The Week in Gaming News

Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of February 28th, 2011.

• Rockstar Games released a trailer for “The Naked City,” a pre-order bonus for upcoming detective crime thriller L.A.Noire.
• Jean-François Dugas, game director on Deus Ex: Human Revolution tweeted that the game would announce its release date next week.
• Despite previous rumors, Halo developer Bungie is not making an MMO.
• The makers of Scribblenauts are developing a multiplayer shooter entitled Hybrid which uses a unique new type of combat.
• Tim Schafer announced Double-Fine’s new new game Trenched at the GDC awards, showing off a cool trailer in addition to his many faces.
• Upcoming Star Wars MMO The Old Republic released info on a new class: The Bounty Hunter

And from Paste’s own news coverage:
• Nintendo president Satoru Iwata showed off a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword at his GDC keynote speech.
• We took a look at the history of the Uncharted movie.
• The GDC and IGF awards were held at GDC this past week. Red Dead Redemption and Minecraft won big.
• A Devil May Cry movie adaptation is in the works.
• Our games editor Kirk Hamilton took a look back at Dragon Age
• And finally, check out our review of Bulletstorm from Epic Games.