New Tomb Raider game to be called 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider'
It looks like someone was smart enough to go out in public and put on a page that possibly leaks the next name for Tomb Raider, ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’ on their laptop. Redditor, Tripleh280, was traveling on a crowded subway in Montreal, Canada and caught the name on camera: If you zoom in just a little bit you can make out the name ‘Shade of the Tomb Raider’ and this could just be a possible code name by Square Enix who have yet to say anything about this. “The page he was on talked about visuals,” Tripleh280 Kotaku. “I’m from Montreal, QC. I was going downtown for work and I took a quick snap. I really would love to say more but other than the title, the rest was blurry from where I was.” What are your thoughts on all of this? Is it all just a code name, completely fake, or an early leak? Source: Kotaku
Xbox One Outsold PS4 By 25,000 Units in the UK for October 2016
The Xbox One isn’t just dominating in the United States, but it turns out in the United Kingdom the console is beating the PlayStation 4 by 25K units. for October 2016, tracking firm GfK has revealed. In September 2016, the Xbox One was #1 in the UK by 1,500 units, so that was a big jump from the previous month. In October, 177,700 units were sold overall for consoles, with the Xbox One holding a 56% share (99,496), the PS4 a 42% share (74,630), and the Wii U a 2% share (3,550). Thanks to our fans, Xbox One was the best-selling console in October, the second month in a row in the UK, according to GfK Entertainment. It’s great to see such enthusiasm for the new Xbox One S range of consoles including FIFA 17, Gears of War 4, Battlefield 1 and now – for the first time – Minecraft. All of which are available to purchase now. Xbox UK Marketing Director Harvey Eagle said. According to retailer GAME, combined PS4 and Xbox One sales in the UK were at 5.1 million as of January 23, 2016, and three million of that came from the PS4. So the Xbox One still has some catching up to do, but they are starting to rise lately as Xbox has won 3 months in a row in NPD. The PlayStation 4 Pro is set to launch on November 10th and it could put a tough test to Xbox in November. Source
Weekly Gaming News Recap (10/24/16-10/31/16)
343i Welcomes In New Community Manager This week, 343 industries’ Bravo made a community update talking about future updates and in that blog he announced the new Halo Community Manager. He was previously a CM for Halo back in the Bungie days and 6 years later now he is back with 343 this time. His name goes by Ske7ch (Brian Jarrard) and now with there being a new community manager, Bravo has moved up to Senior Producer. Please join me in welcoming @ske7ch as @Halo community manager! This and plenty more in this week's update: https://t.co/S7JXkkFDR1 — Andy "Bravo" Dudynsky (@Brav) October 29, 2016 They also had a little Q&A with Brian: As the end of my first week at 343 comes to a close, it’s a very surreal feeling to pick up this torch and jump back into the Halo community after a nearly six-year hiatus. A lot has changed during my post-Bungie cryosleep and this week has brought a veritable flood of emotions bursting with spores of excitement, nostalgia and honestly, a sprinkle of trepidation. Thankfully some things haven’t changed – namely my longstanding love of Halo, a kickass fan community and a community team comprised of awesome passionate folks who love their jobs! I’ve truly missed being an official part of Halo and while I did briefly mull over making a run at becoming the oldest ever HCS pro I’m thrilled that 343 spared me that humiliation and instead welcomed me into this more suitable role. It’s safe to say the community team now has a brand new worst Halo player to beat up on (though I’m pretty certain I can still crush Frankie). It will certainly take some time for me to unlock all the necessary 343 community certs (sadly I seem no closer to finally acquiring a DMR) but it’s a journey I’m stoked to be starting and look forward to learning and experiencing together. We can’t wait to see what Brian does with the Halo community again! Titanfall 2 Sales Are Only 25% Of Titanfall 1 Battlefield 1 and the remastered version of Skyrim impressed at UK retail last week, Titanfall’s 2 launch not so much. The games launch sales (retail only) are well below the ones achieved by its predecessor, which arrived in March 2014 on Xbox platforms and PC