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Elden Ring’s Storytelling Is Closer to Dark Souls Than Sekiro

FromSoftware’s newest IP Elden Ring is in the works as a collaboration between Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki and A Song of Ice & Fire author George R.R. Martin.

Miyazaki tells IGN that the narrative in Elden Ring will be similar to that of Dark Souls, which is known for its vague story and emphasis on environmental storytelling. Most of Miyazaki’s other works, including Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne share the same traits.

With a fixed main character and a more concrete narrative, 2019’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was one of Miyazaki’s first games to derive from that formula. The 2018 PS VR adventure Déraciné was an even bigger departure from the storytelling that FromSoftware fans have come to expect from him.

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The Sinking City: Sherlock Holmes Meets Cthulhu

The Sinking City has one of the most intriguing settings of any game I’ve played in some time. You take the role of a private investigator in the 1920s who’s come to the coastal city of Oakmont, Massachusetts, where something dark and strange is afoot. Water levels are rising, flooding many of the city’s streets, leaving citizens (and you) to navigate them by boat. Worse, Lovecraftian horrors are emerging from the depths and killing people on land. It’s up to you to discover what’s going on and try to stop it. Along the way, you’ll have plenty of other murders and mysteries to solve.

In my hands-on demo at E3 2019, the investigator had an appointment to meet a man at a theater. When I arrived, I found a police barricade blocking the entrance. “I’ll have to find another way in,” my character said to himself, because that’s how video game characters give hints to players. This would turn out to be one of the more obvious nudges I encountered. For the most part, The Sinking City trusts you to figure things out for yourself.

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Jessica Jones Season 3 Features This Hilarious Comics Easter Egg

Warning! Full SPOILERS follow for Marvel’s Jessica Jones Season 3.

In Season 2 of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) went through the biggest transformation of any character after her near-fatal surgery with Dr. Malus. Trish acquired cat-like reflexes, which we saw a glimpse of in the Season 2 finale, “AKA Playland.”

Now, in Season 3, Trish is taking the crime-fighting business pretty seriously as she edges closer to adopting the mantle of her comic-book namesake, Hellcat. In episode 2, titled “AKA You’re Welcome,” Trish is recognized by an onlooker for her radio host persona. And unlike Jessica, who doesn’t care if people see her face, Trish needs to find a costume in order to hide her identity. Below, you can scroll through the gallery to see all the costumes Trish tries out – one of them is a classic!

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What Exactly Is Mandalore Anyway?

The Star Wars galaxy is home to some of the most iconic alien worlds in all of pop culture, from Tatooine to Hoth to Jakku. But there’s one key Star Wars planet that might be unfamiliar to fans who only follow the movies. Mandalore has been the setting of some of the coolest Star Wars projects of the past two decades. And thanks to the upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Mandalore is about to become a lot more more famous.

But what is Mandalore, and why does it play such a key role in the Star Wars mythos? Here’s everything you need to know about the world, its culture and its most famous inhabitants.

Mandalore Explained: The Basics

Mandalore is home to one of the greatest warrior cultures in the Star Wars galaxy. Its distant past is only vaguely defined in Disney’s current Star Wars continuity, but in the classic Legends universe, Mandalore was once aligned with the ancient Sith. Together, the Sith and Mandalorians waged a destructive war against the Jedi Order and the Old Republic. The fact that the warriors of Mandalore were able to hold their own against the Jedi tells you all you need to know about their battle prowess. Those ancient warriors set a standard that Mandalorians like Jango Fett and Boba Fett seek to uphold.

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Everything We Know About Breath of the Wild 2

A sequel to Breath of the Wild was announced earlier this week at the end of the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct presentation, and while there are still several things we don’t know about the title, there are quite a few interesting pieces of information we’ve uncovered about this highly anticipated game.

For more from this presentation, check out our review of the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct.

Breath of the Wild Sequel Reveal

The Breath of the Wild sequel was announced on June 11, 2019 during the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct presentation. Its reveal trailer was the final part of the presentation, beginning with glowing green writing floating in the air. The trailer shows this writing spiraling above a source of corruption. Backwards music plays as a torch reveals hieroglyphic images on a stone wall of a man with a trident. Link is shown guiding a large beast of burden with Zelda atop, both holding torches to light their way in a dim cave.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Soundtrack Coming This Summer

Rockstar has announced today that they’ll be publishing the soundtrack and score for Red Dead Redemption 2 later this summer.

The studio said in a press release that they will be releasing two albums: one for the original soundtrack and another for the original score. The first, The Music Of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Soundtrack, which Rockstar describes as a “collection of vocal tracks,” will release on July 12th, 2019 and contain all of the original songs (not background music) written for the game.

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