The E3 2021 announcements continue with today's Capcom Showcase, which we already know will be revealing new looks at Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. Additionally, Capcom has confirmed we'll see Resident Evil Village and Monster Hunter Rise in some regard. Of course, it wouldn't be E3 without a few surprises, so join Alex Stadnik, Marcus Stewart, and yours truly for a Capcom Showcase watch along beginning at 4:15 p.m. Central over on the Game Informer Twitch Page.

Resident Evil fans could potentially have a lot to be excited about. According to a Capcom leak back in November, the team is hard at work on several new projects related to the classic horror series. Resident Evil 4 is apparently getting the same makeover treatment as the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes. According to the leaks, a Resident Evil Village multiplayer component is in development that could bring battle royale offerings to the game.

A physical version of the Shantae games will appear on the PlayStation 5.

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Scott Cawthon, creator of the Five Nights At Freddy’s series, went viral over the weekend after his political donations were publicized on Twitter. The donation list was a who’s who of homophobic and transphobic lawmakers including Tulsi Gabbard, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump. Fans reacted to Cawthon with a mix of…

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Developer Okomotive has revealed Far: Changing Tides, the follow-up to its acclaimed post-apocalyptic vehicle adventure Far: Lone Sails, which is out on PC and consoles later this year.

Changing Tides sends players on a fresh bout of genteel side-scrolling vehicular management. This time, however, instead of embarking on a tank-y trundle across a dried-out ocean, they'll be following the horizon for some boat-based adventure above and beneath the waves.

"Set sail and discover the wonders of a flooded world filled with mystery," explains Okomotive. "Traverse the ruins of a once great society and use the pieces from its past to build a brighter future. Dive into unknown depths on the hunt for precious fuel and salvage, devise innovative solutions to overcome intricate obstacles, and unearth forgotten relics lost to time."

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River City Girls 2 is on the way in 2022. Joining it is River City Girls Zero, a localization of a Super Famicom game, later in 2021.

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Cheekily-named Happy Game is the next puzzle-y adventure romp from the same folks that created point and click 'em ups Creaks and Chuchel. This one is about a little boy having an absolutely messed up nightmare. Here I thought my nightmares were bad. This kid absolutely has me beat. Happy Game is still looking terribly swell, but Amanita Design have announced alongside the trailer that it's being moved back to release in autumn of this year.

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WayForward and Limited Run Games announced Bloodrayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites for the Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC.

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Gary McKay has offiically been named the permanent BioWare studio general manager following the departure of Casey Hudson. He stepped into an interim role following Hudson's departure and after careful deliberation, he's staying in this role going forward. 

McKay joined the BioWare family back in January of last year as the head of development operations. In December, he was brought in to be the acting generation manager until this point where it has become something a little more permanent. “I started my career in the industry with EA back in 1998,” he said in a statement about his new role, “and it was so exciting to see the studio and company grow in the early days. I spent the next seven years with EA before moving on. But now you could say I’ve come full circle.”

“I’m so grateful for this opportunity,” he added. “When you spend over 20 years in the industry, there are a small handful of studios on your bucket list in terms of teams you’d want to work with — and BioWare is at the top of my list. This studio is unique in that it has an incredible history of building critically successful games and universes that are truly beloved by so many fans. For me, success is all about rebuilding that reputation, and delivering on that promise of quality.” 

Cat Cafe Manager quickly establishes a gameplay loop and does what it can to incentivize earning all sorts of resources and pleasing people.

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For the first time in ages, fans of action sports games get to feast. A spiritual successor to Steep comes out in September. Next-gen versions of history’s most beloved skateboarding games recently landed. A new Skate is in the works. I’m particularly intrigued by Shredders, shown off yesterday during Xbox’s E3 press…

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TRAGsoft just unveiled a brand new trailer during the Freedom Games showcase for their upcoming monster taming game, Coromon. In the trailer below, you can see a bunch of new story, combat, and character details that the developer is showing off for the first time.

The official description for Coromon is detailed right below:

Follow the story of an aspiring researcher joining the technologically advanced organisation of Lux Solis. You’ll be assigned to a specialized team called the Titan Taskforce, and you are tasked with investigating the six Titans known in the region of Velua.

