Weekly Wrap-Up: Skyrim Edition

I know you're all groggy and probably haven't slept in over 48 hours. I get it. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is out and it has taken over your life. I'm in the same boat, friends. But I think it's time for a small break from that video game so you can recap the week's news about other video games. Go ahead, take a look at the goods.

• Feedback: The Feedback team discuss CoD: Modern Warfare 3.
• The MMO Report: Casey covers the latest MMO news.
• Sessler's Soapbox: Adam Sessler talks about the Assassin's Creed movie.
• Fresh Ink: Blair Butler talks the latest and greatest comics. 

And now for the news...

Monday

• A pair of masked men made off with 6,000 copies of Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 yesterday.
• Check out these zombie survival tips in this week's Links of TheFeed!
• Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander will be the featured player on the cover of 2K Games' MLB 2K12.
• Mojang's world-building PC game Minecraft has sold more than four million copies despite the fact that it hasn't been released.
• Square Enix details its upcoming Dragon Quest 10 beta test, with plans to start accepting applications this month.
• Jonah Hill and Sam Worthington step out onto the Call of Duty battlefield together for a Modern Warfare 3 trailer.
• According to Microsoft, there will be no bans for early players of Modern Warfare 3.
• Check out our list of the worst gaming peripherals ever.
• Check out our new releases list to find out what new games are hitting your favorite platforms.
• A 13-minute video of Mass Effect 3 gameplay leaked due to "human error" on Microsoft's end this past Friday
• Check out our guide to the story and characters of the Modern Warfare series.
• Gameplay videos have been popping up showing Werewolves in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrm.
• The Steam User's Forums are temporarily offline for maintenance after hacker group Fkn0wned breached the website.
• In celebration of the Kinect's one-year anniversary Microsoft has announced Kinect would be coming to Windows.
• A new post from MSNerd has given a lot of unconfirmed details on the next gen Xbox 360 which most are calling the Xbox 720.
• A ton of details may have leaked out about Grand Theft Auto 5. Totally unconfirmed, but interesting.
• Don't expect controversy in the single-player of Modern Warfare 3.
• The first image from BioWare's new game has been released.
• Modern Warfare 3 Deals In This Week in Game Deals: November 6th - November 12th
• True Blood’s Michael McMillian reviews Swamp Thing, Planet of the Apes, X-Men on Fresh Ink Online.
• Check out the video of Ni No Kuni's cinematics.
• The countdown to Modern Warfare 3 is almost over. Find out all the details in our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Launch Guide.
• Blair Herter recently took a trip to Vegas for UFC 137 and got his hands on one of the most realistic fighting simulator coming to consoles next year,
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be released in a few short weeks so that means it's time for Nintendo to rev up their cmapaig
• Skyrim fan, and I assume all around badass, Dan Bull has put together a Skyrim rap unlike no other. I

Tuesday

• Check out our entire CoD: Modern Warfare 3 review for more information.
• A full Japanese-language trailer for Takashi Miike's film adaptation of the Phoenix Wright games has arrived.
• Animal rights organization PETA calls out Battlefield 3 for a scene involving the stabbing of a rat.
• BioWare confirms that "internal story files" for Mass Effect 3 have leaked, revealing "out of date" info about the game's plot.
• Activision's plan to launch Call of Duty Elite alongside Modern Warfare 3 suffers some technical setbacks.
• Nintendo will release a Zelda-themed 3DS bundled with Ocarina of Time as part of the series' ongoing 25th anniversary celebration.
• Check out the first 15 minutes of Modern Warfare 3.
• Check out our guide to Call of Duty Elite.
• CoD: MW3 has claimed the title of Amazon's bestselling video game pre-order ever.
• Danny Bilson has confirmed Saints Row 4 on X-Play.
• Infinity Ward is positively magnanimous in victory.
• Skyrim is coming, which means you need to be familiar with the lands you'll explore. Check out the trailer to do just that.
• Adam Sessler talks with Diablo 3's art director Christian Lichtner about the final stages of the game's development.
• Adam discusses the supposedly unprecedented deal Ubisoft has made with Sony Pictures to make the Assassin's Creed movie.
• The Feed got to speak with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 composer Brian Tyler about the game's music and its soundtrack album.
• Check out our list of games that come out today that are not Modern Warfare 3.
• X-Play is breaking down the Call of Duty series in time for the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
• Check out our multiplayer Modern Warfare 3 guide.
• Check out our guide to free indie games!
• Take Two has delayed XCOM until 2013.
• Ubisoft has confirmed what we basically already knew, another Assassin's Creed title was planned for 2012.
• Check out X-Play's video review of Modern Warfare 3.

