Looks like it’s almost bad news in focus for today’s news wrap, thanks to Batman Arkham Knight on PC and the Destiny Taken King and Red Bull DLC. Thankfully, there’s some better news too.
Games
- DICE is teasing us with this PC footage of Star Wars Battlefront
- Gears of War Ultimate Edition beta testers have logged over 1M matches
- The Elder Scrolls Online‘s PS4 patch is 15.9GB
- Bungie: extra Destiny content for all platforms when Sony timed-exclusives launch on Xbox
- Destiny rubs salt in the overpriced expansion wound with Redbull XP
- One of Destiny The Taken King’s quests is exclusive to Red Bull drinkers
- Dying Light dev takes the piss out of Destiny’s Re
d Bull promo
- Dark Souls 3: “everything is designed to kill you”
- Driveclub hits PS Plus, pulled because “servers aren’t ready”
- Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition Out June 25th
- European PlanetSide 2 PS4 servers are still down
- Shenmue 3 Funding and Budget Statement
- Major new Diablo 3 patch introduces a very powerful item
- Batman: Arkham Knight users will get a refund from GMG if patch doesn’t fix PC issues
- Batman Arkham Knight PC sales suspended until further notice
- ARK: Survival Evolved dev offers $100 bounty for reporting hacks
- Don’t Starve coming to Xbox One, Klei confirms
- Life is Strange dev “would love” a second season, but with a new cast
Sales & Discounts
Consoles & Hardware
- After a week, 1m votes cast for Xbox One backwards-compatible games
- Recap of the New Features and Accessories Coming to Xbox One
- Google’s Cardboard VR headset lets you watch 360-degree videos, surely games are next
Industry
- Microsoft games top Amazon E3 pre-order charts
- Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly regains independence
- Warren Spector on E3: VR is a fad
Videos
- Gears of War Ultimate Edition Trailer
https://youtu.be/UIn6MPBbFyU
- Ratchet & Clank PS4 vs PS2 graphic comparison
- Overwatch ~ Bastion Gameplay Preview
- Three new Brutalities have been added to Mortal Kombat X