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Sega and Sumo Digital unveiled E3 Trailer for Team Sonic Racing
After delivering a short Teaser Trailer for Team Sonic Racing a few weeks ago, Sega and Sumo Digital are back with the kart racer’s full E3 Trailer.
Featuring music from Crush 40, the trailer introduces fans to the Wisp Circuit, and the many characters who will be getting behind the wheel (including Sonic himself, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, and Ray).
Team Sonic Racing will be available for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One sometime this Winter.
Devolver Digital will bring From Software’s Metal Wolf Chaos to North America in 2018
Travel back with me to the year 2004… There was no Facebook (until February, at least) and Netflix had yet to introduce streaming video. There weren’t even any iPhones and the idea of asking someone named Siri for help was completely unheard of. It was a simpler time.
From Software completed work on two games in the Armored Core series in 2004… but the prolific developer would release a third mech game that year. Even though it featured the absolutely bonkers premise of the President of the United States piloting a personal mech against his treasonous Vice President, the game known as Metal Wolf Chaos never left Japan.
But back in the present, From Software and Devolver Digital announced yesterday that Metal Wolf Chaos would finally make its way to North America in 2018 as Metal Wolf Chaos XD. The remaster will be developed by General Arcade, and it’ll feature “upgraded visual fidelity, refined controls and gameplay, a new save system, and 4K + 16:9 support for modern displays.”
Also, and I cannot repeat this enough, the President of the United States pilots a mech and does battle against his treasonous Vice President:
The country is in peril as President Michael Wilson defends the nation against a full-scale rebellion lead by Vice President Richard Hawk and the mechanized legions he commands. As the 47th President of the United States, it is your sworn duty to take your country back by any means necessary and end this unjust coup d’etat! Battle in your advanced mech… armed to the teeth… across iconic American landscapes including the Brooklyn Bridge, the Grand Canyon, and the front steps of the White House.
An E3 Trailer for Metal Wolf Chaos has been embedded above and it needs to be watched.
Get your ass back to Hell (on Earth) in this E3 Teaser for Doom Eternal
Bethesda and id Software are going back to Hell in the newly-announced Doom Eternal. But things are going to be a bit different in the sequel to 2016’s Doom, as the Teaser Trailer unveiled last night during Bethesda’s E3 Showcase promises a new spin on 1994’s Doom II: Hell On Earth… complete with Arachnotrons, Arch-Viles, and Pain Elementals:
Developed by id Software, Doom Eternal is the direct sequel to the award-winning and best-selling Doom (2016). Experience the ultimate combination of speed and power with the next leap in push-forward, first-person combat.
As the Doom Slayer, return to take your vengeance against the forces of Hell. Set to an all-new pulse pounding soundtrack composed by Mick Gordon, fight across dimensions as you slay new and classic demons with powerful new weapons and abilities.
Doom Eternal is currently in development for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and it’ll be released sometime in the not too distant future. But if you’re anxious to learn more about the game, you’ll want to pay attention to this year’s QuakeCon on August 10th, as Bethesda and id have promised to unveil the first gameplay video for Doom Eternal at the annual event.
And don’t worry, it’ll be livestreamed for everyone through the usual online channels.
New Retail Releases: Lego The Incredibles, Super Bomberman R, Yonder, Moss
The 2018 E3 Expo is almost upon us, and once again, game publishers are mostly taking the week off to hobnob down in Los Angeles. But a few brave souls are taking the plunge…
Things come together in an incredible way this week for Lego The Incredibles, which will be released for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. Players will be able to relive their favorite moments from the first film, as well as the upcoming The Incredibles 2 in WB Games’s latest Lego-ized adventure.
More supervillains will need to be vanquished in Super Bomberman R, which comes to the PS4 and Xbox One this week after debuting exclusively on the Switch in 2017. The new “Shiny Edition” will include the single-player Story Mode, as well as Battle Mode (offering both local and online play), and a brand new cooperative Grand Prix Mode.
Elsewhere in your local game shop this week, you’ll be able to spot new retail editions of Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, an adventure game for the Switch, and Moss, a PSVR-powered action-adventure.
That’s it for this week’s New Retail Releases… so sit back and enjoy the rest of the E3 Expo!
Posted in News, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Tagged Lego The Incredibles, Super Bomberman R
Koei Tecmo will release Dead Or Alive 6 in Early 2019
IGN has the scoop that Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja are returning to the ring in 2019 with Dead Or Alive 6.
