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Sega and Sumo Digital unveiled E3 Trailer for Team Sonic Racing
After delivering a short Teaser Trailer for Team Sonic Racing a few weeks ago, Sega and Sumo Digital are back with the kart racer’s full E3 Trailer.
Featuring music from Crush 40, the trailer introduces fans to the Wisp Circuit, and the many characters who will be getting behind the wheel (including Sonic himself, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, and Ray).
Team Sonic Racing will be available for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One sometime this Winter.
Devolver Digital will bring From Software’s Metal Wolf Chaos to North America in 2018
Travel back with me to the year 2004… There was no Facebook (until February, at least) and Netflix had yet to introduce streaming video. There weren’t even any iPhones and the idea of asking someone named Siri for help was completely unheard of. It was a simpler time.
From Software completed work on two games in the Armored Core series in 2004… but the prolific developer would release a third mech game that year. Even though it featured the absolutely bonkers premise of the President of the United States piloting a personal mech against his treasonous Vice President, the game known as Metal Wolf Chaos never left Japan.
But back in the present, From Software and Devolver Digital announced yesterday that Metal Wolf Chaos would finally make its way to North America in 2018 as Metal Wolf Chaos XD. The remaster will be developed by General Arcade, and it’ll feature “upgraded visual fidelity, refined controls and gameplay, a new save system, and 4K + 16:9 support for modern displays.”
Also, and I cannot repeat this enough, the President of the United States pilots a mech and does battle against his treasonous Vice President:
The country is in peril as President Michael Wilson defends the nation against a full-scale rebellion lead by Vice President Richard Hawk and the mechanized legions he commands. As the 47th President of the United States, it is your sworn duty to take your country back by any means necessary and end this unjust coup d’etat! Battle in your advanced mech… armed to the teeth… across iconic American landscapes including the Brooklyn Bridge, the Grand Canyon, and the front steps of the White House.
An E3 Trailer for Metal Wolf Chaos has been embedded above and it needs to be watched.
Get your ass back to Hell (on Earth) in this E3 Teaser for Doom Eternal
Bethesda and id Software are going back to Hell in the newly-announced Doom Eternal. But things are going to be a bit different in the sequel to 2016’s Doom, as the Teaser Trailer unveiled last night during Bethesda’s E3 Showcase promises a new spin on 1994’s Doom II: Hell On Earth… complete with Arachnotrons, Arch-Viles, and Pain Elementals:
Developed by id Software, Doom Eternal is the direct sequel to the award-winning and best-selling Doom (2016). Experience the ultimate combination of speed and power with the next leap in push-forward, first-person combat.
As the Doom Slayer, return to take your vengeance against the forces of Hell. Set to an all-new pulse pounding soundtrack composed by Mick Gordon, fight across dimensions as you slay new and classic demons with powerful new weapons and abilities.
Doom Eternal is currently in development for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and it’ll be released sometime in the not too distant future. But if you’re anxious to learn more about the game, you’ll want to pay attention to this year’s QuakeCon on August 10th, as Bethesda and id have promised to unveil the first gameplay video for Doom Eternal at the annual event.
And don’t worry, it’ll be livestreamed for everyone through the usual online channels.
Gears 5 is Kait Diaz’s story… and it’s coming to PC and Xbox One in 2019
While we got our first glimpse at Halo Infinite yesterday, we have no idea when Microsoft is returning to their signature franchise. The same can’t be said for the Gears of War, as Microsoft unveiled Gears 5 during their Xbox E3 Briefing with a Cinematic Trailer and a Gameplay Trailer.
This time around, players will spring into action as Kait Diaz (Laura Bailey), as she tries to save humanity alongside JD Fenix (Liam McIntyre), Del Walker (Eugene Byrd), and Marcus Fenix (John DiMaggio). With such a big cast, Gears 5 will be fully playable with a partner in local splitscreen or online co-op:
Sera is crumbling, your enemies uniting. Humanity’s reliance on technology has become their downfall and enemies are uniting to wipe out all survivors. As Kait, journey back to uncover the origins of the Locust, and fight with your squad to protect what’s left.
