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Gears 5’s Escape is the newest game mode in the franchise, and it comes with a whole new story. Three new characters are on a suicide mission to help rid Swarm hives from Sera, and though their story doesn’t directly impact the mode, it is an interesting bit of worldbuilding that enriches the Gears universe further.
Lahni, Keegan, and Mac are Hivebusters. As we see in Escape’s gameplay, their mission is to get caught by Snatchers to infiltrate the heart of a hive, plant a venom bomb, then escape as the hive dies. Though there are some in-game details about the Hivebuster, including banter between them while you’re playing through Escape, the best way to learn about their story is through the new Gears of War: Hivebusters comic.
Last year, Cyberpunk 2077’s E3 demo had us visit (IRL) a hip nightclub overlooking Night City. This year, it takes us down into a grungy underground dive covered wall-to-wall with awesome references to CD Projekt Red’s dystopian future.
The nightclub appears to be called Totentanz, German for “The Dance of Death”, and features posters from all sorts of live performances, plus a guitar “once owned” by the man himself, Johnny Silverhand.
Check out the club in the slideshow above, and get all the new gameplay details from this year’s E3 demo right here.
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In the past, when you upgraded to a new generation of consoles, you had to bid goodbye to all your controllers and peripherals. Not so with Xbox anymore. Microsoft is pushing forward and backward compatibility, and has said today’s Xbox One controllers and accessories will work with Project Scarlett, the company’s next console. That’s great news for anyone who needs a new controller and doesn’t want to chuck it in the garbage the moment they move to the next console generation. Here are some great Xbox One controllers you can use until the rubber comes off the sticks.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga may offer players the option to use a classic ‘grunting’ voice track instead of full voice acting.
Over the past few days, fans of LEGO Star Wars have been tweeting that they would like to see grunts in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, the upcoming entry in the long-running series from TT Games. In the replies to a recent tweet from the developer, many have been expressing their wish that the game would use the grunts, grumbling, and other sounds to represent characters talking, as they did in the original games, rather than full voice acting.
At E3 2019, IGN spoke to TT Games’s Head of Design Arthur Parsons, who said that the classic grunts may not be out of the question: “At the minute the plan is that the game is fully voiced, But we are talking to the team about having an additional mode for grunts.”
Get ready for a cold snap. Monster Hunter World is preparing to kick off beta sessions for Iceborne on PlayStation 4, in preparation for the expansion launch later this year.
The beta will let you try out three quests. A Great Jagras hunt will be welcoming for newcomers to get your feet wet. The wyvern Banbaro offers a mid-level challenge, and Tigrex will challenge the most seasoned hunters. You’ll also have access to all 14 weapon types across all three challenges and the training area. Weapons will include new features along with the Clutch Claw grapple and Slinger tools. Completing each challenge will earn you an item pack of consumables that will be waiting for you in the full version of Iceborne, when it launches.
The first Iceborne beta will be exclusive to PlayStation Plus users and begin on Friday, June 21. The second will be available or all PS4 owners and begin on Friday, June 28. You’ll be able to pre-load in advance, and you won’t need the base game to participate in the beta.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is coming on September 6 to PS4 and Xbox One, with a PC release following in the winter. You will need Monster Hunter World to place the full Iceborne expansion, and you’ll need to have finished the main story through Hunter Rank 16 to play the Iceborne content.
I found a cozy little shop at the outskirts of Bailu, the rural Chinese village Shenmue III starts off at. In front of the entrance were two capsule toy machines, and maps that indicate where to find medicinal herbs could be obtained from a small table next to it. As Ryo Hazuki, I pick up one of the maps and then bent down in front of the capsule toy machines, just like I did for the first time nearly 20 years ago.
Ryo puts the toys in his magical pockets that can hold anything from stone mirrors to living ducks, and heads into the store. Before approaching the store clerk, I decide to take my time and first have a look around. Like in the previous entries, Ryo can freely explore these environments, open drawers and pick up random objects that have no importance to the main story. Objects Ryo can interact with are now highlighted with small circles, a convenience that Shenmue purists will probably find unnecessary.
Nintendo has announced that Dr. Mario World, the developer’s next mobile game, will be released on July 10.
In Dr. Mario World players have to eliminate viruses by matching capsules with viruses of the same colour. Alongside Mario, players will also be able to call on Dr. Peach, Dr. Bowser, Dr. Toad and a variety of other characters in order to draw on a variety of antiviral skills.
Accompanying the main Stage Mode is a Versus Mode, where players can go head-to-head online.
Dr. Mario World is described as “free-to-start”, and the initial launch contains over 200 stages, with additional stages, worlds, and doctors due to be added later. The game launches on iOS and Android on July 10, and pre-registration is available now for eager fans.
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The next installment in the Gears of War franchise is simply called Gears 5, and it’s set to release for Xbox One and PC on September 10. This entry in the cover-shooter series focuses on Kait Diaz and continues the story of humanity’s struggle against a brutal alien threat. It features five modes, including Escape mode, which has you and two co-op partners trying to (you guessed it) escape a maze-like Hive, plus a Map Builder for making Escape maps.
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While E3 2019 wasn’t the earth-shattering spectacle of previous years, we did get a slew of release date announcements and windows, as well as the brief availability of some of the coolest collector’s editions to flash in and out of stock at major retailers.
This list of the most preordered games of E3 2019 is compiled from our own traffic data, making this the official list of “IGN’s most popular games at E3 based on preorders.” No one else can say that!