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E3 2018 - The last few Spider-Man games haven't really been that good, but with Sony and Insomniac Games behind the latest PS4 exclusive 'Spider-Man' and its new E3 2018 gameplay trailer, we should be excited for September 7.

The game was shown off by Sony at E3 2016, but this is the most detailed look at Spider-Man yet, with a bunch of gameplay elements including combat and a slew of enemies. We know how the combat will work in Spider-Man, and that "The Raft" is a maximum security prison that a bunch of villains escape from... juusssttt like Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Spider-Man's villains will include Electro, Rhino, Scorpion, and Vulture who all escape from the prison in the trailer. There are other enemies that will be featured, with a mysterious one at the end of the trailer.

Fallout 76 will shift and change over time, meaning certain things aren't exactly set in stone.

One of the major benefits for live service games is that they continually evolve with updates and content. Developers can deploy live updates to shape their online worlds and roll out big balancing patches to fix what doesn't work and try new things to see what does. This is ultimately the same type of experimental spirit that Bethesda's new online-only Fallout 76 will use to offer a new and fresh experience for Fallout fans, and Bethesda seems keen on learning.

Fallout 76 has lots of gamers on the fence. It can't be played offline, it has no traditional NPCs (every other character is another player, except for robots and the like), and there's major concerns about the nukes that can be used to destroy another players' base. But the reality to Fallout 76 and other service games is that they can change--what's been confirmed now will likely shift and the final released product could be quite different.

Techland is going way above and beyond with Dying Light 2: not only will the game sport the same smooth parkour and visceral combat as the original, but the sequel's in-game world will shift and change based on your actions.

When I play post-apocalyptic games (whether its Fallout 4 or Dying Light) one of the biggest things I crave is agency. I want my choices to have a direct impact on not only the world itself, but the people who inhabit it; rather than going from point A to point B and solving missions on a checklist, I want to feel as if my actions and decisions matter. I want my mistakes to actually affect gameplay, ditto for my triumphs, and I want to be put in impossible situations and make impossible decisions based on what I think is right. It appears Techland is making Dying Light 2 especially for me, and beloved Fallout dev Chris Avellone is working on it.

"Dying Light 2 features a functioning ecosystem that reacts on multiple levels to the things you do and the choices you make," Avellone said on stage after announcing the sequel. "Dying Light 2 will be the first of the genre where your choices have genuine consequences on the game itself. From how it looks, how it plays, to the events that occur, everything in the game world can change based on your decisions. It allows you to carve out your own world. Each player's gaming experience will be unique."

Starfield is currently in production and will be the next big game Bethesda Game Studios releases after Fallout 76.

Rumors about Starfield have been floating around since the trademark 5 years ago, but Bethesda finally confirmed the game at E3 2018 with a short teaser. Described as a new "space epic" with strong singleplayer focus, Starfield is currently in production phases and is actually in a playable state. "I would say Elder Scrolls VI is in pre-production, and Starfield is in production--it's a game we've been making for a while. Starfield is playable, Elder Scrolls VI...not in that way yet," Bethesda's Todd Howard said in a recent interview with Geoff Keighley.

Starfield is the first new world BGS has made in 25 years and offers a fresh start. Since it's a next-gen game it should arrive on Sony's new PlayStation 5 or Microsoft's upcoming Xbox hardware and may even push both to their limits.

Microsoft folds four more studios in its Xbox-focused banner, including big names like Ninja Theory and Playground Games.

Xbox division head Phil Spencer recently announced that Ninja Theory, Playground Games, Undead Labs and Compulsion Games are now part of the company's internal Microsoft Game Studios division, signalling a big new investment into games creation. Considering Xbox's exclusives are few and far between, this is good news for gamers aligned with Team Green.

Ninja Theory, the studio behind Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, confirms that it's working on new games and that the partnership will free them up to work on ambitious things. "We want to be free from the AAA machine and make games focused on the experience, not around monetization. We want to take bigger creative risks and create genre-defining games without the constant threat of annihilation," said Ninja Theory founder Tameem Antoniades.