Gears 5 is currently in development at The Coalition, and it’ll be released for the PC and Xbox One in 2019. And don’t forget to check out both new trailers after the break. (more…)
Microsoft is bringing back the Battletoads in a new side-scroller in 2019
Microsoft and Rare have been teasing the return of the Battletoads across a variety of projects over the years, including a re-release of the original game in Rare Replay, a guest appearance in Shovel Knight, and Rash’s wrasslin’ debut in Killer Instinct.
And that all lead up to yesterday’s announcement of a brand new Battletoads game at the Xbox E3 Briefing.
The game will be co-developed by Rare and DLaLa Studios, and it sounds like everything you could want from a modern Battletoads game. It’ll feature “Body Morphing Genre Mash-Ups,” as well as three-player local co-op, and a hand-drawn 2.5D art style. Support for 4K resolution visuals will also be included.
Battletoads will be released sometime in 2019 for the PC and Xbox One.
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Battletoads 2019, E3 2018
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course expansion will be available in 2019
Studio MDHR told the amassed crowds at Microsoft’s Xbox E3 Briefing that they’re returning to the world of Cuphead in 2019 with the newly-announced The Delicious Last Course expansion.
Cuphead and Mugman are coming back to help out jolly Chef Saltbaker, and to do that, they’ll tackle a completely new Isle with new bosses, new weapons, and new Charms. They’ll be joined on this quest by a third playable character (the ghostly Legendary Chalice becomes Ms. Chalice) with brand new abilities.
There’s no word on when exactly we’ll get to play the expansion in 2019. But the E3 Trailer embedded above is certainly a nice appetizer.
Halo 6 will be known as Halo Infinite… and it’s coming to the Xbox One and PC
It’s been three long years since Microsoft released Halo 5: Guardians, so now was the perfect time for the consolemaker to open their Xbox E3 Briefing with a very generalized look at the next game in the series.
Halo Infinite will be the sixth game in the series to star the Master Chief, though Microsoft isn’t quite ready to talk about it just yet. Instead, they unveiled a “Game Engine Demonstration” for 343 Industries’s new Slipspace Engine, which will be used to power the franchise’s creation for the forseeable future.
While there’s a chance that none of what we see will make its way into the final game, the Xbox Wire wants us to focus on what the Slipspace Engine is capable of:
Of course, fans around the world will break down every single frame of the engine demo for more clues on what Halo Infinite could entail. We caught a couple of hidden Easter eggs – can you? 343 Industries stated that the game, art, and tech elements are still in progress and many of the assets and designs will certainly evolve between now and the release of the game; what fans should take away from the engine demo is the promise of the Slipspace Engine and its capabilities in powering “Halo Infinite” and how the story will center on the Master Chief.
Halo Infinite doesn’t currently have a release date, but Microsoft did say that it’s in development for both the Xbox One and the PC.
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2018, Halo Infinite
Koei Tecmo will release Dead Or Alive 6 in Early 2019
IGN has the scoop that Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja are returning to the ring in 2019 with Dead Or Alive 6.
Described as “cool and mature” by Director Yohei Shimbori, the new Dead Or Alive is ditching the oversexed costumes from previous entries for a more realistic look. And this push for realism can definitely be seen in the E3 Trailer, which gives fans a quick glimpse at several characters who will return for the sixth installment, including Kasumi, Ryu Hayabusa, Hayate, Helena, Jann Lee, and Zack.
Shimbori also revealed that Dead Or Alive 6 will feature a new Special Button (which offers up instant combos) and a super meter known as the Break Gauge (a first for the franchise):
[W]hen we started using the new Special button (R1 on a PS4 controller, RB on an Xbox One controller), which Shimbori calls the “rescue button for beginners”, Dead or Alive 6 started to feel like a different beast.
Simply mashing the Special button allows players to execute a Fatal Rush, which is a powerful combo attack. A series of up to four neatly animated punches and kicks make even a first-time player look like an expert. The Break Gauge – the first super meter ever for the series – gets charged with every attack landed or taken, and by blocking. Once it is full, players can perform either the Break Blow, which is a flashy and highly destructive special attack, or the Break Hold, a useful counter attack that deals low damage but works against high, low and mid attacks. Both are executed with the Special button; for Break Blow you simultaneously press forward, and backward if you want to perform the Break Hold. That’s really all there is to it!
Dead Or Alive 6 will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in Early 2019. And Koei Tecmo has promised to reveal more information about the game on June 11th… which is only a day away.