12 Minutes had me at minute one, but playing it only reinforced my gut reaction to it: this is my favorite new game from E3 2019, and if it’s not already on your radar, it’s time to rectify that. The concept is a clever mashup of a roguelike and a traditional point-and-click adventure game, viewed from a top-down perspective: playing as the husband, you and your wife are sitting down to dinner, where she wants to share some big news. She’s prepared something special to eat, and she asks you to set the table. But you can do anything you like and your wife will react. If you sit on the couch, she’ll sit next to you and cuddle in front of the TV. You can wander the apartment – I saw a bathroom, bedroom, and a closet – and it doesn’t appear you can leave. Dialogue options change based on your choices.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Has Released Early
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A Game of Thrones Battle With 50 Direwolves Was Cut From Season 8
We didn’t get to see much of Ghost in Season 8 of Game of Thrones, but apparently we missed out on a lot more direwolf action than we realized in the show’s final episodes.
In a recent podcast interview with IndieWire, director Miguel Sapochnik (who helmed Season 8 episode 3, “The Long Night,” and episode 5, “The Bells”) revealed that the scope of “The Long Night” was far bigger than anyone could’ve imagined – at least during the planning process.
J.J. Abrams & Son Writing New Spider-Man Series
Marvel’s mystery Spider-Man project has finally been revealed. While it isn’t a continuation of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies as first speculated, it does have a major Hollywood connection. Director J.J. Abrams and his son Henry are collaborating on a new Spider-Man tale.
As revealed by The New York Times, the comic in question is simply titled Spider-Man. This five-issue limited series will be drawn by Sara Pichelli (Spider-Men) and colored by Dave Stewart (Hellboy).
Save on PC Gaming Headsets, Speakers and More, but the Sale Ends Today
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Amazon’s Deal of the Day is all about Logitech’s PC gaming and productivity accessories. So if you’re in the market for a new mouse, headset, speakers, or other device to go along with your computer, now is a great time to buy. Prices are marked down up to 60%, but they won’t last long. The deals vanish when the clock strikes midnight Pacific time.
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Deal Alert: Intel i7-8700 GTX 1080 Gaming PC with 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and 2TB HDD for $899
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E3 2019 introduced a whole new set of excellent games that will be available for the PC platform. Some of the biggest titles include CyberPunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Watch Dogs Legion, Baldur’s Gate III, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines II. If you’re planning on upgrading your gaming rig, now is a great time. There are some outstanding deals, some of which I believe are the best we’ll see for the entire year.
This New Scooby-Doo Series Looks BONKERS
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang have teamed up with plenty of celebrities over the years – from the Harlem Globetrotters to Sonny and Cher to the stars of Supernatural – but the latest incarnation of the beloved animated series will be the first to feature a revolving door of star cameos in a half-hour format, following in the funky footsteps of the hourlong New Scooby-Doo Movies of the ’70s.
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who has gathered an all-star cast (and some surprisingly nostalgic additions) to assist Scooby and the gang in solving a new batch of mysteries, from comedians like Ricky Gervais, Weird Al Yankovic, and Kenan Thompson, to singer-songwriter Sia, NBA star Chris Paul, Family Matters’ Steve Urkel (voiced by Jaleel White), and even Batman himself (Kevin Conroy).
Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Will Get Multiplayer, Eventually
If you’ve picked up Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, you may be surprised at the absence of an advertised feature. Multiplayer isn’t included in the game yet, but it is still on the way according to the publisher.
Both the Xbox Store and PlayStation Store list the game as having multiplayer for up to two people, matching a stretch goal achieved in the initial Kickstarter pitch. Steam and Nintendo both list it as single-player only.
For the time being, it is only single-player. Multiplayer is coming as one of several free updates, per a launch press release from 505 Games. Online and local co-op and Versus modes are listed alongside other post-launch updates that will add Roguelike mode, Boss Rush, Chaos Mode, and Nightmare Difficulty.
Bloodstained is billed as an “Iga Vania” after its creator, Koji Igarashi. It was conceived as a modernized homage to classic Castlevania games like Symphony of the Night from Igarashi. But rather than a family of vampire hunters setting out to stop Dracula, this one focuses on an alchemy-enhanced girl named Miriam fighting against demons. In a castle, naturally.
The release of Bloodstained was relatively quiet, coming just after E3 without much fanfare. The launch trailer made a splash with a promise of a Shovel Knight cameo. If you’re looking for a good deal on Bloodstained you can pick it up on PC at a discount.
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New Spider-Man Comic From JJ Abrams Announced
Blockbuster director JJ Abrams is teaming up with Marvel, but not for the next phase of the cinematic universe. This time he’s writing a comic book with his son, Henry, with art from Sara Pichelli and Dave Stewart. The five-part mini-series will begin in September.
The two Abrams introduced the project with a short message on Twitter, after a countdown that has had fans guessing over the last few days. Though plot details are scant, they say this series will introduce a new villain called Cadaverous, and they told The New York Times this story will show “Peter Parker in a way you haven’t seen him before.”
Pichelli is a long-time Marvel artist with a lot of experience with Spider-Man, having illustrated Miles Morales in the Ultimate universe, the Spider-Men story arc, and more. JJ Abrams compared seeing her work to the experience of getting concept art during movie production.
“You have an idea for what Maz Kanata’s castle will look like [in Star Wars: The Force Awakens]. It’s theory for months and months, and then you go through phases and design. Then one day you walk onto the set and you’re standing there. You might not be shooting, but you’re just standing on the set,” he told the NYT. “And to get Sara’s artwork, the black and white early renderings, to get those, it’s weird because you’re suddenly looking at a brilliant artist’s interpretation of work that you’ve been talking about for a long time.”
Whatever this story arc will include, it’s being pitched as a limited run, so presumably it will be a self-contained story instead of an ongoing series. Though the new villain, Cadaverous, could very well be adopted into the larger Marvel universe.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you may be able to see a little more Spider-Man in the extra post-credits footage being added to Avengers: Endgame starting on June 28.