Gaming News Wrap [13 Jan 2016]

It’s a surprisingly jampacked edition of the Gaming News Wrap, so we’ll let you get straight into it.

Games

• Ubisoft re-confirms For Honor will have a single-player campaign
• The Gruesome Level Design Of Doom
• GTA 5
  • Actor behind GTA 5’s Franklin is teasing something, yet again
  • This new phone number is the latest GTA 5 secret the community is trying to figure out
• Quick Rainbow Six Siege patch punishes exploiters
• Here’s the patch notes for Battlefield Hardline: Getaway and base game update
• Metal Gear Online Beta Live
• Kombat Pack 2 Buyers To Receive Bonus Mortal Kombat X DLC For Free
• Psychonauts 2 crowdfunding campaign closes with $3.8 million raised
• Classic Psychonauts Comes to PS4 This Spring
• The Banner Saga is now available on PS4 and Xbox One
• Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Collection announced
• Final Fantasy 15 to feature battle modes instead of traditional difficulty settings
• Guild Wars 2: huge year of updates kicks off January 26
• Randy Pitchford and Penn Jillette remaking Desert Bus for virtual reality

Issues impacting players' ability to complete the Nightfall have been resolved. Thanks for your patience.

— Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) January 12, 2016

Sad announcement: due to last-minute complications with ratings/cert, GH Console is delayed in EU/AUS regions. https://t.co/ctq8ducmVe

— Gone Home (@GoneHomeGame) January 12, 2016

Sales & Discounts

• Essentials Sale Marks Down PlayStation Titles Across All Platforms
• EA launches Origin Access for PC

Consoles & Hardware

• It’s time for another very boring Wii U system software update

Industry

• Epic Apologizes to Muslim Man Blocked From Paragon Beta Sign-up
• Rockstar North Boss Leslie Benzies Is Out After Nearly Two Decades
• Steam‘s sale changes were a huge success
• The 10 most metal video games of all time
• Alton Towers announces first VR rollercoaster
• Respawn seeks a Level Designer for unannounced project

eSports

• Smite World Championship Final Placements – PC & Xbox
• Norwegian high school puts e-sports and gaming on the timetable

Videos

• Homefront: The Revolution “This is Philadelphia” Trailer (Official)
  Release date: 17 and 20 May | Xbox One beta coming

• Tom Clancy’s The Division ‘- Agent Journey’

• Dying Light Dev Tools – Co-Op & PvP Update

• Mortal Kombat X: Kombat Pack 2 Gameplay Trailer

• EA SPORTS UFC 2 | Gameplay Series: KO Physics, Submissions, Grappling, Defense

• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India – Launch Trailer

• Special Skills to Survive The Deadly Tower of Monsters

• [Diablo 3] Patch 2.4.0 now live

• Greymane Spotlight – Heroes of the Storm

• [Hearthstone] Designer Insights with Ben Brode: Content Updates

• Payday 2: The Goat Simulator Heist Trailer

• Bloodborne player beats the game without dodging

• Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 The Last ‘Sakura and Hinata vs. Naruto and Sasuke’ Gameplay

• Pulp Fiction recreated in GTA V

• Cool BioShock Infinite-themed Fallout 4 settlement puts Columbia in the Commonwealth

• Pyramid Head’s Great Knife (Silent Hill) – MAN AT ARMS: REFORGED