Gaming News Wrap [13 May 2016]

Firstly, happy Friday the 13th everyone. Secondly, happy DOOM Day. And thirdly, on with the Gaming News Wrap.

Games

• The Division
  • The Division Season Pass content drop for May includes skins, crafting items
  • The Division update 1.2: Phoenix Credits cap doubled, gear score lowered for next Incursion
• Hitman’s first Elusive Target arrives tomorrow and you only get one shot at it
• Star Wars Battlefront DLC Outer Rim free trial goes live tomorrow
• New Overwatch Animated Short “Dragons” coming this Monday
• Black Ops 3 weekend: double XP and free multiplayer on Steam
• [Destiny] This Week At Bungie – 05/12/2016
• Perfect World will publish Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic
• New Gran Turismo Sport Footage Debuting Live May 19
• The Banner Saga 2 for PS4 & Xbox One Launches July 26
• Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Windows 10 gets unlocked frame-rate, v-sync toggle

Industry

• Lionhead: The inside story
• Lionhead wanted to make a “darker and grittier” Fable 4 instead of $75M Fable Legends
• Overwatch open beta had 9.7m players
  Blizzard’s biggest beta ever.
• The Division has 9.5M registered users, exceeding Ubisoft’s expectations
  Ubisoft will reveal a new AAA IP at E3.
• Ratchet & Clank and Dark Souls 3 best-selling titles on PlayStation Store in April
• Dark Souls 3 tops US retail sales for April
  Quantum Break lags behind at seventh place.
• Fear Effect Sedna‘s Kickstarter funded a day before its deadline

Interviews

• Total War: Warhammer – balancing magic, gyrocopters and a stable launch
• Michael Fassbender on Why Assassin’s Creed Will Matter to Moviegoers

Hints & Tips

• Uncharted 4 guide: all treasure locations in every chapter

Videos

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood & Wine Developer Diary

• Watch: How Overwatch‘s sound design makes you a better player

• Star Trek Online boldly goes to PS4 and Xbox One this autumn

• Unannounced [and probably canceled] Star Wars Title

https://youtu.be/KhKKC07clCs

• A ripping good DOOM sculpture!