The Week in Gaming News

Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of January 23, 2012.

• Nintendo is considering rebranding the Wii U.
• A new trailer shows off Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer.
• Portal’s lead developer Kim Swift talks through her new game Quantum Conundrum in this video.
• A new side-scrolling Mario game is set to hit the 3DS.
• The Witcher 2 is headed to Xbox 360 on April 17.
• Netflix has dropped its plans to offer videogame rentals.
• Sources report that the next Xbox may not play used games.
• Blizzard has stated that there will be no Blizzcon in 2012.
• Ken Levine talked to Rock Paper Shotgun about BioShock: Infinite’s 1999 mode.