Episode 44 – News from E3

recorded on June 14, 2019

Headliners

 Nintendo

• Cadence of Hyrule will released on June 13
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 is set to launch with co-op later in 2019
• Daeman X Machina is set to release on September 13
• No More Heroes 3 is slated to release in 2020
  • LET’S GO BABY – NEXT SMASH CHARACTER CALLING IT NOW! – JD
• Trials of Mana comes to Switch in early 2020
• Dragon Quest XI S: Definitive Edition will land on the Switch September 27
• Resident Evil 5 and 6 are firing their way over to Switch later this fall
• Contra: Rouge Corpse coming to Switch on September 24
  • Not a side-scroller?!
• Remake of Panzer Dragoon coming to Switch this winter
• Empire of Sin comes to the Switch in Spring 2020
• Spyro the Dragon Trilogy to Switch September 3 and Ni no Kuni to Switch September 20
• Minecraft Dungeons comes to Switch in the Spring of 2020
• Dauntless and  Alien: Isolation comes to Switch in 2019
• The Sinking City and New Super Lucky’s Tale releases on Switch in the Fall of 2019
• Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo Olympics heads to Switch in November 2019
• Dead by Daylight comes to Switch September 24
• The Witcher 3 with all content comes to Switch later this year: 540p handheld, 720p dock
• A sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is in development
  • You can expect it after the next presidential election
• 2 new smash characters revealed: The DragonQuest Hero and Banjo-Kazooie….nice!

Bethesda

• Fallout 76 adds NPCs in free update Wastelanders, battle royale, play free June 10-17
  • *eyes roll intensely*
• The Elder Scrolls Blades, mobile game, is coming to Switch with new features
• Wolfenstein: Young Blood new gameplay trailer coming out July 26, looks cool
• Rage 2 is getting more updates and DLC
• Commander Keen mobile game is coming to iOS and Android
• Arkane Studios new game Deathloop was revealed and looks cool
• Ghostwire Tokyo revealed from The Evil Within team, looks very cool
• Doom Eternal shows more gameplay and will launch on November 22
  • *Loads shotgun with malicious intent*

Square-Enix

• Final Fantasy VII showed a gameplay trailer with a March 3, 2020 release date
• Final Fantasy VIII is getting remastered but not remade
• Romancing Saga 3 and SaGa Scarlet Grace are coming to the West
• Outriders announcement trailer, new IP from Square looks cool
• Oninaki will release on August 22
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Edition will come out this winter
• Final Fantasy War of the Visions is a follow up to the original mobile game
• The Last Remnant Remastered is available on Switch now
• Kingdom Hearts III gets DLC called Re:Mind
• Marvel’s Avengers was revealed with a trailer and minor gameplay; launch May 15, 2020
  • Deep single player story, 4 player co-op, multiplayer, live service, new heroes and regions will be added in the future, at launch play as Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, and Black Widow

Ubisoft

• Watch Dogs Legion officially revealed with a March 6, 2020 release date
• Gods and Monsters cinematic reveal trailer shown off
• UPlay+, Ubisoft’s EA Access like subscription service, announced for $15/month
• Roller Champions reveal trailer shown looks like Rocket League with Roller Derby
• Rainbow Six Siege Quarantine a 3 player co-op PvE title of Rainbow Six
• The next Just Dance entry is coming out as it does every year, still on Wii lol
• Tom Clancey’s Elite Squad is a mobile game that got revealed
• The Division 2 major update “D.C Outskirts Expeditions” launches in July
  • The Division 2 also goes free to play from June 13-16
• AC Odyssey gets Story Creator and Discovery Tour modes
• Next Rainbow Six season was announced and went live the day after the show
• Adventure time crossover with Brawlhala
• For Honor gets limited time event called Shadows of Hitokiri
• Ghost Recon Breakpoint beta starts on September 5

Xbox

• The Outer Worlds release date trailer with gameplay shown, launches October 25
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps launch date trailer with gameplay, launch February 11
• Minecraft Dungeons expansion launch date trailer with gameplay, launch Spring 2020
• A Blair Witch game was shown with some gameplay launching August 30
• Age of Empires II Definitive Edition comes to PC this fall
• Forza Horizon 4 gets a Lego expansion coming sometime this week
• Bunch of Indie games were shown…….spent way too much time on them
• Little bit more Star Wars Jedi info shown in trailer but nothing new
• Elden Ring, new game by From Software and George RR Martin, was revealed
• Ninja Theory showed off new IP Bleeding Edge with Alpha starting June 27
• Cyberpunk 2077 showed a release date trailer with minor gameplay, launches April 16
• Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass for PC was shown off with pricing: $15, $10/month
• Wasteland 3 was shown off with a new trailer but no release date, more at Gamescom
• Microsoft Flight Simulator makes a resurgence with a new trailer and coming out in 2020
• State of Decay 2 DLC was shown off in new trailer with some gameplay
  • Heartland – more zombie types, more weapons, higher difficulty
  • Standalone campaign – ALL ZOMBIES HAVE BLOODPLAGUE (it’s terrifying)
• Phantasy Star Online 2, a huge Japanese MMO, is coming to the west first on Xbox
• Borderlands 3 official E3 trailer shown off to continue the hype
• Battletoads got a new trailer with some gameplay
• DragonBall Project Z was shown off and looks cool
• Project xCloud got more info with public beta coming later this year
  • With have remote play for your personal Xbox system
• Xbox Elite controller version 2 was shown off with fancy info trailer
• Gears 5 release date trailer shown off with a September 10 release date
• Halo Infinite shown with new trailer and will release with Project Scarlett
• The next gen xbox Project Scarlett was officially shown off with a dev video