All the latest from Microsoft and Bethesda’s NotE3 shows
We’re rolling out the liveblog widget once again for today’sXbox Games Showcase, as well as theStarfield-focusedStarfieldDirect, which will follow immediately after. And will be about Starfield. Come join us – we’ll be up and running just before Microsoft’s main showcase begins at 6pm BST / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.
After Thursday’sSummer Game Fest / Day of the Devs liveblog, which was filled withgame announcements, cosy commenter chat, andNicholas Cage, I for one am looking forward to sharing the update trenches with you all again. This time I’ll be joined in the mud by vid bud Liam for yet more news and reveals, with possible starring games includingFable 4, a potentialGears 6, and Obsidian’s elusiveAvowed.
Also, Starfield. Lots of Starfield.
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Hello, hello. How are we all doing? Are we excited for Todd Howard to talk about spaceships?
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Yeah Fable 3 was a bit disappointing. I bought the special edition for that game, which has literally started to rot over the last few years. An extremely cursed artefact.
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The next game by Thunder Lotus, creators of Spiritfarer, is up now. It appears to be a Hades-like hack ‘n slash that lets up to 33 people tackle monsters together.
33 Immortals. Out next year.
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That was the one!
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An Atlus game. Is this the Persona 3 remake? Quick, everyone, act surprised!
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I’m a very recent Persona convert having only discovered the joy of Persona 5 towards the end of last year, but i’m happy to see an earlier entry in the series get a lavish remake that brings it in line with more recent entries.
Persona 3 Reload. Out early next year!
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Huge fan of big kicks. That was a superb kick.
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Sea of Thieves and… Lucasfilm?
It’s a Monkey Island tie in! There’s Stan! And Guybrush! What a neat thing!
The Legend of Monkey Island launches on July 20th.
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A Fallout 76 update, complete with a classic Fallout animation showing Vault Boy and co larking about. It looks like players will be travelling to Atlantic City soon?
I should really check this out. I hear it’s really good these days.
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Overwatch 2, here. Looks like the remnants of the game’s scrapped co-op mode will be added to the game in an upcoming season in the form of story missions.
A new game mode, flashpoint, will also be available to play. That launches August 10th.
Game pass subscribers can gain access to every new hero added to the game so far on the same day. Pretty neat!
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It does! James and I will also be covering that one on the site, too.
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OK, up next. The next game by The Chinese Room! Set aboard an oil rig in rough seas. I am immediately on board. It looks suitably creepy and dramatic.
Still Wakes The Deep. Out early next year. Day one on Game Pass, too.
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Keanu! It’s Keanu!
He’s here to talk about Phantom Liberty, the upcoming expansion for Cyberpunk 2077.
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V is dying, and the president is being held hostage in a rough part of town. Looks like you’ll be hanging out with Idris in a hunt to find a cure for your mysterious affliction.
It looks grand, and it’s out September 26th. That’s soon!
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Another Atlus game?
It’s a stylish turn-based RPG (of course). But what is it…?
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It’s a first-person shooter set in a steampunk city with a time travel twist! Looks like your actions will have a huge effect on your surroundings.
Clockwork Revolution. Coming “in due time”.
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“No Man’s Skyrim” is so good hahahaha.
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Well spotted, that’s very good.
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Yeah that’s my main concern as well. I’m sort of hoping that there’s enough hand-crafted stuff in there that you don’t have to engage with that unless you want to?
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One of my all-time favourite bands! I saw them live last year and the crowd also went wild for that track. Good for them. They deserve every success.
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Ah, base building time. This never clicked with me in Fallout 4, but this looks a little more complex here? You can set up resource extractors, assign crewmates to specific jobs.
Oh, and you can now build from a top-down viewpoint. That’s going to remove a huge amount of fiddliness. Hopefully.
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I am going to listen to The Race For Space by Public Service Broadcasting on a loop while playing Starfield, I think. The perfect pairing.
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A very busy few weeks!
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Nothing truly wowzered my trousers in that but I’ll probably play Payday 3 and Clockwork Revolution. And I like the look of Dungeons of Hinterberg as well:
Your pick(s), Liam?
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A couple of cool things! Dungeons of Hinterberg looked ace, I agree. As did Jusant and Still Wakes The Deep. Gotta give my top pick to Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, though, which looked like pure classic Capcom.
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And with that, we’re wrapping up this particular liveblog, but you can join us in an hour for the PC Gaming Show! Liam and I will be covering thathere.
Cheers!
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