By Anonymous on Jun 12, 2019 11:41 pm At E3 2019, Joel Emslie from Infinity Ward talks about why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare isn't just a reboot, and how it retains the spirit of the original trilogy.
Back in 1994, a little gaming series began named Tekken, published by Bandai Namco. Releasing during an era where fighting games dominated and flooded the market, Tekken is one of the few series that survived and continues to thrive. Now, Dynamite Entertainment is celebrating the Tekken series with the book The Art Of Tekken: The Complete Visual History.
The over-sized 250+ page book goes into great detail about the beginnings of Tekken, up until present day, giving the history of the gaming series. Additionally, The Art of Tekken delves into individual characters, covering every major character, even some of the weird ones, like Roger/Roger Jr., the kangaroo fighter.
Many of these characters get multiple pages, showing off concept art, how they've evolved over the years, flavor text about the character's in-game history, and images of their most notable moves. Check out the King/King II section below. It's pretty cool to see the models of the character throughout each game in the series.
The copy Dynamite Entertainment sent us was the deluxe edition. It comes with a hardcover slipcase, and four exclusive prints of Tekken characters. This deluxe edition will cost $100, but if you don't need all the bells and whistles, the regular hardcover version of this book will be $40. It will be available on July 30, and you can pre-order either of the versions on Barnes & Noble.
While the book does go into great detail about everything in the world of Tekken, it does have one mildly-problematic area, and that's the order these characters are presented. Instead of alphabetical order, the characters are categorized into these groups: Mishima Clan, Japanese Fighters, American Fighters, World Fighters, Experiments, Assassins, and Crossover Fighters--which is where Gon and Akuma are located, in case you were wondering.
Because of the way this is laid out, it can be a little tough to find the character you're looking for, unless you have an extensive knowledge of the fictional Tekken universe. Additionally, not every character has three full pages dedicated to them. Most times, they get one full page, but that aspect is fine because who needs multiple pages on Dr. Boskonovitch, aside from myself?
If you can't wait until July 30 for this book to come out, check with your local comic book shop, as some stores will have copies for sale on July 17.
By Anonymous on Jun 12, 2019 10:57 pm Kallie Plagge went hands on with Pokemon Sword & Shield at E3 2019 and got to try out one of the game's Gyms and the new Dynamax battle system! Pokemon Sword & Shield will release on Nintendo Switch on November 15th.
CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 is all about player choice, being an RPG and all. Based on what we've seen since the game's unveiling, it looks like you'll encounter plenty of shady characters and will have the ability to take them out in a number of creative and deadly ways. But as we learned during a behind-closed-doors gameplay presentation at E3 2019, you can also get through the entire game without killing anyone at all.
Whether you choose to put people in the morgue or the hospital will have some impact on how the story plays out, too. Lead quest designer Pawel Sasko told GameSpot that how you deal with the various folks you encounter won't necessarily matter all the time, but there will be story moments where the finality of your actions will have lasting consequences.
"This is more of a personal choice of the play style of the player," Sasko said. "However, there are cases when it's taken into account because it's important. It's important that you knock down the dude or you kill the dude, and so on. ...But if you, as a player, are going through, let's say the Grand Imperial Mall [a location in CD Projekt RED's E3 demo], you are knocking down 40 Animals [the name of one of the game's gangs] and you decided to, I don't know, spare a fifth of them, that's not really going to have that much impact."
The gameplay demo, which lasted nearly an hour, showed off two different ways to approach the same mission. Using "developer magic," CDPR switched from a male Netrunner (hacker) character to a female character with extreme strength--you won't be able to do that in the real game, so this was for the sake of the presentation--to highlight the differences. For example, while a Netrunner can hack a turret to make it target enemies, a brute-force build will let you rip the gun off its turret and wield it like any other weapon.
While we only saw a little bit of stealth during the Netrunner portions, CDPR made it clear that you will be able to play the entire game peacefully if you so choose. You will be able to sneak, hack, and otherwise avoid combat scenarios, though it's not clear if there are situations where you have to fight if, say, things go terribly wrong and you fail to sneak around properly. We'll know for sure when the game releases for PC, PS4, and Xbox One on April 16, 2020.
By Anonymous on Jun 12, 2019 10:50 pm Every single character changes the way you strategize in Watch Dogs: Legion. Find out why you'll want to try them all.
By Anonymous on Jun 12, 2019 10:15 pm Fire Emblem: Three Houses mixes things up in its war phase, allowing you to recruit students and assign them roles on the battlefield. The Nintendo Switch game also puts less emphasis on the weapon triangle and more of a focus on combat arts.
