Gaming News Wrap [29 Apr 2016]

It’s great when a midweek public holiday makes the entire week feel like it was only two days right? But we all know the Gaming News Wrap actually has a part in it too.

Games

• The Division server maintenance: another Falcon Lost glitch terminated
• The Witcher 3 Blood & Wine as big as Skellige Isles combined, to release before E3
• The PC version of Forza 6 goes into open beta next week
• Fallout 4
  • Fallout 4 Survival Mode hits PS4 and Xbox One next week
  • Fallout 4 survival mode gets full release on Steam
• [Destiny] This Week at Bungie – 04/28/2016
• Diablo 3: Patch 2.4.1 Now Live
• Hearthstone bug gives your hero Taunt and a permanent stat boost
• Superhot hits Xbox One next week [3 May]

Consoles & Hardware

• In Theory: Can next-gen Nvidia tech offer Titan X power for GTX 970 money?
  Early spec analysis on the next-gen Pascal architecture – and how it could translate to mainstream GPUs.
• Samsung Is Working On a Standalone Virtual Reality Headset

Industry

• Sony‘s PSN is making more money than all of Nintendo
• Sony financials: 17.7 million PS4s shipped in fiscal year 2015
• Uncharted 4 has “PlayStation’s largest ever” marketing campaign
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 devs helped Blizzard have good aim assist in Overwatch
• The Division digital revenues overtake Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Superdata
• You can’t have this amazing The Division figure yet
• After 20 years Play magazine announces its last print issue
• YouTubers will soon receive money raised during Content ID disputes
  New system will set earned revenue aside for whoever’s found in the right.
• Alicia Vikander to Star as Lara Croft in ‘Tomb Raider‘
• Electronic Arts Blasts Off With ‘Mass Effect‘ Theme Park Ride
• The IKEA VR Experience hits Steam and is listed as a survival horror

Hints & Tips

• Overwatch guide: best heroes, abilities and strategies for Blizzard’s shooter

Videos

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – 101 Trailer
  Special Editions Revealed

• Overwatch: Origins Edition | Digital Bonuses Preview

• Huge DOOM EASTER EGG Revealed
  Spoilers…

• Space Hulk: Deathwing Gameplay Trailer

• The Climb Launch Trailer ~ Oculus Rift

• Microsoft’s special edition Iron Man Xbox One

https://youtu.be/JcjihLl8VTU

• 5v5 spaceship shooter Dreadnought closed beta to start this week

https://youtu.be/hPtL7Ye_jmM

• KOFXIV footage from SNK’s Event at Esports Square

• Warcraft: The Beginning – Inside the Lion’s Pride Inn