{"id":9575,"date":"2011-01-23T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"mygaming-weekly-roundup-17-23-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/9575-mygaming-weekly-roundup-17-23-jan","title":{"rendered":"MyGaming weekly roundup (17-23 Jan)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The past week was a busy one. The science community unleashed some interesting studies and experiemnts involving our favourite pastime. The Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition was launched, and with it, news of plenty of wacky and fantastic gaming achievements. The Nintendo 3DS was officially unveiled, along with pricing info.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is suffering at the hands of PS3 hackers, and a sequel has been confirmed. Activision set their lawyers loose upon a StarCraft 2 modder for using official tools, but Blizzard soon weighed in to set the record straight.<\/p>\n

In case you missed anything, below is a roundup of all the interesting and noteworthy stories from the past week.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dead Space 2 trailer makes moms angry, afraid<\/a><\/p>\n

Analyst: console prices will drop this year<\/a><\/p>\n

Brain scans reveal video game skill potential<\/a>

PC Gamer declares Deus Ex best game ever<\/a><\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops ‘First Strike’ DLC revealed<\/a><\/p>\n

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth to be a 10 episode web series<\/a><\/p>\n

Closing Modern Warfare 2 PS3 servers a “viable solution”<\/a><\/p>\n

Nintendo 3DS gets release date and price<\/a><\/p>\n

Peter Molyneux to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

SA indie dev’s Desktop Dungeons clone quashed<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, there will be a Modern Warfare 3 this year<\/a><\/p>\n

Duke Nukem Forever release date announced<\/a><\/p>\n

Study: Games don’t make kids fat<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/p>\n

Features<\/strong><\/p>\n

January game release calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

Are you a video game addict?<\/a><\/p>\n

Video gaming enters the realm of microbiology<\/a><\/p>\n

Bethesda unveils Skyrim’s Creation Engine<\/a><\/p>\n

The Top 5 Most Influential Gamers<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

LittleBigPlanet 2 review roundup<\/a><\/p>\n

The Best Video Game Character of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n

Gaming World Record blow-out<\/a><\/p>\n

Three in-game secrets you didn’t know<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Hardcore<\/p>\n

PC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blizzard weighs in on “World of StarCraft” fiasco<\/a><\/p>\n

PC exclusive MMORTS Dawn of Fantasy announced<\/a><\/p>\n

Mod support confirmed for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim<\/a><\/p>\n

Activision halts “World of StarCraft” creators<\/a><\/p>\n

\"World<\/p>\n

PS3<\/strong><\/p>\n

PS3 hacking fallout continues<\/a><\/p>\n

Killzone 3 “feels more fluid”, “stutters less”, has “fewer points of irritation”<\/a><\/p>\n

Hackers ruining Modern Warfare 2 on PS3<\/a><\/p>\n

Gran Turismo 5 remote racing arrives in February<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Killzone<\/p>\n

Xbox 360<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crysis 2 multiplayer demo will be Xbox 360 exclusive<\/a><\/p>\n

Xbox LIVE Marketplace attractions (24 Jan – 2 Feb 2011)<\/a><\/p>\n

Xbox LIVE free-for-all next weekend<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey, what’s “Gears of War: Exile”?<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft: The Xbox “isn’t a gaming console”<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Crysis<\/p>\n

Columns<\/strong><\/p>\n

What makes gaming so special?<\/a><\/p>\n

Screenshots<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dawn of Fantasy screens<\/a><\/p>\n

LittleBigPlanet 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Asura’s Wrath<\/a><\/p>\n

Test Drive Unlimited 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Top Spin 4 screenshots<\/a><\/p>\n

Videos<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bulletstorm weapons trailer<\/a><\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops – First Strike DLC<\/a><\/p>\n

Asura’s Wrath trailer<\/a><\/p>\n

Dead Space 2 “Through the eyes of a Necromorph” trailer<\/a><\/p>\n

Red Faction Armageddon Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gaming goes scientific, Activision get sticky about a StarCraft 2 mod, Nintendo 3DS details emerge, and gaming world records are broken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}