We've already gotten our first look at what Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has to offer, and it won't be a single-player campaign. At E3 2018, we expect to see more of its multiple zombies modes and its battle royale mode Blackout. We're also lined up to see another Destiny 2 update and possibly some DLC for the fall.
The list below is all the current games we know Activision will take to the show. We also know that Activision will have a booth on the floor at the show, but it has not confirmed what will be showing there.
This list is sure to expand within the coming weeks and hopefully Activision will release its full plans. It will not be hosting a press conference, but the full schedule of E3 pressers can be found here.
For even more E3 news and features, bookmark our E3 2018 hub. Check back often for all the breaking news, features, and trailer roundups from the pressers June 9 to 12, and from the show floor June 12 to 14. While you're waiting for the show to come around, brush up on the show's history in our History of E3 feature.
After weeks of rumors, EA has finally revealed Battlefield V. As DICE's big return to World War II, the developer wanted to go back to the series' origins while showing a different perspective and level of detail to the epic conflict. The recent livestream offered an extensive breakdown of the game's content, and though a rumored battle royale mode was notably absent, we have a better idea of what's to come in the next Battlefield game. Here's everything we know so far about Battlefield's return to World War II.
Battlefield V is an upcoming World War II first-person shooter developed by DICE, the same developer behind the entire franchise, including the original Battlefield 1942. Players will take part in several large-scale land, sea, and air battles during the Second World War, continuing a series tradition. Focusing on British and European forces--with other sides coming in later updates--you'll see unique perspectives of the conflict, including the Northern African campaign, the Battle of Rotterdam, and the occupation of Norway. With a greater focus on in-game storytelling, both in the returning War Stories and multiplayer matches, players will also have the chance to create their own unique squad of soldiers and take them on a series of missions online in co-op and multiplayer.
How Can I Play Battlefield V?
Battlefield V will be available on PC (via Origin), PS4, and Xbox One for all users on October 19. However, players who subscribe to EA/Origin Access and who pre-order the game will be able to access the free trial early on October 11. Pre-ordering the Deluxe Edition will open up the game on October 16. However, the developer is also planning an open beta at an unspecified date, allowing everyone to get a chance to experience the game prior to its October launch.
What's New In Battlefield V?
While the focus is still on class-based engagements in battles with large player counts, Battlefield V will incorporate several new features into the mix. In the trailer, we saw a squad of soldiers taking part in a large-scale fight in the French countryside. These particular characters had a unique look to them--one had blue face paint, and another female soldier had a prosthetic limb. This helped to showcase one of the bigger focuses in Battlefield V, which is squad customization. With the class system making a return, players will also be able to select a class and outfit that soldier--either male or female--with whatever tools, weapons, and cosmetic items they like. Furthermore, you can upgrade these classes to a particular specialization, such as the Assault class focusing more on anti-tank skills.
Added to this is a greater level of detail and physics that are several steps above previous Battlefield titles. The developers stressed they wanted to add more elements of realism, while still retaining the fun and excitement found in the Battlefield series. For starters, the player and weapon animations and physics have been overhauled to offer a more tactical and kinetic feel. Soldiers now have a greater range of movement, which includes reverse-prone (on your back), sliding, shooting while sliding, and several other maneuvers--like grabbing nearby walls and gates. Moreover, weapons now have more weight behind them, allowing players to get more of a sense of the force behind each shot.
The new animations also help with gameplay balancing, which was a recurring problem in Battlefield 1. Medics for instance will have to take more care with reviving players--even dragging wounded soldiers away if they have to--as doing so will take a bit more time when compared to the infamous "Medic-trains" of past games. Other gameplay tweaks include the removal of auto-spotting--pushing players to be more proactive with marking enemies and objectives--and offering more opportunities for players to regain resources from fallen enemies, such as ammo and explosive charges.
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the key modes and features discussed during the livestream:
War Stories: This mode, which returns from Battlefield 1, an anthology series of story missions that showcase many of the struggles and moments of heroism during the most trying battles of World War II. The War Stories in V will focus more on battles and perspectives that aren't all that well-known. During the livestream, we saw a teaser for one of the War Stories set during the German occupation of Norway in 1943. You play as a young resistance fighter who has to confront the invading forces while trying to protect her loved ones. While the last game launched with only six story War Story missions, Battlefield V will launch with its own set of missions and will gradually see new ones added as a part of ongoing content updates for the game.
