Wash away you work week wariness with the Friday edition of the Gaming News Wrap.
Games
- You get to pre-load The Division beta 48 hours before launch
- Select Dying Light community maps to be made available on consoles
- Uncharted 4 release date, launch details and special editions – everything you need to know
- Overwatch closed beta delayed until February
- [Destiny] Bungie Weekly Update – 01/21/2016
- Upcoming Star Wars Battlefront free DLC includes new map, outfits, private matches, more
- Star Wars Battlefront 3 footage emerges from apparent leak
- Street Fighter 5 beta update reveals multiple alternate costumes
- Rock Band 4 patch delayed
- The entirety of GTA 5 map is being remade in Minecraft
- Blizzard reveals new Wizard and Necromancer characters for Heroes of the Storm
- Long War team are making mods for XCOM 2
- Splatoon‘s final new map rolls out tomorrow
Sales & Discounts
Consoles & Hardware
- Xbox One backward compatibility: every major game tested
- The Witcher 2 headlines Xbox One January back-compatibility games [Along with Counter-Strike: GO, Skullgirls and Soulcalibur]
Industry
- Black Ops 3, Minecraft and Destiny ruled the PlayStation Store in 2015
- Warner accused of abandoning Mortal Kombat X PC players
- 505 Games switches focus to developing its own IP
- Unravel trademark application refused by United States Patent Office
eSports
Videos
- [Star Citizen] Squadron 42: Behind the Scenes – Gillian Anderson
- [eSports WRC] – Tournament Presentation