At E3 2019, Microsoft introduced Xbox Game Pass Ultimate as a bundle deal for its Game Pass services on Xbox One and the newly-launched PC service, as well as a subscription to Xbox Live Gold. As a promotional offer, you can get your first month of this service for just $1--but thanks to a quirk in how the promotion works, you can actually get Game Pass Ultimate essentially free for up to three years.
How It Works
When you upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, any prepaid time you have for Xbox Live Gold or Game Pass convert up to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, up to a maximum of 36 months. That means that the more time you have remaining on your subscription, the higher the savings. Since the promotion has a maximum of 36 months, you could get three years of Xbox Live Gold and then just pay $1 for Game Pass for that entire period.
Three years of Game Pass Ultimate paid month-by-month would be $540. One year of Xbox Live Gold has an MSRP of $60, though deal-hunters can often find one for less through third-party sellers. Purchasing three years of Gold would therefore be $180 or less. Altogether that's a savings of at least $360.
So if you're willing to front-load your account, you can come out way ahead. But even just converting whatever time you have remaining is a pretty good deal if you want Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold anyway.
Click on the "Services and Subscriptions" tab to show your current Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass subscription.
If desired, extend your Xbox Live Gold subscription by purchasing additional months. To maximize the deal, your goal should be to extend your subscription to as close the current date in 2022 as possible. Re-check your accounts page to confirm your timing. (This can be bought at the standard $60 purchase price, or for roughly $50 through third-party retailers like Costco or CD Keys.)
Once you've extended your subscription to 2022--or whatever length you desire--visit the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate page to subscribe to the 1-month-for-$1 deal.
Voila. That will convert your entire Xbox Live Gold subscription to a Game Pass Ultimate subscription. You'll have already paid for it upfront with Gold subscriptions, but at a much lower rate than paying monthly. Any additional subscription cards you redeem after converting will be added as Game Pass time at a reduced rate.
Be warned that once this period ends, Game Pass Ultimate will convert to $15 per month unless you cancel or turn off auto-renewal. You can check your Services & Subscriptions tab again to see when that will be. You can always choose to go back to Xbox Live Gold alone at that point if you wish.
What's Included In Xbox Game Pass Ultimate?
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate includes the Game Pass subscription services on both Xbox One and PC, both of which offer a wide catalog of rotating games--some shared, and others not. It also grants you Xbox Live Gold access to play games online.
After a couple of months on the market, Kingdom Hearts III is finally getting some DLC, Square Enix revealed ahead of its E3 2019 presentation. Titled Re:Mind, the Kingdom Hearts III DLC also got a release window: fans can expect to play the expansion sometime this winter.
The trailer reveal showcases new playable characters in the form of Aqua, Roxas, and Riku. Sora also gets a new keyblade transformation thanks to the Oathkeeper. Further, the DLC's story seems to focus on a squabble within Organization XIII, as Luxord and Xigbar question who the other truly is. It all seems like typical Kingdom Hearts fanfare, and it all looks glorious. Check out the trailer below.
In our Kingdom Hearts III review, editor Tamoor Hussain recalled his deep and complicated feelings with the franchise as a whole, saying, "In 2002, as Sora, I left Destiny Islands to travel across the universe and make new friends. In 2019 I brought old ones home, and I had so much fun doing it."
By Anonymous on Jun 12, 2019 09:18 pm After seeing The Outer Worlds at E3 2019, Jordan and Jake talk about the Fallout: New Vegas DNA, and how The Outer Worlds is combining planet hopping space exploration with perks, faults, companions and shrink rays.
Bethesda announced during its E3 2019 press conference that it would be making Fallout 76free for this week, through June 17. The studio hopes to win over some people who never tried the game or those who have lapsed before the game issued its series of quality-of-life updates. The game is also offering a special E3 bundle for those who do adopt the game, or just any players who want a good deal.
The E3 Bonus Atom Bundle costs $10 and grants you 1500 Atoms, along with an Elder's Battlecoat and 6 repair kits. This bundle will be available through July 8, giving you plenty of time after the free trial ends.
100 Atoms is usually roughly equivalent to $1. A 500 Atom bundle costs $5, for example. Some bundles have thrown in extra Atoms, but it's usually a low number. The usual $10 bundle only gives 100 bonus Atoms rather than 500, and doesn't include a cosmetic or any repair kits. So on the whole this is a much better deal than usually available, which is why it's only available to purchase once.
