Weekly Recap: Fallout 4 Better Because of Skyrim, More Lizard Squad Attacks

THE BIG STUFF:

How Fallout 4 Will Be Better Because of Skyrim's Technical Issues: Bethesda has learned from Skyrim's bugs and is making Fallout 4 better as a result, according to game director Todd Howard. That's good!

H1Z1, PlanetSide 2 DDoS'ed in Latest Apparent Lizard Squad Attack: After Lizard Squad's Julius “Zeekill" Kivimaki was charged in Finland on more than 50,000 counts but avoided jail, former Daybreak Games boss John Smedley--who had been personally harassed by him--lashed out at his lack of jail time. In an apparent act of retaliation, Lizard Squad took responsibility for taking down Daybreak's biggest games.

THE OTHER STUFF:

In New Zealand, cyberbullying is now a crime. In short, the country's government has passed a new law that criminalizes being a jerk on the Internet. Get the full story here.

2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Nintendo's iconic Super Mario Bros. franchise. To celebrate the occasion, Nintendo of Europe has created a stunning Mario mural. Check it out.

Need more information about Fallout 4? Of course you do. Check out this new interview at The Telegraph with game director Todd Howard.

A new Peanuts movie is coming out this fall, and it will be accompanied by an all new Peanuts video game from, you guessed it, Activision. The game is called The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure. It's a side-scrolling game based, of course, on the iconic comic strip from Charles Schulz.

Alongside NBC's Heroes TV show revival, the company has also commissioned a pair of video games, one for PC/console and the other for mobile. Read more about them here.

Game Informer's August issue has a boatload of new details about Tacoma, the intriguing-looking new game from the makers of Gone Home. Read more about it here.

PC peripherals company Logitech has a new name and logo. The company is now calling itself just Logi--because what does "tech" really mean these days, anyway?. Check out the new logo and read more about what the change means for the company in this blog post.

EA recently lost its head of mobile, but the position formerly held by Frank Gibeau has now been filled. Game Informer reports that former Warner Bros. executive Samantha Ryan has joined EA as its new senior vice president and group general manager for mobile.

Boston-based independent Game of Thrones and Star Trek developer Disruptor Beam has appointed a new chief marketing officer. Pete Arden, who formerly worked at Eve developer CCP Games as its vice president of marketing, joins the developer as its latest hire.

What were the top "trending" games on YouTube for June? As you might have guessed, Batman: Arkham Knight led the way, followed by Lego: Jurassic World and Fallout 4. See the full list here.

Here. We. Go. Just exactly what do you do in No Man's Sky? Watch this new 18-minute gameplay video to find out.

The cutest Pokemon cosplay you've ever seen? Definitely maybe. Check out the adorable Magikarp cosplay here.

GamesIndustry has an excellent, wide-ranging interview with PlayStation Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida about the state of Project Morpheus and more. Read it here.

There are many changes coming to F1 2016's multiplayer mode. Developer Codemasters listed off all the new features and more as part of a new blog post this week, which you can read here.

Despite what you might have heard, upcoming PlayStation 4 horror game Until Dawn will not have a multiplayer mode. A PlayStation Asia press release for the game said it would, but this was a mistake, Sony has confirmed.

Polygon has a great interview with DayZ creator Dean Hall about Early Access, E3, his new game Ion, and a lot more. Read the full interview here.

Abbey Games announced this week that its new game Renowned Explorers: International Society will launch on September 2, 2015. The game is a strategy title set in the 19th century. Watch a gameplay video here.

New Witcher 3 DLC was released on Xbox One this week, but you should not download it, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. An alternate costume for Ciri was accidentally made available this week, and because it wasn't ready for release, there could be issues, CDPR warns.

We now know the extent of League of Legends developer Riot Games' investment in Curse Inc. The gaming giant has invested a whopping $30 million, we learned this week through regulatory filings.

Have a great weekend! We'll have more Comic-Con news for you all weekend long.