June 6th, 2015 
Mark THE BIG STUFF:
Fallout 4 Announced: After so many rumors, Bethesda finally officially announced Fallout 4 this week. And the news will keep on coming, as Bethesda will talk about and show more of the game at E3 next week.
XCOM 2 Announced: 2K this week announced the sequel to its acclaimed turn-based strategy game. It’s launching this November only on PC.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Announced: This new bundle for PlayStation 4 will launch in October, featuring remastered versions of the first three games. There’s no multiplayer, but it does come with access to the upcoming Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End multiplayer beta.
THE OTHER STUFF:
Video game media veterans Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb will host the first-ever Bethesda E3 press conference, the publisher announced this week. Bethesda kicks off E3 this year, holding its event the evening of Sunday, June 14. Expect Fallout 4 news and more.
Oculus VR, the company behind the Rift headset, has an internal VR movie production studio and they announced their next project today–a movie called Harry. It stars a hedgehog who just wants to hug people, but he doesn’t get many takers for obvious reasons. Watch a trailer here:
DomiNations, the new mobile game from the new version of Big Huge Games, is off to a hot start. 60 days after launch, the game has now seen 7.2 million downloads, as players have trained 1.6 billion troops and battled 50 million times.
Open-world Wii U game Xenoblade Chronicles X is huuuge. It takes 31 minutes to run across the entire map, according to a recent playthrough.
Disney already has Disney Infinity, but Playmation sounds potentially even more exciting. It morphs real toys with video games and more. Read all about it here.
The Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few, a drug-fueled psychedelic game from Compulsion Games (Contrast), has now gone live. Pledge at least CAD $60 and you’ll receive access to an early build of the game. What’s We Happy Few all about? Here’s the synopsis.
“In We Happy Few, just about everyone but the player is high on a drug called Joy, and they’re not fond of Downers. Avoid attracting too much attention to yourself, and you may find a way to escape the eerie city of Wellington Wells.” For more on We Happy Few, check out the Kickstarter.
The developer of This War of Mine, the intriguing game that showed war from a different perspective, is branching out for its next project. Thanks to the success of This War of Mine, developer 11bit is hoping to make a AAA-style project next. Read all about it here.
Following its release for consoles, Ubisoft’s Tetris Ultimate is now available on PlayStation Vita. You can buy the game today on Sony’s handheld for $30 at physical retailers and $15 through the PlayStation Network as a download. It supports up to two players across nine modes: Battle, Battle Ultimate, Marathon, Endless, Ultra, Sprint, Time’s Up, Landslide, and Haunted.
Curious about the history of potions in video games? This video, from Curse, acts as a nice primer.
The Harvest Moon franchise is expanding to new platforms. Natsume has announced that the next game in the series, Seeds of Memories, will be the first available for Wii U and PC. What’s more, Natsume will release a new, as-yet-untitled Harvest Moon game for iOS and Android, the company announced.
June’s Forza Horizon 2 DLC has been announced and released. The content is called the Duracell Car Pack and it’s out now on Xbox One for $5. It comes with five new cars, while everyone gets a free car. Get all the details here.
World of Warcraft is a hugely popular, enduring, exciting game. But if there’s one critique over the years, it’s been that it doesn’t look so hot. But what if the game were developed in Unreal Engine 4? It might look something like this totally amazing render.
The folks behind the epic video series Man at Arms have published their latest project, and it’s amazing. Their challenge was to build Narsil, Aragorn’s sword from The Lord of the Rings without using modern blacksmith methods. Amazing. Watch the process here.
Big-name game studios Sega and Daybreak (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) have left the Entertainment Software Association. That’s the group that represents the video game industry’s interests in Washington. They also put on E3 every year. Read the full story here.
For the Love of Spock. That’s the name of a new Kickstarter documentary from Leonard Nimoy’s son, Adam. It’s a movie primarily based on Spock, and is hoping to launch next year to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. Check out the Kickstarter here.
Oculus has announced the winners of its latest VR Jam. Check out the blog post with all the winners, including the $200,000 grand prize, here.
Mistwalker’s new mobile RPG, Terra Battle, has announced some impressive milestones following the game’s release earlier this year. Check out all of the marks here.
Cristiano Ronaldo will star alongside a troll named Hugo in a new endless runner game due out for mobile devices. This is not a joke. Check out the first footage of the game, which is called Ronaldo & Hugo: Superstar Skaters, here.
Have a great weekend! One more week until E3…
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