Daily Highlights: Thursday 3rd April

New consoles, old racers, rumoured Halo stuff, and DIY MMOs.
Text: Mike Holmes
Published 2014-04-03

We got hands-on with Mario Kart 8 in today's big feature. Is Nintendo's racer going to be just the tonic needed for the Wii U? Read on for our early impressions.

Following Amazon's announcement of Fire TV yesterday, today we got a peek at some upcoming titles for the platform. It was also recently revealed that some triple-A dev talent has signed for Amazon Game Studios.

Ridley Scott has reportedly signed up to executive produce a new Halo digital feature. Interestingly, it sounds like it's not the live-action show for Xbox One with Steven Spielberg attached. Good news for Halo fans... more Halo.

We spoke to Sony Online Entertainment about making money in Landmark, dealing with trolls, and the incoming PvP part of the game. Watch our interview with David Georgeson for more details.

The map in The Witcher 3 is already reportedly bigger than Skyrim - much, much bigger. Lego The Hobbit might wrap up the story of the third film - due out later this year - as DLC instead of as a standalone release. Reaper of Souls sold 2.7 million in just a week.

Shadows of Mordor got an October release date. Divinity: Original Sin just entered into beta. Hearthstone just soft launched onto iPad. Microsoft Studios has let some staff go as part of restructuring. Cortana is to be the voice of Windows 8 Phones.

We got some hands-on with Ubisoft's digital title Child of Light: read about it here.

It's the day before Friday, and that means another dose of Throwback Thursday. This week we play Mappy, a gem from 1983.

And finally, if you're at a loose end and you like tanks, we're giving away beta keys in collaboration with Gaijin Games. Head this way to be among the first to play War Thunder: Ground Forces.

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