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Weekly Recap: Fallout 4 PS4 Mod Delay, BioShock Remasters

Here’s a roundup of the week’s biggest stories and some you might have missed.

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Delay

Fallout 4’s mod program was supposed to launch on PlayStation 4 this week, but that’s not going to happen. It’s been delayed indefinitely. [Full story]

Finally

Ending months of speculation, 2K finally officially confirmed BioShock: The Collection this week. It’s a package that comes with remastered versions of BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite for $60 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It comes out in September. [Full story]

Free Is a Nice Price

This past week, Sony and Microsoft announced the free games coming to PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live in July. The Games With Gold titles are out now (see them here), while the PlayStation Plus lineup (see them here) will go live with the PlayStation Store refresh on Tuesday, July 5.

It’s Here

You saw the movie, now you can play the game. Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens came out this week for basically every platform under the sun. Here’s a review roundup to help you decide if it’s worth your time and money.

Patched Up

The Division’s 1.3/Underground update came out this week, introducing lots of new content and some major weapon balance changes–and more. Get the full patch notes here.

Big Update

Warzone Firefight, the eight free expansion for Halo 5, launched on Wednesday. The focus of the content is the new Warzone Firefight mode, but there’s also new maps for regular Warzone, along with Arena. Also included are more Reqs and a Score Attack mode for campaign.

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria will lead the English forces in 2K’s upcoming strategy game Civilization VI. Here’s an in-depth blog post and video that covers everything you need to know.

“Groundbreaking”

A “groundbreaking” new Avatar game is on the way…for mobile devices. From mobile and social developer Kabam, the Avatar game is described as a “AAA massively multiplayer mobile strategy game” set in the the Avatar universe that Titanic director James Cameron created. Get all the details about the game, coming this fall, here in this post.

Origins of Xbox

Curious about the origins of Xbox? Co-creator Ed Fries (who also co-created Microsoft Excel) recently spoke to IGN for a fascinating, in-depth chat about the history of Xbox and more. Covered in the talk are things like how Xbox got started, early resistance to it, acquisitions like Bungie and Rare, and where the Xbox ecosystems may be headed in the future.

BioWare Chat

What makes a good character? Mike Laidlaw and Patrick Weekes, writers and designers at RPG factory BioWare have weighed in as part of this illuminating video. Take a look.

The Big 24

Harley Quinn actress Margot Robbie recently turned 26, but she’s more interested in talking about her 24th birthday. She appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show this week to recall her 24th birthday party–and it sounded wild. She decided to party for 24 hours straight, bar-hopping and more. You can get the full story here in the video.

Finally

The Steam app, which lets you browse the store and start the purchase process, is now available for Windows Phone devices. Just in time for the Steam Sale, too. [Full story]