Massive gaming news roundup

gaming news roundup

If you were hoping for some big things to happen this week in gaming, you were in luck because there were some huge stories in the industry.

The biggest being Microsoft’s reversal of the Xbox One DRM policies, which caused an internet response as entertaining as it could get.

SA prices for the PS4 and Xbox One began to emerge, which made us wonder what we’ll be needing to start saving ahead of their launch.

We also checked out the E3 no-shows, did a price round-up of entry-level graphics cards, and after getting some hands-on time, mentioned 5 awesome things about the Deadpool game.

Catch up with the biggest stories listed below.

Features

Internet reacts to Xbox One Eighty
E3 no-shows
Company of Heroes 2 pre-order roundup
5 awesome things about the Deadpool videogame
Games that rewrote history
E3 2013: MyGaming’s picks

Hardware

Nvidia tackles mobile market, good news for gamers
Entry-level graphics cards: SA price roundup
Nvidia GTX760 specs leaked, goes up against AMD HD7870
Battlefield 4 gets AMD love, Nvidia left out
Intel removes “free” overclocking features from Haswell CPUs

Local news

Gaming specials this week
Games you can play this week
Xbox 360, PS3 bundles, and PC games going cheap at Dion Wired
PS4, Xbox One SA pre-order pricing goes live

News you should check out

Microsoft backtracks on Xbox One DRM policies
Steam to allow game-sharing?
GOG Summer Sale kicks off
Day Z standalone video shows new features
Battlefield 4 has no mod support
Xbox One pricing “isn’t ridiculous”: Microsoft
PS3 update 4.45 “bricking” consoles
Thief announced for Xbox 360, PS3
Gamer brains see more, react faster than noobs: research
PS4, Xbox One game prices on the table
Wicked Paradise: Oculus Rift getting virtual reality “erotic adventure” game
Dota 2 player bets against own team, gets lifetime ban

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