Wednesday

• A BioWare Q&A with Mass Effect 3 producer Jesse Houston reveals some new facts about the March release.
• ThinkGeek's amazing Cave Johnson Talking Portrait will be the highlight of some Portal 2 fan's holiday.
• Activision's reveals a sizable dip in the number of WoW subscribers during yesterday's third-quarter investor's call.
• Rumor debunked. Yesterday's news of a BioShock: Infinite add-on for the PlayStation Move turns out to be false.
• Skyward Sword producer Eiji Aonuma reveals that Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto is considering a return to 2D Zelda games of old.
• The next Call of Duty game is planned for 2012 release.
• A bunch of changes are coming to Xbox.com in the coming days.
• To celebrate the launch of the remake, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Microsoft is holding massive launch parties at MS Store acro
• Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Black Ops has sold almost 15 million units since its November 2010 release.
• Watch as our hero leaps a motorcycle through a billboard into a horde of Zombies in this moment from Saints Row: The Third.
• Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Guide.
• Winter isn't the only thing coming. Atlus has announced a Game of Thrones RPG is in the works.
• Todd Howard says that you can actually play Skyrim forever.
• This week on Feedback the team talks GTA 5 and CoD: Modern Warfare 3.
• The next core Super Mario Bros game to rock your world is Super Mario 3D Land.
• According to a report from market research firm Newzoo, free-to-play game spending has increased to $4.9 billion since 2010.
• AdultSwim is trying their hand at Facebook games with their browser game Hemp Tycoon
• Check out these Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer pro tips.

Thursday

• Grab your sword and Dragonborn helmet and check out our full The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim review.
• Lucasfilm domain registrations hint at something called Star Wars: Identities, which LucasArts confirms is not a video game.
• Techland's new console patch for Dead Island adds quite a bit to the open-world zombie game.
• The Australian Classification Board hsues a rating for The Simpsons Arcade Game, hinting at a console release for the coin-op classic
• Sony officially confirms that Naughty Dog's Jak and Daxter series will be released as a collection.
• Beenox has released some concept art for its game adaptation of next year's The Amazing Spider-Man film.
• Beachhead Studios' Daniel Suarez urges fans to be patient as work continues on fixing Call of Duty Elite.
• Check out our list of crimes committed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
• Is the Xbox 720 going to be debuting in time for a holiday 2012 release?
• Check out Lady Eva, Evony's sexy new mascot!
• Square Enix has announced the pre-order bonuses as well as a beautiful collector's edition for Final Fantasy 13-2.
• The countdown to The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is almost over. Find out all the details in our Skyrim Launch Guide.
• Check out the Assassin's Creed: Revelations launch trailer.
• Check out our guide to Modern Warfare 3's Spec Ops Survival.
• If you want to earn enough XP to qualify for a mystery prize you must ask Feedback a question
• Have you ever felt enough rage when you're killed by an enemy in a game, that you just wanted to lay in to the helpless beasts with a
• Walmart's Black Friday deals start on Thanksgiving this year, don't miss it!
• Check out our comprehensive guide to MW3's Spec Ops.
• Check out the first 15 minutes of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
• Casey drops in to discuss DC Universe Online's move to free-to-play, Star Wars: The Old Republic's servers, and WTF Second Life.
• THQ has announced the Saint's Row: The Third Season Pass.
• Steam has been hacked and a database compromised.
• Modern Warfare 3 moves a massive amount of copies on day one.
• Check out our review of Rayman Origins to see if it's a return to platforming form.
• EA president Frank Gibeau mentioned the future of Battlefield and mentioned there was going to be a Battlefield 4.
• More rumors about the next God of War title, God of War 4, have been circulating the webernets thanks to New Zealand retail listing.
• Gotham City Impostors will be available on January 10, 2012.

Friday

• Read our Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword review.
• Does Saints Row: The Third live up to the hype? Find out in our review.
• We help you out with your first moments in Skryim with our starter guide.
• Check out our list of the top animals in video games.