Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we picked the 10 best RPGs of 2015, the PlayStation 4 continues to outsell the Xbox One, and Psychonauts 2 finished its crowdfunding campaign.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
Pieces of flair and opinion
The DeanBeat: Worldwide game revenues weren’t too shabby in 2015
Who wants a gamified and web-connected toothbrush from Kolibree?
Twitch is playing one of those claw machine games — and it’s so frustrating
The virtual reality headsets that will rock your 2016 — and beyond
Porn is already deciding VR’s future
The 10 best RPGs of 2015: The Witcher 3, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Pillars of Eternity, and more
Here is 2016’s game release dates schedule
$599 Oculus Rift headset and 100 games will kickstart VR in 2016
This mod puts Watch Dog’s hacking inside Grand Theft Auto V
CleverPet Hub is a $269 video game console for your dog
Oslo’s City Hall plays Super Mario and Minecraft tunes on the hour
Above: Psychonauts 2 is happening.
Image Credit: Double Fine
News
Splatoon’s getting a new weapon tomorrow … and it’ll be the last
7 years as king of the hill — Call of Duty is again the top-selling game of the year
2015 NPD: The 10 best-selling games of the year
December 2015 NPD: Call of Duty, Star Wars, Fallout end the year strong
Super Mario Maker surpasses 1M copies sold in the U.S.
PlayStation 4 outsold Xbox One in December
Elite: Dangerous sells 1.4 million copies on Xbox One and PC
HoloLens video schools developers on what they’ll ‘need to know’
Ex-Call of Duty developer acquires Denial esports team
Why ESPN is finally getting serious about esports
Twitch makes it easier to find Twitch Plays Pokémon-style games
CEO Lisa Su expects company watchers to say ‘AMD is back’ in 2016
Wolf Link Amiibo unlocks a new dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
World of Tanks debuts on PS4 next week
Xbox Live is down for some — and Snoop Dogg is mad as hell about it
D&D can buy your Dungeon Masters Guild user-generated content for video games
Twitter Gaming debuts so you can tweet about games in 140 characters
Activision execs, VR luminaries among gaming’s most influential people during CES
Final Fantasy’s Lightning did a fashion interview, and yep, it’s weird
Microsoft open-sources its JavaScript engine Chakra
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with ‘structural improvements’ to OneCore
Even Duke Nukem won’t work with the Republican Party
Nvidia blames Apple for bug that exposes porn browsing in Chrome’s incognito mode
Mewtwo and 2 other Pokémon join Pokkén Tournament’s Wii U roster
Envelop VR adds Google Ventures to $5.5 million round for enterprise virtual reality
Activision Blizzard names ‘Pulp Fiction’ producer Stacey Sher to co-lead film studio
Rockstar North boss leaves after 15 years at the Grand Theft Auto studio
Hulu shares Valve’s sentiments on VR: ‘We just want to learn’
Amazon Prime members get 20% off games in effort to counter Best Buy, GameStop, and EA Access
Psychonauts 2 ends crowdfunding campaign with $3.8 million
EA launches Origin Access today — $5 for its Netflix of games and early trials
Homefront: The Revolution debuts on May 17, and closed beta test is now live
The Division’s new trailer leaked by GameStop Italy
Psychonauts is coming to PlayStation 4
Pokémon Day and Super Bowl commercial coming as franchise celebrates 20th anniversary
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey: Virtual reality will drive demand for high-end PCs
Valve mistakenly posts recap of its winter sale for all to see — and turns out it made money
Upcoming Xbox One feature shows you who’s in a party
Gamemakers spent nearly $630M on TV ads in 2015
Undertale gets snubbed by Writers Guild of America
EA Sports: ‘We have no new plans’ regarding NCAA Football despite Facebook post
‘The Walking Dead’ publisher to adapt emotional Oxenfree game for film and other projects
HTC Vive VR headset opens for preorders on February 29
Mobille and social
Ubisoft’s Smurfs Epic Run sprints onto the app stores
MMA mobile card game secures $1.5 million ahead of global launch
Southeast Asian kids are 20% more active on mobile than U.S. kids
iOS 9 is now on 75% of Apple’s mobile devices
Above: The Division is Ubisoft’s online shooter due out later this year.
Image Credit: Ubisoft
Previews and interviews
The Division: Ubisoft promises solo players won’t be left out
Tom Clancy’s The Division has an engrossing world that’ll eat up all your free time
Warhammer 40K makes Talisman: The Horus Heresy a true digital board game
Winning Putt is Bandai Namco’s free-to-play swing at World Golf Tour, PGA Tour Online
Plant vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2’s Backyard Battleground isn’t all about shooting up stuff
Racing legend Michael Andretti gets behind electric vehicle Formula E races
Reviews and impressions
Tharsis shows that in space, no one can hear you scream in frustration