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Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we look at an action role-playing game about burning books, Star Trek Online lets players 3D-print their ships, and Sony updates the PlayStation 4’s user interface.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
Pieces of flair and opinion
- The DeanBeat: The intersection of sci-fi, video games, and real-world tech
- Hearthstone’s Summer Championships: How journalism and ultimate Frisbee drove two players
- Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 aces the bass
- Dying Light celebrates players’ zombie-stomping records with new video
- World of Warcraft: Legion journal part 9 — trying to tank
- How virtual reality can change the future of user-generated content
News
- Intel raises Q3 revenue expectations to $15.3 billion to $15.9 billion as PC sales brighten
- Sssh.com enters virtual reality with an adult film for women
- Wargaming’s strategy game Hybrid Wars launches September 29
- PlayStation 4’s 4.00 update gives Sony’s flagship console a user-friendly makeover
- Logitech buys Saitek to expand its reach in game controls and other peripherals
- August 2016 NPD: Madden, No Man’s Sky lift summer game spending
- Battlefield 1’s open beta attracted 13.2 million players
- This is MMA fighter Conor McGregor in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Epic Games grants another $100,000 to Unreal Engine 4 game developers
- HBO offers live broadcasts on PlayStation Vue without a bundle
- CastAR opens Salt Lake City studio led by former Disney Infinity developers
- Tespa kicks off collegiate Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm seasons this fall
- Sony lays off staff in London and San Diego — MLB: The Show team is unaffected
- Ubisoft steps up its campaign to fend off Vivendi acquisition
- Westworld VR promises to make your Wild West fantasies come true
- Electronic Arts creates Worldwide Studios division and hands rising star Patrick Söderlund the keys
- NY attorney general: Viacom, Mattel, Hasbro, and more violated online children’s protection act
- Undertale’s PC indie success brought its creator fear, guilt … and gratitude
- Star Trek Online will soon let you 3D-print your starships
- Twitter launches live video app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Xbox One
- Neverwinter hits over 12 million D&D players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC
- Overwatch, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft are down due to Battle.net server errors
- Pokémon Sun and Moon are getting their own 3DS
- Pokémon Generations is a new YouTube series that celebrates the pocket monsters’ history
- BioShock: The Collection’s release trailer is a series highlight reel
- Blizzard loses a 22-year veteran as executive Chris Metzen retires
- PlayStation 4’s 4.00 update: HDR, Pro support, and more
- Your Xbox Live reputation now includes more than just negative reports
- The Last Guardian is delayed to December 6
- World of Warcraft’s ex-lead designer Rob Pardo creates Bonfire Studios
Mobile
- LottoInteractive turns the lottery into a match-3 game with Star Match
- How one mobile gaming company won the hearts of 2.35 million daily players (VB Live)
- Disney layoffs include Marvel: Avengers Alliance studio
- Nexon’s Oz: The Broken Kingdom brings the World of Oz into a high-end mobile RPG
- The Walking Dead mobile game hits 25 million downloads in first year
- Pokémon Go chief promises player battles, live events, more creatures, and stable servers
- Look out, Hearthstone — Peter Griffin has his own card game now
- Huayi Brothers invest $288 million in China’s Hero Entertainment mobile game company
- Optimove raises $20 million for mobile marketing retention campaigns
- Pokémon Go’s buddy update is live
- Super Mario Run Stickers now live for Apple’s iMessage
- Nexon to publish Titanfall: Frontline mobile strategy card game
- Niantic update will let you identify a Buddy creature and play with Pokémon Go Plus
Previews, reviews, and interviews
- Infinite Warfare video sheds new light on Call of Duty campaign
- At last, we have hands-on gameplay of The Last Guardian
- ReCore impressions: Long loading times are slowing down this fun adventure
- Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 impressions: missing the point
- The Tomorrow Children’s Marxist rhetoric makes it the most thought-provoking game of the year
- Quote is an action role-playing game about burning books