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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 - Uncategorized
New Command & Conquer Mobile Game Is Getting Mauled Online
Can you tell what kind of message is being sent to Electronic Arts with the YouTube voting on the gameplay trailer for the newly-announced Command & Conquer Rivals mobile game? 244 upvotes. 7,900 downvotes. The strategy game’s “reveal” trailer isn’t doing much better. A thousand up. Nineteen thousand down. It’s about as easy to point…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2018 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Downhill Carting
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published June 7. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 10, 2018 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts III Will Be Out In January
It’s 1:30am Eastern on a Sunday morning and Square Enix just announced Kingdom Hearts III’s release date, because why not? The long-awaited action-roleplaying game will be out on January 29, 2019, the publisher says. Technically this is a delay—Square had previously said Kingdom Hearts III would be out in 2018—but at least there’s a firm…
By Jason Schreier Published June 10, 2018 -
CultureE3Everything EA Showed At E3 2018
This morning in Los Angeles, Electronic Arts kicked off E3 2018 with a press conference in which they announced a new Star Wars game, an Unravel sequel, and took a longer look at BioWare’s upcoming RPG Anthem, which is out next February. It was a straightforward way to begin E3: light on major news, with…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3Everything We Know About BioWare’s Anthem
To close out EA’s E3-adjacent EA Play news conference, BioWare walked the audience through a lengthy deep dive into Anthem, its Destiny-esque multiplayer shooter. To begin, BioWare’s Casey Hudson, Mark Darrah, and Cathleen Rootsaert explained that the goal with Anthem is to avoid “diluting” the story by keeping it separate from action-heavy combat. You’ll go…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3EA Brings Back Command & Conquer… As A Mobile Game
A legendary real-time strategy game series is returning in a format you probably weren’t expecting. Shown today during the E3-adjacent EA Play press conference, Command & Conquer: Rivals is a strategy game for mobile devices that boasts “quick, competitive” matches. It looks a lot like Clash Royale or Clash of Clans, but in the C&C…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3Yarn Game Unravel Gets A Co-op Sequel, Out Today
Yarny is back, and this time, it’s personal Today, as part of its E3-adjacent EA Play conference, EA announced a sequel to side-scrolling yarn-’em-up Unravel. It once again stars Yarny, an actual doll knitted by creative director and perpetual sincerity engine Martin Sahlin. This time, though, he’s got a partner, a blue yarn doll. The…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2018 - CultureE3
Respawn’s Star Wars Game Is Called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind the awesome Titanfall 2, shared details on their upcoming Star Wars project today at the EA Play press conference. It will be called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and take place during the time between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope Speaking at the EA Play conference, Respawn CEO…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 9, 2018 -
CultureE3It Took Six Minutes For E3’s First Battle Royale Announcement
Battlefield V bring the series back to World War Two and, dear God, has playable women. EA revealed more details today at the EA Play press conference including a closer look at the game’s multiplayer. And of course, that means a battle royale mode. The battle royale format mode will be called “Royale,” although no…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 9, 2018
