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Dragon Age: Inquisition is even better with cello accompaniment. This new, gorgeous trailer for Bioware’s upcoming RPG was revealed during EA’s E3 briefing today.

Here’s Your First Look At The New Mass Effect

Bioware just unveiled a new Mass Effect during EA’s press conference at E3, and it looks gorgeous. The game seems to be in an early development stage—some of the footage/shots was labelled as conceptual—but Bioware spoke of how they’re listening to fans and taking the franchise in new directions. We caught shots of new planets,…

Yep, Waiting for Star Wars: Battlefront Is Going to Be Pretty Tough

EA only showed a few slivers of gameplay footage from their upcoming Stars Wars game. But, damn if it doesn’t make you want to get on a speeder bike on Endor. The Star Wars: Battlefront segment that opened EA’s press conference was meant to convince people that they’re taking the responsibility of making Star Wars…

We’re Liveblogging EA’s E3 2014 Press Conference (And We’re Done)

From Microsoft’s green to EA’s blue, we’re live from Electronic Arts’ E3 2014 press conference. Join us for new games, old favorites and an almost guaranteed appearance from some sports personality.

Cult Favorite Tomb Raider Spin-Off is Finally Getting a Sequel

Rise of the Tomb Raider wasn’t the only new Tomb Raider game announced this morning. It was also revealed during Microsoft’s E3 event that a long-awaited sequel to Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is in the works. It’s called Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, and it’s coming out for PC, PS4,…

Five Minutes Of The Division’s Snazzy Multiplayer

Ubisoft and Microsoft didn’t have much to say about The Division at the latter’s E3 press conference this morning, but that didn’t stop them from showing off some lush gameplay footage: Ubisoft’s press conference is later today, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more Tom Clancy-centric news then.

New Crackdown Goes Multiplayer in a Big Way

“Hello, Agent.” Man, we’ve all missed that voice, huh? CORRECTION: The original version of this post stated that Platinum Games would be working on the new Crackdown. This isn’t the case. It’s being developed by series creator Dave Jones and a new UK studio called Cloudgine, which is made up of former Crackdown developers. We…

You Make Friends With Dragons In Platinum Games’ Xbox One Exclusive

Platinum Games’ Hideki Kamiya took to the E3 stage today to present their new Xbox One-exclusive game, Scalebound. There were dragons and dragon-riding which, looking at the title, isn’t all that surprising. Questions? Comments? Contact the author of this post at andras-AT-kotaku-DOT-com.

Super Mario Bros.-Themed Aquarium

Super Mario Bros.-themed aquarium. Via R/Pics You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Hell Yes, Phantom Dust Returns on Xbox One

Hell’s gotten a lot colder. The cult game from the original Xbox is getting re-imagined for Microsoft’s newest console. A teaser trailer showed characters that looked like they could be the metahuman Espers charged with saving the Earth. This clip didn’t appear to be captured gameplay but, what the hell, it’s new Phantom Dust

The Halo 5 beta promises a whole damn lot. Getting to test out the evolution of Spartan multiplayer is a real good reason to buy four games you may already own

Rise of The Tomb Raider Shows A New Side of Lara Croft

Looks like the Xbox One is getting a new Tomb Raider—and in this one, Lara Croft seems haunted by her past experiences (the trailer shows Croft in what appears to be a therapy session). Interesting! Might this be a direct sequel to the recent reboot? Kind of looks like it. You can watch the trailer…

Bleak, Dystopian Inside Comes To Xbox One In Early 2015

After four years of development, Limbo developer Playdead’s new side-scroller, Inside, will come to the Xbox One in the first half of 2015 as part of Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program. The game has a website which you can keep an eye on for updates.

Everything We Know About the Halo Master Chief Collection

News of the Halo: Master Chief Collection already leaked a few weeks ago, but Microsoft and developer 343 Industries officially announced its existence today. It’ll be out on November 11 this year, in tandem with Halo 2‘s 10-year anniversary, and it’ll come with access to the beta for Halo 5: Guardians One Disc In a…

Microsoft just officially announced The Master Chief Collection, which collects four blockbuster Halo games in one package.

New Xbox One Game Looks Like A Beautiful Cartoon

Here’s a gorgeous-looking game that Microsoft just debuted at their Xbox One presser at E3—it’s called Ori and The Blind Forest. It’s an Xbox One exclusive. Here’s the trailer:

The New Fable Features Co-Op and Lets You Play as the Villain

You’re not going it alone in the next release in the Xbox first-party RPG franchise. You’ll have friends questing along with you. Unless you’re the bad guy, in which case you’ll have enemies. Fable Legends got its turn on the Xbox stage today, with a video that showcased multiplayer battles and a feature that lets…

Conker Is Coming Back In Project Spark

Conker made a surprising appearance during Microsoft’s Project Spark presentation. It’s been a long time, buddy! We missed you.

Dance Central Spotlight Is Coming To Xbox One In September

A new Dance Central game is coming to Xbox One, and it’s a download-only title.

A new arcade-style DLC pack for Dead Rising 3 is available today. Available on Xbox Live, Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha features online 4-player co-op with powerups, bonus stages, and… cosplay.