Daily Highlights: Wednesday 22nd January

Sagas, betas, responses and rumours.
Text: Mike Holmes
Published 2014-01-22

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has now come out of closed beta (in North America at least) and the open beta is rolling out around the world in the next few days.

Microsoft has responded to "Machinima Gate" after it was revealed that some YouTubers were incentivised to speak positively about Xbox One.

The rumours surrounding the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V continue to build, though we're not sure how much read into the latest tidbits.

Fresh from trademarking the word ‘Candy', King are now trying to stop Stoic from trademarking The Banner Saga. Cue much uproar, and this statement from the Candy Crush Saga publisher.

Custom maps and modding tools on StarCraft II are now free-to-play. We've got screens of Styx: Master of Shadows. Driveclub might not make it onto PlayStation 4 until June.

Ex-Infinity Ward and Respawn devs show off their new game. There's new pics of The Division. And there's more artwork and news on Sunset Overdrive.

And finally today, we've been blasting our way through swathes of grotesque mutants in Vlambeer's Early Access roguelike

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