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Spotted at the end of the Gears of War 4 trailer from E3 today: Would you look at that? Marcus Fenix is still alive in Gears of War 4! Unless this was just a dream or something. Still though, he’s lookin’ pretty good, huh?

Gears of War 4 Will Have Cross-Play And Cross-Buy On Xbox And PC 

Day one of E3 kicks off today with Microsoft’s press conference, where we learned that anyone who purchases Gears of War 4 will get it on both PC and Xbox One—and there will be crossplay between both platforms. It’s all part of a larger program called “Xbox Play Anywhere,” which will allow crossbuy/crossplay for Xbox…

Xbox One Slim Announced, Out This August [UPDATE]

UPDATE (6/13): And now it’s official. Today at their press conference, Microsoft announced the Xbox One S, which will be 40% smaller than the Xbox One. It’ll start at $300 and be out this August. Pricing will vary based on the hard-drive size, Microsoft said. The 500GB version will be $300; a 1TB version will…

Serious Sam is getting a VR game. It’s coming to Steam Early Access this summer, and it’s about shooting everything that moves. Finally, a killer app for VR. (Sorry, it’s early and I can’t do jokes yet.)

We’re Liveblogging Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference [Update: It Is Done]

Microsoft kicks off day two of E3 2016 press conferences. They’ll be introducing new Xbox hardware and games to the masses, some of which managed to not leak before the show! Come follow along. “`

Watch Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

It’s time to see what Microsoft’s got up their neon green sleeves. Will today be the day we see the Xbox Scorpio? We’re also expecting an Xbox Slim, some new Dead Rising, some Gears of War 4, and hopefully a lot of other surprises. The big E3 Xbox press conference starts at 12:30pm Eastern. You…

Guy Trolls Overwatch Players With ‘It’s High Noon’

Overwatch players are practically conditioned to react to McCree’s ultimate: if you hear “IT’S HIGH NOON” mid-match, you either quickly survey the area and run for your life, or you die. The sound cue is supposed to be useful and informative. …unless of course someone starts abusing it. Nigma’s Vidya Channel took McCree’s sound clip…

Kanye West’s game, Only One—which commemorates his late mother, Donda West—is being developed by Encyclopedia Pictura. You might know them as the folks who helped Bjork develop a game. Earlier this year, Kanye said that making Only One has been surprisingly difficult, thanks to companies/developers who allegedly didn’t believe in his vision for a video…

Dontnod’s Vampyr has got its first trailer. If you were expecting an undead Life is Strange, well, bad news. If you were expecting a bloody vampire action game, well, good news!

Hitman is getting a special “Summer Bonus Episode” on July 19. Two new missions will take players back to Sapienza and Marrakesh, respectively, this time after the sun has set. Sapienza will be all set up for a sci-fi movie shoot and will feature “a crazy giant killer robot.” Sounds cool. More details here

New OSVR Headset Delivers Rift And Vive Specs For $399

Coming in July from the Open Source Virtual Reality Consortium, the Hacker Development Kit 2 virtual reality headset matches the stats of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for only $399. Co-founded and organized by hardware makers Razer and Sensics, OSVR is an open source virtual reality software platform that aims to set an open…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The E3 2016 Decorating Committee: Winners! 

The weekend before last I asked our readers, as I do every year, to give us their vision of what E3 2016 might look like. Many of their entries were eerily accurate, and by that I mean not at all accurate, but highly amusing. This week’s winner, Ginger Snap, combined the growing trend of virtual…

Podcast: E3 Day Zero

The theaters are empty; the subwoofers have all gone still. How did EA and Bethesda do? Time to discuss, on a special E3 bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen You can listen to the podcast on iTunes here, and we’re also on Google Play. Or, just find the new episode on Simplecast right here. (Download the…

Fallout 4, Oculus Rift And Some Bad Blood

Earlier today, Bethesda announced that a special virtual reality version of Fallout 4 was coming to the HTC Vive. Which seemed a weird thing to say, since not many games are ever announced just for that particular VR platform. Only, this is Bethesda and Oculus Rift we’re talking about here. And in case you forgot,…

It wasn’t actually mentioned on stage, but the intro to Bethesda’s E3 show contained a little hint at a new Wolfenstein game/thing called New Colossus

The Elder Scrolls Online Rolls Out Worldwide Level-Scaling This Fall

Exploring Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online with friends is getting a lot easier this fall, when One Tamriel introduces level-scaling to the entire game world. The developers of the free-to-play Elder Scrolls MMO have been talking about rolling out level-scaling to the world since late last year. At tonight’s Bethesda E3 2016 event, game…

Our First Good Look At Dishonored 2

During Bethesda’s E3 conference, Arkane debuted the first gameplay footage of Dishonored 2. It looks very shiny. And French. In Dishonored 2, Emily rules over Dunwald with the aid of her Grizzled But Weirdly Hot Dad, Dishonored 1 hero Corvo. But then, bad dudes oust her, and Emily and Corvo (both playable) have to unravel…

Fallout 4 Coming To VR In 2017

Next year, Bethesda will be releasing a virtual reality version of Fallout 4 for the HTC Vive. Not a demo. The full game Attendees at E3 are trying it out after Bethesda’s show.

Bethesda Re-Announces Prey

It took three years to announce, but now it’s finally official: Arkane Austin is making Prey 2. Except now it’s just called Prey It’ll be out next year for PS4/Xbox One/PC. Here’s a trailer: Prey 2, which was first shown at E3 2011, was in development at a studio called Human Head until Bethesda cancelled…

Skyrim Is Being Remastered For PS4, Xbox One And PC

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is getting a remaster, with a prettier “Special Edition” version of the classic on the way to PS4, Xbox One and PC. In addition to a ton of visual upgrades, it’ll also allow the installation of mods on console, something that’s helped the original PC version of the game look…