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E3 2022 crashes, burns with official cancellation of “all-digital” version

Enlarge / Will E3 ever come back, either physically or digitally? (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) E3’s years-long spin down the drain has become more drastic thanks to a major cancellation to all “E3”-related events this summer. The news comes in the form of an allegation from Razer PR lead Will Powers, who made […]

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E3 makes months-in-advance call to skip convention halls in 2022

Enlarge / On Thursday, E3 made an incredibly early call about its 2022 incarnation. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) If anyone thought 2022 might be the year of E3’s physical, in-person comeback, its creators and showrunners have bad news for you. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) confirmed on Thursday that it will not proceed […]

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Todd Howard is finally ready to share some Starfield details

“Into the Starfield” promo video. Over the weekend, Bethesda revealed the first prerendered trailer for Starfield, giving us a glimpse of a game that has existed publicly as nothing more than a title since 2018. While that atmospheric trailer effectively establishes mood and hints at the wider universe of Starfield, it offers little in the […]

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Halo Infinite multiplayer news: Bots, split-screen, free-to-play clarified

Halo Infinite. [credit: Xbox Game Studios ] After getting a sizzle-reel reveal this weekend, Halo Infinite‘s upcoming multiplayer mode received a deeper-dive video on Monday meant to clarify what we should expect from the series’ first cross-platform, free-to-play shooter later this year. The best news echoes a 2017 Microsoft pronouncement: split-screen gameplay is back. Microsoft […]

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16 games to keep an eye on from Sunday’s E3 2021 trailer showcases

A Super Dodgeball RPG? We are there for Dodgeball Academia Between the more-than-three-hour combined running time of the PC Gaming Show and the Future Games Show Sunday evening, over 80 games were featured in the form of trailers, interviews, or just new feature announcements. We know because we sat through them all and counted as […]

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E3 2021 leak suggests paywall, Nvidia streaming; ESA says it’ll be “free for all”

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) While we’ve heard rumblings for months that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) will return in some form, following its 2020 meltdown and cancellation, a leak has clarified what its online-only 2021 version could look like—and has prompted its creators to confirm some of the leak’s details. “E3’s 2021 […]