Described as “cool and mature” by Director Yohei Shimbori, the new Dead Or Alive is ditching the oversexed costumes from previous entries for a more realistic look. And this push for realism can definitely be seen in the E3 Trailer, which gives fans a quick glimpse at several characters who will return for the sixth installment, including Kasumi, Ryu Hayabusa, Hayate, Helena, Jann Lee, and Zack.
Shimbori also revealed that Dead Or Alive 6 will feature a new Special Button (which offers up instant combos) and a super meter known as the Break Gauge (a first for the franchise):
[W]hen we started using the new Special button (R1 on a PS4 controller, RB on an Xbox One controller), which Shimbori calls the “rescue button for beginners”, Dead or Alive 6 started to feel like a different beast.
Simply mashing the Special button allows players to execute a Fatal Rush, which is a powerful combo attack. A series of up to four neatly animated punches and kicks make even a first-time player look like an expert. The Break Gauge – the first super meter ever for the series – gets charged with every attack landed or taken, and by blocking. Once it is full, players can perform either the Break Blow, which is a flashy and highly destructive special attack, or the Break Hold, a useful counter attack that deals low damage but works against high, low and mid attacks. Both are executed with the Special button; for Break Blow you simultaneously press forward, and backward if you want to perform the Break Hold. That’s really all there is to it!
Dead Or Alive 6 will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in Early 2019. And Koei Tecmo has promised to reveal more information about the game on June 11th… which is only a day away.
Square Enix will release Kingdom Hearts III on January 29, 2019
Even though they’ve got a big E3 Press Conference coming up tomorrow, Square Enix went ahead and announced late last night that Kingdom Hearts III will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on January 29, 2019:
KINGDOM HEARTS III will be releasing on Xbox One and Playstation 4 on January 29, 2019! #KingdomHearts #KH3 pic.twitter.com/vpcpxbkreX
— Kingdom Hearts (@KINGDOMHEARTS) June 10, 2018
While it’s great news that we finally know exactly when Kingdom Hearts III will launch, it does mean that the game will miss Square Enix’s promised “2018” release date (which they’ve mentioned many, many, many times in the past). In a followup tweet, Director Tetsuya Nomura apologized for the delay: “I’m sorry that we’re asking for a little more time than initially planned.”
Nomura also said that Square Enix plans to unveil multiple new trailers for Kingdom Hearts III over the next week. So be on the lookout for those.
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2018, Kingdom Hearts III
NBA Live 19 will tip off on September 7
With the Golden State Warriors claiming another title last night, most basketball fans have probably shifted their focus to wondering where Lebron James will end up next season. But that didn’t stop EA Sports from announcing that they’re bringing back the NBA Live franchise this Fall.
NBA Live 19 will once again center around “The One,” which asks players to “forge their own path as one of the best high school players in the nation chasing the dream to become an all-time basketball icon.” EA Sports will also add Real Player Motion tech to the game, which should produce “smoother gameplay” for players:
NBA Live 19 will bring numerous new features and enhancements to the hardwood, building on last year’s strong foundation. Players will be invited to take their game around the world, facing opponents on new courts in Paris, Brazil, and the Philippines, with each court and tournament offering unique rules and challenges specific to those courts.
NBA Live 19 also marks the introduction of Real Player Motion (RPM) Tech into the franchise, introducing thousands of new animations and smoother gameplay than ever before. The game offers more choices for clothes, shoes and gear, and a new progression-system modeled after some of the sport’s greatest icons.
NBA Live 19 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on September 7, but all fans will be able to try out a free demo on both platforms beginning on August 24.
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2018, NBA Live 19
Madden NFL 19’s E3 Trailer confirms the franchise is coming back to PC on August 10
It’s been more than a decade since EA Sports released a game in the Madden franchise for the PC. But that all changes this year, as the publisher revealed today that Madden NFL 19 will be available for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC this August.
The E3 Trailer embedded above, which was created using “Game Engine Footage,” gives us our first look at the new Real Player Motion system. The Real Player Motion system is “designed to deliver hyper-realistic animations with a higher level of gameplay,” and according to EA Sports, these “elevated animations” add more control to ball carrying.
In addition to on-field improvements, Madden NFL 19 will expand on Madden NFL 18‘s Story Mode in “Longshot Homecoming,” which continues the story of Devin (JR Lemon) and Colt (Scott Porter).
And speaking of longshots, EA Sports must have a lot of faith in the Cleveland Browns this year, because the trailer ends with a shot of rookie QB Baker Mayfield breaking a tackle and tossing a really long pass for a game-winning touchdown.
Hey, it could happen.