Weekly Wrap-Up: G4 Is Going To PAX East 2012 Edition

G4 is heading to PAX East 2012! Every year, PAX seems to get bigger and better, with huge gaming companies like Microsoft, 2K Games, and even Nintendo coming out to Boston to take part in the amazing fan-based convention. X-Play will be shooting live on Sunday, so you'll get the chance to see Adam, Morgan, and Blair in action if you're attending. You won't want to miss it! Before you check all of the PAX 2012 details out, watch our excellent slate of weekly webshows:

• Feedback: The Feedback crew covers Assassin's Creed 3 and Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
• The MMO Report: Casey covers the latest MMO news. 
• Sessler's Soapbox: Adam talks about BioShock Infinite's heavy hitters.
• Fresh Ink: Blair Butler talks the latest and greatest comics.

And now for the news...

Monday

• This weekend we got the chance to hop in to the Guild Wars 2 beta and answer your questions about the upcoming MMORPG from ArenaNet.
• Over 10 million people have downloaded Angry Birds Space.
• Konami confirms that the release of the PS Vita game Silent Hill: Book of Memories has been delayed.
• The long-in-development BioShock movie loses its second director due and is now on hold once more.
• Some new images of the enemies in Naughty Dog's The Last of Us are now online, and they're looking pretty nasty.
• Check out our preview of Assassin's Creed 3.
• The Wii U release of Assassin's Creed 3 will take advantage of the console's tablet controller in some unique ways.
• A bunch of World of Darkness details have come out of Iceland. Enjoy them.
• Eve Online players can now buy an Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 with PLEX.
• The BioShock fan film, New Year's End, by Jared Potter transports us to a very significant event in Rapture's history.
• Writer Marc Andreyko reviews comic books Heart, John Carter, Luther Strode and more on Fresh Ink Online
• Robert Bowling has resigned from Activision.
• Let's take a closer look at what it's like to be a female gamer in the world of multiplayer games.
• In our latest Assassin's Creed 3 gameplay video, we get a close-up look at the franchise's newest Native American assassin, Ratohnhak
• Check out this co-op video from Starhawk.
• Witness the unholy, dead-raising talents of BioShock Infinite's Heavy Hitter class, the Siren.
• Check out the details for Eve Online's "Inferno" Expansion.
• Watch exclusive clips from "Once in a Lifetime: The Rock vs. John Cena."

Tuesday

• Check out the Siren from Bioshock Infinite: She's very scary!
• Check out these amazing special editions for Assassin's Creed 3.
• Check out X-Play's exclusive preview of Sniper Elite V2.
• We got a teased image for a mysterious Spy vs. Spy game.
• Minecraft's parent company, Mojang, has made over 80 million bucks.
• There's a date for the South Park XBLA game. It's coming on March 30.
• Get yourself clean with video game soap!
• Just in time for all new episodes of Bomb Patrol Afghanistan, we check out the Most Anticipated Military Games.
• Epic Mickey for the 3DS will be a sequel to Castle of Illusion, originally release on the Mega Drive.
• Households using the Xbox 360 more for watching movies and TV shows than using the console to play video games online.
• PlayStation Plus members are getting access to the Ghost Recon: Future Soldier beta.
• Check out our review of Vessel.
• Learn how to solve each puzzle on any difficulty level in our Silent Hill: Downpour Puzzle Guide.
• In this week's that Indie Column, we try to keep one step ahead of the Thin Man in the new indie horror title, Lone Survivor.
• BioWare's ill-fated Mass Effect FPS, Mass Effect: Team Assault never saw a release date
• 'Mass Effect 3' gets a 70's style sitcom makeover.

Wednesday

• Upcoming civil planning simulator SimCity will require EA's Origin and always-on Internet.
• Obsidian is working on a Kickstarter project.
• Have you ever wondered why there are no female assassins in Assassin's Creed? Here's why.
• Check out our review of Ninja Gaiden 3.
• Journey costumes are coming to LittleBigPlanet next month.
• Did the Smithsonian mess up its video games exhibit?
• Check out our preview of SimCity.
• In this Max Payne 3 multiplayer video you'll get to check out Rockstar's latest efforts to bring cinematic shooting in to the online
• A few Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 2 multiplayer details may have been leaked via a thread on Activision's forums.
• Apple products are now safely in half of American homes.
• Check out our gameplay footage from Forces of Nature, the latest Gears of War 3 DLC.
• Let's take a trip down memory lane this week on Feedback.
• The next PlayStation console, the PS4, may be called Orbis.
• Is there a free-to-play game on the scale of Skyrim coming soon?
• We take a look at some of the great female game designers of Japan and how they changed the world of gaming forever.
• The Transformers: Fall of Cybertron release date has been announced.
• Kid Icarus Uprising, Metal Gear Solid 3D Discounts in This Week in Game Deals
• Stephen Johnson takes on one of the classic FPS, Doom, has tries not to suck at games.
• BioWare has been hard at work on the SWTOR content update 1.2.
• Check out previews for three upcoming Xbox Live Arcade titles.

Thursday

• Polytron's long-awaited platformer Fez will finally be coming to Xbox Live Arcade in April 2012.
• BioWare promises more free multiplayer content from the upcoming Operation Raptor promotion for Mass Effect 3.
• EA Sports confirms plans to release the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament as downloadable content for FIFA 12.
• There seems to be some serious confusion with regards to what the exact U.S. release date was for Super Mario Bros.
• Irrational's Ken Levine could be on Time's 100 list.
• Industry analyst Michael Pachter thinks the next-gen won't block used games.
• Check out the video below in which great viral videos are made in Minecraft.
• Check out our hands-on preview of Max Payne 3's multiplayer.
• THQ "Refocuses" Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium From MMO To Single-Player.
• We look at some of the best social games that you can get your hands on right now.
• Check out Kim Swift's Quantum Conundrum in action.
• Casey's back and talking EVE Fan Fest, Phantasy Star Online 2, and answering your e-mails in Uncle Casey's Mail Bag
• If your temple, dungeon, or bedroom needs some light, might I recommend this triforce lamp.
• Adam discusses the creativity and potential he sees in the Bioshock Infinite enemies that have been revealed in the Heavy Hitters ser
• Need helping getting laid in Mass Effect 3? You've clicked the right link, this is our Mass Effect 3 Romance Guide.
• We're heading out to PAX East this year and here's what you need to know before leaving for Boston.
• This week in Tech Junkies we're going to be focusing on the Razer Onza TE Xbox 360/PC controller and the Chimaera 5.1 headset.

Friday

• Microsoft will be bringing an array of upcoming XBLA games to PAX East 2012 for hands-on play.
• A new trailer surfaces for the Japan-exclusive PlayStation 3 game Tokyo Jungle, and it's awesome.
• A shipment of cupcakes sent to BioWare in protest of the Mass Effect 3 ending are donated to charity.
• Insomniac's never-revealed, never-released pinball game, 1080Pinball, put in an appearance on Facebook.
• An upcoming Portal-inspired fan film, Aperture: Lab Ratt, gets a new Companion Cube-toting trailer.
• Disney's Epic Mickey 2 has been confirmed for both PC and Mac.
• According to the game's lead designer, Eve Online is boring on purpose.
• PlanetSide 2 is a MMO shooter and it's currently in Alpha.
• The day has finally come; we are going to talk about Mass Effect 3's ending on Feedback.
• Find the best that mobile gaming has to offer when you check out this week's Knuckle Up.
• We bring in a panel of cosplay judges to find out who's got the right stuff in the world of video game fashion.
• Rock Band maker Harmonix will be showing off a new game next week on X-Play.