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CultureE3Fortnite On Switch Has Built-In Voice Chat, No App Required
Fortnite on Switch will support voice chat through the headphone jack and not through some stupid phone app, just like a normal-ass game. It’s not currently available in the Switch version of Epic’s popular battle royale game that launched today, but will be on Thursday. Competitive games like Fortnite benefit greatly from players being able…
By Gita Jackson Published June 12, 2018 -
CultureE3The Donkey Kong Expansion For Mario + Rabbids Is Tricky And Apparently Very Long
Donkey Kong can throw allies and enemies around, making for some interesting new tactics in the expansion to the Mario +Rabbids Switch crossover coming out near the end of the month. I played it and have footage of an early level for you all to watch. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle players are going to…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2018 - CultureE3
The Last Of Us 2 Actors Recount Their Motion-Capture Kiss
The Last of Us 2 actors Ashley Johnson (as Ellie) and Shannon Woodward (as Dina) described the motion-capture experience of their smooch scene at an E3 Coliseum panel this afternoon. The mo-cap cameras made the kiss unexpectedly tricky, according to Woodward: “There was a lot of sticking. I’d be in the middle of it and…
By Maddy Myers Published June 12, 2018 -
CultureE3The Internet Reacts To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is bringing back everyone—literally everyone—from every Smash game, and the internet is losing their damn minds over this. Since Smash was teased for the Switch, I’d been saying it was definitely just going to be a port. Oh past-Gita of little faith, how wrong you were. Not only is this a…
By Gita Jackson Published June 12, 2018 - CultureE3
Sekiro, The Next Game From The Makers Of Dark Souls, Looks Impressive
One of E3’s highlights so far is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the next game by From Software, makers of Bloodborne and Dark Souls. With Souls-style combat and a grappling hook that lets the player zip around like a goddamned ninja, this game looks impressive so far. In an Activision hotel suite on Sunday, I watched…
By Jason Schreier Published June 12, 2018 -
CultureE3Everything Nintendo Showed At E3 2018
Today Nintendo closed out the 2018 E3 press gauntlet with a streamed conference that was largely focused on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with only a few other announcements peppered in for flavor. We got news of a couple of anticipated ports (Fortnite and Hollow Knight), a couple neat indie sequel announcements, and a trailer for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 12, 2018 - CultureE3
Yoshi Game For Switch Is Skipping This E3
The Yoshi side-scroller for Switch that Nintendo announced a year ago and let people play at E3 is missing in action at this year’s show, despite being originally slated for a 2018 release. After noticing its wasn’t in the company’s E3 Nintendo Direct, we inquired about its absence with Nintendo of America director of product…
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CultureE3Everything We Know About Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. has traditionally cast a wide net across a divided audience who demand contradictory things from the blockbuster platform fighter. For its party-game fan contingent, Smash rains down Bob-ombs and Party Balls. For its fiercely competitive fan contingent, it flattens stages and removes platforms. In the past, Smash has catered to its split…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 12, 2018 -
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Smash Bros Fans Have Spent A Decade Begging For Ridley, And Now It’s Actually Happening
Samus is no longer the only playable Metroid character in Smash. She’s now joined by Ridley, a menacing space dragon who refuses to die no matter how many times he gets owned. To the casual observer, this is just a neat little thing. To Smash diehards, though, it’s the culmination of years of requests. And…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 12, 2018 -
CultureE3Fire Emblem Comes To Switch Next Year, Looks Very Different
Our first real look at Fire Emblem: Three Houses, which is coming to Switch next year, shows all the classic tactical combat, now with the graphical capabilities to give everyone feet. It is remarkable to see these sweeping battles on a screen bigger than your 3DS or your phone, and the darker tone of Three…
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CultureE3Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Star Every Character From Every Smash
The upcoming Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Switch will be called Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and, miraculously, include “absolutely every Super Smash Bros. fighter ever… whether they were original, DLC or only appeared once in the past,” said game director Masahiro Sakurai today. It will be out December 7, 2018. The roster will include:…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 12, 2018 -
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Fortnite Goes Live On Switch Today
Fortnite is (finally) on the Nintendo Switch. Starting today at 10am PT/ 1 ET, you have a whole new way to get in trouble for playing it in class Fortnite for Switch was officially revealed today at Nintendo’s E3 Direct, though we’d previously heard rumors about it coming to the platform. It’s a free download…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 12, 2018 -
CultureE3Super Mario Party Lets You Combine Two Switches
Nintendo announced the first Mario Party game for Switch, Super Mario Party, is coming October 5 during its E3 Direct today. Rather than just be another iteration on the series, the new game looks like it’ll take advantage of all the Switch’s unique features, as well as create some new ones, like the ability to…
By Ethan Gach Published June 12, 2018 -
UncategorizedWe Played Destiny 2‘s Great New ‘Gambit’ Mode
One of the highlights of Destiny 2‘s upcoming fall expansion is Gambit, a competitive PvE and PvP mode that asks two teams of four players to fight each other in a very different fashion. I played a few rounds of Gambit at an Activision event in Los Angeles and am pleased to say that it’s…
By Jason Schreier Published June 12, 2018 - CultureE3
We’re Liveblogging Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference [Update: It’s Over!]
One more press conference before E3 2018 begins, and it’s the wild card. Sometimes Nintendo delivers megaton after megaton, sometimes it plays its cards close to its chest. What’s this year’s Direct—which Nintendo says focuses on Switch games for 2018—got in store? Smash, at least. Watch the Nintendo Direct here or read our liveblog below.
Chris Kohler & Maddy Myers Published June 12, 2018 -
CultureE3Watch Nintendo’s E3 2018 Press Conference Here [Update: Over]
E3 marches ever forward with Nintendo’s E3 Direct at 9am PT/12pm ET. We’ll certainly see more Super Smash Bros., and hopefully we’ll get a new bevy of games for the Switch. You can watch the Nintendo Direct at YouTube, below.
By Riley MacLeod Published June 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls Streamer Did A No-Hit Run To Inspire Other Women
1,200 hours, eight months, and innumerable vape hits after Dark Souls III streamer Suzie first attempted a no-hit run of the infamously difficult game, she lit her final bonfire last week. Suzie says she’s the first woman to record herself playing through Dark Souls III without getting hit. She pulled off the feat to demonstrate…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 12, 2018
