Gaming News Wrap [4 Nov 2015]

Where we take the news and videos from gaming and stuff it all into a tasty wrap.

Games

• Halo 5: Guardians
  • Why Halo 5‘s radar is driving some players up the wall
  • Halo 5: Guardians has already made £7.7 million in the UK
• Destiny
  • Here’s why there’s no matchmaking in Destiny‘s Raids
  • Destiny players grow to 25 million, putting in 3 hours per day
• Fallout
  • Fallout 4 Development Began By Porting The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim To Xbox One
  • The writing in Fallout 4 is “everything you’d expect but better… taken to a new level,” says actress
  • Fallout gets its own official emoji in free app Fallout C.H.A.T.
• Dead Ops Arcade returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops III
• Konami Needs Lots of Money for the Next Metal Gear Solid
• PES 2016 Data Pack 1: Konami Apology
• Preorder Resident Evil Origins Collection, play dress-up
• Street Fighter V Audio Files Reveal Post-Launch Characters, Possible Capcom Pro Tour Events
• League of Legends is getting a serious makeover
• The Orsinium DLC pack for The Elder Scrolls Online is ready to download
• Lego Dimensions addresses a major criticism with new Hire A Hero feature
• Darth Maul figure now available for Disney Infinity 3.0, this is not a drill
• The Jackbox Party Pack comes to retail via Telltale

Sales & Discounts

• This Week’s Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale

Consoles & Hardware

• Xbox One backwards compatibility list to be revealed November 9

Industry

• Konami confirms closure of Kojima Productions Los Angeles studio
• ActiBlizz Q3 FY15: digital is king, WoW subs decline slightly, Call of Duty revenue up
• Blizzard doesn’t want to talk about World of Warcraft subscribers any more
• Overwatch trademark suit settled between Blizzard, app maker
• Deus Ex & Epic Mickey designer calls out Uncharted and Heavy Rain for being more movies than games
• Steam reaches new user record

eSports

• Only 35% of U.S. eSports fans play games on PC

Videos

• Get a First Glimpse of the Battle of Jakku in Star Wars Battlefront

• Here’s A Closer Look At The New Xbox One Experience’s Game Hubs

• 105 New Games Join PlayStation Now Subscription Service Today

• Official PS4 In-ear Stereo Headset out December for £78/€90

• Rock Band 4 update hits today, three new tracks coming tomorrow

• Epic announces new PC game Paragon

Anno 2205 – Launch Trailer

• Trackmania Turbo to support Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR

• The King of Fighters XIV – Leona & Chang Koehan Reveal

• Democracy 3: Africa announced as a standalone “re-imagining”

• Warcraft – Trailer Tease