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Kotaku EastJapanImagining A Theme For The Metal Gear Solid Movie
This is not the official theme for director Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ still-in-the-works Metal Gear Solid cinematic adaptation. It is another barn burner by MGSV singer Donna Burke. Besides voicing the iDroid in Metal Gear Solid V, Burke sang “Heavens Divide” for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and “Sins of the Father” for Metal Gear Solid V:…
By Brian Ashcraft 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 -
CultureE3The Internet Reacts To Keanu Reeves In Cyberpunk 2077
Keanu Reeves is out here living his best life and the internet is living for it. The most unexpected part of this Microsoft’s E3 presser was Keanu Reeves. Not only did the star of John Wick show up to tell everyone Cyberpunk 2077‘s release date—he’s in the freaking game! I couldn’t handle it during our…
By Gita Jackson Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Watch Bethesda’s E3 2019 Presentation Live, Right Here [Update: It’s Over!]
E3 soldiers on with Bethesda’s press conference at 8:30pm Eastern/ 5:30pm Pacific. We’re looking forward to DOOM Eternal, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, and maybe what’s next for Fallout 76 Watch the conference on YouTube, below, or on Twitch
By Riley MacLeod Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Covers Nine Movies In One Game
It got kinda buried under bigger news at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, but there’s a new Lego Star Wars game coming, one that covers the events of, oh, nine movies It’s called The Skywalker Saga, and doesn’t appear to be a mere collection of older games; instead this looks to be an all-new thing, condensing the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Everything Microsoft Announced At E3 2019
The first details on a powerful new Xbox console, release dates for anticipated games like Cyberpunk 2077, and another developer acquired by Xbox Game Studios led Microsoft’s packed slate of announcements for its E3 briefing on Sunday. Project Scarlett, the next-generation Xbox console, will be released for the 2020 holiday season. Halo Infinite will launch…
By Chris Kohler Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3A Brand New Look At Halo Infinite, Which Will Be An Xbox Scarlett Launch Title
Microsoft finally showed off some more footage for Halo Infinite—a weighty name for the sixth major game in the 18-year-old franchise. Halo Infinite will launch on Windows 10, Xbox One and Xbox’s newly-announced Project Scarlett console fall, 2020. Rightfully so, Halo fans were very curious about what the actual game would look like. Today’s trailer…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3That incredibly good-looking Tales game leaked on Friday? It’s Tales of Arise, coming to Xbox, PC and PlayStation 4 in 2020. Here’s the trailer as seen during Microsoft’s E3 2019 press conference, which helped fans of hot anime bullshit survive the nearly two-hour presentation.
By Mike Fahey Published June 9, 2019 -
CultureE3Microsoft Announces Project Scarlett, The Next-Gen Xbox
Microsoft today teased some of its first plans for Project Scarlett, the next-generation Xbox, and the buzzwords make it sound impressive: up to 120 frames-per-second, a solid state drive, ray-tracing, and so on. It’ll be out in the fall of 2020. And of course, Halo Infinite will be a launch title. “For us, the console…
By Jason Schreier Published June 9, 2019
