E3 2016 Date Announced
The Entertainment Software Association has announced that E3 2016 will take place from June 14-16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
With E3 2015 wrapping up today, the ESA also revealed that over 52,000 people attended this year's annual gaming event, representing 109 countries. There were over 1,600 products at the show and more than 300 exhibitors.
"More than any other E3, this year was about the gamer," said ESA president and CEO Michael D. Gallagher. "E3 demonstrated both the remarkable transformation of entertainment taking place on all video game platforms — virtual reality, augmented reality, hardware, mobile and handheld — and awesome games."
For more on E3 2015, be sure to check out IGN's hub for the annual gaming event. And don't forget to also look at nominees for IGN's Best of E3 2015 Awards.
In The Long Dark, What Kills You Makes You Stronger
I froze to death in The Long Dark. New to its unforgiving sandbox world, I couldn’t organize my inventory efficiently enough to stay warm, and I froze right there in the snow. It was a pitiful, embarrassing death.
So naturally, I wanted to try again.
The Long Dark is a game you will never win - its end state will always be a date with the reaper. But it quickly got under my skin, like many demanding games with clear systems do. The Long Dark’s challenges are simple: eat, sleep, stay warm, and build things that help you do these things. When you fail, you know the fault lies with you, and there lies the hook: this time, I'll last longer.
Project Morpheus Transformed Me Into an FPS Badass…and a Horse
As hardware, Project Morpheus doesn’t wow me as much as the Oculus Rift has. Having it on my head is very comfortable—it’s light and well padded—but it doesn’t block out the rest of the world as much as I’d like. My eyes also tire out quickly when wearing it, and I’m not yet convinced Sony’s adequately solved the technical issues that contribute to motion sickness. (I left my E3 appointment feeling pretty ill, unfortunately.)
But when it comes to software, Project Morpheus definitely showed me this week just how wide the spectrum of VR content will be—I also left my appointment excited about the types of games we may soon see. Far and away, the highlight was Impulse Gear’s FPS tech demo, where I shot things on an alien planet with an actual physical (albeit plastic) gun. The peripheral fully controlled my movement and my virtual weapon: I moved around the landscape via its analog stick; the Move controller placed inside it tracked where I aimed; and I fired off rounds by pulling either of its two triggers. (The back trigger shot off bullets, and the front trigger unleashed plasma rockets.) Meanwhile, Morpheus changed the camera view based on where I was looking.
CD Projekt Talks Cyberpunk 2077
Today at E3 2015 IGN had the opportunity to chat with CD Projekt's Co-Founder and Joint CEO Marcin Iwinski, and Head of Marketing & PR Michal Platkow Gilewski about the company's long-gestating sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077.
Earlier this year the company famously stated that it didn't intend to show off the game until 2017 at the earliest. So why announce it, only to go dark?
"We released the Cyberpunk teaser trailer because we wanted to see how gamers felt about it," Iwinski explained. "We were super excited about the project internally, but what if it wasn't the right thing
Shatner to Read James Kirk Autobiography at Comic-Con
CBS have announced their full slate of shows coming to Comic-Con, which includes an exclusive screening of the pilot for Limitless, as well as a sneak peek at the network's newest summer event series, Zoo. Under the Dome, Extant (with Halle Berry!) and Scorpion are returning to San Diego this year with panels featuring the stars and producers of each series. And to top it all, William Shatner is kicking-off CBS' first day of Comic-Con with a LIVE-reading of The Autobiography of James T. Kirk.
Each of CBS’ panels are set for Thursday, July, 9, in Ballroom 20, but not all times have been confirmed (save for Under The Dome). Check out the details for each panel below...
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star Has New Ties to First Game
When Mediatonic adapted Hatoful Boyfriend, they were careful to work with the original creator, Hato Moa, to craft new content for the Steam release back in 2014, and they've done the same with Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star.
Mediatonic said that Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star will have new story elements that tie the game directly back to Hatoful Boyfriend and plenty of manga and anime references.
An antagonist in Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star, the Golden Pheasant and magazine editor Tohri is out for revenge against another devious bird, and the all-bird school St. PigeoNations and its students are caught in the crossfire of the revenge scheme.
To give Tohri a little more background, he's been added to to the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita versions of Hatoful Boyfriend. He'll also be included in the PC version through a free update when the PS4 and Vita versions hatch later this summer.
Killjoys: Meet Syfy’s New Team of Bounty Hunters
Debuting Friday night on Syfy in the U.S. (and Space in Canada), the new series Killjoys follows a trio of space traveling bounty hunters – Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) and brothers John (Aaron Ashmore) and D’avin (Luke Macfarlane). When IGN visited the Toronto set of Killjoys, Macfarlane noted that when we meet D’avin, “We don’t know entirely why he is where he is and how he got to where he is but he’s on a ship as a sort of indentured fighter, trying to make his way across the solar system. He has a military background and he’s estranged from his brother and that’s what we know about him in the beginning.”
IGN has an exclusive clip from the premiere, showing what happens when John and D’avin are reunited – and just how deep that estrangement runs.
Daily Deals: PS4 With Two Controllers, Sony 20th Anniversary Headset, Wii U GameCube Adapter
PS4 Last of Us Bundle With Two Controllers
Amazon is tossing in a second blue controller.
I don't know if this is an error, but the special PS One looking Gold Headset is listed on Amazon for only $65. It should be $100.
The Wire Creator’s Next HBO Series Tackles Porno Industry
The Wire creator David Simon is working on a new HBO series about the legalization and rise of the pornography industry in the 1970s and '80s.
Called The Deuce, the TV series will see Simon team up again with his Wire and Treme partner George P. Pelecanos, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The HBO show will not only look at the porn industry in New York's Times Square, but it also will touch on the rise of HIV in Manhattan as well as the cocaine epidemic.
Tatum’s Gambit ‘Definitely’ Won’t Be in X-Men: Apocalypse
Magic Mike star Channing Tatum has confirmed that his new take on Gambit will not show up in X-Men: Apocalypse.
The actor ended the speculation about Gambit appearing in the superhero sequel film during his Ask Me Anything on Reddit this week. When Tatum was questioned about whether he's in X-Men: Apocalypse, he replied: "No ma'am, or sir. I definitely will not."
There was speculation Gambit would pop up in the 1980s-themed X-Men: Apocalypse, especially after director Bryan Singer said last year that he would like to include the card-throwing and staff-wielding mutant in the sequel. And Tatum wasn't as firm about his inclusion one way or the other earlier this year.