Weekly Recap: Nintendo Switch Unboxing, 10 Best-Selling January Games Revealed, E3 2017 Plans

It's the weekend again! Here's a recap of all the big stories and some you may have missed.

THE BIG STUFF:

The Nintendo Switch does not officially launch for a few more weeks, but some people already have their hands on the system, it seems. Units have appeared in the wild, and people are uploading unboxing videos that provide the first look at retail systems. [Full story]

The NPD Group this week announced the Top 10 best-selling games of January 2017 in the United States. Capcom's Resident Evil 7 came out on top. Rounding out the top five were Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Grand Theft Auto V, Battlefield 1, and NBA 2K17. In terms of hardware, Sony's PS4 won the month, outselling all other home consoles. [Full story]

E3 2017 is still a few months away, but now we know more about it. This week, Microsoft announced that it's moving its show to the Sunday before E3, while Bethesda confirmed that it will have a briefing and it will take place on Sunday as well. EA's briefing could happen that day, too. Buckle up! [Full story]

THE OTHER STUFF:

CD Projekt Red, the developer behind The Witcher series, continues to grow. The Polish developer is now worth more than $1.6 billion, apparently. Get the full story here.

Here's the wacky and wonderful opening cinematic for Nintendo Switch launch title Super Bomberman R.

Ever wonder what Mad Max: Fury Road cars would look like if they had eyes from Pixar's Cars series? Wonder no more!

Bungie is working with MacFarlane toys for a new toy line based on Destiny. Check out some of the figures here; they go on sale later this year alongside Destiny 2.

MLB The Show 17 is adding to and expanding the Diamond Destiny mode for this year's game; watch a video and read this blog post to get all the details.

Former SOE boss John Smedley is heading up a new studio for Amazon located in San Diego. There is no word yet on what the studio is up to, but you can read this interview at GI.biz to find out more.

Did you forget about Homefront: The Revolution? Maybe this will bring you back. The game is getting a big update this spring--get all the details here.

Here's something pretty cool--just this week, Valve fixed a bug in Team Fortress 2 that's been in the game for more than 10 years. Learn more about it here at Engadget.

Here is a cool new trailer for Rare's Sea of Thieves that shows off the progress made in the latest alpha update. Lookin' good!

Entertainment Weekly has posted a gallery of images from the upcoming live-action Beauty and the Beast movie starring Emma Watson. Take a look.

Sony this week published a lot of new gameplay footage for Nier: Automata and shared more details about the game. Catch up on all the news here.

My goodness. More than 3 billion DOTA 2 matches have been played. Wow. Get the full story here at TheScoreEsports.

Have a wonderful weekend!