Explore a charming pixel world filled with challenging puzzles, interesting creatures and titanic bosses! In Coromon, you’ll also use a stamina based battle system that requires you to pick your skills carefully. Affect your opponent’s stamina, apply conditions and damage them with an arsenal of available skills to emerge victorious.

Coromon will be available on Steam and Nintendo Switch in Q1 2022. For more information, head on over to the game’s official website. Also, be sure to check out our official interview with TRAGsoft, as we discuss everything from its story to inspirations for the game.

To the Rescue, an upcoming dog shelter game, involves catering to dogs' needs, listening to adopters, and do all sorts of maintenance.

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The beautiful vintage airliner Douglas DC-6 is getting closer to its release this month for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and many screenshots have been shared.

Today, during the Freedom Games showcase, Afterburner Studios revealed a brand new trailer for their upcoming roguelite title Dreamscaper. Alongside the video, which you can see below, they also made it known that the full game would be available for Nintendo Switch and PC on Aug. 12.

The early access version of the game has been out on Steam since Aug. 2020, boasting Very Positive reviews for the most part. Afterburner Studios detailed a bit more about the game in their description, which you can find below.

Dreamscaper is a Roguelite blending elements from brawlers, top-down shooters, and dungeon crawlers. Every slumber is a different dungeon in an ever-changing world with a multitude of unique events and challenges. Play as Cassidy, dive into her subconscious and take on the surreal nightmares she wrestles with in order to save her from a dark fate.

Features

– Lean into the nightmares and make the rush of permadeath your ally.

– Use lucid powers to manipulate the elements, warp space, and even control time itself.

– Battle bosses that embody Isolation, Fear, Negativity, Loss and more.

– Upgrade a multitude of surreal items and discover powerful artifacts.

Coromon is highly anticipated by RPG fans! Co-creators Jochem Pouwels and Marcel van der Made believe the game's narrative sets it apart.

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Coromon is one of the few new games trying to break into the monster tamer/creature collector genre, and it has a number of unique mechanics, an interesting story, and a modernized retro style.

To learn more about this upcoming RPG adventure, Twinfinite interviewed developer TRAGsoft’s lead developer Jochem Pouwels, and story writer Marcel van der Made.

Ethan: The genre of monster tamer game feels like it’s been monopolized for a while now. What made you want to create your own game in the genre?

Jochem Pouwels: It actually started seven years ago. That’s when the first drafts were being made. At the time, we really loved the games we played in the GBA era — games like Golden Sun, Zelda, but also Pokemon, indeed. We wanted to make a game in the same genre because we were not seeing that a lot anymore. A game where there’s a lot of things to explore in the world, a lot of charm, a lot of secrets…all kinds of things we love.

Ethan: What was one of the main things you felt like you needed to focus on for Coromon to stand out in the genre?

Jochem Pouwels: I think, especially the story. The narrative in Coromon really feels different than any other monster tamer game. It can be more compared to, I think, a Golden Sun or a Zelda. You start out pretty casually, but eventually, the stakes really get high and there’s a really intense story behind it. I think that’s the most prominent thing.

There’s also tons of differences. You can make so many little details within the monster tamer formula. It doesn’t really need to be a Pokemon-like game.

Ethan: Is there anything you’ve made sure to really pay attention to when trying to modernize a classic style of RPG?

The developer of swell narrative games Her Story and Telling Lies teased his next project last summer with a rather redacted store page. Half Mermaid and Sam Barlow's next game, Immortality, has now been slightly more revealed to be a story about the disappearance of movie star Marissa Marcel. We don't know much more than that, but it sure does sound like another twisty mystery is in store.

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As is tradition, several publisher press conferences kicked off E3 over the weekend. The second day wrapping up yesterday after industry giants Microsoft, Bethesda, and Square Enix briefed us on the biggest games set to launch over the next couple of years. While some of what we saw was more or less expected, there were also some major and very welcome surprises that caught us totally off guard. Here we’ll be recapping E3 2021‘s biggest reveals from Day 2.

