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CultureE3Dying Light 2 Announced
Parkour zombie game Dying Light is getting a sequel. We don’t know much about Dying Light 2 but based on the trailer it looks like a colorful return to another violent undead world. And you thought the sustained flood of zombie games had ebbed. Chris Avellone, one of the narrative masterminds Planescape: Torment and Star…
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Devil May Cry 5 Is Coming Next Year
Capcom unveiled the new Devil May Cry during Microsoft’s E3 press conference today and it looks rad as hell, y’all. The game will be a “true” sequel to 2008’s Devil May Cry 4. A short-haired Nero returns as protagonist and seems to have lost his arm, the source of much of his power, in a previous…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3The Division 2 Is Set In Washington, D.C.
The Division is getting a sequel, set in a new city, and in a new season. The new game is coming March 15th, 2019 for XBox One, Playstation 4 and PC. There will be more information at Ubisoft’s press conference tomorrow, but we got a look at an atmospheric trailer today during Microsoft’s briefing: We…
By Gita Jackson Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Bethesda Teases Fallout 76 Yet Again
Todd Howard took the stage to give us another tease of the upcoming Fallout 76 during Microsoft’s E3 press conference today. It didn’t answer many questions, but it did look pretty. Set in the hills of West Virginia, the video shows several vault dwellers walking around the barren wasteland. The narrative seems focused on the…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 10, 2018 - CultureE3
Microsoft Buys Four Independent Studios
Microsoft announced it’s acquired four new game studios at its press conference today in an effort to increase the the number of exclusive first-party games it can deliver to Xbox One owners. The studios in question are Undead Labs, makers of State of Decay 2, Playground Games, who already makes Microsoft’s Forza Horizon series, Compulsion,…
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Forza Horizon 4 Is Set In Britain
Today during its E3 press conference, Microsoft debuted Forza Horizon 4 The new racer in Forza’s arcadier sister series is set in Britain. It features “dynamic seasons” in a “shared open world.” Apparently this “changes everything.” Here’s a trailer: During the E3 demo, we got to see multiple seasons—summer, winter, and everything in between—each of…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Disney’s Frozen Is A World In Kingdom Hearts III
The gang will travel to the land of Arendelle in Kingdom Hearts III, Square Enix revealed at Microsoft’s E3 2018 press conference. Yes, Frozen is coming to Kingdom Hearts. Did you expect anything less? The crossover game will hit PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 29, 2019. After years in development, Kingdom Hearts III…
By Chris Kohler Published June 10, 2018 -
UncategorizedMetro Exodus looks pretty badass in a new trailer set to Massive Attack’s “Angel.” Deep Silver showed off gameplay in the post-apocalyptic survival FPS at Microsoft’s E3 Media Briefing and also revealed it now has a release date of February 22, 2018, a day that’s already stacked with both Days Gone and Anthem.
By Ethan Gach Published June 10, 2018 -
UncategorizedToday during Microsoft’s E3 news conference, it showed off a new trailer for Ori And The Will Of The Wisps, the sequel to Ori And The Blind Forest. It’s full of beautiful psychedelic imagery and some gnarly monsters. The game will be out in 2019.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3The Developers Of Dark Souls Are Making A New Ninja Game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Last winter at The Game Awards, Dark Souls studio From Software teased a game that they called “Shadows Die Twice.” Today at the Xbox E3 press conference, the developer officially revealed that game: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, an action game starring a ninja with a prosthetic arm. In an interesting twist, this one is published…
By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Microsoft Announces Halo Infinite With Tiny Teaser
Microsoft kicked off its E3 2018 press conference with a small teaser for the next Halo, called Halo Infinite. If you thought Halo 5 could have used more Master Chief, Microsoft says you’ll get more play time with the series’ protagonist this time around. “We will join Master Chief on his greatest adventure yet to…
By Chris Kohler Published June 10, 2018 - CultureE3
We’re Liveblogging Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference [Update: We’re Done]
Another year, another E3. Microsoft undoubtedly has some tricks in store for its press conference today at 4PM EDT. Riley and I will have live commentary here for you in a few moments. You can watch the press conference here or follow along with our liveblog.
Heather Alexandra & Riley MacLeod Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Watch The Xbox E3 2018 Press Conference Live, Here [Update: Over]
E3 continues today with Microsoft’s press conference at 1pm PT/4pm ET. What’s next for the Xbox One X? Will we see some Gears of War? Will playing with my Xbox friends on my PC ever get easier? Let’s find out together! You can watch the press conference on YouTube below, or on Twitch
By Riley MacLeod Published June 10, 2018 - Uncategorized
Square Enix announced that Nier: Automata is coming to the Xbox One on June 26th, 2018, then they removed the announcement page. According to the now-removed page, it will be released in a “Become As Gods” edition that includes the “3C3C1D119440927″ DLC and some cosmetic items.
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 10, 2018 -
EsportsDragon Ball Player Microwaves His Cereal Milk, Shattering My View Of Breakfast Forever
While this weekend’s Summit of Power rages on at the Beyond the Summit house, one factoid has been haunting me. During Thursday’s events, Vineeth “ApologyMan” Meka was caught on camera, warming up his cereal milk in the microwave. Yes, that is correct. It’s hot cereal. The tech, according to ApologyMan, is to microwave your bowl…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 10, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Your E3 Hopes And Dreams
It’s E3 this week, and we’re going to be shown lots of games that we expect and a few that we don’t know anything about. I need ‘shops that show me the latter. Every E3 is a rollercoaster of emotions. The biggest companies in video games promise things about games, and then years later we…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 10, 2018 - Esports
The eight teams directly invited to this year’s Dota 2 International have been confirmed. The top eight of the Dota pro circuit move on with a guaranteed ticket to Vancouver. For everyone else, the open qualifiers kick off in just four days, leading into the regionals starting June 18.
By Eric Van Allen Published June 10, 2018 - CultureSplitscreen
Our Wildest Predictions For E3 2018
Here’s a safe prediction: there will be some video game announcements next week at E3. But what about the wilder predictions? This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason Schreier and I talked E3 rumors and made a bunch of guesses about what we’ll see during video gaming’s big annual announce-a-palooza. You can listen to the episode…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2018
