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Kirk Hamilton
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Kotaku Editor-at-Large

Microsoft, Ubisoft and Sony all threw everything they had at us, but we’re still standing strong. Phew. How did they

We knew PlayStation VR was coming in October, but now we’ve got a date: October 13, 2016. Which is a Thursday, as it turns out. Read more

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Here’s Wilson’s Heart, a noir VR game from Twisted Pixel. It’s coming to Oculus Rift in 2017.

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Ubisoft just debuted The Division’s second expansion, “Survival.” Unclear if it’ll actually have survival/weather/stamina mechanics, but here’s hoping. They also announced the release date for the first expansion, “Underground”: It’ll hit Xbox One and PC on June 28, PS4 on August 2.

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SUPERHOT VR gets a new Oculus Touch trailer. Should be pretty cool—the non-VR game is great—though I’ll be curious whether or not you can move around within levels. They call it a “complete new title” and say it’ll debut with Oculus Touch later this year.

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Today Microsoft announced some much-requested new features for Xbox Live including clubs for organizing with other players, an integrated looking for group tool, and an “Arena” system for multiplayer tournaments.

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Inside, Playdead’s follow-up to Limbo, hits Xbox One on June 29th and Steam on July 7th. They’re making Limbo free on Xbox One until June 20, and on Steam June 21-22. I’ve played the whole game and it is ridiculously good. More on that a little later, once this press conference madness dies down.

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Dontnod’s Vampyr has got its first trailer. If you were expecting an undead Life is Strange, well, bad news. If you were expecting a bloody vampire action game, well, good news!

Hitman is getting a special “Summer Bonus Episode” on July 19. Two new missions will take players back to Sapienza and Marrakesh, respectively, this time after the sun has set. Sapienza will be all set up for a sci-fi movie shoot and will feature “a crazy giant killer robot.” Sounds cool. More details here.
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