E3 2018 Sony has unveiled gameplay footage of Ghost of Tsushima, players will not be disappointed at what amazing work has gone into this visually stunning game.

The trailer focuses on one of the last remaining samurai in a time where Mongols are invading Japan. This scene is located in an area that is called Otsuna Grasslands and from the trailer than the area and graphics don't disappoint at all. The trailer displays that players will be concentrating on stealth to traverse through the game, taking down enemies tactically but also being able to hold your own with multiple foes through side stepping and fast staggering attacks.

Continuing through the trailer we pick up a ally and infiltrate a building rescuing a prisoner from torture, eventually we end up fighting the ally and throughout that fight we get an amazing display of combat and scenery. Here is a quick description of Ghost of Tsushima "The year is 1274. Samurai warriors are the legendary defenders of Japan - until the fearsome Mongol Empire invades the island of Tsushima, wreaking havoc and conquering the local population. As one of the last surviving samurai, you rise from the ashes to fight back. But, honorable tactics won't lead you to victory. You must move beyond your samurai traditions to forge a new way of fighting - the way of the Ghost - as you wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Japan."

E3 2018 Your favorite orange marsupial Crash Bandicoot, and his upcoming new game Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has received an announcement from Sony. The title will be getting its second bonus level, making it the first new Crash Bandicoot level in almost 20 years.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will be debuting with brand new DLC content titled "Future Tense." The level will be continuation of the "Stormy Ascent" level which released on the PS4 last year.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will be released on June 29 for the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. If you are interested in more news about the N. Sane Trilogy, visit the Activision website here.

Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the hit animated T.V show Rick and Morty has released a new trailer through his game studio Squanch Games. The trailer reveals gameplay for his new title Trover Saves the Universe.

The trailer begins with Bathtub Guy who narrates us through the gameplay for what is titled Trover Saves the Universe. Bathtub Guy sounds awfully a lot like Rick due to the fact that Justin Roiland is voicing the character. Bathtub Guy eventually dies from the T.V falling into the bathtub and electrocuting him, a purple unknown character with 2 eye balls in each eye walks in, this character sounds exactly like Morty.

The game is scheduled for release on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR and includes a third-person view that seems like a platform experience but spliced with Just Roilands comedy. There is unfortunately no planned release date as of yet for Trover Saves the Universe but we hope to hear more about the interesting title soon.

E3 2018 - Ubisoft has announced at their E3 2018 press conference that Starlink: Battle for Atlas will be debuting to the Nintendo Switch, the publisher also showcased a short trailer.

The above trailer showcases the reveal of Star Fox coming to Starlink: Battle for Atlas, the trailer also revealed the release date for the title. Starlink: Battle for Atlas will allow for players to "Lead a group of interstellar pilots as you build your own starship, explore the Atlas Star System, and battle the vile Grax and his Forgotten Legion."

The Nintendo Switch version of the game will have a special guest "pilot Fox McCloud and his Arwing." Nintendo Switch players will also be glad to know that they will be able to "Battle in exclusive Add-on Star Wolf missions." Starfox: Battle for Atlas will be releasing on October 16th for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. For further information regarding the title visit the official Starlink website here.

E3 2018 - SEGA has announced that a string of titles will be debuting to PC, included within this list is Shenmue 1/2 and the Yakuza series.

SEGA has taken to their YouTube channel to debut a brand new introduction trailer revealing the of "Best of Japan" that is coming to PC. The list starts off with Shining Resonance Refrain and continues with Shenmue I/2, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza 0 and Valkyrie Chronicles 4.

According to the video description, Yakuza 0 will be released on PC August 1st while the other titles will follow sometime through 2018. Both Yakuza's will be supporting uncapped framerates and 4K resolution, for more information check out the Steam listing for Yakuza 0 here and Yakuza Kiwami.

