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UncategorizedHorizon Zero Dawn’s E3 Demo Was Incredible
Guerilla’s Horizon Zero Dawn—aka That Robot Dinosaur Game Whose Actual Name You Never Remember—had a big gameplay demonstration today at E3. I don’t remember the last time a game went from “huh” to “OH MAN” in my mind quicker than this.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedSony Announces New Open-World Survival Game, Days Gone
And now, a few minutes of a totally new game by Sony Bend coming out for the PS4, Days Gone. It looks a little bit like The Last of Us, in that there are zombie-like creatures, except this game features a biker protagonist. From the PlayStation blog: Set in the beautiful, volcanic scarred high-desert of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedNew God Of War Confirmed, Moves To Norse Mythology
Despite news of the game leaking out a little while ago, Sony today made it official that a new God of War is coming, and sees Kratos head to the frosty north to take on the great Norse Gods. Rather theatrically, the news was first announced via a big orchestra—conducted by BattleStar Galactica composer Bear…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2016 - Uncategorized
We’re Liveblogging Sony’s E3 Press Conference [Update: It’s Over!]
The last major press conference of E3 2016 is about to get underway. We’re expecting games like God of War 4 and plenty of PS VR announcements, but can they match surprises like Shenmue and Final Fantasy VII? Let’s find out!
By Patrick Klepek Published June 13, 2016 - Uncategorized
Watch Sony’s E3 Press Conference Right Here [UPDATE: Over]
It’s time for the last press conference of E3 2016, and I’ve decided to show the Vita, because Sony most definitely won’t. Tune in for some new God of War, some PlayStation VR, and likely some other big surprises from the folks behind PS4. The show starts at 9pm Eastern, but you’ll want to tune…
By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedArk: Survival Evolved Update Will Let You Play (And Breed) As Dinosaurs
During E3’s PC Gaming Show, Studio Wildcard outlined the year ahead for their more-popular-than-Barney (but not nearly as fierce) dinosaur survival game, Ark: Survival Evolved. The craziest addition? A mode that lets you play as dinosaurs. Ark: Primal Survival is coming later this year. Here’s how it works: “ARK: Primal Survival is an upcoming Total…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedAmid The E3 Hype, Gaming Figures Acknowledge Orlando Tragedy [UPDATE]
Just a day after the worst gun massacre in U.S. history, it might be hard to get into the mood to hype anything, video games or otherwise. A few of the people hosting this year’s big E3 spectacles found their own way to acknowledge Orlando before the hype. Yesterday, the hosts and developers at the…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedSteep Is Ubisoft’s Open World Alpine Sports Game
Ubisoft just announced a new series, Steep. It’s an open world mountain sports game about skiing, snowboarding, wingsuiting, paragliding, and probably falling down a lot. You can explore a mountain with your friends and race down it while doing Stunts And Shit. The first-person stuff looks like Mirror’s Edge, but with skis and tremendous amounts…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedWatch Dogs 2 Gameplay Demo Features Improbable Sunglasses
Today at E3, Ubisoft showed a ten-minute demo of Watch Dogs 2 featuring hacking, hip-hop and some unlikely fashion choices. I’m not an elite hacker or anything, but I don’t think most people wear the brand of their underground hacking ring on their hat? I’d imagine it’s also kinda hard to see through custom LED…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedUbisoft Announces Trials of the Blood Dragon, Out Today
Today at E3, Ubisoft RedLynx announced Trials of the Blood Dragon, which looks about like what you’d expect if you took a Trials game and mashed it up wth Far Cry: Blood Dragon. I’ll cost $14.99 and it’s actually coming out… right now! Well, not right this very instant; they said it’ll be out in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 13, 2016 -
Uncategorized10 Minutes Of Brutal Viking Battle In Ubisoft’s For Honor
Out on Feb 14, 2017, here’s a good chunk of gameplay from Ubisoft’s upcoming action game, For Honor. Specifically, we’re looking at a campaign mission where vikings try to lay siege on a samurai stronghold. The combat is the main focus of the demo, and it looks like players will have all sorts of options,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedOur First Look At The Star Trek VR Game
Star Trek: Bridge Crew is a game about working together with friends to fly a starship. During E3, it was demonstrated by Jeri Ryan, Levar Burton and Karl Urban—aka members of multiple real-life (which is to say, still fictional) Star Trek crews. The game, which we already heard about over the weekend, sees you and…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedUbisoft just debuted The Division’s second expansion, “Survival.” Unclear if it’ll actually have survival/weather/stamina mechanics, but here’s hoping. They also announced the release date for the first expansion, “Underground”: It’ll hit Xbox One and PC on June 28, PS4 on August 2.
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedSouth Park: The Fractured But Whole Sounds Perfect So Far
South Park: The Fractured But Whole comes out on December 6, Ubisoft said today, unveiling a bunch of new info about their next cartoon game. The premise: the South Park kids are playing superhero, and have just entered a civil war… over how to plot out their superhero franchise plans. The Fractured But Whole starts…
By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedAt Least Ubisoft Can Laugh At Itself
Ubisoft’s E3 press conference pre-show included a short clip from YouTuber iiJERiiCHOii, who started raving about The Division somewhat unconventionally “Ubisoft, you have fucked up so many games…so many games! And yet you have delivered me… The only thing that I’ve ever wanted which is to be able to just shoot everything and have it…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 13, 2016 -
UncategorizedGhost Recon Wildlands E3 Demo Goes Mega Open-World
Today at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference we got a good long look at the open-world cooperative action game Ghost Recon Wildlands, coming March of 2017. Here’s the demo: It’s got a huge open world that should allow for some cool coordinated teamwork, if you’re the sort of person who’s into “cool coordinated teamwork.” The players…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 13, 2016 - Uncategorized
We’re Liveblogging Ubisoft’s E3 Press Conference [Update: It’s Over!]
We already know we’re gonna see Watch Dogs 2 at Ubisoft’s press conference, but what about South Park? The future of Assassin’s Creed? The company is known for surprises, so we’ll have to see.
By Patrick Klepek Published June 13, 2016
