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CultureE3Watch Ubisoft’s E3 2019 Presentation Live, Right Here [Update: It’s Over!]
Strap in for more E3 with Ubisoft’s press conference at 4pm Eastern/ 1pm Pacific. We’ll see The Division 2, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and almost certainly the official announcement of Watch Dogs Legion Watch it all on YouTube, below, or on Twitch
By Riley MacLeod Published June 10, 2019 -
CultureE3Funcom’s April Fools’ Day Conan Game Is Real Now
On April 1 of this year, Funcom released a trailer for Conan Chop Chop, a crudely-animated roguelike that I said was “definitely not real but probably should be.” Now it’s coming to PC and consoles on September 3. Australian developer Mighty Kingdom is turning Conan Chop Chop into a real stick figure game. Up to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 10, 2019 -
CultureE3One Dude Was Really Into Bethesda’s Press Conference Last Night
Last night’s Bethesda press conference was full of cool announcements like Doom Eternal details and Arkane’s rad looking new game Deathloop. It was also much rowdier than past conferences. That’s mostly good: fans had stuff to be excited about. At least one dude was absolutely loving it. To quote him: “YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH!” Part of the fun…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 10, 2019 -
CultureE3E3 Just Started and Early 2020 Already Looks Nuts
We’ve only just started the parade of E3 announcements, and one thing is exceedingly clear: Early 2020 is going to bring an overwhelming rush of exciting new games. We are but halfway through the scheduled press conferences and well before the show proper begins, with all of the livestreams and surprises it might bring. And…
By Joshua Rivera Published June 10, 2019 -
CultureE3Gears 5‘s New Mode Is A Three-Player Escape Mission From The Heart Of Locust Territory
Shortly after the Xbox briefing at E3 2019, I sat down to play Gears 5’s new “Escape” mode, a three-player co-operative challenge mode. The three playable characters in the mode, who are named Mac, Lahni and Keegan, are Hivebusters. This means they get captured by the enemy Swarm on purpose, then fight their way out…
By Maddy Myers Published June 10, 2019 -
CultureE3It Took Over 400,000 Lego Bricks To Build This Car
For both Lego and Forza fans, one of the coolest things on stage during yesterday’s Microsoft E3 2019 press conference was a full-scale Lego brick McLaren Senna, punctuating the announcement of Forza Horizon 4‘s Lego Speed Champions expansion. It’s made of more than 400,000 Lego bricks, along with some real car bits. The body is…
By Mike Fahey Published June 10, 2019 -
CultureE3Twitter User Who Leaked Most E3 Announcements Says Nintendo’s Lawyer Called Them
After promising early and unreleased information about Nintendo’s E3 reveals on Twitter this weekend, an account that’s been leaking the rest of this week’s announcements says they received a call and email from Nintendo asking them to stop. The leaker, who goes by Sabi, has been posting detail after detail for each E3 press conference,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 10, 2019 -
CultureE3What Have They Done To Commander Keen
The good news: Commander Keen is back! The bad news: everything else about that piece of information. The Commander Keen games are an international treasure. Kicking off in 1990, they showed—on a platform awash with strategy games and flight sims—that the PC could be home to quality platformers as well. The originals still play well…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Coming In March 2020
The Final Fantasy VII remake will launch on March 3, 2020, Square Enix announced during a concert dedicated to the iconic role-playing game. We’ll see much more of it tomorrow. First announced at E3 2015, the Final Fantasy VII remake went through a long period of silence before showing up again last month during a…
By Jason Schreier Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Everything Bethesda Announced At E3 2019
Some intriguing new games are coming from Bethesda’s studios, including new ones from the folks behind The Evil Within and Dishonored. Bethesda’s E3 2019 show featured new games plus lots of updates for Doom, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein and more. Even Commander Keen is back. Ghostwire: Tokyo is the next game from Shinji Mikami’s studio.…
By Chris Kohler Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Doom Eternal Comes Out In November–Here’s A New Look
Bethesda revealed the sequel to the 2016 Doom at last year’s E3. Doom Eternal got more stage time this year, and a release date: November 22, 2019. 2016’s Doom was a revelation. It’s blunt humor, bombastic gunplay, ripping and tearing captured my attention for an entire summer. Doom Eternal, the sequel, takes place on a…
By Gita Jackson Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Arkane’s Next Game Is Deathloop
The next game from Dishonored and Prey developers Arkane is Deathloop, and was just announced at Bethesda’s E3 press conference. Looks like Groundhog Day, only with lots of bullets. DEATHLOOP” transports players to the lawless island of Blackreef in an eternal struggle between two extraordinary assassins. Explore stunning environments and meticulously designed levels in an…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Rage 2 is getting an expansion called “Rise of the Ghosts” and a bunch of weekly content updates. In a Bethesda press conference trailer that once again had far more personality than the game’s actual world, developers Avalanche and id showed off a pilotable mech, a giant sandworm, new game modes, a new faction, new…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Bethesda is bringing back Commander Keen Zenimax Online is creating a free-to-play mobile game based around the classic id Software hero. It stars twins who happen to be Commander Keen’s kids. It, uh, really looks like a mobile game. It’s set to “soft launch” this summer on iOS and Android.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3The Developers Of The Evil Within Are Making A New Game, GhostWire: Tokyo
At E3 Sunday, Shinji Mikami announced GhostWire: Tokyo, the next game by Evil Within series developers Tango Gameworks. Creative director Ikumi Nakamura described GhostWire as an action-adventure game with horror elements where the player rids the city of a “supernatural evil.” Nakamura was careful to explain that GhostWire will not be a survival horror game. The…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Fallout 76’s Next Update Adds Actual NPCs
After admitting on stage that Fallout 76’s first year hasn’t exactly been great, Bethesda is trying again with some big changes for the game going forwards. The Wastelanders update will add new weapons and gear, an ongoing main questline and the addition of human NPCs to the world. The update is coming later this year.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2019