[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES:

• Newegg and eBay are currently having sales on Kinect-based Xbox One bundles.
  https://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one...5-370978.phtml
• Sony is currently holding a Flash Sale this weekend with around 70 games on discount.
  https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-...FLASHSALEWEBLP
• Several retailers are currently holding a sale on gaming related gift cards till the end of today.
  https://www.destructoid.com/get-15-o...t-371004.phtml
• Green Man Gaming is currently holding a 23% Off pre-order sale for Civilization VI.
  https://www.destructoid.com/save-23-...l-370743.phtml

2) As part of Sonic's 25th anniversary celebrations, Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka revealed the official reason for the Dr Robotnik and Eggman name split was due to Sega of America not working with Sega of Japan on translations of early Sonic games. According to him, Sonic Team always considered Eggman as the canon name and it wasn't till Sonic Adventures it was officially changed to Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.
https://www.destructoid.com/sonic-te...n-370948.phtml

3) During an interview with IGN, Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma hinted some future plans he has for the series includes the next game after Breath of Wild to have some form of multiplayer support.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/...be-multiplayer

4) Namco is currently rumored to be developing a new Pacman Championship Edition game for PC, PS4, and Xbox One based on recent South Korean ratings board leak.