NEWS | Week beginning August 24th | Steam OS pre-order bonuses, Black Ops 3 Beta breaks records & An Island giveaway

Good evening guys, and welcome back to another video game round-up, brought to you by me!
Let's get straight into it!

Pre-order bonuses

First up, Valve, the people who have given us gamers things like Half-Life and Steam, have recently announced that if you pre-order any of the new Steam hardware devices, of which are the Steam controller, Steam Link or Steam Machine, you will receive a free copy of Football/Car simulator Rocket League and puzzle solving game Portal 2.

Fancy tech right there!

Rocket League, which was once free on the Playstation Store for a limited time, has sold over 1 million copies since it's release on Steam in early July.

If you guys have already pre-ordered  any of those three devices, do not fear! A copy of both Rocket League and Portal 2 will be deposited into your account by the 4th September. Also, if you've already pre-ordered any of the devices at a retail store, again, do not fear! You will be given a code for each of the games when you pick up your device.
So if you haven't already pre-ordered any of the devices, go ahead and do it now! You'll get two free games for your troubles!

Black Ops 3 Beta

Next up, the Call of Duty, Black Ops 3 Beta broke multiple records last week after debuting on the Playstation 4.

Activision announced last week that the Beta for the upcoming Call of Duty title broke 'multiple' records during the pre-release play period last week. According to Activision, 'millions' of people played the Beta, making the 'biggest' ever beta to feature of the Playstation.
The beta, which was available to Playstation users from the 19th August to the 24th August, was made available so Treyarch Studios, the developers of Black Ops 3, could collect "critical feedback and technical data". Obviously, it would be difficult to gain accurate data from internal testing only, so releasing a portion of the game to the public would help gather the necessary data.

The 'biggest' ever beta to
feature on PS4!

Activison did not release any specific figures, they did however claim that the beta saw more downloads, gameplay session and total hours of gameplay that other PS4 beta, which include Destiny and Battlefield Hardline.

Sony executive Adam Boyes boasted by saying:
"Played by millions of Playstation fans aroud the world, the response to the beta was massive and shows the strength when bringing together the best-selling console franchise with the best-selling game console." He continued by saying "Signalling an impressive start of a new era for Playstation and this famed franchise, there was no better way to welcome Call of Duty to its new home on Playstation 4."

TheCall of Duty: Black Ops 3 beta is still available to Xbox and PC users, and the full game launches on 6th November for PS4, Xbox One, PC and last generation consoles.

Just Cause 3

Finally, Square Enix and Avalanche Studios, the developers behind the Just Cause series, have this week announced a contest for for their soon to be released title, Just Cause 3, with the grand prize being a real life island!

The requirements, which are listed on the contest's official website, a player must top the 'Chaos Points' leaderboard after 90 days of the game. If you do manage to top the leaderboards, you can either have the island, or you be given the island's equivalent worth, which is $50,000 USD. Chaos points are earned by destroying significant items or objects in game, which are labelled red.

This could be yours???

Square Enix has stated that the island's location is to be determined by the sponsor, and does not guarentee that the island is inhabitable or accessible via means other than a boat.

"Location of Island to be determined by Sponsor," said Square Enix. "All taxes and fees associated with purchasing and obtaining of Island (including but not limited to attorney's fees, escrow, and closing costs) are the responsibility of the Winner. Sponsor does not guarantee the Island to be inhabitable, developed or reachable by any means other than a boat."

To participate, all you have to do is pre-order the Day One Edition of Just Cause 3 on Xbox One or PS4, register an account on the Sqaure Enix site and link wither your PS or Xbox account to your Sqaure Enix account, and of course top the Chaos Points leaderboard.

Fancy yourself an island? Go and get Just Cause 3! Here's a video released by Square Enix explaining what you have to do to win:

And that's it for this week! What did you think of this weeks news? Will you be pre-ordering a Steam device? Have you played the Black Ops 3 beta yet? Are you going to try and win the Just Cause 3 island? Let me know in the comments down below!

As always, thanks for reading!

Connor :)