Happy The Witcher 3 day everyone. Yip, there’s that and more today in the Gaming News Wrap.
Games
Patch 1.01 (and even 1.02) for the PS 4 and Xbox One versions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available. The patch weighs in at 482MB on PS4 and 588MB on Xbox One. [More…]
Battlefield 4 has been updated with a new Squad Conquest mode being added. [More…]
A new patch for Driveclub has been released. Update 1.15 increases the level cap (to 55), allows players to customise the on-screen display, and more. It weighs in at around 300MB. [More…]
Need for Speed is returning with a reveal promised for 21 May via YouTube.
The first expansion for Civilization Beyond Earth will be available for PC this autumn (northern hemisphere) for £19.99, and is called ‘Rising Tide’. As the name suggests, you will be able to build floating settlements on the seas of an alien planet. [More…]
Sales & Discounts
This week’s Deals with Gold reveal discounts on Dragon Age, Metal Gear Solid, Mafia and more across both Xbox One and Xbox 360.
Consoles & Hardware
Sony’s Project Morpheus will launch before June 2016 according to a new report. That however may only be in Japan.
Industry
It seems that the cancellation of P.T. and Silent Hills by Konami was as much of a surprise to Guillermo Del Toro as it was to the rest of us – at least in terms of the abruptness of the cancellation. [More…]
Square Enix has rescheduled its E3 press conference to avoid a clash with Nintendo. The new time for Square Enix is 6pm UK time (7pm SA time) on 16 June.
GTA V has sold five million copies in the UK. That’s physical copies sold, not digital downloads. [More…] The game has in fact sold “nearly” a total of 52 million physical units to retailers across all formats.
Ex-Mass Effect lead, Casey Hudson, has joined Microsoft as Creative Director at Microsoft Studios. [More…]
A new report suggests 3D Realms may be planning to reclaim the Duke Nukem IP.
The Orc warchief – Orgrim – from the World of Warcraft movie has been revealed, played by Robert Kazinsky.
Screenshots & Concept Art
Videos
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available from today. So there’s a launch trailer. Of course.
https://youtu.be/oh3cnEkN3iA
Find out more about how MMOs work in this new video for The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited.
Some more dual play action from Batman Arkham Knight.
Doom has a teaser for E3. The first gameplay reveal for the game will be shown at Bethesda’s E3 Showcase on Sunday 14 June. Meanwhile, footage from the canned Doom 4 has appeared on the internet.
Life is Strange, episode 3, has a new trailer. It’s all about the chaos theory. The episode is available from today.
https://youtu.be/DZ-Vzi0GjnA
Check out the difference in the graphics of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt across the minimum/maximum settings on PC. Nvidia has also released its game-ready drivers.
Red Dead Redemption gets a tribute via the GTA V Rockstar Editor.