E3 2018: The Crew 2 Open Beta Starts Later This Month
Ubisoft announced The Crew 2 open beta begins June 21.
Previously, Ubisoft held a closed beta for The Crew 2 on PS4, PC and Xbox One. The closed beta ran from May 31 through June 4.
The Crew 2 comes out on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC June 29, 2018. The open-world racing game takes place across a redesigned USA and lets players collect vehicles like cars, planes, and boats.
Anyone who preorders the Ubisoft-store exclusive Motor Edition can begin playing the full game June 24.
Transference Coming This Fall to VR and Consoles
Transference will come to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One — as well as VR — this fall.
Originally unveiled at E3 2017 as a VR experience, Transference is co-developed by Elijah Wood's film production company SpectreVision and Ubisoft Montreal's FunHouse. The first-person exploration game — which mixes in live action — was initially planned for this spring.
Last year, IGN's preview of Transference noted that the game was unsettling yet intriguing.
For Honor: Marching Fire Revealed
Ubisoft has revealed a new expansion to For Honor titled Marching Fire, which will be available on October 16, 2018.
Marching Fire, described at Ubisoft's E3 conference as the game's “biggest and most ambitious addition so far”, adds a new Chinese faction, the Wu Lin, with four new fighters.
Each Wu Lin fighter will have an individual name and backstory, and will initially be available only as part of a paid DLC bundle, but will later be paid for individually with the game's Steel currency. The bundle will also come with a new, as-yet unspecified "unlimited PvE mode".
It will also add a new 4v4 mode, Breach which is set around a castle siege. Breach will be free for all players. Further tweaks and additions, including graphical enhancements, were promised, but haven't yet been revealed.
Ubisoft Announces Star Fox Tie-In for Starlink: Battle for Atlas
At E3 today, Ubisoft revealed that Star Fox will be a pilot in its upcoming spaceship game, Starlink: Battle for Atlas.
Starlink's official site says Fox will (of course) be exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version of the game, and that he "came to Atlas in pursuit of Wolf O'Donnell and his crew, and he has teamed up with the Starlink initiative in their fight against Grax and the Forgotten Legion."
According to Ubisoft, you'll be able to play through the entire campaign as Fox including Switch-exclusive missions, and "other friends from the Star Fox universe" will also appear.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas Release Date Announced
Starlink: Battle for Atlas is out on October 16 for Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, Ubisoft announced at its E3 2018 press conference.
The action-adventure game features a toys-to-life element by letting players add weapons and other mods to a real toy ship that results in augmentations their in-game ship. The toy ship attaches to the player's controller.
As part of the announcement, Ubisoft also announced a collaboration with Nintendo, which includes Star Fox and his Arwing will be available in-game exclusively on Nintendo Switch.
Skull and Bones Beta Revealed
At its E3 conference today, Ubisoft gave an update on Skull and Bones, showing off a new gameplay trailer and revealing a beta.
Though the beta test didn't get a date, beta registration is open for PS4, Xbox One, and PC now. The gameplay trailer showed ship customization, a surprise attack on an enemy ship, and explained some of the ship combat mechanics.
Ubisoft first revealed Skull and Bones at last year’s E3. At the time, Ubisoft said it would feature a story campaign and that the team at Ubisoft Singapore didn’t want it to feel like an Assassin’s Creed game.
The Division 2 is Getting Raids, Free Content Updates
Ubisoft today announced The Division 2, the follow up sequel to Massive Entertainment's shared-world shooter, will be getting large-scale raids for the first time.
"For the first time, eight players will be able to partner up to face the ultimate end game challenge," said Julian Gerighty, Creative Director of The Division 2. "Raids are coming to The Division 2."
In addition to the announcement, Gerighty also revealed free content updates for The Division 2 players. "Today we’re ready to outline our plans for year one.”
“We will be launching three DLCs in the form of episodes, each one will bring new story, new areas to explore, and new activities," Gerighty said. "And the best part, all of these episodes will be complete free. For everyone."
Why The Elder Scrolls 6 Might Be Set in Familiar Grounds
Like many fans, I spent the last few minutes of Bethesda's E3 conference hootin' and hollerin' as my dreams came true when the words "The Elder Scrolls VI" came into view. I was doubly excited that the coastline featured in the teaser trailer apparently dashed those terrifying rumors of a "Skyrim 2", but then I started to wonder, "Where could this be?".
The five other main Elder Scrolls games have taken us to almost every corner of Tamriel. Arena actually encompassed most of the continent, letting you travel across the provinces, while Daggerfall encompassed parts of High Rock and Hammerfell. Morrowind was set in its namesake region, while Oblivion was centered in Cyrodiil, and finally, Skyrim in... Skyrim.
Next-Gen Xbox Consoles Codenamed ‘Scarlet,’ Claim Multiple Sources
Speaking during yesterday's Xbox E3 showcase, Xbox Executive Vice President of Gaming Phil Spencer revealed that Microsoft is "deep into architecting the next Xbox consoles, where we will once again deliver on our commitment to deliver the benchmark of console gaming." Multiple sources have since claimed those consoles (plural) are codenamed "Scarlet."
Thurott was the first to report the news yesterday, referring to the next generation of Xbox hardware as a "series of devices." Game Informer then followed up with its own report this morning, writing that"numerous sources" of its own had confirmed the Scarlet codename.
Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition Coming In and Out of Stock at Amazon
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Fallout 76 comes out next week, November 14, 2018, and the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition, has been appearing in stock for PC, PS4, and Xbox One at Amazon.
There are two other versions in addition to the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition: the Fallout 76 Tricentennial Edition and the Fallout 76 Standard Edition.
Right now there aren't any retailer-specific bonuses or editions to try and win your business.
Here's where and how you can preorder Fallout 76 and its many editions, as well as what those versions include.