Starfield Cinematic Trailer & Release Date

8 Biggest Reveals of E3 2021 Day 2

Despite the fact that we’d only ever seen Starfield’s logo before Bethesda’s E3 conference this year, there’s a collective understanding amongst game enthusiasts that it’s destined to become the publisher’s next marquee franchise. While the latest cinematic trailer revealed yesterday still hasn’t really showcased what it’s all about, there’s little doubt in our minds Bethesda is determined to deliver an epic space opera with Starfield.

For what feels like eons now, the E3 Pangea has threatened to break apart and scatter gaming landmasses to all corners of the Earth. Now that’s finally happening, with this year’s E3 functioning as a loose umbrella for a plethora of publisher-specific shows. This has given companies a massive stage on which to show…

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Elden Ring is FromSoftware's largest title to date.

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The Square Enix portion of E3 was fairly by the numbers, with updates on some of their bigger existing properties and the announcement of some new ports for their older franchises. However, the show did have some new reveals and unveilings. Of them, these are the three biggest surprises at Square Enix’s E3 2021 Showcase.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Takes Center Stage

Biggest Surprises at Square Enix’s E3 2021 Showcase

Of all the games that could have taken center stage at Square Enix’s E3 2021 showcase, few would have guessed that it’d be a new IP. And yet, that’s exactly what happened.

Earlier today, a livestream on the Forza YouTube channel went in-depth with the Forza Horizon 5 Creative Director, Mike Brown, and Associate Art Director, Conar Cross. This comes right after the big announcement of the game itself in yesterday’s Bethesda & Xbox Presentation.

Right off the bat, Brown and Cross talked about how Forza Horizon 5 is going to feature the biggest open world ever featured in a Forza Horizon game. However, the two didn’t go into detail on exactly how big it will be.

After that, they replayed the trailer shown off yesterday which you can check out right here.

Brown talked a little bit about the very early planning process, “Right from the start we knew we wanted to make the biggest horizon ever.” And pretty early on they settled on the setting, “Mexico is a country that is like a whole world in one country.”

The reason why explained it that way is that this area of Mexico has sweltering beaches, snowy mountains, boiling volcanoes, several types of deserts, a city with very vibrant architecture, and so much more. There’s plenty of inspiration there for the developers to make a truly beautiful world to drive around.

And the logical progression is just making everything look more realistic. And as Cross put it, “Ray tracing is … the next step to photorealism.” He also mentioned that every ray traced reflection will be a one-to-one representation of the original object with no decreased pixel counts or blurred textures.

With the Nintendo E3 2021 showcase set for this Tuesday, June 15, I can't help but to think about what I'd want to see the Big N share. With so many Legend of Zelda fans begging for Breath of the Wild 2 news, I put together a very serious, very hardcore wish list for what I'd like to see in the sequel. And by that, I mean a chance for me to call Nintendo cowards for not letting Zelda be playable and to talk about shark himbos. 

So anyway, here's what I want from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 outside of a working title. 

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Scenery developers had quite a few reveals to make today about upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

First of all we get an interesting tease from WF Scenery Studio, that provided a look at a very relevant airport in China, Shanghai Pudong International Airport (ZSPD).

As the second-busiest airport in the country by passenger traffic and the first in terms of traffic, this is certainly going to be a very interesting addition for those who enjoy flying in Asia, especially considering that WF Scenery Studio is know for the high quality of its addons.

Halo Infinite has a lot riding on it. 2020 was a rough year for the franchise, as the reveal of the hotly-anticipated Xbox exclusive failed to wow the internet at large, and developer 343 Industries decided it needed more time and delayed the title until 2021. But while there's still plenty to prove before we get our hands on the game later this year, Halo Infinite's re-reveal at this year's E3 has us singing a much different tune.

Xbox smartly showed off its newly announced free-to-play multiplayer suite featuring everyone's favorite 1,000 pound Spartans (look it up) in an exciting new trailer as part of its E3 Showcase. As with every trailer, there are plenty of details to pour over, and we've done just that.

