Another short week gave us all a bit of incentive to push through the four gruelling weekdays in order to get to the gaming messiah that is a long weekend. The news itself was filled with a lot of things that made us happy and sad, although things looked pretty optimistic on the whole.

The rise and fall of spandex

Superheroes were canned, and some over-glorified.

>> The Avengers game that never was

>> Parody Batman: Arkham City GOTY box art is better than the real thing

>> Harley Quinn’s Revenge revealed for Batman: Arkham City

Retrospective future

PES looked back while FIFA looked forward.

>> PES 2013 is ‘returning to its roots’

>> FIFA team told to copy PES

Shhhh…

More terribly kept secrets floated around the web.

>> New Call of Duty reveal coming in May

>> Black Ops 2 box art appears from leaked photo

>> Rayman Origins 2 appears to be real

>> Uncharted and Resistance trilogies heading our way

>> Timesplitters 4 planned for PS4 and Xbox 720

No Half Life 3, but…

Valve made people very happy.

>> Steam is coming to Linux

>> The Valve Handbook for New Employees

>> Modern Warfare 3 free-to-play this weekend

>> Sniper Elite V2 Steam demo targets PC

Bigger More is better

Companies are becoming more and more ambitious with their projects

>> Borderlands 2 isn’t “wimpy”, with around 60 hours of gameplay

>> Peter Molyneux’s new studio swamped with over 1000 job applications

>> Leisure Suit Larry Kickstarter campaign uses breath spray, scores $500,000

Run and hide

PC’s swallowed a big lump knowing they are going to be tested.

>> Crysis 3 gameplay trailer

>> Max Payne 3 PC specs revealed

>> Crysis 3 getting DirectX 11 PC support from day one

Listen up

Developers spoke out; a little out of turn… gamers weren’t happy.

>> Dead Space dev calls Gears of War “atrocious”, then apologises for it

>> Blocking used games on next-gen consoles would be “absolutely awesome”, says Crytek

>> Ex-Infinity Warder Robert Bowling opens Robotoki

Buy, and you shall receive

People were very generous this week

>> Angry Birds Space gets new levels for free

>> Free-to-play Ghost Recon Online is “business design research” for Ubisoft

>> GOG adds free Machinarium, Witcher, other stuff to Botanicula

Features & columns

We also got up close and personal with Sleeping Dogs, had a look at how Prototype 2 fared, pondered what Kratos will shout about in the future, checked out the king of consoles, wondered if you should still even buy a console, checked out all the hullabaloo around Gunnar gaming glasses, and compared if a holiday or gaming is more expensive.

>> Sleeping Dogs preview – blood on our hands

>> Prototype 2 review roundup

>> God of War: What can we expect?

>> Best-selling consoles of all time

>> Should you buy a console?

>> Gunnar gaming glasses i-AMP technology detailed

>> Console gaming vs going on holiday: cost comparison

How was your week in gaming? Anything cool that you may of heard about or something you’re excited for? Let us know in the comments below and on the MyGaming forum.