Get a sneak peek at characters you'll meet and places you'll go.
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There’s a brand-new Forza Horizon on the horizon, and its foliage is going to be some of the greatest, most accurate foliage ever rendered in a video game. According to Playground Games creative director Mike Brown, they’ve rendered the individual needles on the cholla cactus we’ll be speeding by at a hundred miles…
Today at Square Enix's E3 2021 stream we got a first look at the upcoming Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy game. It's a third person action game where you play as Peter "Star-Lord" Quill. There's rootin', shootin' and jet bootin', and friends? I am stoked for the surprisingly close October 26th release date.
Square Enix is going full character action with a new Final Fantasy spinoff
Today, during the Square Enix showcase, Crystal Dynamics showed off two new trailers for their upcoming Marvel’s Avengers content updates. The first revolves around the Cosmic Cube and a villain, named Monica, that can bend reality to her will.
The new Marvel’s Avengers trailer shows off a lot of new things, including plenty of gameplay, new enemies, and an entirely new setting for the DLC. It also revealed that Cosmic Cube is already available for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S owners as a free update.
That wasn’t the only free update we got more info on, though, as Black Panther – War for Wakanda showed off some new stuff too. In the trailer below, you can see T’Challa fighting off against Ulysses Klaue, who wants to steal the Vibranium of Wakanda for his own selfish desires.
The first six Final Fantasy games will appear on mobile devices and Windows PC in the future.
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Square Enix, Team Ninja, and Koei Tecmo's Final Fantasy game is Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, and a PS5 demo is on the way.
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Following the reveal at the Square Enix Presents livestream, the publisher released the first screenshots of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy alongside details.
We get to see our heroes, monsters, starships, and the key artwork.
You can check them out below.
Everything about Slime Rancher is so colorful and squishy and adorable, and I am so ready to see more of its excellent creatures when Slime Rancher 2 comes out next year. Announced during the Microsoft and Bethesda E3 showcase, Slime Rancher 2 takes players to a new island with all new slimes to meet - bunny slimes, butterfly slimes, and importantly, bat slimes! I've never needed a plushie of a delightful round beastie so much as I do now.
Square Enix closed out its E3 2021 presentation with a first look at Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin, an action game in development by Team Ninja. It’s coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2022, with a PS5 demo scheduled to drop sometime today.
Life is Strange: True Colors is a game about empathy, but don't mistake the feeling-driven narrative for being something soft or "weak." With empathy comes a strength that is often buried. To feel so fully is a blessing and a curse, and Deck Nine is taking that complexity and transforming it into a new adventure for Life is Strange fans to enjoy, endure, and to overcome.
With E3 2021 in full swing, Square Enix revealed another new look at Alex Chen's story in Life is Strange: True Colors. Before, the team at Deck Nine showed off the next step for the franchise, a tale of Alex desperately trying to solve the mystery of her brother's death. Just like Max in the first game, there is a supernatural element at play. Instead of the power to rewind time, however, Alex has the power of empathy. Sometimes, that power is too much, too overwhelming. Flowing from a mindless rage into a bottomless pit of grief, only to mosey on over to ecstatic happiness - people everywhere are going through something, so when empathy comes into play, especially in a powerful form like in True Colors, the impact can be immense and overwhelming.
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Square Enix has shown off the Black Panther expansion for Marvel's Avengers.
During its E3 showcase, Square Enix released a new cinematic trailer that gives us a look at this upcoming free expansion.
"Black Panther must defend Wakanda from Klaw, who seeks to steal Vibranium for his own desires," reads the official blurb.
Hitman Sniper: The Shadows is a free-to-play mobile spin-off without hero Agent 47, developed by Hitman Go developer Square Enix Montreal.
Formerly titled Project Hitman Sniper Assassins, the game will take place in a new fictional universe unrelated to the main Hitman series or Hitman Sniper.
Instead of Agent 47, who has disappeared, you'll follow a new group of assassins - Soji, Kiya, Kolzak, Knight, and Stone - activated by the International Contract Agency (ICA) following the rise of a new criminal network.
Today during the Square Enix Presents livestream, we got a quick look at the opening movie sequence for the upcoming Legend of Mana remaster that’s releasing later this month.
