The final Gaming News Wrap of the week rolls in and gets you ready for the weekend.
And in case you need reminding, the Steam Summer Picnic Sale is now on. Sorry wallets.
Games
- Overwatch
- The Division 1.3 update: expect Sentry and Striker nerfs, weapon Talent recalibration
- How Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is merging real science & science fiction
Infinity Ward’s Brian Horton explains the challenges of taking Call of Duty into space - Halo 5: Warzone Firefight out June 29, game will be free to play that weekend
- Destiny
- Destiny: This Week at Bungie – 06/23/2016
“We fixed what was broken.” - Destiny Hot Fix – 06/23/2016
- Destiny: This Week at Bungie – 06/23/2016
- GTA 5 cheats never prosper: upload glitch videos and Rockstar will crush you
- Street Fighter 5
- Co-op isometric action-RPG Livelock gets release date on PC, PS4, Xbox One
Releases 2 August. - Survival Mode now available for free to all Banner Saga 2 owners
- Bloodstained demo is now available for backers
- Devil’s Third‘s online multiplayer is shutting down this year
Only 16 months after launch.
Now that the E3 dust has settled, we're excited to confirm Rez Infinite will be launching on Oct. 13, 2016 for PS4 and PSVR. See you then!
— Enhance (@enhance_exp) June 22, 2016
Consoles & Hardware
- Fallout: New Vegas is now backwards compatible on Xbox One
As is Comic Jumper, Joe Danger, and I am Alive.
Industry
- Counter-Strike player files suit against Valve over ‘illegal gambling’ surrounding CSGO
Valve accused of profiting from global gambling marketplace - Overwatch earned $269M in digital revenues across PC and console – SuperData
- Warner Bros. is racing ahead with internal studios creating console and PC games
- G2A and tinyBuild’s row over PC game key reselling gets ugly
- The Nintendo 64 turns 20
- Mighty No. 9‘s end credits are nearly four hours long
- The UK’s two biggest video game magazine companies are now one
Previews
- Hands-on with Mafia 3: does gang management offer an alternative to gangland shootings?
- Hands-on with Watch Dogs 2: will it fulfill the promise of the original’s early hype?
Interviews
- Respawn talks Titanfall 2 and that Call of Duty remaster
Zampella: “I told them – don’t f*** it up”
Videos
- 15 Minutes of Official Exclusive Gameplay – Escape from Tarkov
- [ARK: Survival Evolved] Redwood Biome and Spotlight: Titanosaur!
- NieR: Automata (2017) 15 minutes of Gameplay Video
https://youtu.be/ppk94cpSFng
- Berserk [Working Title] – Promotion Trailer
- The King of Fighters XIV: Team Official Invitation