Every little piece of information we learn about video games can’t be classified as a story in itself. While we’d love to talk more about everything, the fact is that resources don’t permit us to discuss titles beyond ones we feel will resonate with our readers. Keeping that in mind, the stories still deserve attention so we’ve invented the daily briefing to get you up to speed.
Canadian Football 2017
Canadian Football 2017 is coming to Xbox One first because Microsoft were incredibly supportive of the project and approved it before Sony.
Dead Rising 4
Dead Rising 4 reached 1 million players on all platforms after 4 months says Capcom.
Gwent
Gwent got the long-awaited Positioning update. You can read the patch notes here which discuss new ways to play.
Halo 5
The 2017 Halo World Championship Finals, with a $1 million prize pot, start tonight.
Outlast 2
Outlast 2 received a R18+ rating following resubmission in Australia.
Overwatch
The latest Overwatch patch brought back Capture the Flag mode with the latest update and fixed many other issues.
Star Wars: Battlefront 2
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 will be playable at EA Play before E3 2017.
Verdun
Verdun is getting better visuals on Xbox One and other platforms. The patch is only out on PlayStation 4 in Europe but will make its way to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in America soon. You can read all about it here.
Wasteland 3
Fig Publishing has been approved by the American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer Fig Game Shares for Wasteland 3, a new game being developed by inXile Entertainment, creators of Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera. Fig remains the only crowdfunding and publishing platform allowing non-accredited investors to financially support video game development and publishing. Wasteland 3 is the second game funded on Fig to be supported by Fig Game Shares qualified by the SEC, Psychonauts 2 being the first.
Yooka-Laylee
Playtonic will dump JonTron from Yooka-Laylee following his asinine anti-immigrant and race comments.
Antonio was a regular ICXM contributor between 2016–2017, publishing 112 articles across game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news. Their work focused on hands-on reviews, platform commentary, and breaking-news reporting during the Xbox One X launch year and Microsoft’s wider Play Anywhere / UWP gaming initiative.