GamesBeat weekly roundup: PlayStation 4 Pro revealed, and Mario on mobile

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! Sony and Apple certainly made sure it was a busy week. Besides all of their shenanigans, Blizzard announced changes for Hearthstone’s Arena mode, and the Xbox One outsold the PlayStation 4 in August.

Happy reading, and have a great weekend!

Pieces of flair and opinion

• The DeanBeat: What Pokémon Go, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and Mafia III share in common
• PlayStation 4 Pro is not a real 4K console
• Star Trek’s best game in 50 years is this simple first-person shooter
• PlayStation 4 Pro isn’t for professionals; it’s for people who already own a PS4
• Why it matters that Nintendo put Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto on Apple’s stage
• Apple and Sony made today one of the best days for gamers
• Sony’s PlayStation 4 Neo event: What to expect
• World of Warcraft: Legion Day 8 journal — getting into world quests
• Overwatch’s competitive mode is way better in Season 2
• World of Warcraft: Legion Day 7 journal — going far in Suramar
• World of Warcraft: Legion Day 6 journal — hitting level 110

News

• Xbox One outsold PlayStation 4 again in August
• Blizzard is removing cards from Hearthstone’s Arena mode to make it more fair
• TwitchCon 2016 will have a Streamline tournament worth $10,000
• No Man’s Sky edges out Madden for August’s most popular game videos
• Lego Harry Potter Collection is coming to PlayStation 4
• PlayStation 4 Pro specs: 4.2 TFLOPS, AMD GPU, and more
• Xbox One S does what PlayStation 4 Pro won’t: Play UHD 4K Blu-ray discs
• Every announcement and trailer from the PlayStation 4 Pro event
• Every PlayStation 4 supports HDR — firmware update coming next week
• Sony touts how Days Gone will look on a PS4 Pro 4K HDR display
• Older PlayStation 4 games can look better on Pro via forward compatibility
• Mass Effect Andromeda shown at Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro event
• Call of Duty games will support PS4 Pro 4K HDR graphics on day one
• Sony explains why better PlayStation 4 graphics matter
• PlayStation 4 Pro is the $400 4K, HDR Sony console — launches November 10
• Slimmer PlayStation 4 revealed at Sony’s New York City event
• College esports gets a new organization to promote and organize events
• Counter-Strike’s second Eleague esports season kicks off on TBS and Twitch
• Pixelmage’s Hero’s Song fantasy role-playing game hits early backers in November (update)
• Activision Blizzard names ex Fox Sports exec as CEO of esports division
• WTF? World of Tanks Blitz mashes up with Valkyria Chronicles
• PlayStation Network is down again for many
• Xbox Live’s Club and Looking for Group features enter preview on Xbox One, Windows 10
• The Game Awards — and its new trailers for game releases — scheduled for December 1 in Los Angeles
• Epic Games announces game jam for its VR Funhouse mod tools
• Pokémon Sun and Moon take place 12 hours apart from each other
• Call of Duty: Black Ops III Salvation DLC arrives Monday on PS4
• Battlefield 1 open beta servers are down for many (Update: Fixed)

Above: Super Mario Run is happening on iOS.

Image Credit: Nintendo

Mobile and social

• Pokémon Go is fastest mobile game ever to make $500 million
• Nintendo will launch Pokémon Go Plus on September 16
• Nintendo share price up 29% following Super Mario Run debut at iPhone event
• Apple takes sign-ups for Nintendo’s Super Mario Run
• Pokémon Go is coming to the Apple Watch after 500 million downloads
• Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto takes Apple’s stage to introduce Super Mario Run
• Mobile hit Badland 2 arrives on Android
• Fyusion unveils mobile content creation platform for augmented reality
• AC/DC rocks VR with Stern pinball table on Samsung Gear headset
• Niko: China’s mobile game market will hit $8.3 billion in 2017
• Disney’s shutdown of Marvel: Avengers Alliance games shows the difficulties of mobile

Previews, reviews, and interviews

• Mafia III has a gripping narrative that’s full of tough choices
• Acer’s 32-inch 4K monitor with G-sync turns games into living works of art
• Fighting the big ugly boss in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Infinity Ward’s multiplayer lead explains why Infinite Warfare is still Call of Duty