E3 2018 - Hideo Kojima has done it again, blowing the world away with a beyond mysterious gameplay trailer to Death Stranding which a PlayStation exclusive. Check it out:

This is the very first time we've seen gameplay footage from Death Stranding, which stars Norman Reedus from The Walking Dead, who plays Sam Bridges, the protagonist of the game. Bridges explores and survives the beautifully imagined environments of an alien planet with rain, rivers, and jungle-like sets.

Bridges carries a huge life back that holds a tiny baby that seems to be something you use as a save point in case you age, or die. We're still not sure on this. Bridges climbs mountains with beautiful motion capture making it seem more realistic than most games, but is mostly trying to survive the elements and environment, which seem to be out to destroy life.

E3 2018 - Crackdown 3 might have been delayed into 2019, but that might be for good reason - it looks like a helluva lot of fun. Terry Crews debuts in the first official gameplay trailer to Crackdown 3, which you can check out below:

Terry Crews himself is a big enough reason to play the game, especially as a super-powered version of himself in Crackdown 3. Microsoft have Crackdown 3 as an Xbox One exclusive and it will heavily feature multiplayer mayhem, which looks like it could be some truly, truly insane fun.

The trailer seems to feature the single-player side of Crackdown 3, but we should see some of the multiplayer mayhem in follow up footage during E3 this week.

Remedy Games made good on its promise to unveil its new IP at E3 2018, and it looks pretty snazzy.

Control, previously codenamed P7, is Remedy's big new franchise that saw a formal announcement during Sony's E3 press conference. Control looks like its built from Quantum Break's advanced tech and shares some similarities--explosive environments, slowing down time, gunplay, etc--and is described as a "third-person action-adventure game" that combines supernatural and sci-fi themes with an interesting splash of horror.

Remedy says Control will feature dynamic environments in a "deep and unpredictable world" that's constantly shifting and changing. But make no mistake: Control is a shooter through and through and features some interesting-looking ways to take on enemies.

Sony debuted gameplay footage for The Last of Us II at their E3 2018 showcase, highlighting some of the brutal rigors gamers will face.

The Last of Us II is Ellie's harrowing story of hate, the dark malice that drives her survival. The gameplay really exhibits and drives home this point while also exposing the cruel, deadly nature of the world. Stealth is still a big part of the game but when things get out of hand Ellie has to do anything to survive: slice enemies throats, gun them down in a frenzied fusillade of bullets, or loose arrows in a mad careless fury.

Apart from the grisly violence the footage really drove home this new feeling of tension. The sequel is so cinematic that you actually feel as if you're playing a movie and that any false move could see Ellie massacred. She gets shot with arrows, sliced, and hunted like a dog, but in the end still comes out on top.

The US is home again to the world's fastest supercomputer, with Summit making its debut at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Summit is powered by NVIDIA technology, which is how it has become the best in the supercomputer business.

Inside of Summit you'll find an insane 27,648 of NVIDIA's super-fast Volta Tensor Core GPUs that is capable of 200 petaflops of computing power. Considering that the current supercomputer champion is China's Sunway TaihuLight that now only pushes 93 petaflops, Summit has truly climbed new supercomputing heights.

On top of the 27,648 Volta Tensor Core GPUs there's also 9,216 CPUs that get crammed into 5,600 square feet of cabinet space that is about the size of two tennis courts. The systems combined have an approximate weight of a commercial jet, and considering the 200 petaflops of power, this is an amazing technical achievement. Summit is capable of 3 exaops of AI, where if every single human being on Earth did 1 calculation per second, it would take 15 years... but on Summit it will take a single second.

On the heels of last year's Xbox One X, Microsoft's console hardware division is currently designing and building new systems that will push console gaming even further.