Grand Operations: As an evolution of the Operations mode--long-form, narrative-driven multiplayer matches set across a series of maps and gametypes--Grand Operations takes things further by incorporating new gametypes and locales. Taking place over several in-game days, Grand Operations features a tug-of-war-style approach to engagement. Each victory will give the winning side added momentum, while the losing side will have to overcome increasingly difficult obstacles--including less ammo and tickets for the next round. Compared to Battlefield 1's Operations, the next game will feature more variety in its locations, objectives, and special conditions for both sides.
Combined Arms: In a brand new four-player co-op mode, players can take their custom soldier online to take part in a series of missions with other players. In these levels, the soldiers will have to complete a variety of different objectives, such as paratrooping behind enemy lines to secure key assets. Putting players in battles against increasingly difficult odds with challenging goals, an AI mission director will add in new obstacles and spawn enemies depending on how your squad is performing. All progress gained from Combined Arms for your soldier and their class can be carried over into the core multiplayer mode.
Fortifications: In response to the pace of the Conquest mode in past games, DICE created a new feature called Fortifications to affect the speed at which buildings and forms of cover are destroyed. With the new fortification skill, you and your squad can reinforce areas of the map with added defense against enemy bombardment. This includes fortifying buildings, adding gunner nests, and even fortifying flags that the enemy will try to capture. Building fortifications will cost resources, so players will have to carefully choose what they want to build.
Tides of War: DICE plans to gradually roll out new content on a set schedule known as the Tides of War. This feature will also introduce timed events focusing on particular battles with set conditions, pathways to special rewards, and special community events centering around a battle of the war. Eventually, Tides of War will add in new sides to experience the war from, along with new maps and weapons to acquire. Interestingly, this calendar will also match up with a similar timeline from the events of World War II, with new sides and locations gradually being added into the game as it happened during the six-year conflict.
Will There Be Microtransactions?
In a surprising move--no doubt influenced by the initial reception from Star Wars: Battlefront II--Battlefield V will no longer have a season pass or Premium Edition, which were mainstays for most recent Battlefield games. Though players can spend real money on custom items for their characters, all in-game content and events--which includes maps, story missions, and game modes--will all be available through regular updates for all players. During the stream, the developers stated that the game will not be "pay to win." With that said, a Deluxe Edition will be available still, though the developers didn't elaborate further on its contents during the livestream. We will likely hear more about the specifics during E3 and in the months leading up to the game's launch.
E3 2018 is nearly upon us, and anticipation for this year's gaming extravaganza continues to grow with each passing day. Many developers and publishers have already given fans a peek into their plans for the big showcase in the weeks leading up to it, but there is still much we don't know about this year's event. That holds especially true for Nintendo, which has been characteristically quiet about its E3 lineup.
While the company has already confirmed that it will feature the Switch installment of Super Smash Bros. prominently during its E3 presentation and on the expo showfloor, it hasn't revealed any other titles that it will show off. We know for sure that Splatoon 2 will have a presence at E3 during Nintendo's esports competition, and we'll likely see more of some of the games Nintendo announced at last year's expo, such as Metroid Prime 4, Yoshi for Switch, and the highly anticipated Pokemon Switch RPG.
That, however, is all conjecture at this point. Judging by past years, Nintendo will likely have a ton of surprises in store for this year's E3, though just what those could be is anyone's guess. Will this be the year the company finally announces Animal Crossing for Switch? Will any other high-profile Wii U games make the switch to the newer hybrid console? Or will we see another dormant Nintendo franchise make an unexpected return?
Ahead of the expo, we've put together some of our biggest predictions for Nintendo's E3 2018 showcase. We'll find out whether any of our theories come true when Nintendo broadcasts its E3 presentation on June 12, but in the meantime, read on to see what the GameSpot staff think the company will reveal at this year's show. You can also read our biggest predictions for both Sony and Microsoft's E3 conferences.
Animal Crossing Switch Will Be Announced
At last year's E3, Nintendo brought out quite a few of its big franchises: Metroid, Yoshi, Kirby, and Pokemon. Later on, Super Smash Bros. for Switch was announced. We're getting a new Fire Emblem, and we already have Zelda and Mario on Switch. What's missing? Only the greatest and best animal-themed life (and also debt) simulator out there!
The last main game in the Animal Crossing series, New Leaf, is five years old. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launched on mobile phones late last year, and if anything, it was a nice holdover--a way to reignite passion for the series without ever being satisfying enough to make you forget what could be. And what could be is a new-and-improved, full-fledged, and portable Animal Crossing game on the Switch... hopefully with the decorating mechanics of Happy Home Designer.
