Here are some of last week’s highlights in gaming, movies, and more:
E3 2021 kicked off last week, with an all-digital event with showcases from publishers big and small
Devolver Digital
Indie game publisher Devolver Digital held their annual E3 parody presentation, showing several off several games in their catalog including:
A new look at Shadow Warrior 3, from series developer Flying Wild Hog
Trek to Yomi, a 2.5D adventure game with a black and white Kurosawa film style that’s a collaboration between Flying Wild Hog and developer Leonard Menchiari set to launch on PC and consoles in 2022
Phantom Abyss, a first-person asynchronous multiplayer game with players traversing through procedurally-generated dungeons,
Developed by Team WIBI, the game is set to launch in Steam Early Access on June 22
Wizard With a Gun, from developer Galvanic Games, coming to PC and Nintendo Switch in 2022
Death’s Door, from Titan Souls developer Acid Nerve, releasing July 20 on PC and Xbox consoles
Inscryption, a new game from developer Daniel Mullins Games (Pony Island, The Hex) that bends deckbuilding and psychological horror
Demon Throttle, a physical-only release from developer Doinksoft
Ubisoft Forward
Rainbow Six Extraction (originally known as Rainbow Six Quarantine), a new co-op entry in the long-running series with a sci-fi/horror spin, comes to PC and consoles on Sept. 16
Ubisoft’s Rockmith is coming back in form of Rocksmith+, a subscription service for interactive guitar-learning set to launch on PC, console, as well as mobile
Outdoor sports game Riders Republic got a release date of Sept. 2
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will continue to get DLC in the game’s future, including The Siege of Paris expansion, the return of Discovery Tour mode, and more to come
More details and gameplay from Far Cry 6 were revealed, including DLC that will allow players to control villains from Far Cry 3-5, as well as a remaster of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Far Cry 6 releases on PC and consoles on Oct. 7
After leaking before their event, Ubisoft formally revealed Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, a sequel to 2017’s Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
The game is set to release on Nintendo Switch sometime in 2022
Ubisoft teased Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora from The Division developer Massive Entertainment
Based on the blockbuster James Cameron film(s?) of the same name, the game is set to release sometime in 2022
Microsoft/Bethesda
Bethesda’s Todd Howard kicked off the presentation with a first look at Starfield, coming exclusively to Xbox consoles and PC on Nov. 11, 2022
Rare and Xbox teased the next season of content coming to Sea of Thieves, which includes a crossover with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise
Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life starts on June 22
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl got its first full gameplay trailer, with the survival horror shooter coming to PC an Xbox Series X/S on April 28, 2022
The game will launch as an Xbox Game Pass game on day one
Turtle Rock Studios’ Back 4 Blood got a new trailer at the event, revealing the game will launch one Xbox Game Pass on Oct. 8 along with PC and PS4/PS5
Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios revealed their next project, an open world co-op heist game titled Contraband
The game is set to be exclusive to Xbox consoles and Windows PC
EA and developer DICE revealed a first-look at in-engine gameplay from Battlefield 2042
The latest in the long-running shooter series comes to PC and consoles on Oct. 22
Indie game Twelve Minutes got a new trailer, revealing the game will release on PC and Xbox consoles on Aug. 19
Published by Annapurna Interactive, the game will arrive on Xbox Game Pass at launch
Psychonauts 2 got a new gameplay trailer, along with its final release date of Aug. 25
The long-anticipated sequel arrives on PC, Xbox consoles (and Xbox Game Pass), as well as PS4 and PS5
Bethesda revealed a new Brotherhood of Steel campaign for Fallout 76, titled Fallout 76: Steel Reign set to release on July 7
The reveal also teased a future campaign taking place in Pittsburgh, known in Fallout as The Pitt, releasing in 2022
Supergiant Games’ critically acclaimed rogue-like Hades is heading to Xbox )PlayStation consoles on Aug. 13
Hades will also launch on Xbox Game Pass on the same day
Somerville, from independent developer Jumpship (a studio co-founded by former Playdead co-founder Dino Patti) , was revealed as a console launch exclusive
Also releasing on Xbox Game Pass, the game is set to release in 2022
Developer 343 Industries revealed a first-look at Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer gameplay, which will launch the same day as the game’s campaign
Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer will be free-to-play on PC and Xbox consoles, and the game is set to release this Holiday
Developer 343 Industries later released more details on Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer, including more game play and details in regard to seasonal content and Battle Pass progression
Blizzard revealed the release date for Diablo II Resurrected, releasing on PC and console on Sept. 23
Developer Asobo Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive revealed A Plague Tale: Requiem, a sequel to 2019’s A Plague Tale: Innocence
The game is set to release on PC, Xbox consoles, and PlayStation 4/5 in 2022
Developer Monomi Park revealed Slime Rancher 2, set to release on PC and Xbox Series X/S along with Xbox Game Pass in 2022
Developer Foam Punch Studios revealed Shredders, a new snowboarding game coming PC and Xbox Series X/S along with Xbox Game Pass in December
First-person shooter Atomic Heart, developed by Russian studio Mundfish, got a new trailer
