Recap 6.3.16

Reviews

  • Tristan (@trondood on Twitter) put up his review of Overwatch. You can check it out here, but we warned—it’ll likely sway you into a purchase!

  • Antonio (@tonezone) finished TMNT Mutants in Manhattan and will have a review up next week


Notable Game Releases

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine DLC (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
  • Hitman: Episode 3 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
  • Dead Island Definitive Collection (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
  • One Piece: Burning Blood (PS4, Vita)
  • Oxenfree (PS4)
  • Paranautical Activity (PS4, Vita, cross-buy)
  • Dangerous Golf (PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Xbox

  • Microsoft Announces Weekly Deals With Gold Subscription on Xbox One and Xbox 360

  • Xbox One is now starting at $299 after $50 discount across the board….right before E3 and the rumored more powerful Xbox One reveal


Nintendo

  • Vans x Nintendo Collection set to arrive on 3rd June with sneakers, t-shirts, hats and more

  • Nintendo shares details on its E3 2016 streaming plans, multiple games included


Industry News

  • Ready at Dawn\’s next game is De-formers, is a physics-based arena blob brawler

  • Rocket League surpasses 5M copies sold with 15M players

  • Activision has announced Skylanders Imaginators coming October 16, 2016 across multiple platforms excluding 3DS

  • The Delusions of Von Sottendorff has been chosen for the IndieCade E3 Showcase this year

  • Konami is turning Metal Gear Solid into a pachinko machine, surprising no one

  • EA Removing gender boundaries from The Sims 4 such as hairstyles, clothing, etc.

  • People can’t circumvent Blizzard’s banning tech for Overwatch. Within it’s first week of release the company has banned nearly 1,600 players in China for cheating. One person went as far as to re-buy the game; delete Overwatch and the launcher, change hard drive IDs/MAC address/BiosDate, and even buy a VPN. Each and every time, Blizzard\’s banning technology caught them.

  • Destiny developer Bungie will unveil the game\’s fourth expansion on June 9, the studio announced

  • Hot title Overwatch ropes in more than 7 million players in the first week.


Rumors

  • Ubisoft is turning The Division into a movie with Jake Gyllenhaal starring and producing the film adaptation

  • Nintendo has reportedly delayed mass production of its NX console in order to factor in Virtual Reality functions and improve the system\’s unique \”console and handheld\” integrated gaming experience, according to DigiTimes.

Antonio Worrall
Antonio Worrallhttps://antonioworrall.com
I'm a Senior IT Support Engineer, every day tech geek, gaming enthusiast, world traveler, and foodie living with my wife and cat in the NY/NJ area.

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