It’s great when you realise it’s the Friday edition of the Gaming News Wrap isn’t it? There’s a weekend to look forward to, and we hope you have a great one.
Games
- The Division
- Halo 5’s Warzone Firefight is getting a beta next week
- Blizzard closes popular vanilla World of Warcraft pirate servers
- New Fear Effect announced
Indie developer takes to Kickstarter – with Square Enix’s blessing. - First-person interactive story The Assembly out on Oculus Rift and Vive this summer
PlayStation VR version also due out later this year.
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Consoles & Hardware
Industry
- Fallout 4 wins Best Game at 2016 BAFTA Game Awards
- Fable Legends may live on
- Yoshinori Ono discusses Street Fighter 5‘s launch problems
“We underestimated the popularity of some of the single-player features…” - Destiny writing team gets another shake up as story creative lead exits
- BlizzCon tickets go on sale April 20 – prepare to be left out in the cold
Opinion
Videos
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada – Eldar Trailer
- Total War: Warhammer Empire vs. Chaos gameplay
https://youtu.be/7-EWi42KfwU
- Telltale to publish open-world survival game 7 Days to Die on consoles
Due in June, will add split-screen support.
- Deus Ex meets Die Hard in Consortium: The Tower, currently doing the business on Fig
Sci-fi sequel raises over $170k in a day.
- The King of Fighter XIV 11th Teaser Trailer