Gaming News Wrap [1 Jul 2016]

Well how about that? Six months of the year gone already. We think it’s the Gaming News Wrap that makes time fly like that… but we might be wrong.

Games

• Overwatch: Blizzard “exploring options” regarding Zenyatta
• Battlefield 1
  • Battlefield 1 alpha is “very exclusive, very small,” says EA
  • Leaked Battlefield 1 closed alpha screens show server browser, loadout UI, lobbies, more
• Hitman‘s fifth Elusive Target launches [today]
• Quake Champions
  • Why It’s So Important Quake Champions Runs at 120Hz
    “That’s why it’s a PC game. No excuses. No limitations.”
• Street Fighter 5 characters who didn’t make the cut revealed
  Fighting Literary Master! Fighting President! Clumsy Cutie! More!

Sales & Discounts

• Rumor: Xbox Summer Sale to begin next week; Dark Souls 3, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and more to be on sale
• Those who own BioShock or BioShock 2 on Steam get remaster upgrade free

Consoles & Hardware

• PS4 Neo news, rumours, specs and more: what we think we know about Sony’s new console
• Sony may release a PS4 Slim as well as the PS4 Neo, analyst says

Industry

• Windows 10 Anniversary Update releases in August – Xbox Play Anywhere, unified stores, more
• Dragon’s Crown pulled from PlayStation Store in Europe
• Now you can broadcast yourself eating on Twitch

Interviews

• Destiny: Rise of Iron – Scott Taylor on nerfing Gjallarhorn, the new raid and calling time on Xbox 360 and PS3

Hints & Tips

• Prison Architect guide: How to get started on PS4, Xbox and PC

Videos

• BioShock: The Collection finally announced
  Three games, new commentary, all single-player DLC. Arrives 13 September in US and 16 September in Europe.

• XCOM 2 – Shen’s Last Gift DLC Launch Trailer

• Neverwinter – Official Announce Trailer | PS4
  Out on 19 July.

• Total War: WARHAMMER – Blood for the Blood God

• Street Fighter V ‘A Shadow Falls’ Cinematic Story DLC Launch Trailer

• The King of Fighters XIV: Team South America

• CIVILIZATION VI – First Look: Builders

• Scorn is H.R. Giger-inspired nightmare fuel

• Help: The Game

• Titans of Space 2.0 – Early Access Trailer #1

• Death’s Gambit – Bosses Trailer

• Final Fantasy Brave Exvius – Out Now!
  …for iOS and Android devices.

• CSR2 – Launch Trailer

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