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CD Projekt Red, makers of the amazing The Witcher 3, made a surprise appearance at Microsoft’s E3 keynote to show off their upcoming role-playing game, Cyberpunk 2077. It’s been years since we saw a small teaser of this game, and while there wasn’t any gameplay on display, the new world they’re building looks fantastic.Cyberpunk’s name gives you an idea of what to expect here, but the twist is that in this world, people with implants can on their alterations. When

CD Projekt Red, makers of the amazing The Witcher 3, made a surprise appearance at Microsoft’s E3 keynote to show off their upcoming role-playing game, Cyberpunk 2077. It’s been years since we saw a small teaser of this game, and while there wasn’t any specificgameplay on display, the new world they’re building looks fantastic.Cyberpunk’s name gives you an idea of what to expect here, but the twist is that in this world, people with implants can on their alteration

Microsoft has been teasing it’s working on game streaming from the cloud recently, but today at E3 the company made it official. Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s gaming chief, revealed the company is hard at work building a streaming game service for any device. “Our cloud engineers are building a game streaming network to unlock console gaming on any device,” says Spencer, and the service will work across Xbox, PCs, or phones.
Spencer didn’t give any firm dates on when t

With Gears Tactics, Microsoft is moving the long-running series in a much different direction. Announced today at E3, Tactics is a turn-based strategy game set in the Gears universe. Microsoft says that, despite the dramatic shift in genre, the game will still feature plenty of Gears staples, namely brutal action and huge boss fights. But instead of tense, third-person shooter action, the game will feature more considered turn-based battles.
It’s a big departure for Gears of War, but it&r

If you’ve ever wanted to know who would win in a fight between the most beloved Shonen Jump character, then boy does Namco Bandai have the game for you. The all-star brawlerrevealed at Microsoft’s E3 showcase today features familiar characters from Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Death Note, and One Piece — including a certain ominous shinigami.
The game is slated drop sometime in 2019, but there’s no word yet on whether or not it will be an Xbox exclusive. Continue reading&helli

The next major entry in the Gears of War series is coming in 2019. At its E3 keynote today, Microsoft officially unveiled Gears 5 the first new game in the grisly shooter series since 2016. The title will star Kait Diaz, who made her debut in Gears 4 and was playable in that game’s multiplayer mode. It’s being developed by The Coalition, the Vancouver-based studio that’s been charged with the franchise since 2014. It also represents a slight change in branding for the series,

A new Battletoads game is real and happening, as evidenced today with a brief trailer on stage atMicrosoft’s E3 conference. The game will include three-player couch co-op, hand-drawn graphics, is coming in 2019, and that’s ... all we know.
Rare created the original Battletoads in 1991, but the series has remained untouched for nearly two decades. Microsoft acquired Rare and several of its properties in 2003, however, which gave fans new hope that it might one day return. For now, we

It’s time to break out your wingsuit and dual-wielded machine guns, because Square Enix has just announced Just Cause 4, heralding a return of the explosive open-world action game to PC, Xbox One, and PS4.Just Cause 4 will once again put players in the shoes of Rico Rodriguez, the ‘80s-action-hero inspired protagonist of the Just Cause games, as he goes up against “The Black Hand”, the world’s most powerful private army in the fictional South American country of So

The Gears of War franchise is expanding to mobile, but you probably didn’t expect this. At its E3 press conference today, Microsoft announced a surprising new addition to the Gears family, called Gears Pop, which will mash together the hulky shooter with a Funko Pop aesthetic. Microsoft says that the game is being developed in partnership with the toymaker and that it was inspired by the Gears line of Funko Pop figures, which includes cutesy renditions of characters like Marcus Fenix and

Kingdom Hearts 3 will tackle several new Disney-based lands, including that of the beloved, icy world of Frozen. During Microsoft’s E3 conference today, Square Enix dropped new trailer showing Sora and his pals tangling with the animated film’s heroes. The trailer also showcases new gameplay exclusive to Frozen’s world, including Sora strapping on some icy rollerblades to chase after foes and shield sledding with Goofy and Donald.
Square Enix announced the game’s release

Forza Horizon 4 — the imaginatively named sequel to 2016’s Forza Horizon 3 — has officially been announced for both the Xbox One and PC onstage at Microsoft’s E3 presentation.
In keeping with the tick-tock cadence of the mainstream, ultra-realistic Forza Motorsport titles and the more laid-back Forza Horizon series, Forza Horizon 4 is an arcade racer. Instead of worrying about giving the most authentic driving experience possible, returning Forza Horizon developer Playgr