I'm of course hoping for a proper trailer, but I'll bet on an announcement in the style of last year's Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon reveals. That's not too much to ask, and if 2017 is anything to go by, it's enough to generate hype and therefore enough to warrant the metaphorical E3 stage. | Kallie Plagge
First Gameplay Trailer Of Bayonetta 3 And A Port Of The Wonderful 101
Nintendo surprised everyone when it revealed Bayonetta 3 at The Game Awards late last year. As one of Platinum Games' most renowned franchises, a new entry in the series was highly requested. However, we've heard little about the game since its initial trailer. Given Nintendo's consistent track record of revealing games and announcing new details soon after, it's likely we'll hear more about Bayonetta 3 during this year's Direct presentation. While it's not likely we'll get a full gameplay demonstration, we're at least thinking that Nintendo will show a trailer featuring story and combat. In addition, Nintendo will probably confirm a potential release window.
Aside from new details on Bayonetta 3, we're hoping Nintendo also unveils a Switch port of The Wonderful 101, another game made by Platinum released exclusively for Wii U. It would make for a great complementary announcement to go alongside Bayonetta 3. According to a May 2018 interview with The Wonderful 101 director Hideki Kamiya, the team at Platinum actually has ideas for a possible port and has made internal documents on how it would do it. The Wonderful 101 may not be the developer's most well-known game, but it's still a fantastic action-adventure well worth playing. Plus, it seems more than likely at this point, seeing as a re-release would certainly fit Nintendo's recent push to bring more Wii U games to Switch. We're keeping our fingers crossed! | Matt Espineli
Persona 5 Comes To Switch
Atlus took our hearts with Persona 5, which released in 2016 for Japan and in 2017 worldwide on PS4 and PS3, but what if more people get to experience this wonderful, heartfelt RPG on Switch? Given that Shin Megami Tensei V (the franchise Persona spun off from) is coming and Atlus already puts out plenty of games for Nintendo platforms, a port of Persona 5 isn't far-fetched. Even the dungeon-crawler Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth was a 3DS exclusive, and a sequel starring the Phantom Thieves, Persona Q2, is in the works for the old handheld. A Persona 5 Switch port is a prediction worth betting on.
Persona 5 doesn't rely on graphical horsepower to capture its bold, lavish style either, so there isn't a need to scale back visual fidelity--as noted above, there's even a PS3 version. Admittedly, this isn't a game that's exactly suited to play in short bursts; long stretches of narrative with dialogue and sprawling palaces make up a large portion of it and carry a lot of weight in terms of storytelling. But it'd be fun to take care of your daily tasks as a student on the go. Think about it: you can ride the subway to work while playing a game where you can ride the subway to work. Or you can do more exciting things like take the Big Bang Burger challenge or hang out with best girl Makoto Niijima after class.
Also, Persona 5 is one of the best games of this generation because of how it fuses music, art direction, character development, and its story's themes into a cohesive RPG that's an absolute joy to play. | Michael Higham
Another Past Bethesda Game Gets The Switch Treatment
We have Switch ports for Doom (2016) and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is on the way. Bethesda seems to love bringing its big franchises to Nintendo's console-handheld hybrid, and it's definitely not out of the realm of possibility that another one could be on the way. Maybe Doom worked well enough and Skyrim was a welcome addition to the Switch library--so, maybe Fallout 3? This year marks a decade since the release of Fallout 3, and we're thinking it'd be a nice way to celebrate by breathing some new life into the game. It was the first Fallout game to adopt the first-person RPG style and it worked incredibly well, and built off of what Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion did two years prior.
Oh, what about Oblivion? Bethesda open worlds have evolved quite a bit since its initial release, but if Oblivion's systems were tweaked and the graphics were polished a bit, that'd be neat to play portably. Fallout: New Vegas is certainly a standout in Bethesda's repertoire thanks for Obsidian Entertainment's ability to nail down what makes an RPG great, but we'd say it's less likely given New Vegas' slightly narrower appeal. Fallout 4 might be asking the Switch a bit much from a technical standpoint, but we wouldn't mind a proper Switch version. What if we take a turn for the immersive sim? Having a fully fledged immersive sim like Dishonored would be wonderful and open a fairly niche genre to a new audience. All of these sound like sweet ideas; let's bet on this one! | Michael Higham
Fortnite Comes To Switch
Fortnite: Battle Royale is a video game phenomenon unlike anything we've seen in recent years. Upwards of 45 million people have played this construction-infused last-person-standing survival shooter. Whether you like Fortnite or not, there's no denying its wild success and impact on games at large. While it might not be a perfect match, given that Fortnite is solely an online multiplayer experience, having the biggest free-to-play shooter on Nintendo Switch could further expand Fortnite's already impressive reach.