Legend of Mana is a remaster of the 1999 title of the same name. You’ll set off on a journey to find the Mana Tree by unlocking areas on the world map, meeting a variety of characters, fighting fearsome monsters, and completing quests in the world of Fa’Diel.
The music has also been remastered, and you can alternate between the new and original soundtrack. There are a variety of other additions, such as the ability to turn off enemy encounters as well as a brand new mini game.
You can watch the opening cinematic movie trailer for the Legend of Mana remake below. You can also check out some screenshots and other information about the game right here.
Legend of Mana releases on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Steam on June 24.
Announced today during the Square Enix E3 presentation, a pixel remaster is coming for the first six Final Fantasy games, hitting Steam and mobile platforms. While no date was given, the presentation did say they were “coming soon”.
While the old-school Final Fantasy games have been available on Steam and mobile platforms for ages, many players disliked the new graphic styles, UI, and interfaces of those versions compared to their classic pixel looks - including me. In fact, this announcement may be one of the coolest things to come out of E3, in a subtle fashion. While I absolutely love the classic Final Fantasy games, it can be an absolute pain to track down the hardware to play the old games in their original, pixelated incarnations. These remasters should give players like me exactly what we’re looking for, and it’s also wonderful for streamers that want to show off the games with their stylized, if simple, presentations.
With the exception of Final Fantasy II, which is more of a Saga game, the original lineup of Final Fantasy titles is impressive and mostly holds up, even in the face of the fabulous cinematic presentations and alternatives to turn-based combat that the series has embraced today.
Today, during the Square Enix showcase, the company revealed a brand new trailer and name for their upcoming Hitman mobile game. Formerly known as Project Hitman Sniper Assassins, you can check out a new video for Hitman Sniper: The Shadows right down below.
The new footage shows off plenty of cool new footage alongside its new name, including an original story, new playable agents, and unique assassin play styles.
An official press release broke down Hitman Sniper: The Shadows’ description, story, and characters, which you can see right below.
Platinum Games' long-awaited Square Enix title Babylon's Fall is now coming to PS5 as well as PS4 and PC. This was announced during Square Enix's E3 showcase this evening.
The game's also going live-service. The publisher treated audiences to a fairly brief trailer, featuring in-game footage of a frantic 3D action game with lots of armour and magical lightning and some decent operatic music. A follow-up developer interview revealed a game in which teams of players enjoy hack-and-slash combat and explore dungeons in groups of four. These dungeons are located on different floors of a giant tower, and end with a boss.
Regular updates will allow for new moves that can be equipped as skills. There's a focus on character customisation and crafting, and a massive emphasis on builds, due to a "Gideon coffin" the characters wear that allows them to equip two additional weapons alongside the weapons they hold in their hands, and, I think, swing them about independently, a la Astral Chain. The game will ship with five weapon types, and there will be a website that allows players to tweak their builds while they're away from the game.
Today, during the Square Enix Presents livestream from E3 2021, Square Enix finally revealed new info about PlatinumGames’ Babylon’s Fall.
We get to take a look at the game’s world and gameplay, which is as fast and furious as you expect from a PlatinumGames’ title.
On top of the trailer we also get a new interview with the developers who reveal that the game is playable in 4-player co-op.
We also learn that the game is getting a beta and you can sign up for it here.
Babylon's Fall PS4, PS5, and PC versions were confirmed in the Square Enix Presents E3 2021 showcase. Check out the new trailer.
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Eidos Montreal’s and Marvel Games’ Guardians of the Galaxy game was revealed today at Square Enix Presents E3 2021 showcase.
Guardians of the Galaxy will be a third-person, single-player, story-driven adventure where you play as Star-Lord. Your fellow guardians will accompany you in combat, allowing Star-Lord to issue commands to his teammates.
Square revealed a story trailer, an in-depth developer featurette, and a lengthy demo. We get a good look at the very Mass Effect-inspired dialogue choices and a combat system that looks in line with Marvel’s Spider-Man or Marvel’s Avengers, with a focus on providing commands to your fellow guardians.