Join Alex Van Aken, Liana Ruppert, and Alex Stadnik as they break down the new Halo Infinite multiplayer trailer frame by frame and highlight the details you may have missed from your first viewing! We also fill you in with some of the new updates surrounding the game, including battle pass info, how the returning equipment will work, and more!

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Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest kicked off E3 2021 with an incredible look at Elden Ring, the next major action-RPG adventure from Dark Souls developer From Software. And while it was fantastic to see more of the upcoming game two years after its initial announcement, the dense trailer provoked more questions than…

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Upcoming "tiny MMO" Book Of Travels, has finally made that big decision. I've been itching to get my hands on this smaller, gorgeous online game by the studio behind the Shelter series and the time has nearly come. Might And Delight have announced that Book Of Travels is setting out on its early access journey in August.

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Following yesterday's release date reveal for Flight Simulator on Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft has shared a few additional details - including confirmation that it'll run at 30fps on console - via the time-honoured mediums of FAQ and Twitter.

Those frame rate details come via the official Microsoft Flight Simulator Twitter feed, which, in response to queries from a number of curious punters, confirmed that Xbox Series X/S players can expect a base frame rate of 30fps. It noted, however, that frame rates above 30fps are possible on TVs supporting variable refresh rates (VRR).

Over on the official Flight Simulator's FAQ, meanwhile, most additional details provided aim to clarify questions around how the console edition will interact with the version already released on PC, and confirm, for instance, that those who own the Windows Store version on PC won't need to purchase the console edition again.

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While a lot of the conferences we’ve seen during E3 2021 have been somewhat lackluster, there is no denying that Xbox and Bethesda’s showcase was great. Alongside plenty of day one Xbox Game Pass reveals, the companies showed off some pretty impressive exclusives as well. 

And yet, while getting to see Halo Infinite, The Outer Worlds 2, and Forza Horizon 5 is exciting, there are still some games and studios we’d like to know more about that weren’t at Microsoft’s E3 presentation, and not seeing them has left our minds boggling. These are the five unanswered questions we have after Xbox and Bethesda’s showcase. 

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Last year’s PC Gaming Show teased the reveal of Icarus, a new survival game by DayZ creator, Dean Hall and his team RocketWerkz. We were treated to the full reveal back in April, and during this year's PC Gaming Show we learned that Icarus is launching this August.

Icarus is a survival game with a twist. Up to eight players drop together from space on an Earth-like planet to mine exotic resources, build settlements, and complete objectives. You’ll also have to contend with local wildlife and the elements themselves. Icarus’ main hook is that it’s session-based. You can only stay on the planet for a limited time (hours, days, or weeks depending on the mission) before you and your crew have to return to orbit, bringing along any valuables you find. Stay too long, and you lose everything for good. 

Once you return, you can craft new tech and upgrade your characters to make them stronger and, thus, able to survive longer and tackle bigger challenges during the next drop. This creates a uniquely looping sense of progression. Check out the latest gameplay trailer from the PC Gaming Show below.

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"My favorite parts of games involve exploration, so I wanted that to be the way the art gets delivered. Exploring is a lot like dreaming," says Taylor Swietanski, developer of THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER. ...

Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls VI way back at E3 2018, then promptly started saying "Sorry, what, I can't hear you, gotta go" and leaving whenever anyone raised it again, or making beeping noises with their mouth then saying "Excuse me, I have a phone call". They did not show TES6 at E3 2021 either, instead focusing on Starfield, but their new sci-fi RPG's trailer might possibly be hiding a clue to TES6's setting. You see, tiny marks on one spaceship console do look like a map of High Rock and Hammerfell.

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The latest E3 2021 Sonic Colors Ultimate footage takes people to Planet Wisp to see how one of its acts from it looks in the remaster.

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Man, they’ll give out Hellfire Gala tickets to ANYBODY

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Microsoft officially unveiled a whole lot of info about Halo Infinite at its E3 presentation yesterday. As previously announced, the multiplayer mode will be entirely free-to-play at launch, and it will also feature one kickass grappling hook. Today, in a 12-minute mini-doc, 343 Industries pulled the curtain back a…

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