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E3 2019: EA Play Schedule Features Star Wars, Apex Legends, And More

EA has announced its full schedule of its EA Play livestreams, to take place just before E3 2019. The back-to-back presentations will run the entire morning of Saturday, June 8, and the company is starting the streams with a showstopper: a deeper look at Respawn’s Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order.

From there the half-hour slots will be devoted to the EA library, with games ranging from Apex Legends and Battlefield V to FIFA 20, Madden NFL 20, and even The Sims 4. Hosts will include Greg Miller, Andrea Rene, and Julia Hardy. All of the streams will be broadcast through EA’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

Those attending the all-weekend event in person will be able to score a touchdown, take part in a Jedi Fallen Order “theater experience” and photo op, check out new Apex merch, and play on a FIFA soccer pitch. As always EA Play is taking place just before E3, so part of the event will overlap with other press conferences from big publishers. Check out our full E3 press conference schedule to make sure you don’t miss out on any.

Read on for the EA Play schedule and plan your watching accordingly.

EA Play Schedule (Saturday, June 8, Times Listed PT)

9:15 AM: Countdown to EA PLAY
9:30 AM: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Hosted by Greg Miller and Andrea Rene)
10:00 AM: Apex Legends (Hosted by Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez)
10:30 AM: Battlefield (Hosted by Julia Hardy and Adam Freeman)
11:00 AM: FIFA 20 (Hosted by Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez)
11:30 AM: Madden NFL 20 (Hosted by Adam Rank)
12:00 PM: The Sims 4 (Hosted by Andrea Rene)

PS4’s Death Stranding Trailer Release Date Confirmed

Sony has finally shown of gameplay for Death Stranding, the much-anticipated PS4 title from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, and confirmed it will launch on November 8, 2019. Death Stranding is Kojima’s first game since leaving Konami and, both a departure from what we’ve seen him and his team do in the past and also similar in numerous ways.

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During the trailer main character Sam, is shown exploring a strange open-world filled with mysterious creatures. He seems to be working for a company called Bridges, and his quest is to journey to the West and finish what Emily started. In the trailer Sam, who is voiced and performed by Norman Reedus, says, “Rebuilding America isn’t going to be easy.”

The news was revealed in a peculiar Twitch stream in which footage was slowly uncovered by fading handprints. The stream eventually showed an extensive trailer that included gameplay footage.

Until now, little had been known about Death Stranding, with Kojima Productions and Sony remaining tight-lipped for much of the game’s development cycle. The cast includes a number of celebrities, such as The Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus in the lead role, as well as Mads Mikkelsen, Lea Seydoux, Lindsay Wagner, Guillermo del Toro, and Troy Baker.

A recent report said Death Stranding could come to PS5, but that has not yet been announced. For now, it will be coming to PS4 only on November 8.

Batman’s Final Adventure Is Fascinating and Weird

DC’s Black Label imprint has had a more sluggish start than readers were probably hoping. Between the silly “Batpenis” controversy last fall and the lack of new books since, Black Label has yet to live up to its promise as a haven for mature, accessible superhero stories. Luckily, the imprint is getting a major boost with the arrival of its second Batman-focused comic. Batman: Last Knight on Earth is shaping up to be both a worthy addition to the line and a fitting conclusion to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s long-running Batman saga.

Snyder has said this series was inspired by a conversation with fellow Batman veteran Grant Morrison, who told him that every great Batman story should feature both a birth and a death for the Dark Knight. Having already chronicled Batman’s birth in Zero Year, Snyder and Capullo are now handling the death in Last Knight on Earth. This new miniseries has clear ties to their past work (referencing plot points from “Superheavy” and the current Justice league comic), but its post-apocalyptic future setting also ensure the series stands on its own two legs. Not only do readers not need to have read the New 52 comic to appreciate Last Knight on Earth, the bizarre setting ensures readers will be caught off guard regardless of their familiarity with previous stories.

Avengers Game Reveal Confirmed For E3 2019

Square Enix has detailed when it plans to show off more of its Avengers game. As the name indicates, the game is based on the Marvel property and, it has been confirmed that we’ll learn more about it during Square Enix’s E3 2019 press conference on June 10 at 6PM PT. The tweet announcing the date indicates that the game may simply be called “Marvel’s Avengers.”

