Gaming News Wrap [24 Jun 2016]

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
  • Overwatch: Blizzard’s plans for Competitive Play based on PTR feedback
  • Blizzard will eventually remove sudden death from Overwatch‘s competitive mode
  • Overwatch penalties for leaving Competitive Play matches are not messing around
• 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
• GTA 5 cheats never prosper: upload glitch videos and Rockstar will crush you
• Street Fighter 5
  • Street Fighter 5 June update: stage variations and new costumes revealed
  • Street Fighter 5 June update includes various improvements to Matchmaking
  • You can buy Street Fighter 5‘s Hot Ryu next week
• 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

• Watch: Here’s what Overwatch‘s competitive mode will look like

• 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

• Sonic the Hedgehog turns 25 today