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Jump Force Is a Promising All-Star Anime Crossover with a Lame E3 Showing
Jump Force is not the first time the worlds of Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto have crossed over in video game form. Seeing as its announcement comes on the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump -- the weekly shonen manga anthology that houses each of those series -- Jump Force feels like it was designed to be a little extra special, even if its poorly tuned E3 demo seemed like it was designed to hold it back.
Mechanically, Jump Force will feel very familiar to those who have played the Tenkaichi games. In the 3-on-3 tag fighting game, the camera is always set behind your character and locked on to your opponent -- it never breaks away. You’re able to use high speed dashes to get in close very fast, perform quick side-to-side dodges to avoid incoming attacks and reposition, and block right before an attack to teleport behind your opponent.
Microsoft Has No Plans to Bring Virtual Reality or Mixed Reality to Xbox
Virtual reality and mixed reality gaming mostly took a backseat at E3 2018, with the big three console makers focusing on traditional games. And while Sony is still supporting its PSVR headset on PlayStation 4, Microsoft apparently has no interest in releasing a competing headset for Xbox.
"We don't have any plans specific to Xbox consoles in virtual reality or mixed reality," Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Mike Nichols told GI.biz at E3. "Our perspective on it has been and continues to be that the PC is probably the best platform for more immersive VR and MR. As an open platform, it just allows faster, more rapid iteration. There are plenty of companies investing in it in the hardware side and the content side, or some combination therein.
Aquaman Director James Wan Reveals Trailer Will Debut at San Diego Comic-Con
Aquaman director James Wan has revealed when fans can expect the film's first trailer to debut.
Wan announced on Twitter the trailer will debut later next month at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, which takes place from July 18-July 22. The director didn't provide a specific date, but Wan did share the new logo for the upcoming DC movie, which you can check out below.
Comic-Con will be insane!! This is the new glyph/logo. Freshly smuggled out of Atlantis! (stolen off King Orm’s belt buckle) pic.twitter.com/NLmIXUaXEM
Former Telltale Games CEO Sues Studio
Telltale Games co-founder and former CEO Kevin Bruner is reportedly suing the studio he helped start in 2004.
The Marin Independent Journal reported Bruner's lawsuit. He and Telltale parted ways last year, a move Bruner's lawsuit alleges was the result of Lionsgate investing in Telltale in 2015 and pushing for a new CEO. The suit claims some Lionsgate board members wanted to bring in an "outside" CEO to replace Bruner. Although it eventually did so by installing former Zynga General Manager Pete Hawley as chief executive in September 2017, that was some five months after Dan Connors took over the position on an interim basis following Bruner's Telltale exit.
Netflix Saves Lucifer Following Fox Cancellation
Netflix has made a deal with the devil - the streaming service has resurrected Lucifer, renewing the comic book series for Season 4 after Fox canceled the show in May.
After the news broke, star Tom Ellis took to Twitter to celebrate the renewal and thank fans for their support through the #SaveLucifer campaign.
Spider-Man PS4 Newspaper Teases Iron Man And More Marvel Easter Eggs
Marvel’s Spider-Man for PS4 made a showing at E3 2018 with an action-packed trailer featuring what appears to be the Sinister Six and a tease for their mysterious leader, but thanks to a free Daily Bugle newspaper distributed to E3 attendees, there’s now a whole lot more to pore over. Here’s everything we found in our read-through, including Easter eggs for Iron Man, Daredevil, and what we think is the setup for a late-game plot twist.
Before you check out what we found, make sure to watch what was shown at E3:
Warning: it’s impossible to tell which parts of the newspaper are tied to actual in-game events and which are just there for fun, so treat everything below as a potential spoiler!
How The Last of Us Part 2 Redesigned Combat for Ellie
Watching The Last of Us Part II’s stunning E3 demo, it’s immediately clear that this is a very different game than its predecessor. Compared to the Infected from the first game, the enemies in the demo are people who can think, coordinate, hide, and react in ways most of Part 1’s enemies never could, and Ellie herself has matured far beyond who she was before.
After a behind closed doors demo of The Last of Us Part II at E3 this week, we spoke to co-game directors Kurt Margenau and Anthony Newman about how the team rethought everything about combat and traversal to make Ellie feel different not only from Joel, but from the younger version of herself we played in the first game and its DLC.
Why Nintendo Sees Switch Online as the Virtual Console Successor
Nintendo confirmed earlier this year the Virtual Console would not come to the Nintendo Switch, the service spread across a number of Nintendo consoles that offered re-releases of classic titles. But that doesn't mean the company has abandoned this specific method of offering older games, it hasn't abandoned delivering them to players on the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo Switch Online, coming this September, is currently slated to launch with a lineup of original NES games, with some featuring online enhancements, as part of the subscription price. And speaking to IGN at E3 2018, Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime said Nintendo envisions Switch Online as a VC successor of a sort, one with a lineup that will expand over time.