only. Titanfall 2’s launch sales are barely a quarter of the ones achieved by its original – despite the fact that this sequel has the added benefit of launching on PlayStation 4. Titanfall 2 debuts at No.4 in the GfK Top 10, while the original reached the number 1 spot. That might had to do with not many FPS released for Xbox One so keep that in mind. It’s a little odd that the game had a bit of a disappointing launch since the reviews have been nothing but great. The fans reactions have been great as well towards the campaign. In the latest UK charts Titanfall debuted at number 4 with FIFA17 above it as well as Battlefield 1 and Skyrim remaster. Farming Simulator was right behind Titanfall 2. Last Week This Week Title 1 1 Battlefield 1 New Entry 2 Elder Scrolls V: Skrim Special Edition 2 3 FIFA 17 New Entry 4 Titanfall 2 New Entry 5 Farming Simulator 17 3 6 Mafia III New Entry 7 Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse 2 4 8 Gears of War 4 9 9 Grand Theft Auto V 8 10 Forza Horizon 3 Nintendo Switch Will Have 4GB Of Ram Emily Rogers, a great Nintendo source has put out some good news about the Switch. She confirmed that the system will have 4GB of ram in retail units and not just the dev units. This is double the Wii U’s ram, as some people thought the ram in the final units would be half of the dev kits. Now before anyone says that it weak the PlayStation 4 has 4-5GB usable for games. https://twitter.com/ArcadeGirl64/status/792616520308314112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Bethesda Will Continue To Work With Sony To Allow Mods On Playstation To Be The Same As Other Platforms After having this whole controversy with fans, the PlayStation 4 version of Fallout 4 will have mods for it after all. As we all know the PS4 version of Skyrim remaster already has them. Even though the PlayStation 4 mods will have limitations as opposed to the Xbox One version, it is still something the users can work with. There are fans that hope the PS4 version can live up to the Xbox One mods. After being asked on Twitter, Pete Hines, VP of Bethesda, said “we did that already. it wasn’t approved. whether it will change in the future, I don’t know. It isn’t up to me.” He also said on a later tweet that they will continue to push to push to have mods work the same on all platforms. We will see what happens. PS4 Pro Box Images Appear On The Web PS4 Pro is few weeks to be released to the world but in the meantime the Internet has gotten their hands on the newest Sony console. Check them out.
Seagate Announces 512GB SSD Game Drive For Xbox One
Seagate have announced that that they are launching a new 512GB SSD for the Xbox One Console called the Seagate Game Drive, Seagate have previously launched external Hard drives for Microsofts console with 2TB and 4TB storage capacity. The Seagate Game Drive uses flash storage to help gamers get into the action quicker with faster load times and transition between levels in games such as Forza Horizon 3 and Gears Of War 4. Seagate will launch its Xbox SSD in November for a retail price of $200, and will be available at Amazon, Gamestop and other consumer-electronic stores. Source: venturebeat
Titanfall 2 sales are only 25% of Titanfall 1
Battlefield 1 and the remastered version of Skyrim impressed at UK retail last week, Titanfall’s 2 launch not so much. The games launch sales (retail only) are well below the ones achieved by its predecessor, which arrived in March 2014 on Xbox platforms and PC only. Titanfall 2’s launch sales are barely a quarter of the ones achieved by its original – despite the fact that this sequel has the added benefit of launching on PlayStation 4. Titanfall 2 debuts at No.4 in the GfK Top 10, while the original reached the number 1 spot. That might had to do with not many FPS released for Xbox One so keep that in mind. It’s a little odd that the game had a bit of a disappointing launch since the reviews have been nothing but great. The fans reactions have been great as well towards the campaign. In the latest UK charts Titanfall debuted at number 4 with FIFA17 above it as well as Battlefield 1 and Skyrim remaster. Farming Simulator was right behind Titanfall 2. Last Week This Week Title 1 1 Battlefield 1 New Entry 2 Elder Scrolls V: Skrim Special Edition 2 3 FIFA 17 New Entry 4 Titanfall 2 New Entry 5 Farming Simulator 17 3 6 Mafia III New Entry 7 Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse 2 4 8 Gears of War 4 9 9 Grand Theft Auto V 8 10 Forza Horizon 3
