Ubisoft announced a new free-to-play 3v3 competitive game called Roller Champions during its E3 2019 press conference. It’s set to release early 2020 on PC, but a playable pre-alpha demo is available on Uplay for Windows PC, from now through June 14 at 6 AM PT.
At first glance, Roller Champions plays much like the actual sport of roller derby. Up to three players compete to make laps around an elliptical arena to gain speed and rack up points. The goal is to score five points, which can only be done when the goal opens after making a lap around the arena. After a single lap, a score through the goal nets one point, but if you make two or three laps, you score three and five points respectively. However, if the opposing team tackles you or your teammates and possesses the ball at any time as you’re building up laps, the potential points you can earn will reset.
The dynamic of Roller Champions seems reminiscent to Rocket League, focusing on high-energy competitive action. You can see how it looks in the gameplay video above.
As you get more wins, you’ll accumulate more fans, which unlocks customization items like new gear, animations, outfits, and more. This feeds into your progression overall, encouraging you to participate in games and earn more rewards.
For the latest news, previews, and gameplay from Ubisoft and E3 2019 in general, be sure to check our E3 hub. If you’re interested in the other press conference, be sure to check out our full E3 2019 press conference schedule.
Just days before Ubisoft’s E3 2019 press conference (and shortly after an Amazon UK leak), the publisher confirmed its event would include a reveal of Watch Dogs Legion, the third installment in its Watch Dogs franchise. During Ubisoft’s press conference on June 10, the company showed off quite a bit of gameplay and announced Watch Dogs Legion will release March 6, 2020 for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia.
While the first two games took place in Chicago and San Francisco, respectively, Watch Dogs Legion moves the setting to a near-future, dystopian London. Interestingly, Legion will let players “recruit” and take control of any NPC in the game, and your character choice will actually affect how the game plays out.
Whether you’re new to Watch Dogs or a longtime fan of the series, you might be wondering where you can pre-order Watch Dogs Legion now (that’s why you’re here, right?). Here’s all the info you need before pre-ordering, including details on Watch Dogs Legion’s pre-order bonuses and Collector’s edition.
Watch Dogs Legion pre-order bonuses
Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion, and you’ll receive the Gold King Pack, which includes a Lux Car Skin, Uneasy Lies Mask Skin, and Serpent Sisters Gun Skin, with any version you choose. My Best Buy members will also get $10 reward credit when pre-ordering from Best Buy.
Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion standard edition
Only interested in the base game? Then the standard edition is the one you’ll want. You’ll also receive any applicable pre-order bonuses.
Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion Gold edition
Upgrade to the Gold Edition, and you’ll receive three days of early access to Watch Dogs Legion and its season pass in addition to the base game and any pre-order bonuses.
Opt for the Ultimate edition, and you’ll also receive the Ultimate Pack, which consists of the Urban Jungle Pack and 4-week VIP status.
Physical (includes steelbook):
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Pre-order Watch Dogs Legion Collector’s edition
Finally, you’ve got the Collector’s edition, which adds in a Lighting Ded Coronet Mask (38 cm), an exclusive steelbook, a double-sided propaganda poster, and three stickers on top of everything in the Ultimate edition. Grab your copy quickly, as these Collector’s editions sell out quickly.
E3 2019 is in full swing and FIFA 20 has been announced, but back here in the UK it’s last year’s football title, FIFA 19, that’s reaping the rewards. The existing FIFA game has risen to No.1 in the UK physical sales chart for the week ending June 8, according to sales monitor Chart-Track.
Following closely behind at No.2 is PS4 exclusive Days Gone. In fact, PlayStation titles are littered throughout the chart, thanks in part to Sony’s Days of Play sale. Spider-Man finishes at No.3, for instance, while Blood & Truth is at No.5 and PSVR Worlds is at No.10.
You can read the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.
If you were sad when you heard DC’s zombie outbreak event DCeased would just be a six issue mini-series, then we have some good news for you. An upcoming oversized one-shot titled DCeased: A Good Day to Die will tell an additional story set in that world turned mad by a techno-organic rage virus, spearheaded by DCeased writer Tom Taylor and joined by artists Darick Robertson (The Boys) and Laura Braga (DC Comics Bombshells) with more names to come.
“Honestly, as soon as I started writing DCeased, I realized I could write it for years,” Taylor told IGN over email on how this extra DCeased tale came to be. “With the epic scope of this series, there was no way to fit all the characters and all the ideas I had into just six issues. … We had a whole cast of characters whose tale was ending up on the comics cutting room floor. Writing is about killing your darlings, but these were darlings I wasn’t even going to get the chance to kill… until the idea of this special was raised by editor Ben Abernathy.”
