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UncategorizedNew Dragon Ball Z Fighting Game Coming In 2018
Dragon Ball Fighter Z, a 2D DBZ fighting game, is due out in 2018 from Arc Systems and Bandai Namco. It was shown at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, but is also coming to PlayStation and PC. Here’s the trailer. Those cel-shaded visuals look incredible
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedMinecraft Gets An Official High-End Graphic Makeover
Minecraft is getting a major graphics overhaul according to an announcement made by Mojang at Microsoft’s E3 press briefing today. These improvements, including 4K treatment, will be part of the “Super Duper Graphics Pack,” available this fall. The new texture pack will also come alongside a “Better Together” update which will introduce cross-play among the…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedState Of Decay 2 Looks Great, Coming Next Spring
Open world zombie survival game State of Decay 2 is coming to Xbox One next year, Microsoft announced today. It will be an Xbox Play Anywhere title compatible with Windows 10. Here’s the trailer: 18 months after the zombie apocalypse, the military abandons a refugee camp in small-town America. Those left behind must band together…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedBattlegrounds Coming To Xbox One This Year
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to Xbox One. It appears to be timed console exclusive for this year. PUBG is a competitive game where 100 people hit each other with frying pans to decide who gets to use their frying pan to cook a chicken. The game’s still in early access, but already, it’s taken PC…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Origins Finally Announced For Real, Set In Egypt
Assassin’s Creed Origins, set in ancient Egypt, is indeed the next entry in the series, coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 27th. The game we’ve all known has existed for some time finally got officially acknowledged at today’s Microsoft press briefing, and it looks great. In it, you play as Bayek, an…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedMetro: Exodus Announced, Out Next Year
The latest in the Metro series, called Metro: Exodus, is on its way to Xbox One, with Xbox One X enhancements, Microsoft said today at its E3 conference. The game, which will at the very least let you kill a giant mutant with a crossbow, will be released in 2018. Microsoft did not exactly announce…
By Chris Kohler Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedForza 7 Is Coming On The Xbox One X
The first game designed with Microsoft’s new Xbox One X in mind was shown off at the company’s E3 presser today, and it’s Forza Motorsport 7. Here’s the debut trailer. Note that just because this is being shown off with the Xbox One X in mind, it’s also coming to the Xbox One and PC…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Announces Xbox One X, Will Be $499
Microsoft’s next console, codenamed Project Scorpio, will be called Xbox One X, the company said today. It will be out on November 7 worldwide and cost four-hundred-ninety-nine U.S. dollars (aka $500). The big buzzwords are “True 4K,” and Microsoft is touting Xbox One X’s higher resolution. It’ll support all previous Xbox One games and accessories,…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
We’re Liveblogging Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference [Update: We’re Done]
E3 is underway, which means tons of games and a lot of people in suits talking. Microsoft’s press conference starts a 2PM Pacific time today. Hopefully they’ll bring the games to go along with the Scorpio. Gita Jackson and I will bring you all the details live, starting in a few minutes. You can watch…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Watch The Xbox E3 2017 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]
From teraflops to teraflips, Microsoft’s holding its E3 2017 press conference at 5pm Eastern today, and you can watch it right here. Expect first-party games like Sea of Thieves and Crackdown 3 as well as big third-party games like Anthem and maybe Assassin’s Creed: Origins. And of course, expect Microsoft to reveal details on Xbox…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Project Scorpio Hasn’t Even Been Unveiled Yet And It’s Already Become A Meme
Speaking of t-shirts, Microsoft is handing out its own ahead of the press briefing later this afternoon. They read “I witnessed the most powerful console ever” and naturally the Internet is having a field day. Here are just a few of the best entries already swirling around Twitter:
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Here Are Some Bad E3 T-Shirts
These appear to be just a few of the T-shirts being sold near the Los Angeles Convention Center where E3 is being held this week. Unlike in previous years, the event is open to the public this time, so naturally vendors are looking to make a buck by sellinglazy merch Game Informer’s Ben Hanson spotted…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedScrewball Comedy Game Jazzpunk Is Getting DLC Three Years Later
Jazzpunk is weird and funny and absurd. An adventure game in the mold of Stanley Parable, it shoves genres, jokes, and cultural references into a blender and offers the result with a nonplussed grin. Luis Hernandez started working on Jazzpunk with Jess Brouse as part of Necrophone Games a while back, first bringing it to…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 - Esports
Dota 2 Tournament Ends With A Fountain Dive
Even in professional matches, sometimes you have to dive the fountain. Team Liquid ended their run at this weekend’s Epicenter Dota 2 tournament with a bang, as a rush from Amer “Miracle” Al-Barkawi into the enemy team’s spawn highlighted their 3-1 win over Evil Geniuses. EG, who came into the grand finals having dropped only…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Gave Sweet, Fake SNES Carts To King’s Tale Staff
Square Enix gave a pretty nifty thank-you gift to the developers of A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV—a replica Super Nintendo cartridge with the game’s art and logo. It even includes the box. It’s a thematically appropriate gift, since A King’s Tale is a (free) game for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 that’s styled after…
By Chris Kohler Published June 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedWhen Things Get Lit Aboard The Starship Enterprise
“Look at the hands bruh, look at the hands bruh.” That’s what inVINCEable77 started shouting at one point while sitting in an online lobby for the Star Trek: Bridge Crew VR game released last month. YouTuber Raymond Tennent recorded the entire conversation between Starfleet’s best and brightest which ran almost fifteen minutes. One obvious take-away…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2017 - CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: What We Expect (And Hope) To See At E3 2017
It’s Video Game Christmas on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, and with E3 now underway, it’s time to for one last chat about our hopes, dreams, and predictions. We open up the show with some brief talk about Mass Effect: Andromeda’s turbulent development (4:03) before jumping into E3 talk, going through each press conference to talk about…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2017
