The Last Remnant Remastered Available Tonight on Switch – E3 2019
Square Enix announced that The Last Remnant remastered is available tonight on Switch at its E3 2019 press conference.
The Last Remnant originally came out in 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PC with the PS3 version eventually being canceled. The Last Remnant Remastered came out for the PlayStation 4 in December 2018 and now the title will finally drop on the Nintendo Switch eShop. For help getting through this last gen RPG, be sure to check out our Wiki guide for The Last Remnant.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Expands on the Story of Midgar
The Final Fantasy VII Remake expands on the original's story so much that not only will it likely be presented on two Blu-ray discs, but the story of Midgar is also considered to be its own game. FF7 Remake Producer Yoshinori Kitase made this statement at the Square Enix E3 2019 press conference.
During the announcement, Kitase and other presenters also detailed how combat works in FF7 Remake. The real-time action has a strategic element through command-based combat called Tactical Mode. Once two ATB bars are filled after landing enough attacks, time slows down and allows you to perform various abilities and – if Materia is equipped – cast spells. Using items while in battle reduces the ATB bars' charge.
Watch Dogs: Legion Does Not Actually Have Any Dogs
No dogs allowed in Watch Dogs: Legion
While Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft’s near-future open world dystopian London action hacking game) looks to be the deepest and most ambitious Watch Dogs game in the franchise yet, there is one thing the game will not have: actual dogs.
Speaking to IGN’s Brian Altano during our E3 Live show, Watch Dogs: Legion creative director Clint Hocking said “There are no dogs in the game because if you’re gonna play as anyone, we would have to be able to support playing as a dog, because that’s only fair.”
Xbox Gamertags Now Support 10 New Worldwide Alphabets
Xbox is revamping its gamertag functionality to allow Xbox gamers to truly be able to express themselves in a way that matches their identity and gamers can also now choose any gamertag, even if it is taken.
As detailed on Xbox Wire, starting today, and throughout the next year, the Xbox Gamertag will be getting new features and options across PC, mobile devices, and Xbox One consoles.
Microsoft is unveiling a new display option for gamertags, as well as support for 10 new wordwide alphabets, including Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Hangul, Katakana, Hiragana, CJK Cymbols for languages in China, Japan and Korea, Bengali, Devanagari, Cyrillic, and Thai.
Microsoft Aiming for a First-Party Xbox Game About Every Three Months
Matt Booty, head of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios, has said that his team is aiming to release a first-party Xbox game about every three months.
Speaking to IGN's Ryan McCaffrey, Booty was asked if there was any goal or cadence at which Microsoft wished to release its first-party games.
Booty responded that Xbox Game Pass is "the main driver" for a release schedule as Microsoft wants to ensure there is a "steady stream of games" coming into the subscription service for both PC and console.
For Booty and Microsoft, "every three months feels about right."
"I think about like how long you spend with a game and just sort of the cadence of discovery there," Booty explained. "So if you can do a game every three months, and if a game takes somewhere between two years and four years, I mean, just think about things that have come out recently, you know, things like Red Dead and God of War need to be getting into five, six years. Right? But let's just say for the sorts of studios, like a Ninja theory or a double fine that two, three years starts to be the cadence, right?
2020 Already Looks Like an Amazing Year for Games
We're finally starting to get an idea of what major games will be launching in the second half of 2019, with heavy hitters like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Gears 5, and Borderlands 3 making their debut. But at E3 2019, we've also seen a heap of new announcements for games that won't come out until 2020.
Code Vein Release Date Announced
During today’s E3 2019 episode of Inside Xbox, Microsoft and Bandai Namco announced Code Vein’s release date.
The official release date of this action role-playing game is September 27, 2019. Code Vein is coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
In July 2018, it was announced Code Vein was delayed into 2019 - we now know its eventual release date should be a full year from its initially planned September 2018 release date.
Check out our recent preview of the game, where we called it “the anime game of your dreams."
Microsoft Announces X019 Is Coming to London
Announced during today’s E3 2019 episode of Inside Xbox, Microsoft revealed that X019 is coming to London.
Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed the news, detailing that the London show will take place in November 2019. This fan event can be viewed online and includes a live episode of Inside Xbox.
Destination: London #InsideXboxE3
Get ready for X019. pic.twitter.com/zpOS5GSVnf
— Xbox E3 (@Xbox) June 10, 2019
AMD Announces its 16 Core Ryzen 3rd Generation Processor
At AMD’s E3 2019 press conference, President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su noted how after her Computex presentation people asked her “is that all?" She continued, “gamers are never satisfied,” and sure enough, the 12-core R9 3900X wasn't all AMD had to announce, as Su revealed AMD also has a brand new 16 core Ryzen 2 processor.
Meet the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, a 16 core and 32 thread processor featuring a 3.5GHz base clock and 4.7GHz boost clock. This amped up chip also demands 105W thermal design power, but its power needs are much lower than those found on other high-end desktop processors. For example, the AMD 16 core Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Intel 16 core i9-7960X have rated TDPs of 180W and 165W, respectively.
Halo Spartan Ship Set Announced for Sea of Thieves
During today’s E3 2019 episode of Inside Xbox, Microsoft and Rare announced that special cosmetic items based on the Halo franchise are coming to Sea of Thieves for free this week.
Between June 10-15, players simply have to log in and play Sea of Thieves in order to receive the Spartan Ship Set. The Sea of Thieves Twitter account says the content will be added to your account within 72 hours of your first play session within this period. As a special gift to the community, the ship set includes a Master Chief figurehead for your ship, and special Halo-themed sails and flags.