Red Dead Redemption 2: Will It Be at E3 2018?
It's that time of year again: E3 2018 is just on the horizon. From June 9-14, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2018 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper. Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2018. Today's game: RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2.
When Did We Last See Red Dead Redemption 2?
Rockstar recently dropped the third trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, which focused on the game's incredible atmosphere, characters, and some of the activities that we'll be partaking in. Simultaneously, we published our in-depth impressions of the game after seeing it in action.
Rocket League Salty Shores Update Coming Soon
Psyonix has announced the release date for Rocket League's upcoming Salty Shores update.
The update will come out on May 29 for all platforms and it'll feature the titular free new beach-themed arena, Salty Shores. Also included with the update is a new import Battle-Car, Twinzer, which players can acquire as a limited-drop via the new Impact Crate.
The in-game Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 3 playlist is being added as well, and the update marks the end of competitive Season 7 and the start of Competitive Season 8. The Beach Blast summer in-game event will start on June 11.
You can check out a new trailer for Salty Shores below.
For more on what players can expect from Rocket League throughout 2018, check out Psyonix's roadmap detailing the updates coming this summer.
EA No Longer Has PGA Tour License
PGA Tour is no longer licensed to EA, as Canadian developer, HB Studios, announced the addition of the PGA Tour to its upcoming title The Golf Club 2019.
After ending its partnership with Tiger Wood in 2013, EA's golf franchise took a year hiatus, returning with Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. The publisher has now lost the license altogether, although PGA Tour's senior director of licensing told GolfChannel.com that the "long-term successful partnership" with EA ended amicably.
Krypton Renewed for Season 2
Syfy has renewed Krypton for Season 2, the network has announced.
The new season of the DC show, which centers on Superman's grandfather Seg-El, is expected to premiere sometime in 2019. Meanwhile, the Season 1 finale airs on May 23 at 10 p.m. PT/ET on Syfy.
Krypton is the network's most-watched debut season for an original series since 2014's Ascension, and is also the most-watched season for any scripted series on Syfy since 2015's Defiance.
The story, set two generations before the destruction of Krypton, follows Seg-El trying to redeem the House of El's honor and going up against Braniac and Adam Strange.
For more on Krypton, read our review of the show's first episode and find out why we think Krypton succeeds where Gotham failed.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Donkey Kong DLC Detailed
Donkey Kong will join up with Rabbid Cranky and Rabbid Peach in upcoming DLC for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
Called Donkey Kong Adventure and coming soon to the game, the trio will explore an island with four new environments. But this isn't a vacation for them, as new enemies and Rabbid Kong stand in their way with this Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle DLC.
The new gameplay trailer for the DLC (seen above) shows off some of Donkey Kong's moves. For instance, he can use a banana like a boomerang and even bust out his bongos to apparently pull enemies to him.
It also appears Donkey Kong can pick up Rabbid Cranky and then throw him at enemies.
Now Donkey Kong was revealed as a playable character for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle earlier this year. And Donkey Kong Adventure is part of the game's season pass.
The Terror: What Actually Happened to the Lost Arctic Expedition
Warning: Spoilers for all of AMC's The Terror follow...
Now that The Terror has run its course on AMC, and the series closed things out with a massive Tuunbaq rampage - along with Captain Crozier, despite being the sole survivor, deciding not to return to society when men from the rescue mission arrive to search for answers - we can now check in with what history tells us about the lost expedition.
Obviously, The Terror, based on Dan Simmons' novel, is a work of historical fiction. It's purpose is to fill in the gaps and create a gripping and horrific narrative around a real life mystery filled with ample unknowables.
Truth be told, there's no way of concluding that many of the crew weren't massacred by a soul-sucking snow demon, but there are a few hard and concrete facts we do know about those 129 poor unfortunate souls who were aboard the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror as part of Captain John Franklin's 1845 expedition to the Northwest Passage.
LEGO Overwatch Sets Are Coming
Official Overwatch-branded LEGO sets are coming to the market.
The Overwatch LEGO sets are part of a host of new franchise partnerships that the Activision Blizzard Consumer Products Group is bringing to the Licensing Expo 2018 event in Las Vegas.
While we don't have any details on what the sets will look like or when they're coming out, more information should be arriving later in the year.
On top of the LEGO partnership, the master toy license for the Overwatch brand has been awarded to Hasbro, which has plans for "a wide range of play experiences including a NERF product line, games and more."
This means you can expect to see toy replicas of many of the hero's famous weapons on store shelves as the Overwatch merchandising plan ramps up.
Two Bonus Lucifer Episodes Will Air Later This Month
FOX will be airing two last bonus Lucifer episodes later this month.
Deadline reports the episodes, “Boo Normal” and ”Once Upon A Time," were filmed earlier this spring and will air back-to-back on May 28. However, they won't advance the story past the recent Season 3 finale.
Lucifer investigates a murder of a child psychiatrist in one of the episodes with Ella (Aimee Garcia) thinking about a childhood secret. The other episode centers on Lucifer's mom creating an alternate dimension where he never met Chloe (Lauren German).
They will air two weeks after the series finale, with the show recently being canceled by FOX. Find out why Lucifer was canned following its big cliffhanger.
SEGA Announces Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 Remasters for Japan
SEGA has announced it will remaster Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 for release in Japan.
Gematsu spotted the news in Japanese magazines Dengeki PlayStation and Weekly Famitsu, which features an online preview of Yakuza 3. The remasters won't include any additional content but will run at 60 frames per second in 1080p.
The Yakuza 3 remaster is reportedly 90 percent finished with a release set for August 9 in Japan.
There hasn't been any announcement yet about the new Yakuza remasters heading to the west.
This PS4 Controller Offers Xbox Elite-Like Features
Scuf Gaming believes it has an answer for PlayStation 4 players who want an Xbox Elite-like controller for their console.
The SCUF Vantage controller is officially licensed, customizable and all about performance. The pad offers button remapping, side-mounted buttons, a removable faceplate and four optional paddles.
You can also set the thumb sticks to three different heights and adjust the trigger buttons with stops. You have a choice of D-pads with the SCUF Vantage as well.
The PS4 pad will launch this summer, with the wired model costing $170 and the wireless plus wired model priced at $200.
Evan Campbell is a freelance writer who scripts the Daily Fix and chats about games and movies on Twitter.