At Microsoft's E3 2018 showcase, Xbox division head Phil Spencer confirmed that new Xbox console(s) are in development. "And of course, our hardware team. The same team that delivered unprecedented performance with Xbox One X is deep into architecting the next Xbox consoles, where we will once again deliver on our commitment to set the benchmark for console gaming," Spencer said on stage. Note the plurality here, which could mean a new generation with its own mid-gen refresh (for example another Xbox One with beefier specs and its own Xbox One X with even beefier capabilities).

Given AMD currently has a strong hold on the console market it's very likely the new Xbox consoles will be powered by enhanced Radeon graphics beyond Vega. Industry sources have told TweakTown's Anthony Garreffa that Sony's next-gen PlayStation 5 will tap AMD's new Navi GPU architecture in tandem with Zen CPU cores. However, sources say Navi will be an RX 500 successor instead of an enthusiast-grade architecture and not substantially one-up its Vega GPU technology. It's likely that Microsoft is working just as closely with AMD's RTG team as Sony to develop its new hardware.

Today Ubisoft revealed key details about Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, the series' new game based in ancient Greece, including timeline, RPG features, and release date.

While Assassin's Creed: Odyssey seems to share quite a bit with its predecessor Origins (assets, UI, combat, etc), it makes key departures for the franchise including a new dialog system that Ubisoft says will directly affect the in-game world. The epic takes place in fifth century BC during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which saw the Delian League helmed by Athens battling against the Pelopponesian League led by Sparta--a war that would devastate both sides. Sadly this is after the famous Greco-Persian wars but we could get a flashback or two.

Odyssey has been in development for three years, meaning it was being crafted alongside Origins (hence the similarities) and allows gamers to explore ancient Greece in all its glory. Players can pick between Alexios or Kassandra, Spartan mercenaries who are direct descendants of legendary Spartan King Leonidas.

Making good on its promises to resurrect and continue popular IPs, Capcom announced Devil May Cry 5 during Microsoft's E3 2018 press event.

Devil May Cry 5 is built on advanced new tech to provide high-end visuals and enthralling combat, while also blending the hilarious chaos the series is known for. It's being developed under the keen eye of beloved director Hideaki Itsuno and other Capcom veterans, so it should remain quite authentic to the series (everything we've seen so far matches what we'd expect from a DMC game).

The game follows Devil May Cry 4's Nero as he battles demons in an overrun Red Grave City in stylish, havoc-filled hack-and-slash action. DMC 5 also features a new character named Nico who makes a special prosthetic arm for Nero after his Devil Arm is ripped off--and even provides some extra gadgets to boot.

Bethesda's Todd Howard confirms Fallout 76 can't be played offline, and solo players will still interact with other gamers in some way. But this is just the beginning: Fallout 76 will evolve throughout the months (and years) with new features, balancing, and eventually even mod support.

Described as a "post-nuclear online RPG," the new Fallout 76 game is an always-online experience that can't be played solo like previous Fallout titles. Last night Bethesda revealed that the game itself focuses on survival in the massive wasteland of West Virginia and has a heavy emphasis on teamwork--if you team up with others things are easier, there's social incentives, etc. There's no NPCs, either: everyone in the game is an actual person that you can interact with, whether PVP, PVE, or even trading and teaming up to build camps or outposts. But what about mods? Bethesda is committed, Howard says.

"We love mods, so we are 100% committed to doing that in Fallout 76 as well. We will not be able to do that at launch though," Bethesda Game Studios Game Director Todd Howard said in a recent interview with Geoff Keighley.

E3 2018 - At Microsofts E3 conference, the company officially announced the next instalment into the Gears of War series, behold the gorgeous world of Gears of War 5.

Gears of War 5 will be developed by The Coalition and judging from the games cinematic announcement trailer the world that players will be immersed in is going to be absolutely stunning.

Players will be stepping into the shoes of Kait, as she ventures across the stunning world to furfil her purpose. Players will be glad to know that Gears of War 5 will support both split-screen co-op and online co-op. The title is planned for release sometime in 2019 but for now we have two trailers to indulge in.