This Week in Gaming: The Top 5 Gaming News Stories, Mar. 5 – 12, 2016

This week in TWIG, we take a look at what went down in the past 7 days in the gaming world, and boy was it busy. We had news stories from The Division, the Lionhead Studios drama, PlayStation VR, Doom, and Fallout. Let’s take a look at the most important gaming news stories for the week of March 5th to March 11^th, 2016. Welcome to This Week in Gaming.

 

Tom Clancy’s The Division

• It’s Finally Here: Well, after an almost unpredidented amount of hype, Tom Clancy’s The Division finally released on Mrach 8th on all platforms. Sick days spiked, relationships were tested. Check out our rundown of the game’s launch:
  • Read: “Tom Clancy’s The Division Now Available”

• Big Day 1 Update: Like many AAA releases these days, The Division came with a pretty hefty day-1 Update. Here is everything you need to know about it:
  • Read: “The Division Day 1 Patch Notes Released”
• Server Issues: Just as The Division launched, however, Ubisoft’s servers experienced server outages. Here is the full story:
  • Read: “Just as Tom Clancy’s The Division Launches in North America, Servers Crash”
• Easter Eggs: Ubisoft apparently added an Easter Egg into The Division for eagle-eyed early players to catch – see what it was here:
  • Read “Ubisoft Adds a ‘For Honor’ Easter Egg in Tom Clancy’s The Division”
• Xbox One Exclusives: PS4 and PC owners were a bit disappointed to hear that The Division’s first two expansions would be Xbox One-only (at least for a while):
  • Read “The Division’s First Two Expansions Will Be Xbox One Exclusives, Ubisoft Confirms”
• Those Crazy Speed Runners: A Reddit user claimed to have hit The Division’s level-limit not long after the game’s release – who says young people today can’t focus?
  • Read “Player Hits The Division’s Level Cap in Just 15 Hours”

 

Lionhead Studios

 

• Lionhead and Fable Legends Get the Axe: Microsoft closed a number of its developers this past week, most notably the renowned Lionhead Studio, whose much-anticipated project, Fable Legends, was also killed. Here is the full story:
  • Read: “Fable Legends Cancelled by Microsoft and Lionhead Studios Closes Its Doors”

• Microsoft Takes Heat: The reaction from around the industry to the Lionhead closing was swift and angry. One former Lionhead employee, Daniel Gray, led the way with some pretty pointed criticism of the Xbox maker. Check out the full details here:
  • Read “Former Lionhead Studios Producer Call Microsoft ‘The Destroyer of First Party Studios”
• Sony to the Rescue: Microsoft’s PR nightmare got even worse when Sony stepped into the fray, offering to recruit fired Lionhead employees. (clap, clap) Well played Sony, well played:
  • Read “Sony to Hold Recruitment Event for Lionhead Studios”

 

PlayStation VR

 

• PlayStation VR Announcement Imminent? The virtual reality (VR) consoles are racing at furious speed to get to market and capture that coveted emerging VR market. For its part, Sony has been tight-lipped about when we might see its headset. However, as we reported this week, that might soon end, as the word on the street is that Sony might say something very soon:
  • Read “PlayStation VR Price, Release Date Might be Revealed Next Week”

• It’s About Price Not Quality: Sony’s Exec Masayasu Ito raised some eyebrows when he told Polygon that PlayStation VR wouldn’t match the quality of Oculus or HTC – but it would sell better than either because of one huge advantage:
  • Read: “Sony Exec: PlayStation VR Won’t Match Oculus for Quality, Will Be ‘For the Mass Market'”

 

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