Gaming News Wrap [11 May 2016]

The great thing about gaming is that there is never really any time when there isn’t any news, making it pretty easy to fill the Gaming News Wrap with tasty morsels about your favourite pastime.

Games

• An Update on Mass Effect: Andromeda
  Will ship “early 2017” and will be at E3.
• Battlefield 1
  • DICE’s Great War: classes, horses and more in Battlefield 1
    “This is the genesis of modern warfare…”
  • Yes, Battlefield 1 has a server browser
• Uncharted 4 microtransaction prices revealed, from $5 to $50
• Titanfall 2 confirmed for Q4 launch
• Star Wars: Battlefront sequel due next year
  Amy Hennig’s game to follow in 2018.
• The Witcher 3
  • Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is “a graphics upgrade from the base game”
    Will feature 90 new quests, new region, new monsters and more.
  • Witcher 3: Blood and Wine release officially announced
    Arrives 31 May.
  • No new content for The Witcher 3 after Blood and Wine comes out
    “This is the last thing we deliver and we focus on Cyberpunk.”
• Face-Off: Overwatch
  Highly polished on all platforms, with PC offering further refinement.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 players in parties get Double XP, Double Weapon XP from today
• Need for Speed: Taking Stock | Under the Hood #7
  “Next game in 2017.”
• Sweet Dawn of War 3 cinematic stills are just begging to be wallpapers
• The Technomancer Boxart

Sales & Discounts

• Pick up rad Capcom Hu[mb]le Bundle, donate to Kumamoto earthquake relief efforts

Industry

• Unlocked Frame Rate and More Now Enabled for UWP
• Star Wars: Battlefront has shipped over 14m copies
  Battlefield series had 9.4m players last quarter.
• Dark Souls III tops three million shipments, Dark Souls series tops 13 million
• Hideo Kojima Working On A New Action Game That Fans Of AAA Titles Will Enjoy
• Disney Infinity cancelled, Avalanche Software shut down
  Disney ceases console game publishing, roughly 300 jobs cut.
• Stellaris breaks Paradox’s record for day one revenue
• Undead cowboys, zombie lemmings and exploding robots give Gambitious a solid line-up for 2016
• Assassin’s Creed movie trailer dropping [today], four new photos released

Videos

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine Teaser Trailer

• Tom Clancy’s The Division – Operation ISAC: Transmission 05

• Exclusive Video And Details For Halo 5’s Infection Mode

• Watch: The first hour of Homefront: The Revolution

• Total War: WARHAMMER – Kholek Suneater Let’s Play

• 360° Hellblade Senua Trailer

• Postal Redux is coming to Steam next week
  PS4 version to follow in Q4.