioWare announced that the first testing phase for the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO is live although not public yet.
On Tuesday Nintendo talked about the new 3DS handheld, not the three dimensional gaming abilities of the device, but the accelerometer and gyroscope combination that will allow the device to read the motions that the gamer makes and translate them into commands. The same day saw Warner Bros register a host of new Internet addresses linked with the new Batman: Arkham Asylum video game.
Wednesday was the day when Electronic Arts announced a new Limited Edition for Medal of Honor which offers gamers an unique submachine gun and early access to two other weapons at no extra cost. On the same day the creators of All Points Bulletin announced that they are preparing to introduce a number of improvements to their MMO.
On Thursday first new broke about a new version of the new Xbox 360 from Microsoft, which is set to have a 4 GB hard drive and will probably retail for 200 dollars, replacing the Arcade version and competing with the Nintendo Wii, with a little help from Kinect. On the same day BioWare talked about the changed it intended to make in Dragon Age 2, saying that they will not be changing the nature of the series in any significant way.
Friday was Nintendo's day, as the NPD data for software and hardware sales across the United States of America brought good news for the Japanese gaming giant. They are still at the top, with the Nintendo DS being the best selling console in America and five Nintendo Wii games in the top ten sales charts for June.
We also have a review up for Blacklight: Tango Down that should give you the right idea whether to give this downloadable first person shooter a try.