The Avengers Project was initially announced in January 2017, with Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics and Deus Ex studio Eidos Montreal attached to it. Although the announcement provided very little in detail–something that has remained unchanged thus far–it did lay some of the foundations for its narrative.

In the original teaser, a voice narrated, “They say the time of heroes is over. That if you’re ‘different,’ you’re dangerous. But I know the truth. The world will always need heroes. We just need to reassemble.”

Thor’s hammer, Captain America’s shield, and Iron Man’s hand were shown, but they had clearly been through many battles and looked damaged. The tagline “reassemble” suggests the Avengers may have gone their separate ways, for some reason, and in the game will be brought back together to save the planet.

“The Avengers project is being designed for gamers worldwide and will be packed with all the characters, environments, and iconic moments that have thrilled longtime fans of the franchise,” read a press release from Square Enix. “Featuring a completely original story, it will introduce a universe gamers can play in for years to come.”

In January 2018, a full year after it was first announced, Crystal Dynamics provided an update on development, after it was noticed that the team was staffing up with ex-Naughty Dog and Visceral Games developers.

“We’re committed to delivering an incredible, completely original Avengers experience to our gamers, and that means we are always looking to add amazing developers to our existing best in class studio talent,” Crystal Dynamics co-head Scot Amos said.

In August 2018, it was confirmed that a new Crystal Dynamics studio situated in Bellevue, Washington was focusing on technology development and work on The Avengers Project.

Marvel’s Avengers Game Will Be at E3

Square Enix’s Marvel game, previously known as The Avengers Project, has been confirmed to be on show at E3 2019, and will be called Marvel’s Avengers.

The news comes from a new Twitter account called @PlayAvengers, which has posted a single Tweet announcing the presence of title at Square Enix’s E3 conference on June 10, beginning at 6pm PT (9pm ET / 2am UK / 11am AEST). The logo, featuring a new take on the classic Avenger’s A with the arrow, is the only thing from the game shown in the tweet, alongside Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Marvel logos.

Tune into Square Enix Live E3 2019 for the worldwide reveal of Marvel’s Avengers.

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Good Omens: How Amazon Brought About the Apocalypse (in a Good Way)

Warning! Some SPOILERS for what we saw being filmed while on set in South Africa. Good Omens is set to release on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, May 31.

Occasionally the apocalypse arrives at the wrong time.

It’s happened to Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s cult comedic novel about the end of the world. At the turn of the millennium, director Terry Gilliam was poised to make a feature-length adaptation with an impressive Hollywood cast.

“Johnny Depp playing Crowley and Robin Williams was playing Hester, madam Tracy, and Aziraphale. Kirsten Dunst, I think playing Anathema,” co-author Neil Gaiman tells me. “He

just needed some money from America, a big studio to sign on. He went out, and it was just after 9/11. And no big studio was interested in a comedy about the end of the world. They just weren’t. They were like, ‘Please go away and stop bothering us’. And the thing fell apart.”

Cultist Simulator Dev Reveals New Game, Book of Hours

Weather Factory has announced an Anthology Edition of its debut game, Cultist Simulator – and dropped an official announcement of its next, Book of Hours.

Cultist Simulator: Anthology Edition is a definitive version of the game with brand new additions, a celebration of the bizarre narrative card game’s 1st birthday, and seems also to mark the end of the game’s development. Thankfully, we know what’s coming next, thanks to a new trailer:

Book of Hours began life as a speculative tweet from Weather Factory co-founder Alexis Kennedy (you can read it below), but it’s become more than the mooted Cultist Simulator ‘expandalone’ in the months since that first mention.

“That original tweet really was the product of about ninety seconds thought,” explains Kennedy to IGN, “and we’ve grown the team so we can do something a bit fancier. So it’s going to be a fully-fledged game. It’s all the same setting

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DC’s Heroes in Crisis Can’t Justify Its Biggest Twist

Warning: this article contains spoilers for previous chapters of Heroes in Crisis!

Heroes in Crisis has been a very strange reading experience. It’s a story steeped in the same emotionally raw writing and beautiful artwork that defines so many of Tom King’s projects. But it’s also a story almost guaranteed to disappoint in the end. King and his artists took a major risk by implicating a beloved DC hero in the deaths of numerous innocents. It was hard to see how that risk could possibly pay off in the end. So unsurprisingly, a mostly strong miniseries culminates in a disappointing final issue. The journey doesn’t justify the destination in this case.