Yes, we missed the wrap yesterday, but we didn’t notice any panic by people thinking it was the apocalypse, so we can only guess, you’re all actually on holiday while we’re not. Oh well, here’s the last 48 hours of news and videos in our normally easy to digest Gaming News Wrap.
Games
- Forge Mode, New Multiplayer Maps and More Now Available for Free in Halo 5: Guardians
- Just Cause 3 Patch 1.02 – An update for our fans
- Rainbow Six Siege team killers are at the mercy of the auto-kick feature
- 5 things you need to know about The Surge, from the team behind Lords Of The Fallen
- Ark: Survival Evolved Xbox One Getting Two-Player Local Split-Screen
- The Executives & Other Criminals Event Weekend in GTA Online: Dec 16th – 20th
- Rock Band 4 finally lets European PS4 users export tracks from RB3
Songs from older games coming in January. - Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 has some unexpected inspirations
- Huge update inbound for Minecraft console versions
- Digital Foundry vs Assassin’s Creed Syndicate PC
- Steam reveals Dark Souls 3 PC specs
- Street Fighter V third beta fully detailed
- Did you delete P.T.? You might be able to get it back
- [StarCraft 2] Karax now Available in Legacy of the Void Co-op Missions!
- The Banner Saga gets PS4 and Xbox One release date [Mid-January 2016]
- The Elder Scrolls: Legends delayed until 2016
Next Iron Banner? December 29th. Once SRL concludes, Lord Saladin returns to the Tower. Gear announcements to come. Stay tuned.
— Bungie (@Bungie) December 15, 2015
Sales & Discounts
- Max: The Curse of Brotherhood unexpectedly free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers
- Get GTA 5 for 40% off on Steam this week
- Rockstar sale offers 30% off games and merchandise for a whole week
- Steam Winter Sale dates leaked by PayPal
Consoles & Hardware
- The retail PlayStation VR‘s processing box is about the size of a Wii
- Xbox One Twitch app gets an upgrade with Host Mode and Recent Activity Hub
- Here Are The New Xbox One Backward Compatibility Titles Playable Today
- Send your suggestions to Sony if you want a PS2 game on PS4
- Steam beta update allows use of Steam Controller configs on any PC, without logging in
Industry
- Hacker group Phantom Squad launches DDOS attack against Xbox Live
- “New Metal Gear”: Konami recruiting to replace KojiPro
- Rare and the rise and fall of Kinect
- Square Enix exec quits after decade at Crystal Dynamics
- Rocket League revenue tops $50 million
- Riot Games now owned entirely by Tencent
Videos
- Hideo Kojima
- Mafia 3: 12 Minutes of Developer-Narrated Gameplay – IGN First
- What Mysteries Await? | Dying Light: The Following Story Teaser
- Tom Clancy’s The Division – Official Live Action Trailer “Silent Night”
- Tom Clancy’s The Division – Player Stories
- Gameplay Info – Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Street Fighter V – Opening Cinematic
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada – Imperium Trailer
- Star Citizen
- Lunara Spotlight – Heroes of the Storm
- Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen PC Trailer
- Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Backyard Battleground Gameplay Reveal
- Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 4 ‘Wither Storm Finale’ Trailer [Available from 22 December]
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 English Demo Footage
- Freefall in The Deadly Tower of Monsters
- Time Lapse Walk Across GTA I to V
- Real life Destiny armor
UPCOMING GAMING EVENTS 