Star-Lord uses a mix of melee and ranged attacks by way of his blasters, and can pull up a command wheel mid-combat to issue orders. While the Guardians don’t necessarily look like their film counterparts, they’re clearly being designed with all the best elements of their film and comic book versions.
Square Enix provided a brief synopsis of the Guardians’ latest.
Fire up Star-Lord’s jet boots for a wild ride across the cosmos in this third-person action-adventure game, a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. With the unpredictable Guardians at your side, blast your way from one explosive situation to another, with original and iconic Marvel characters caught in a struggle for the fate of the universe. You got this. Probably.
It wouldn’t be a Square Enix presentation if we didn’t at least get a bit of Final Fantasy news, and while we only got a full 30 seconds of FF content, we did get it alright. The company announced Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster: a project consisting of remasters of the first six games in the series. You can check out the announcement trailer down below:
We didn’t get any details about the remasters themselves or what kinds of features or improvements they would have, but we did learn that they’re set to be released for Steam, iOS, and Android devices. There’s no set release date for this just yet.
Here’s a description of the project via Square Enix:
“Fans and newcomers are invited to dive into six masterpieces that bridge the ages with unique tales of epic adventure. The company will release the beloved titles individually, from FINAL FANTASY I through FINAL FANTASY VI, for Steam® and mobile platforms.”
Babylon’s Fall exists. If you are most people, you’re probably thinking, “What the heck is Babylon’s Fall?” But for a very specific subset of gamers, this is fantastic news, given that they’ve been waiting since 2019 to hear more about Nier: Automata and Bayonetta developer Platinum Games’ latest collaboration with…
At the E3 2021 Square Enix Presents showcase, the Marvel's Avengers Black Panther War for Wakanda expansion new trailer appeared.
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Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster.
This collection includes remasters of the first six Final Fantasy games. It's due out soon on PC via Steam and mobile, Square Enix said. Consoles weren't mentioned, unfortunately.
The trailer is below:
Lead the team as Star-Lord.
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Earlier this year, Crystal Dynamics laid out a detailed roadmap for the coming months. The roadmap kicked off with the introduction of Hawkeye, and has continued with things like the Tachyon Anomaly, which allowed for duplicate heroes, and the introduction of MCU-inspired skins. Today, Crystal Dynamics showed off the next steps in the Marvel's Avengers roadmap, most notably the introduction of Black Panther into the hero roster.
We already knew Black Panther was coming to the game, but today gave us a new look at the story and content his War for Wakanda expansion will bring. As the name suggests, this expansion adds a new area for players to explore (Wakanda), and with it a new cast of characters, including a playable Black Panther. During today's trailer, we saw the in-game debuts of characters like Shuri, the Dora Milaje, and the main antagonist of the expansion, Klaue. Klaue is working with AIM to secure the vibranium housed within the borders Wakanda, and if the trailer is any indication, he'll stop at nothing to obtain it – even if it means setting off explosions and unleashing a giant sentry on Wakanda. Black Panther and the War for Wakanda expansion comes to Marvel's Avengers as a free update this August.
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You know what Marvel’s Avengers needs? New content. Specifically, Black Panther content. Revealed at Square Enix’s E3 2021 press conference, T’Challa finally joins up with Ms. Marvel and friends later this year in the free War for Wakanda expansion, and while we don’t have a date, we at least have a trailer.
When I learned Eidos-Montreal was working on a Guardians of the Galaxy game, I assumed the superhero team dynamic would lead to a cooperative or multiplayer experience, much like Crystal Dynamics’ take on The Avengers. That surprisingly isn’t the case. Eidos Montreal is sticking to the script it knows well. From Thief to Deus Ex, this development studio has proved it knows how to make riveting single-player experiences that are backed by meaningful player choice. That’s exactly what Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is.
The player controls just Star-Lord, the Guardians’ leader, who will be asked to make difficult decisions that affect the story, the gameplay, and even the relationships with his fellow teammates. That doesn’t mean the other Guardians are tucked into the background. They are in the spotlight just as much as Star-Lord through an innovative idea called “solo teamplay,” a control input that allows the player to tell the Guardians when to use their abilities.
