Gaming News Wrap [8 Feb 2016]

Let’s get this week off to the right kind of start shall we? And by ‘right’ we mean you can’t go back to bed.

Games

• The Division
  • The Division PS4/Xbox One Lets You Change Visual Settings to Improve Frame Rate, Dev Says
  • You’ll still have plenty to do in The Division after hitting the level cap
• Halo 5: Guardians – Arena REQ Bundle
  Available from 16 February at $25
• Rainbow Six Siege players plagued by post-patch Shadowman bug
• Dark Souls III New Boss Footage ~ Spoilers
• H1Z1 Being Broken Up Into Two Games
  “King of the Hill” and “Just Survive” will now be two separate entities
• Firewatch could come to Xbox One, but a sequel unlikely
• GTA Online Executives Bonus Week: Double GTA$ & RP in VIP Work & More (Feb 5th – 11th)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider PC patch adds new graphics options, fixes critical issues
• Dota 2: New Quest – Path of the Blossom
• Black Desert Online name reservations start soon, Beauty portion of contest kicks off

Sales & Discounts

• Steam Lunar New Year Sale on until 12 February

Consoles & Hardware

• Red Dead Redemption and Other Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Leaked
• Red Dead Redemption backwards compatible Xbox One release an “error”, pulled

Industry

• Battalion 1944 is funded
• The Binding of Isaac rejected by Apple due to violence towards children
• GTA 5 was the most tweeted about game in 2015
• Todd Howard will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2016
• LocJAM: your foot in the door with game localisation

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— PlayStation Arabia (@PlayStation_ME) February 6, 2016

Opinions

• Reality check: what SteamVR gaming actually offers
• Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Homefront: The Revolution

Videos

• The Division Damage Colors Explained

• Exploring outside The Division’s beta zone

• Official XCOM 2 Launch Trailer

• ARK: Survival Evolved Spotlight Terror Bird [+ Grappling Hook!]

• Street Fighter V: Character Introduction Series

• Tekken 7: Fated Retribution Arcade Introduction Trailer

https://youtu.be/u_stb1Tsz3Y

• Paragon – Kallari Hero Abilities – Gameplay Video

• Trackmania Turbo to Release on March 25, 2016

• Escape from Tarkov. Developer’s diary #1

• Unreal Engine 4: Build for VR in VR

• Crytek’s The Climb diary #1 ~ Base Camp

• The Division | Map Size Comparison to GTA V & Fallout 4

• Clueless Gamer Super Bowl Edition: “Doom“