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We got another look at Fire Emblem: Three Houses at Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct. On the show floor during the company’s Treehouse Live, we saw even more gameplay from the upcoming tactical RPG, including the way permadeath works–or doesn’t.

A tweet from the official Nintendo America Twitter account went into detail about a new ability called Divine Pulse. If you use the ability, you’re able to go back a few moves or to the very beginning of the match if things don’t play out in your favor. The ability is limited though, and there’s no confirmation on how many times it can be used, what the requirements are for use, or how to replenish charges after use. It’s an interesting take on the franchise’s typical permadeath feature and quite similar to Mila’s Turnwheel from the 3DS’ Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

The sixteenth mainline Fire Emblem game and the first on home consoles since 2007’s Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Fire Emblem: Three Houses takes you to a continent called Fódlan, where the Church of Seiros exists at the center of it all. Similar to previous Fire Emblem entries, your customizable character is an advisor. However, you’re a professor at the Officer’s Academy this time around, with your warriors–who are divided into three houses based on their respective nation–as your students.

Pre-orders for the tactical RPG are now up and there are a few different versions to purchase from a few different retailers, each with their own unique bonuses. Fire Emblem: Three Houses will launch on July 26 for Nintendo Switch.

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4. Dorothy Walker is toxic

Trish’s mother, Dorothy Walker, is a toxic presence in Trish’s life, an abusive stage mother who constantly pushes Trish toward life in the spotlight. If Trish plans to develop a secret superhero alter ego, chances are Dorothy will be there to interfere and make Trish feel guilty about one thing or another.

Niantic’s annual Pokemon Go Fest event is about to kick off in Chicago, and to celebrate the occasion, the developer is making a special Pokemon available for a limited time. Beginning tomorrow, June 13, the adorable Water-type Horsea will spawn around the world much more frequently than it normally does, and you’ll also have your first chance to encounter a Shiny Horsea.

The increased Horsea spawns will only be available throughout the Pokemon Go Fest, which is scheduled to end this Sunday, June 16. However, the spawns won’t be limited to the event venue; you’ll have a chance to find more Horsea even if you can’t attend Go Fest in-person. Any Shiny Horsea you catch will also retain its special coloration when it evolves, making this your first opportunity to add Shiny Seadra and Kingdra to your collection as well.

That isn’t all that’s going on during Pokemon Go Fest. As usual, Niantic will be holding Global Challenges throughout the event. These have players around the world making progress toward the same goals, and if those goals are achieved, Niantic will unlock special bonuses in the game, from additional Candy to the appearance of Shiny Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. You can see the full list of this year’s Global Challenges on the official Pokemon Go website.

In other Pokemon Go news, this is your last chance to encounter Cresselia. The Legendary Psychic Pokemon will be available in Raid Battles until June 18, when it’ll be replaced by Kyogre, the cover monster from Pokemon Sapphire. Kyogre will then be replaced by Groudon from June 27 to July 10. Not only do you have another chance to catch the rarely seen Legendaries, you may also encounter their Shiny versions.

E3 2019 is also underway, and it’s brought a ton of news about the series’ next mainline installments, Pokemon Sword and Shield for Switch. We got our first look at the games’ new Dynamax battle mechanic, as well as more details on how Max Raid Battles work. Sword and Shield launch on November 15; you can read more about the games in our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.

The Los Angeles Convention Center briefly lost power today, which is kind of a problem, what with E3 2019 going on. Lights and power went out on the show floor for just a second, but it was enough to reset computers and generally cause problems for those in attendance.

If you were watching any livestreams from the show–such as GameSpot’s and the Nintendo Treehouse–and suddenly found yourself with no video, now you know why. Power has resumed, but internet connections are proving to be at least a temporary problem. You can likely expect everything to return to normal shortly.

In the meantime, why not catch up with E3’s biggest news?

Syfy’s Krypton, following the exploits of Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El, has its second season kickoff on June 12, and one of the aspects of this year’s batch of episodes that has many people talking is the appearance of the bounty hunter Lobo. The network has now confirmed that a spin-off series about the character is in the works.

Warner Horizon Scripted Television will be developing Lobo with Syfy, and it will follow the titular character, an intergalactic bounty hunter who is foul-mouthed and extremely dangerous. As we’ve seen in trailers for the upcoming season of Krypton, he has no problem doing grotesque things to people to get his way. Krypton executive producer Cameron Welsh will serve as showrunner for the new series.

On Krypton, Lobo will be played by Emmett J. Scanlan, who already has appeared on a DC Comics live-action series. On the 2014 NBC series Constantine, Scanlan played Jim Corrigan, who many comic book fans will know as the host for the spirit Spectre. Warner Horizon Scripted Television confirmed with GameSpot that there is a deal in place with Scanlan to star as Lobo in the new series.

Lobo made his first appearance at DC Comics in 1983 in Omega Men #3. However, he primarily gained his popularity in the ’90s as a parody of dark and gritty comic book characters during that time, as a character that mocked the likes of Punisher and Wolverine at Marvel.

The intergalactic bounty hunter isn’t the only DC character getting his own new series though. The first trailer for Epix’s series Pennyworth was recently released, and we’ll finally learn just how tough Batman’s butler was before he fell into getting tea for Bruce Wayne.

Lobo will appear on Season 2 of Krypton which airs on June 12 on Syfy.

Netflix has shared further details on its video game plans at E3 2019. The streaming entertainment company announced one new game, but indicated that we’ll see some crossover much sooner than that. Fortnite is going to get some Stranger Things flavor, seemingly near the launch of the show’s third season.

“We’ve been really busy over the past year, making new friends and we have a number of projects coming out,” Netflix director of interactive games Chris Lee said. “You guys may have seen, in Fortnite season 9 we had a Scoops Ahoy from Stranger Things show up in the mall there. So there’s a bit more behind that in a few weeks.”

Scoops Ahoy is the ice cream parlor that has appeared in trailers for Season 3 of Stranger Things, and Fortnite fans took note of its appearance in the game. Lee’s comments seem to indicate that was just a teaser for a larger crossover event, and the mention of a few weeks would align it with the new season’s launch on July 4.

Lee also noted the company has “a few other projects” in the works for this year, with the implication that these are partnerships similar to the Fortnite one.

The company also announced a new original game coming in 2020. Next Games out of Finland is working on another Stranger Things adaptation, this one an RPG-puzzle mobile game with location-based mechanics. The studio has previously worked on licensed mobile games based on AMC’s The Walking Dead series.

Many of these first games are based on Stranger Things, with the lone exception being the recently revealed Dark Crystal game. This could be because opening up its shows to video game adaptations is a fairly recent development. The panel told the story of realizing Stranger Things was “a phenomenon” and exploring merchandising opportunities for the first time, and finding games development to be one avenue.

Another Stranger Things game, this one a retro action-RPG, has already been announced to launch alongside Season 3. The panel revealed two more characters for the game, Max and Eleven.

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