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

Scroll through the gallery to see all the big news (and the other stuff!).

Xbox One Tops PS4

Microsoft announced this week that the Xbox One was the top-selling console in the United States during October 2015, outperforming the rival PlayStation 4. This achievement is particularly noteworthy given that the PS4 received a $50 price cut during the month. Microsoft’s success was no doubt driven in part by the blockbuster release of Halo 5. On to the holidays! [Full story]

It’s Here

A little game released this week…you might have heard of it. Fallout 4 launched on Tuesday. It shipped 12 million copies in one day, which represents sales in excess of $750 million. [Full story]

Back in Black

Call of Duty: Black Ops III generated $550 million in just three days, outperforming last year’s Advanced Warfare and Ghosts a year before that. Average play time per user is also up over last year, as are digital sales, among other things. [Full story]

A new video game charity has been announced. From the founder of Operation Supply Drop comes Stack-Up, a new charity that also aims to support members of the US and allied military “through the joy of video games.” Read more about it here.

Tribute

Metal Gear Solid composer Norihiko Hibino has written a tribute song for the late Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata. Listen to it here.

PlayStation VR

Want to learn more about PlayStation VR from one of the people leading its development? Listen to this PlayStation podcast, during which PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida talks more about the upcoming headset and Sony’s plan for it.

U-G-L-Y

Oh the humanity. Check out these scary-looking Fallout 4 characters. See them all here at Kotaku.

Who’s That Guy?

Who’s that guy on the Call of Duty: Black Ops III cover? It’s a former Phoenix police officer, who has left the force and is now a model/actor in Hollywood. Get the full story here at 12 News.

Soon

Lots more details about Star Wars Battlefront’s blaster weapons, Star Cards, and power-ups are now available on the game’s website. Just a few more days to go!

Star Wars and Power-Ups

Blasters

Check Your Messages

Check your email! Microsoft is supposedly sending out one-month EA Access membership codes so you can play Star Wars Battlefront ahead of launch.

FOR THE HORDE!

This is pretty cool. Remember when Duncan Jones asked Blizzcon 2014 attendees to shout “For The Horde” and “For The Alliance”? As it turns out, some of that footage made it into the first Warcraft trailer. Get the full story here at Kotaku.

So Emotional

Microsoft has launched new emotion-detecting software. Naturally, we had to try it on a video game character. Try it out yourself here at this website.

Don’t Call It Homefront 2

MCV has a new interview with Homefront: The Revolution developer Dambuster, in which the studio explains that The Revolution basically throws out the entire playbook of the original.

“Aanything that you remember or know about the first game: forget it now,” senior narrative designer CJ Kershne said. “It’s not a continuation of that story or that style of gameplay. There’s a reason we don’t call it Homefront 2.”

Shots Fired

Remember back at E3 2013 when Sony poked fun at Microsoft’s (since-reversed) used game policy with a funny little video? Now, Microsoft has fired back with its own. But this time, the subject is backwards-compatibility, a feature that the Xbox One offers, but PS4 does not. Watch it here.