Atomic Heart releases the same day on PC, Xbox consoles along with Xbox Game Pass
Indie developer Sad Cat Studios revealed Replaced, a 2.5D cyberpunk-styled platformer
The game is scheduled to release on PC, Xbox consoles and Xbox Game Pass in 2022
Real-time strategy game Age of Empires IV got a new trailer ahead of its Oct. 28 release on Windows PC
Age of Empires IV will also release on Xbox Game Pass for PC
Obsidian Entertainment announced The Outer Worlds 2
No release date has been set for the sequel
Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to Xbox Series X/S on July 27
A Top Gun themed expansion is also planned to release in November, along with the release of Top Gun: Maverick
Microsoft and Playground Games revealed Forza Horizon 5, coming to PC and Xbox consoles along with Xbox Game Pass on Nov. 9
Microsoft and Bethesda ended their joint presentation with a new game from developer Arkane Studios, an open-world vampire hunting FPS with co-op titled Redfall
Redfall will launch exclusively on PC and Xbox Series X/S in summer 2022
Xbox also announced the return of Xbox Design to create custom-designed/colored Xbox Series X/S controllers
After the conclusion of Microsoft’s briefing, it has been reported that development Rare’s next project, Everwild, has been “rebooted” under a new creative lead and will release in the next few years (via The Video Games Chronicle)
Square Enix
Square Enix debuted a new Marvel collaboration with Guardians of the Galaxy, developed by Eidos Montreal
The game is set to release on PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on Oct. 26
The first ajor expansio for Marvel’s Avengers, Black Panther | War for Wakanda was revealed
The expansion arrives for free on all platforms this August
PlatinumGames’ Babylon’s Fall got a new trailer, revealing a closer look at the dungeon crawler/action game
It was revealed during the presentation that Babylon’s’ Fall is planned to be a live-service game, with content updates happening over time
The game is set to launch on PC, PS5, and PS4 at a later date
Life is Strange: True Colors got a new trailer ahead of its release on Sept. 10 on PC and consoles
Square Enix and Nioh/Ninja Gaiden developer Team Ninja are collaborating on an action RPG Final Fantasy game, titled Strangers of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin
The game currently has a demo on PlayStation 5, and is set to release on PC and consoles sometime in 2022
Capcom
Capcom had their own showcase during E3, showcasing details on games released or releasing this year including
Resident Evil Village, which has DLC in the works
A look at Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
Gameplay from The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s newest DLC character will be Tekken‘s Kazuya Mishima
Details regarding the Tekken veteran will release at a later date
Life is Strange Remastered Collection and Life is Strange: True Colors are heading to Nintendo Switch
A cloud version of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will release on Nintendo Switch on Oct. 26
A compilation of titles in the Super Monkey Ball series will release as Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Featuring remastered titles of the original games, the game releases on PC and consoles on Oct. 5
Mario Party Superstars, a new Mario Party game featuring boards and mini-games from the series’ N64 past, was announced
The game is to release on Nintendo Switch on Oct. 29
After briefly discussing that Metroid Prime 4 is continuing development, a new 2D-style Metroid game titled Metroid Dread was announced
Developed in partnership with Metroid: Samus Returns developer MercurySteam, the much-anticipated entry arrives on Oct. 8 along with two new Amiibo based on Samus’ new suit and the main antagonist of the game
Cruis’n Blast, a new entry in the classic arcade racing series, was announced to be coming to Nintendo Switch sometime this fall
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set is coming to Nintendo Switch on Sept. 24
A new WarioWare game is coming to Nintendo Switch in the form of WarioWare: Get it Together!
The latest entry in the wacky mini-game series arrives on Sept. 10
Atlus RPG Shin Megami Tensei V got its first deep-dive trailer, along with a release date of Nov. 12 exclusively on Nintendo Switch
All three mainline entries in the Danganronpa series are coming to Nintendo Switch, in the form of Danganronpa Decadence
The compilation releases later this year
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, originally released on WiiU in 2014, is getting remastered on Nintendo Switch and other consoles when it releases later this year
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is coming to Nintendo Switch on June 25
Remakes of beloved RTS Game Boy Advance games Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2 are coming to the Nintendo Switch in the form of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Developed in collaboration with WayForward, the title arrives on Dec. 3
The first part of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity‘s Expansion pass was revealed, showing off new weapons and characters playable now
To cap off Nintendo’s presentation, The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma revealed a new trailer for the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild which is planned to release sometime in 2022
The producer also shared a new Game and Watch system celebrating the series’ 35th anniversary, containing the original The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II; The Adventure of Link, as well as the Game Boy version of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Nintendo also livestreamed several demos of the games talked about in their presentation in their Nintendo Treehouse streams, including a first look at an early portion of No More Heroes III
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