Gaming News Wrap [5 May 2016]

Let’s get you through another work day with the Gaming News Wrap.

Games

• Call of Duty
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare to get a beta
  • Two more maps revealed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
    Overgrown and Bog join Crash, Backlot, and Crossfire.
    
• The Division
  • The Division 1.2 patch: new Dark Zone bracket, High End loot drops and bug fixes detailed
  • The Division down for maintenance to fix dailies bug
• Destiny patch fixes Prison of Elders chests issue, adds reworks melee combat
• Dishonored 2 reveals star-studded voice cast
  Includes original Thief actor who wasn’t hired for the 2014 reboot.
• Rainbow Six Siege Dust Line Expansion Adds Two Navy SEALs On May 11
• Three new DLC maps announced for Vermintide
• Digital Foundry vs Alienation
• Moto Racer 4: release date, screens and new modes
  Releases 13 October.
• The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth hits PS4 next week
  The 10th of May to be exact.

Get ready for #SurvivalMode on console. #Fallout4’s 1.5 update expected to release on Xbox One & PS4 on Friday. pic.twitter.com/GfFmmKkSVs

— BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) May 4, 2016

Consoles & Hardware

• Xbox One’s My Games and Apps section will see changes “soon”
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 1 and 2 Now Backwards Compatible

Industry

• Respawn Entertainment is making a third-person Star Wars game
• Epic Games‘ future will likely include VR games, but maybe not Bullet Train
• [The Witcher 3] A Q&A with RED Quest Designers Pawel Sasko and Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz
• Creative Assembly on regaining fan support after Total War: Warhammer‘s controversial DLC
  ”We completely understand we’ve got to build back that trust…”
• Volition/Koch Media Register Trademark for ‘Agents of Mayhem’
• Steam updated to better expose recent user reviews

eSports

• Europe Divided: Epsilon eSports Halo team disbands

Videos

• Watch: We spoke to the creators behind Uncharted 4

• Fallout 4 – Far Harbor Official Trailer
  Releases 19 May.

• Tom Clancy’s The Division – Graffiti Inspiration

• Forza 6 players can now download The Hot Wheels Car Pack

• Take A Peek Inside Eagle Flight and Werewolves Within

• Dangerous Golf Trailer

• How Shadow of the Beast on PS4 is honouring the Amiga original

• Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr ‘Mass Destruction’ Trailer

• EVE Online: Citadel – Citadel Fly By

• Black Desert Online Mediah Part 2 overview video

• Fear Effect Sedna Early Prototype Footage

• Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher recorded new dialogue for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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