Dontnod Entertainment is releasing a new game set in the universe of Life is Strange on June 26th. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit was revealed today at Microsoft’s E3 press conference.
Although the game is set within Life is Strange’s world, Captain Spirit will be a self-contained story. It follows Chris, a 10-year-old boy who dreams of adventure. “Over the past few years, ever since the release of the first game, DONTNOD have been quietly working on the next mainlin

Todd Howard dropped by Microsoft’s E3 presser today to give us our first gameplay look at Fallout 76, a prequel to the post-apocalyptic series. Set in the hills of West Virginia, Fallout 76 will be a whopping four times bigger than Fallout 4, Howard said. Judging by the trailer, it looks like the focus of the game is going to be on rebuilding the world after the bombs drop. Hope you like the settlement system in Fallout 4, because there’s a good chance it’ll get expanded in Fa

Originally teased at the Game Awards late last year, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the next game from Dark Souls and Bloodborne developer From Software, announced onstage at Microsoft’s E3 keynote.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice looks to be exploring a more Asian-inspired setting than the Gothic, medieval cathedrals of Dark Souls, but expect that the punishing difficulty and hulking bosses that the developer is known for to come along for the ride.Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is set to release som

Ori and the Will of the Wisps will launch in 2019, Microsoft announced today at its E3 press conference. The developer showed off a new teaser trailer on stage, though it offered no other new details.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is the sequel to Ori and the Blind Forest, a gorgeous, Metroidvania-style platform adventure game released in 2015. It follows Ori, a guardian spirit, and Sein, who acts as Ori’s guide.
Microsoft announced Will of the Wisps at E3 last year. The game is launching

Microsoft is teasing a new Halo at E3 2018 today. Halo Infinite is a new Halo game that appears to include a giant world associated with it, and vehicles like the classic Warthog. Microsoft demonstrated a brief teaser video of Halo Infinite at the beginning of its E3 keynote today, and says the new title will be centered on Master Chief and “continues the current storyline.”
Microsoft’s teaser also includes a mention of a new Slipspace Engine that powers Halo Infinite, which h

Bethesda’s E3 presentation should give us good looks at Fallout 76 and Rage 2 when the event takes place on Sunday, June 10th. But any number of other Bethesda franchises could pop up during the company’s E3 keynote presentation.
The happiest surprise for fans could come with any news about the Elder Scrolls 6, the much-anticipated follow-up to Skyrim. It has also been a few years since Bethesda resurrected Doom, which might be coming back for more.We’ve also heard rumors abou

Last year, Airbnb unveiled a program called Open Homes, designed to allow Airbnb hosts to provide emergency housing after a disaster. Homeowners can allow refugees or evacuees to find housing on a short notice — for free. The company is now expanding that program (via Techcrunch) with a pilot project that will allow hosts to list their properties ahead of a disaster.The idea is to streamline the response to a disaster by allowing hosts to sign up in advance, so that when a disaster does s

It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play we suggest video games that can be started and finished in a weekend.
Delete, released back in January by developer Pony, is sort of like a three-dimensional Minesweeper. The goal is similar: click on tiles to reveal numbers which indicate how many adjacent tiles are mines. But in Delete, these tiles are arranged on three dimensional objects as oppos

Kingdom Hearts 3 finally has a concrete release date — but it’s a little later than expected. The long anticipated third installment to the Final Fantasy / Disney crossover is now slated to hit players hands on January 29, 2019 for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Director Tetsuya Nomura announced the news at the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World Tour, and later apologized to fans on Twitter for the delay. “I’m sorry that we’re asking for a little more time than initia

A bunch of retailers, including Amazon, Target, and Walmart, pulled their listings for a line of smartphone-connected stuffed animals called CloudPets this week after they were found to be storing kids’ voice recordings online without any security measures, among other issues. The news offers them good optics, but the reality is that this security revelation came about in February of last year: it took the massive retailers over a year to remove the stuffed animals, during which time they

Last year at E3, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One X. Now, the console is out in the market and on discount for the first time since its November launch, so we can expect Microsoft to shift its E3 focus back to software. The company’s big press conference in Los Angeles every year is an opportunity to showcase new games in its established franchises, like Halo and Gears of War, and exclusive titles, which the Xbox has been desperately lacking lately. Microsoft’s E3 press conference ki