[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES

• Major Nelson revealed EA will be holding a free trial of EA Access next week for all Xbox One owners with a Gold account.
  http://majornelson.com/2016/01/14/xb...y-on-xbox-one/
• Square Enix announced in honor of David Bowie, they are currently giving away Omikron: The Nomad Soul for free at their online store. Discount code for the offer is "omikron"
  http://www.destructoid.com/you-can-g...e-334590.phtml
• For those interested, newest indie bundle at the Humble Bundle Store includes Her Story although not in the first tier of games.
  http://www.destructoid.com/get-criti...e-334443.phtml

2) Based on a recent press release, Vivendi Entertainment has sold off all of its remaining shares of Activision Blizzard for around $1.1 billion with the official reason related to Activision's stock price at the moment.
http://www.destructoid.com/vivendi-s...d-334611.phtml

3) Some Nintendo related news:

• Project X Zone 2 was announced to be getting a demo arriving for North America's eShop on January 26.
  http://www.destructoid.com/project-x...h-334567.phtml
• Super Mario Maker has managed to sell around 1 million copies since its launch in North America. Overall worldwide sales are around 2 million.
  http://www.destructoid.com/super-mar...s-334492.phtml
• Nintendo announced Pokken Tournament will be getting released on March 18th as part of the Pokemon series 20th Anniversary celebrations.
  http://www.destructoid.com/pokken-to...8-334587.phtml

4) According to the NPD, Call of Duty Black Ops 3 and PS4 were the highest selling game and console for 2015.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...north-america/

5) Square Enix recently released the specs for the PC version of Rise of the Tomb Raider.
http://www.destructoid.com/rise-of-t...s-334404.phtml