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CultureE3Watch Bethesda’s E3 2018 Press Conference Here, Live [Update: Over]
It’s time for Bethesda’s E3 2018 press conference, starting at 6:30pm PT/9:30pm ET. I am here to finally see what new stuff we’re getting for Prey. Everything else is just icing to me. You can watch Kotaku’s own Stephen Totilo on Geoff Keighley’s stream below. Otherwise, Bethesda’s YouTube is here. There’s also Twitch
By Riley MacLeod Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Skate 4 Was Not Shown At E3 Today
It’s been years since we got a good skateboarding game, and that fact—coupled with some runaway hope—led fans to expect a Skate 4 announcement at E3 this week. And for a brief few seconds, they thought they’d actually got one. Despite not being mentioned during EA’s E3 press conference, here’s the scene before Microsoft’s show…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Everything Microsoft Showed At E3 2018
Microsoft just showed off a ton of stuff at their E3 2018 Xbox press conference, including new Halo and Gears of War games, Fallout 76, The Division 2, Dying Light 2, a shiny Cyberpunk 2077 trailer, and a new samurai action game from the makers of Dark Souls. Personally speaking, I’m most excited about that last…
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CultureE3Cyberpunk 2077 Gets A New Teaser Trailer
As part of today’s Microsoft E3 press conference, Witcher developer CD Projekt Red showed off a new teaser of its next monster-sized, but also monster-free RPG, Cyberpunk 2077 The trailer began with a male character saying that his city is the worst in America, referencing a “sky high rate of violence” and “more people living…
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CultureE3Just Cause 4 Announced—Officially This Time
Sure, a Steam ad already leaked it, but Microsoft today officially announced Just Cause 4. This iteration of the open world action game features in-air helicopter collisions, a powerful private army and a huge, man-eating tornado. It will be out on Xbox One, PS4 and PC December 4, 2018. Here’s the trailer:
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CultureE3Microsoft Reveals Gears Of War 5 (And Two Spinoffs)
Microsoft announced Gears of War 5 at its E3 Media Briefing today with a story trailer and is slated to arrive next year on Xbox One. But that’s not all: Microsoft-owned studio The Coalition is also working on two Gears of War spin-offs, Gears Pop, a mobile game, and Gears Tactics, a strategy game for…
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CultureE3Jump Force Brings Goku, Naruto, And More Together For A Giant Battle [Update: Battle Footage]
Bandai Namco has announced Jump Force, a new game that mashes up characters from Shonen Jump manga, like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and One Piece. It’s coming in 2019. The three-versus-three tag team fighting game will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam. The trailer opened on a ruined urban setting, showing several famous…
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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…
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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