The game has been thriving on all the other major platforms and, hell, it was even ported to iOS--getting the game to run smooth should be a non-issue. With Nintendo ready to roll out its subscription-based online ecosystem in September, Fortnite could be the big hit that'd help push the service. Even the horde-based cooperative mode Save The World would be an incredible fit for local multiplayer. Seems like it would be a win-win for both Epic and Nintendo. | Michael Higham
Mother 3
At this point, I don't really believe Mother 3 is going to be announced. Nintendo still has to roll out some kind of plan for how it's handling classic titles. And even if it's an a la carte menu of game releases at premium prices, Nintendo isn't going to roll out that service with Mother 3. It'll start with EarthBound.
But...what if? Just maybe, there's a chance that this year, 2018, will finally be the E3 when my yearly ill-fated prediction comes true and finally, FINALLY, it happens. The stage lights dim. A single spotlight comes up, highlighting Reggie Fils-Aime. He stares at the camera; he stares through the camera, straight into my heart. A single tear rolls down his cheek. A tear of happiness as a smile flashes across his face and he says, "I'm sorry we kept you waiting." Then the Mother 3 logo lights up behind him.
A guy can dream, can't he? | Justin Haywald
The N64 Classic Is Revealed
After the monstrous success of the NES Classic, then the SNES Classic, is there any doubt that Nintendo will continue riding this nostalgia train as far as it can go? The next station is E3, and the lone passenger is the N64.
With its distinctive three-pronged controllers and rounded boxy design, the N64 has an instantly recognizable style that collectors will clamor for just from a design perspective. But it's the games that will make this console impossible to find come the holidays. Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 64, and the progenitor of a legend: the original Super Smash Bros.
The mini console is definitely coming, the only real question is: will it include GoldenEye? | Justin Haywald
Ubisoft's presser will be on Monday June 11 at 1 PM PST / 9 PM GST / 5:30 AM ACST. Like previous years, it will be hosted in the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Don't miss a beat and make sure keep an eye out for our full coverage with breaking news stories and trailer roundups when the show goes live.
The list below is all the games we know Ubisoft will be talking about during its conference so far. Don't forget to check back here before the show periodically, as the list may expand.
Ubisoft has also confirmed that the show will have a couple more surprises, but hasn't said what they are quite yet. We do know that there will be one AAA title announced, and we've got our hopes up for Splinter Cell.
For even more E3 news and features, be sure to take a look at our E3 2018 hub. Wanting to get a better look at all the press conferences? Check out the full schedule here, or brush up on a little history with our History of E3 video feature.
Killer7, the cult action game from Goichi 'Suda51' Suda and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, is being remastered and released for PC in 2018. The remaster was revealed during MomoCon, where Suda's studio, Grasshopper Manufacture, hosted a 20th anniversary stream.
"Dive into a dark world of underground assassins in a tale of revenge as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities into the real world, known as the killer7," reads the official description. "Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan, to stop his plan of world dominance, and end his organization of deadly suicide bombers known as 'Heaven Smile.'
"For years, Suda51's classic action-adventure title Killer7 has been highly desired among psychological thriller aficionados. And now, it's finally coming back on Steam! Iconoclast writer/director Goichi Suda and legendary director Shinji Mikami bring back Killer7 for the first time in over 13 years, and fully rendered in high-definition."
The short trailer provides a quick introduction to the various characters that protagonist Harman Smith embodies. The trailer also reveals that the remaster will be published by NIS, instead of Capcom, which originally published the game back in 2005. However, since Capcom retains the rights to Killer7 it is still involved. Check out the trailer above.
In GameSpot's Killer7 review Greg Kasavin said "you'll either love Killer7 or hate" the game. "The way in which this game might stick with you could easily outweigh whatever replay value these extras provide," he continued. "Especially for a game that's filled with lots of mindless shooting, Killer7 makes you think. And it makes you wonder why most games don't even bother to try. And maybe that's the whole point."
This week in Xbox news brings a lot to the table. One of Microsoft's most cherished franchises has been confirmed to return at some point, E3 is just a couple weeks away, and there are tons of free events and DLC for your favorite titles to play this weekend and beyond.
Yes, Halo will have yet another installment. Halo 6 has been confirmed to happen, but it likely won't happen for some time. Overwatch's anniversary event is live and free to play this weekend, and Monster Hunter World and Fortnite also have limited-time game modes you won't want to miss. Make sure to grab all the freebies in Fortnite, Tekken 7, Call of Duty: WWII, and Battlefield 1 this week too. Sea of Thieves will see its first big expansion soon, and Minecraft just saw the release of its first aquatic expansion. Our hopes for Anthem, Kingdom Hearts 3, and Borderlands 3 at E3 are already live, as are the official plans from Ubisoft and the devs behind Fortnite.
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