Game News Round-Up

Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown has passed away

Nintendo Music adds Mario 64 tunes

Over 25 years of classic Halo content has leaked online

• The leaked content appears to have originated from a Halo Studios collaboration with fan modders, which aimed to restore cut content from past Halo titles, including the Halo 2 E3 2003 demo released last month.
• The mod team Digsite had been working with 343 since last summer – allegedly for no pay – to restore content, including multiplayer maps originally developed for the PC port of Halo Combat Evolved, and cut content from classic Halo games.
• Includes the original Halo reveal beta, when Halo was that a third person game

January’s PlayStation Plus Essential Games announced

• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe will be available from January 7 for PlayStation Plus members.

Sumo Group CEO Carl Cavers receives OBE in New Year's Honours list

• For services to the video games industry

Stardew Valley has topped 41 million lifetime sales

SNK opens new studio to 'evolve' fighting game franchises

PlayStation’s boss says it’s open to reviving classic franchises

• The platform holder intends to offer a broad range of experiences from both its first-party studios, and by working with external developers.