Gaming News Wrap [22 Jun 2016]

Another day, another Gaming News Wrap. And we’re pleased to say it’s filled to the brim with gaming goodness.

Games

• Overwatch
  • Overwatch: Preview of Gold Weapons (Competitive Mode Rewards) from PTR
  • Overwatch is dropping “Avoid this Player” matchmaking option
• The Division: State of the Game
• Witcher 3 patch 1.22 fixes floating body parts and lots more
• God of War
  • God of War gives Kratos an “unexpected opportunity to master his rage”
  • God of War won’t follow up on Ascension’s multiplayer mode
• Mass Effect: Andromeda about “shades of grey”, not Paragon/Renegade morality
• Meet Halo 5‘s new boss, then kill it with this new vehicle
• Bespin DLC and big patch released for Star Wars: Battlefront
• Fallout 4 Contraptions Workshop DLC launches today
• GTA Online has a new fastest supercar and it’s released today
• Injustice 2: NetherRealm taking a “more aggressive” approach to DLC
• Fable Fortune Kickstarter cancelled – but funding secured for Steam closed beta
• Minecraft‘s new Battle Mode season pass costs £7.99
• Why The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is getting voice acting and sci-fi elements
  Zelda’s producers wants to touch players’ hearts and surprise them
• Mighty No. 9 gets off to a rocky start
• Steam game’s £27 DLC is a PDF certificate
  Really.

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— DOOM (@DOOM) June 20, 2016

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— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) June 19, 2016

Sales & Discounts

• PlayStation Plus gets an EU open weekend this Friday
• PlayStation Store: Square Enix Sale
• This Sonic Humble Bundle collects 25 years of history

Consoles & Hardware

• PlayStation 4 firmware update 3.55 released

Industry

• Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux debacle
  As many as 10 million PS3 console owners will be eligible for payment.
• Vivendi increases stake in Ubisoft once again, just days after E3 2016
• Overwatch and League of Legends Battle It Out in South Korea
• Burnout Dev’s Extreme Sports Game Canceled and Here’s Why
  Criterion is instead focusing on Star Wars projects, though it’s also experimenting to make new IP.
• Dead by Daylight sells 270k copies in a week
  Steam best-seller has already recouped its development costs.
• Star Citizen Changes Terms of Service to Make it More Difficult to Get a Refund
• Original Resident Evil 2 director says he pestered Capcom for a remake
• Keiji Inafune says Mighty No. 9’s launch version is “better than nothing”
• Murky world of PC game key reselling exposed by indie developer
• Tencent to buy Supercell, maker of ‘Clash of Clans’
• Harvey Smith wants Dishonored to become a pen and paper RPG

Previews

• Zoids not zombies: Horizon presents a brighter post-apocalypse

Interviews

• The Last Guardian: 5 Storytelling Secrets

Opinions

• Overwatch: The fight for and against hero stacking

Videos

• Paragon – Khaimera Overview

• The Technomancer Gameplay Trailer

• Umbrella Corps – Available Now!

• Deadlight: Director’s Cut Launch Trailer

• Absolver Gameplay Demo

• The Disney Infinity Doctor Strange figure the world will never get

• Watch: We talk to Cliff Bleszinski about Lawbreakers
  Console versions, microtransactions and comparisons to Overwatch.

• Tomb Raider Pre Alpha Footage (1996)

• Doom 2 – Seinfeld: Jerry’s Apartment