Tag Archives: E3

Over the last couple of years, PC Gaming has been more prevalent at E3, thanks to the PC Gaming Show. Over the last two years, AMD has been the main sponsor of this event, using it as an opportunity to show off new graphics cards but this year, the show …

Over the last couple of years, Oculus has had a rather significant presence at E3, even jumping on stage to announce new VR games with publishers. Unfortunately this year, it appears that Oculus will be a no-show for the first time since 2014. Since 2014, Oculus has used E3 to …

After the cancellation of upcoming games like Scalebound and Fable Legends, the Xbox library is starting to look a bit thin. However, Microsoft will be looking to turn that around at E3 this year. Today Microsoft officially announced and dated its 2017 E3 press conference, teasing a proper Scorpio console …

Traditionally, E3 has been a fairly closed off event, reserved for members of the press and game developers/publishers. Over the years, things have begun to open up with more opportunities for regular members of the public to get in but this year, The ESA will be opening the floodgates completely …

Ever since the big exclusivity debate kicked off between the likes of Oculus and the virtual reality community, Palmer Luckey has been rather quiet online. Once a regular Redditor and Tweeter, he's been almost silent for the last few months. At E3 though he made a few statements, one of …

If you've been stomping your orcish and undead hordes through castle after castle in Total War: Warhammer, then you probably think it's a breeze taking fortresses from on-high. If you get into the thick of the fray though in a game like Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, it gets a …

Although initially intended as a continual brawl against a number of bosses, the '30s animation inspired side-scroller Cuphead now has some levels to beat, as well as a number of larger foes. That doesn't mean the game looks any worse though – if anything it's as pretty and nostalgic as …

While it might be a little late to the party, the price tag on Sony's PlayStation VR platform and the large install base for the console it's designed for could still make it a winner. We now know the Sony VR solution will be showing up in October, with a …

While the Xbox One S will be taking on 4K Blu-Ray and video streaming this year, Microsoft has something much bigger planned for 2017. Today at the end of its E3 press conference, Microsoft officially announced Project Scorpio, a more powerful Xbox, which comes with a new CPU and a …

Over the last year and a half, Microsoft has been talking a big game when it comes to supporting the PC platform but this year's E3 presentation really seemed to back that up. Not only was almost every Microsoft exclusive game shown today also announced for the PC but ‘Xbox …

Bethesda's E3 conference took place last night, bringing us news on Dishonoured 2, Prey and Quake Champions but despite rumours building up to the event, there was no Wolfenstein- at first glance that is. Closer inspection of the Bethesda E3 stream revealed a sneakily placed Wolfenstein teaser. During Bethesda's E3 …

Bethesda has announced at its pre-E3 show that it is currently developing versions of both DOOM and Fallout 4 for virtual reality. The plan is to first bring them to the HTC Vive, with support for other headsets like the Oculus Rift further down the line. The way the two …

Seemingly confirming rumours of a new Xbox One with more power and a reduced footprint, promotional images showing off just that have appeared online days before Microsoft's briefing at E3. They show a smaller, whiter Xbox One, which we're told contains a 2TB hard drive and will be capable of …

Watch Dogs wasn't quite the home-run that Ubisoft was hoping for when it was released in early 2014, after years of teases and showcases; especially graphically. However it was successful enough to garner a sequel it seems, as a trailer for it has leaked ahead of next week's E3 show. …

E3 is going to be kicking off in just a week but it looks like we are already getting some idea of what to expect in terms of announcements at the conference. Today, reports began circulating, saying that Bethesda is set to announce a Skyrim Remaster, Prey 2, a new …

It's been a long time since we all got our first real taste of a 3D world where stomping zombies in their thousands was possible, but Dead Rising has been selling well ever since. It may well be making a comeback at E3 this year too and we have some …

Prey 2 was in the works at one point in time but after a troubled development cycle, Bethesda officially pulled the plug on the project back in 2014. However, since then there have been rumours suggesting that Dishonoured developer, Arkane Studios, could be working on reviving the project and now …

Rise of the Tomb Raider might not be out on the PS4 yet but that isn't going to stop Square Enix from looking to the future of the franchise. Apparently, at this year's E3, we will be getting some “exciting Tomb Raider news”, alongside a few new game announcements. Square …

Bethesda had a packed conference at E3 last year, not only did we get a better look at DOOM and the announcement of Fallout 4, but Dishonoured 2 was also unveiled and now, the game has a release date. The sequel will see players take on the role of either …

Less than four years on from the release of its Wii U console, Nintendo has announced the official release date of its sequel. The Nintendo NX will not be showing up this year, but not far beyond it, with a planned launch of March 2017. In more disappointing news, Nintendo …

With Bethesda returning to E3 with its own conference this year, many of us have been wondering exactly what the company could have up its sleeve and it turns out, the studio is working on quite a bit. Speaking at the DICE awards last night, Bethesda's Todd Howard said that …

Last year, Bethesda held its first ever E3 conference and it brought some huge announcements along with it, including the reveals of Fallout 4 and Dishonoured 2 as well as a release date for DOOM. Thanks to the success of last year's keynote, it looks like the studio is set …

According to one firm, the Nintendo NX may be much closer to release than we all expected. Japanese finance company, Nomura Securities, has stated publicly that it believes Nintendo will announce the next-generation console by May, reveal it by June and will get it on shelves and into the hands …

Back at E3, Microsoft announced its new Xbox Elite controller, a premium gamepad with modular components for customisability. However, those features come at a price, £120/$150- which sounds like an awful lot of money for a controller but that hasn't put people off one bit. Xbox's Major Nelson has revealed …

There has been a lot of confusion surrounding the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter. At first, it was assumed that Sony would be footing a significant portion of the bill for development, considering the game's announcement on the Sony stage at E3. This idea was spurred along by the fairly small $2 …

One of the highlights of EA's E3 press conference this year was the announcement of Unravel, a charming little platformer in which you play as a character made out of yarn and use that to help you make your way through the levels. It looks like the game is set …

Apparently the backlash caused by the blatant graphical downgrade of Watch Dogs following its release compared to the initial E3 reveal ended up sparking a policy change over at Ubisoft, according to the company's CEO, Yves Guillemot. According to Guillemot, Ubisoft has now changed the way it shows off new …

The Shenmue 3 Kickstarter has been a bit of a somewhat confusing campaign. The whole thing initially launched at E3 on Sony's stage, with Yu Suzuki asking for $2 million to fund the initial game. However, it later came out that the Shenmue creator actually wanted at least $10 million …

This year for the first time, Bethesda held its own E3 press conference, kicking off the week with a solid set of announcements that got a lot of people excited. However, while this year was great for Bethesda, with Doom, Fallout 4 and Dishonoured 2 all lined up for official …

Last year, Sony revealed its own virtual reality headset for PlayStation devices, currently known as Project Morpheus. Apparently since then, progress on bringing VR to the PlayStation 4 has been “going very well” although Sony does not have a release date pegged just yet. This is in contrast to what …