Microsoft had said Halo Infinite would finally launch this year, and they're cutting it close. They announced today that Hinfinite will arrive this holiday season (November, that usually means) with the first season of its free-to-play multiplayer and its not-free story campaign. The campaign continues the adventures of Torode-117, the Master Chef, with the fight against a spacegorilla who cuts a mean WWE promo. Oh, and he has a new tamagotchi.
The Guardians of the Galaxy have been major players in the mainstream consciousness ever since they entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2014. Since then, they've starred in two movies (with a third on the way), taken part in the climactic Infinity War and Endgame, appeared in roster-spanning games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 and Marvel Strike Force, and starred in their own episodic adventure series from Telltale Games in 2017. However, everyone's favorite ragtag space heroes are stepping into the spotlight with a new Guardians of the Galaxy game from Deus Ex studio Eidos Montreal.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy puts you in the shoes of Peter Quill, AKA Star-Lord, in a single-player action game rife with hostile encounters, playful banter, and player choice. As with the recent adaptations of the Guardians of the Galaxy story (particularly the MCU movies), licensed music sets the tone, with Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero" blaring over the opening parts of the trailer.
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The fact there's a new Guardians of the Galaxy game from Eidos Montreal may not come as too much of a surprise. Its existence, as the second game in Square Enix's big Marvel deal following Avengers, has been an open secret for some time.
But what you may not have expected, and what I will be a welcome surprise to those who bounced off of Avengers' controversial live game concept, is how this Guardians game will actually play.
Guardians of the Galaxy will launch on 26th October for PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S as a single-player, story-driven third person action-adventure. After launch, developer Eidos Montreal has promised, it will not have DLC or any microtransactions. Huh!
If you don't want to play a Halloween-y game at Halloween, now you can play a new Age Of Empires game instead. Age Of Empires 4 is set to release on October 28th, and during Microsoft and Bethesda's E3 stream we saw some new footage of some mighty battles. Joan of Arc is there, as are many horses, sieges and a handful of elephants.
E3 2021 is the first E3 since Xbox acquired Bethesda and shuffled the studio into its deck of game assets. Accordingly, tonight's Xbox E3 livestream was in fact an Xbox and Bethesda Showcase. Twice the game content! Here's a round up of everything that happened during this year's show (that is pertinent to PC players).
It’s the first official reveal of the Marvel game, which was leaked in 2017
Today during Square Enix's E3 showcase, we got a new look at Babylon's Fall, the next game from developer Platinum Games, most known for its Bayonetta and Wonderful 101 series, and its work on Yoko Taro's Nier: Automata.
The trailer shows The Babylon tower, built over 1,000 years, that has ultimately brought ruin to the game's world. The game pits players as four different protagonists, as they fight their way up and throughout the tower, battling various monsters, bosses, and the standard action game fare. Surprisingly, the game has an almost water color-like cel-shaded aesthetic, making it visually distinct from other recent Platinum games.
The trailer for Babylon's Fall closes with the announcement that the game will now be coming to PlayStation 5. It will also be available on PlayStation 4 and PC.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes was shown off in today’s Xbox and Bethesda E3 showcase, but instead of just one announcement for this Suikoden successor, it looks like there are two games coming over the next couple of years.
Our first look at Hundred Heroes revealed it has a style similar to Square Enix’s recent 2D-HD games like Octopath Traveler and the upcoming remake of Dragon Quest III. Eiyuden Chronicle is using 3D scenery while its characters are displayed as 2D sprites, giving it a look as if it were intended to have come out on the original PlayStation.
The trailer began by showing off a bunch of characters as the camera panned past pictures of them overlaid with a very JRPG quote: “Their stories will be spun into a force that reshapes history.” In the gameplay shown we were treated to a glimpse of one of the characters, Nowa, walking around a watery village, running through a cave with a torch in hand lighting the surrounding environment, and a shot of some characters interacting in a story sequence.
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Arkane Austin, the studio behind 2017's Prey, revealed their next game as part of tonight's Microsoft E3 conference. It's called Redfall, and it's an open world game about a gang of magic-users co-operatively slaying vampires in a Massachusetts town shut off from the world around it.
It looks rad as heck and the reveal trailer is below.
Announcements and trailers for Starfield, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Redfall, and more
