Weekly Roundup: March 11th - March 17th

Games:
3/12 - "Dead Space 3, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Sleeping Dogs, And Forza Horizon DLC Available Today" (Game Informer)
3/12 - Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm (PC) --- Metacritic
3/12 - God of War: Ascension (PS3) --- Metacritic
3/12 - Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
3/12 - Darkstalkers Resurrection (PSN, XBLA) --- Metacritic (PS3) --- Metacritic (XBLA)
3/12 - GungHo Bringing Six More PSone Imports to North America via PSN (PS Blog)
3/13 - Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze (3DS)

Previews:
-Gears of War: Judgment ‘Epic Reaper’ enemy revealed; will be controlled by select players (VG24/7) --- 3/19 Release
-New Gears of War Judgment Trailer: Meet Kilo Squad
-Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Battle Trailer --- 3/19 Release
-Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Opening Cinematic
-Need for Speed Most Wanted U- Wii U Trailer --- 3/19 Release
-The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct - Behind the Scenes --- 3/22 Release
-Pandora's Tower 1st Official US Trailer --- 3/26 Release
-"Army of TWO the Devil's Cartel: Get the Demo!" (YouTube) --- 3/26 Release
-"BioShock Infinite - Combat Commentary" (IGN) --- 3/26 Release
-Bioshock Infinite "False Shepard" Trailer
-"Acclaimed Indie Adventure Machinarium Coming to PS Vita March 26th" (PS Blog)
-Halo 4 Castle Map Pack coming April 8 (MajorNelson) --- Trailer
-"Dishonored's second DLC, The Knife of Dunwall, launching April 16 for $10" (Polygon)
-Injustice: Gods among Us - Doomsday trailer --- 4/19 Release
-Injustice: Gods Among Us - Raven Trailer
-Injustice Gods Among Us Battle Arena
     Superman vs Green Arrow --- Batman vs Wonder Woman --- Aquaman vs Green Lantern

                                                          The Joker vs The Flash

-Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen: Sorcerer trailer --- 4/26 Release
-"Watch the Opening Moments of Lost Planet 3" (IGN) --- 6/25 Release

-Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - Reveal Trailer (IGN) --- Early 2013 Expected Release

-"Marvel Heroes: managing 100 Wolverines and Spider-Men in an MMO" (Polygon) --- Spring 2013 Release

-Marvel Heroes Iron Man Trailer --- Spring 2013 Release
-"Max and the Magic Marker sequel Curse of Brotherhood coming to XBLA this spring" (Polygon)
 -Civilization 5's Brave New World expansion delivers the Civil War, World Congress and more this summer (Polygon)
-"You need to put SteamWorld Dig on your 3DS eShop radar" (Destructoid) --- Mid-2013 Release
-Saints Row IV Announce Teaser --- 8/20 Release
   -Saints Row IV will be released for the PS3 and 360; it will not be Coming to the Wii U (Game Informer)
-"What’s next for Oddworld? Just Add Water speaks" (VG24/7)
-"The new Xbox: all confirmed Xbox 720 games in one place" (OXM)
-"PlayStation 3 Exclusive Rain Looks Dark and Dreary (But Pretty, Too)" (IGN) --- No Release Date Set

News:
-"EA says SimCity core server problems are ‘almost behind us" (VB)
-"SimCity's Disaster, and the Problem with Always-Online (And EA)" (Rev3Games)
-"Maxis looking into fixing SimCity traffic problems as complaints grow about pathfinding"
-"SimCity modded so it can be played offline indefinitely" (Eurogamer)
-PlayStation New Releases for the Week of March 11th 2013 (PS Blog)
-PlayStation Plus Update: Joe Danger 2 Free for Members, Huge Ubisoft Sale (PS Blog)
-"Nintendo tests the waters for new cartoon series based on Pikmin" (Polygon)
-"Black Ops 2 & FIFA 13 beat Dark Knight Rises as top UK entertainment releases" (VG24/7)

-"Battlefield 3 multiplayer update goes live ahead of End Game DLC release"(OXM)

-Netflix ISP Speed Index

-'Select Sony stores selling PS Vita 3G for $200' with data contract (joystiq)

-"Microtransactions coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops II" (Destructoid)

-"Call of Duty “has almost ruined a generation of shooter players,” says Tripwire Interactive" (PC Gamer)

-"VEVO App Gets Update on Xbox" - New always-on broadcast-style music and video channel (Major Nelson)
-Disney Delays Disney Infinity until August 18th, per Retailer's Suggestion (NYTimes)

-"Ubisoft: "fresh, different" Assassin's Creed 4 shows we've beaten annual release fatigue" (OXM)

-"Road Rash creator may consider Kickstarting series return if there's enough interest" (Polygon)

-Journey cost “multiple millions of dollars”, no royalties until Sony's Investment was recouped (VG24/7)

-"Fire Emblem: Awakening will receive free DLC maps, items via SpotPass through April"

-"New Pokémon Wii U game is the first to support NFC" (CVG)

-"Kojima suggests 'pilot episodes' for large next-gen games" (Destructoid)

-American McGee is trying to gauge interest in an Alice 3 with a Facebook post
-"GameStop reports 'strong PS4 demand'" (CVG)

-"Report: The ESRB Changes Its Marketing Requirements" (Game Informer)
-"ESRB Will Launch PSA Campaign to Educate Parents" (IGN)

-"Monster Hunter: Capcom “trying to make it work” in the west" (VG24/7)

-"God of War: Ascension players discover code mystery" (VG24/7)
-"God of War: Ascension's Trials of Archimedes to be nerfed" (Destructoid)
-"Controversial God of War: Ascension trophy altered in upcoming patch" (joystiq)

-Japan's Hardware and Software Sales for 3/4/13 – 3/10/13 (Gematsu)

-"Guardians of Middle-earth players can now battle it out as Saruman"

-"Indie Horror Hit Lone Survivor Coming to PS3 & PS Vita" (PS Blog)

-"The DTOID Show: Bros Before Hos, PS4, & Dishonored DLC!" (Destructoid)

-Nintendo Download Highlights - March 14th (Nintendo)

-"Nintendo loses 3DS tech infringement battle" (Gamasutra)
-"Wii U sales 'slower than expected' in 2013, says GameStop exec" (CVG)
-"UK retailer drops Wii U price to £190" (VG24/7)
-"Teen shoots parents with pistol, blames violent games" (Destructoid)

-"Cyberpunk 2077 first look - high tech, low life, long wait" (OXM)

-"Sniper Elite 3 confirmed for current and next-gen platforms" (CVG)

-Awesomenauts is getting another map (Destructoid)

-Amazon UK reduces the price of the WiiU by £50 (CVG)

-"USA Preorders Chart, 9 March 2013" (VG Chartz)

-"Nielsen: Majority Of PS3 Users' Time Spend On Media" (Game Informer)

-"Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams console release date set [3/20]" (Gematsu)

-"Sony rolls out another batch of free PSN credit in North America" (joystiq)

-"Adblock Plus founder: Google used Reader outcry to hide our Google Play takedown" (VB)
-"Twitch records strong growth, attracts 28m users in February" (MCV)
-"Twitch partners with Ubisoft for livestreaming from TrackMania 2, ShootMania Storm" (Polygon)

-"Dead Space 3 Leads U.S. Sales in February" (IGN)
-The week's top-selling games at retail in the U.S. (VGChartz) --- Global Sales

US 2012 Software Sales Total's (More info at vgchartz)