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Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This week, we had so many tips and guide articles that I actually put them in their own category, so check them out if you want help with Fallout 4, Hearthstone, or Heroes of the Storm. We also have impressions for Star Wars: Battlefront and reviewed the year’s surprise hit, Undertale.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
Pieces of flair and opinion
- The DeanBeat: Paris may give us a moment of clarity about who we pretend to be
- A deep dive into Canada’s micro climate for game investments
- 6 heroes and villains we want EA to add to Star Wars: Battlefront
- Check out 70 videos from the talks at GamesBeat 2015
- The Tales series is in danger of becoming irrelevant
- 10 planets we want EA to add to Star Wars: Battlefront
- PlayStation 4 also got four classic Star Wars games today (sorta) — let’s rank them
- Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate fans
Guides and tips
- Fallout 4 guide: Where to find the X-01 Power Armor
- Fallout 4 guide: Where to find all of the bobbleheads
- Fallout 4 tips and tricks: How to settle the Commonwealth
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — The League of Explorers guide: How to beat Uldaman
- Heroes of the Storm designer: Tips for winning with Cho’gall, the new 2-player Ogre
News
- Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma canceled after just one episode: ‘The game was a failure’
- Activision outpaces EA, Bethesda for TV ad engagement and spending as holiday heats up
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare comes to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next month
- Hearthstone’s second League of Explorers adventure wing is live
- World of Tanks on PlayStation 4 gets an open beta next month
- NCSoft is releasing its Blade & Soul massively multiplayer game in the West in 2016
- Tetris film from ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ director is in the works
- Hearthstone won’t get a League of Explorers wing next week due to Thanksgiving
- Tera’s free Brawler class-adding update hits on December 8
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided delayed to August 23
- New Fallout 4 mod shows you all of your possible dialogue choices
- Check your email: Overwatch launches its first stress test this weekend
- Fallout 4 gets performance boost on AMD cards thanks to new drivers
- FanDuel suspending all paid fantasy sports contests in New York
- Sega’s bringing a new Valkyria Chronicles to PlayStation 4, along with a remaster of the original
- World of Warcraft: Legion may let players try level 100 characters before they commit to them
- World of Warcraft’s Patch 6.2.3 and anniversary have meme-tastic Thunderfury and new mounts (update)
- Friday the 13th: The Game reaches its Kickstarter goal — and team releases some game footage
- Super Nintendo classic Super Star Wars is coming to PS4 and Vita this week
- Microsoft and Code.org launch Minecraft tutorial to teach kids how to code
- Dungeons & Dragons’ tabletop experience is now available for virtual reality
- Star Wars: Battlefront’s $50 season pass features 16 multiplayer maps — four more than the base game
- Nintendo wants to dazzle us with Japanese role-playing games in early 2016
Mobile and social
- Kamcord mobile-gaming video platform launches in Korea and Japan
- Behind the veil: a glance at Iran’s leading app store
- Carmen Sandiego Returns hits iPhone and iPad today in the beloved series’ mobile debut
- Zynga targets its core demographic with Princess Bride Slots
- Thanks, Google: Mobile user acquisition just got a lot more interesting
- Diving into the Samsung app store: Rival Knights surprises, but one farm sim’s biggest crop is time-gates
- This Microsoft Kinect-powered physical therapy app now has the FDA’s approval
- Mobile MOBA Vainglory lands big-time sponsors Amazon and Nvidia for its season finals
- Canada’s game industry isn’t just Ubisoft — it’s mobile and VR, too
- Fallout Shelter works because mobile gaming’s ‘big spenders’ also spend a lot on console, PC
Previews and interviews
- How Blizzard is using Overwatch to evolve its storytelling approach
- Playtika CEO explains how games have arrived in Israel
- 22 years later, Dino Eggs developer looks back on his work on the cusp of its rebirth
- Level 5 boss on Yo-Kai Watch, localizing car accidents, and the Pokémon comparison
- This Kickstarter game and gadget could level up your sex life
- Star Wars: Battlefront designer on the ‘daunting’ challenge of Star Wars combat
Reviews and impressions
- For better or worse, consumer virtual reality is here with the Samsung Gear VR
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC is on the wrong side of the JRPG revival
- Undertale will make you question the essence of video games
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash is fun, but it’s just a blip in a crowded season
- Animal Crossing: Amiibo festival is a boring, random mess
- Logitech’s Artemis Spectrum G633 and G933 outclass every other headset I’ve ever tried
- Polk Striker P1 Pro gaming headset may be great for general audio, but not for esports or gaming
- Telltale’s Game of Thrones’ season finale is worth the long wait
- Guitar Hero Live loses more than it gains in the move to iPhone
- Star Wars: Battlefront impressions: It gives you nerdy chills even with a lack of content