Following the conference, Microsoft reassured fans the shooter was indeed coming to its current-gen machine. In a post on the Xbox wire, the official blog’s editor-in-chief Will Tuttle listed Halo Infinite for Project Scarlett, Xbox One, and Windows 10.
Halo Infinite was shown off for the first time since E3 2018 with its new trailer, but we still haven’t seen any gameplay. We subsequently learned the game will stay dark until E3 2020, so we won’t be learning much about the game until next year. What we did find out is that the game will focus on Master Chief, whose primary focus will be “mysteries surrounding the appearance of The Pilot and the desolate remains of a Halo ring.” Microsoft also reiterated that Infinite runs on 343 Industries’ “next-generation” game engine, known as Slipspace.
Halo Infinite and Xbox Scarlett will launch Holiday 2020. A more specific release date was not shared, nor were any further details on what to expect from the game. Take a look at more news from E3 2019–as well as the remaining scheduled press conferences–below.
It’s almost the halfway point in June, and while you may be running out of things to binge on your favorite streaming service, don’t worry because every week, there’s something new to watch. This week, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and the horror-themed Shudder all have tons of new content for you to check out.
Starting with Amazon Prime Video, there are only a few new selections this week. First, on Thursday, June 13, the Natalie Portman/Ashton Kutcher comedy No Strings Attached hits the service. A day later, the 2009 crime drama starring Jamie Fox and Gerard Butler Law Abiding Citizen releases. It’s a light week for Amazon.
Over on Hulu, there is quite a bit more to choose from. On Monday, June 10, you can watch Christian Bale look unrecognizable as former Vice President Dick Cheney in the 2019 film Vice. If you’re looking for a TV season to binge, you have to check out Syfy’s 12 Monkeys. All of Season 4 arrives on Saturday, June 15. However, avoid I Still See you on June 11. It has a decent premise, but the movie is abysmal.
Finally, Shudder has a couple of new movies to give you the heebie-jeebies, both releasing on June 10. First is Hagazussa, which is the story of an orphan in a 15th century Alpine village who uses her supernatural abilities to reign terror on the cruel. Additionally, the 2013 movie Here Comes the Devil follows two children who go missing in some Mexican caves for an evening. They return the next day, but something sinister has changed within them.
Below, you’ll find the full list for what’s coming out on Amazon, Hulu, and Shudder this week.
June 10
Hulu
Celebrity Family Feud: Season 5 Premiere (ABC)
The $100,000 Pyramid: Season 4 Premiere (ABC)
To Tell the Truth: Season 4 Premiere (ABC)
Vice (2019)
Shudder
Hagazussa (2018)
Here Comes the Devil (2013)
June 11
Hulu
So You Think You Can Dance: Season 16 Premiere (FOX)
However, that didn’t stop Bethesda from dedicating time to the not-too-distant future either. Wolfenstein: Youngblood is just over a month away, and a violent new gameplay trailer has revealed some new details amidst all of the quick-cuts between frenetic Nazi-killing action.
Unlike any other game in the long-running series, Youngblood is a co-op shooter that can be played in single-player with an AI companion or in multiplayer with a friend. It’s set two decades after the conclusion of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and takes place in an alternate reality version of 1980s Nazi-occupied Paris. Usual protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz has gone missing, so it’s up to his equally proficient daughters, Jess and Soph Blazkowicz–the “Terror Twins–to find him.
Aside from the new dual protagonists, the most interesting aspect of Youngblood is the introduction of co-op to the series. Combat in recent iterations of Wolfenstein has had a distinct feel and flow to it that now has to account for two powerful killing machines. The fast-paced trailer doesn’t signify if stealth will be returning as a viable option, but the sight of a gruesome melee kill would hint that you’ll be able to sneak through missions in tandem.
As far as new weaponry goes, the trailer shows off some advanced tools of Nazi-killing destruction. There’s an electricity gun that sets enemies on fire like the taser in Syphon Filter (a Tesla Cannon, perhaps?), rapid-fire Uzis that can be dual-wielded, and a Magnum Pistole that’s capable of popping skulls with relative ease. The “Terror Twins” are also wearing power armour similar to the one B.J. donned in The New Colossus, so there will probably be a degree of customisation between the two characters when it comes to selecting special abilities.
We’ll know more on July 26, 2019 when Wolfenstein: Youngblood is released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.
Make sure to check out GameSpot’s full coverage of E3 2019 for the latest breaking news. You can also see what other publishers and companies are doing in our full E3 2019 schedule.
