Yeah, we’re sorry, but it’s the Monday edition of the Gaming News Wrap. If we could control the days of the week, we’d give you an extended weekend. But we can’t, so you have the next best thing – the Gaming News Wrap.
Games
The Division April update: gear sets, bonuses and special talents explained- Destiny: here’s the PlayStation-exclusive content coming with the April update
- [GTA Online] New ‘Inch By Inch’ Mode & Vapid Minivan Coming April 12th + Double GTA$ & RP Playlists of Adversary Modes All This Week
- ARK: Survival Evolved’s extinction servers reset every month following a meteor hit
- Killing Floor 2 gets PvP versus mode and new map in free update
- Rust randomly assigns genders by SteamID, players confused and unhappy
- A Farewell To Arms – Nosgoth’s Final Days Are Upon Us
Sales & Discounts
- Alan Wake‘s DLC now free on Xbox
Play The Writer and The Signal on Xbox One. - This week’s PlayStation Store discounts: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, DLC deals and more
Big savings to be made on a huge stash of game add-ons this week
Consoles & Hardware
- The latest PS4 update does some cool, unannounced things
USB Music Player is back from the dead! - Senator Al Franken takes on Oculus over VR data mining
- Finally, HTC addresses Vive‘s messy European launch
- Steam Controller hardware revision incoming, following 400K original units shipped
Industry
- Tom Clancy’s The Division tops YouTube trending chart
- 475.5 million hours of esports consumed on Twitch from July-Dec 2015
- John Carmack given BAFTA fellowship – “thank you very much for this honour but I’m just getting started”
- Bullfrog ‘stopped being the same’ after EA takeover
- Dark Souls
- No Man’s Sky‘s cool soundtrack comes out alongside the game
- These new Warcraft: The Beginning posters show off the main cast
Interview
- The Making of Doom: id’s shooter masterpiece
- Microsoft on cross-network play, Xbox One dev kits and more
When will we see the announcements put into practice?
Opinion
- What went wrong with Quantum Break on PC?
Poor performance, UWP limitations, crashing Nvidia drivers – and a 50fps limit on 60Hz monitors. This isn’t good. - Digging into the exciting and unlikely fan-made KOTOR reboot Apeiron
- Why videogames aren’t funny
eSports
Videos
- Gears of War 4 First Story Trailer
Beta starts 18 April
Game releases 11 October
- Ratchet & Clank New Gameplay
- [Homefront: The Revolution] Explore a history preceding a Revolution
- [ARK: Survival Evolved] Spotlight: Woolly Rhino, Eurypterid, & Dunkleosteus!
- [Total War: Warhammer] Introducing… Manticores
- Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter First Footage
- Stellaris – Developers Aiming for the Stars – Pt. 1
- MXGP2 Launch Trailer
- The Walking Dead Season 1 Trailer – Recreated in Fallout 4
- David Hayter as Snake in Ford commercials
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