The timing of the free trial came alongside the launch of a new Battle Royale mode, called Nuclear Winter. At its press conference the studio also announced the Wastelanders update coming this fall. It will add human NPCs, dialogue trees, and more story elements. The company was open about the struggles Fallout 76 faced at launch, but recommitted to long-term support and updates going forward.
We've already seen footage of the port as part of Nintendo's Direct, and were even privy to its most infamous image being rendered on Switch thanks to CD Projekt Red's lead PR manager, Radek Grabowski. Now, the official Twitter account for the game has spilled the beans on some of the technical details concerning Geralt of Rivia's conversion to Nintendo's hybrid console.
The Witcher 3 is an exhaustive open-world game that still looks incredible today, four years after its initial release. The fact that it's coming to Switch sounds like the work of some kind of witcher magic, so compromises have been made to get it up and running as smoothly as possible on Nintendo's machine.
540p handheld, 720p, with dynamic resolution enabled, on screen.
When asked about screen resolution on Twitter, the Witcher account replied that the game will run at 540p in handheld mode, and 720p with dynamic resolution enabled while docked. Obviously, the visual fidelity isn't going to be quite as crisp as it is in other versions of the game, but that's an understandable price to pay for being able to play one of the best games of the generation while sitting on a bus.
The Witcher Twitter account went on to answer more questions, including news that the Switch version will come on a 32GB cartridge--which includes everything, from the base game to its two expansions and 16 additional pieces of DLC, no downloads required--and that it will not support cross-saves.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition is being developed by Saber Interactive in close cooperation with CD Projekt Red, and is due for release at some point in 2019.
At E3 2019, Konami has announced another mini-console, this one modeled after the TurboGrafx-16. The TurboGrafx was the third competitor in the 16-bit console wars--and while it was never as big as the Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis, it had a respectable catalog of hard-to-find exclusives.
The TurboGrafx-16 Mini is the American version on the official site. Europe is getting a PC Engine Core Mini, and Japan has a PC Engine Mini. Each has its own color scheme and design to match how the consoles were released in their respective territories.
The company has also announced the first six games for each territory. So far the American and European consoles have the same library of pre-loaded games: R-Type, New Adventure Island, Ninja Spirit, Ys Book 1 & 2, Dungeon Explorer, and Alien Crush. The Japanese version also has Dungeon Explorer and Ys, but swaps the others for Bonk's Adventure, Dracula X, The Kung Fu/China Warrior, and Super Star Soldier.
The site says more titles will be revealed over time. Bonk generally served as the TG16 mascot, akin to Mario and Sonic for their respective titles, so those games may be revealed sometime in the future.
Pricing and release details have not been announced.
With E3 2019 in full swing, it's somewhat of a weird time for PlayStation fans, as Sony made it clear it won't be attending. We'll still see PS4 games there, and we recently got a new look at Death Stranding, but Sony's first-party stuff won't be out in full force. Luckily, Sony does still have something for PlayStation 4 owners--and prospective owners--to get excited about in June: its annual Days of Play sale, which is live now.
Days of Play began June 7 and will run through June 17, which overlaps conveniently with E3. During that time, you can snag a PS4 Pro for $350 / £350, and all DualShock 4 wireless controllers will start at $40 / £35. A limited-edition PS4 is also on sale, but unfortunately, it's not a PS4 Pro. The steel black console features the four PlayStation shapes embossed in silver on the top and comes with a matching DualShock 4 controller. You can buy it for $300 / £280.
Limited-edition PS4 console - available for $300 / £280
If you're considering taking the plunge and getting PlayStation VR, some bundles are considerably cheaper during the 11-day sale. PSVR bundles start at $250, a full $100 cheaper than their usual price. The bundles each come with a pair of games, such as Trover Saves the Universe and Five Nights at Freddy's; Borderlands 2 and Beat Saber; or Everybody's Golf and Blood & Truth. In the UK, the PSVR Starter Pack is selling for £180 and PSVR Mega Pack will sell for £210.
This is a great time to stock up on your PS Plus membership as well, as it's currently significantly cheaper at multiple retailers (plus, June has a very nice lineup of free games to take advantage of). The cheapest option is currently at Green Man Gaming, where you can get a year-long subscription for just $37.59. Elsewhere, the 12-month membership is available for $40. In addition, you can grab a 12-month PS Now subscription for $70. As a reminder, you can stack subscriptions, even if you're already a member.
See all the most notable deals from the Days of Play sale below; plus, check out our full list of the best E3 2019 gaming deals for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Participating retailers
Days of Play spans multiple retailers' sites, so you have some flexibility in terms of where you want to shop.
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