After George Miller’s trumphant return to the desert wastelenands in this year’s epic flick; Mad Max: Fury Road, fans everywhere are hungrier for more Mad Max than a War Boy is for more chrome paint. Well, thankfully we don’t have to wait 30 years before another Mad Max story, in fact gamers get our next taste of the Road Warrior in action later this September.
As someone who cannot get enough of the Mad Max universe (except for Beyond Thunderdome. I could take or leave that one), I thought that the recent Savage Road trailer was going to be the pinnacle of my excitement, but oh boy was I wrong. In the midst of all the excitement of E3, Warner Bros have given us another look at the savagery, the violence and the explosions in a brand new trailer.
So what else can I say? Check out the trailer below and make sure you stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all of the Mad Max news, as well as everything awesome gaming related coming out of E3 2015.
Earlier today before all of the biggest news came out, Atlus USA had a small announcement to make of their own in the form of a release window for Stella Glow. Previously we only knew that Imageepoch’s strategy RPG would be released in the West sometime this year but now we know that Atlus USA will be releasing Stella Glow in North America this holiday season for $49.99 US/$59.99 CA.
The story of Stella Glow follows Alto and his childhood friend Lisette as they try to put a stop to Hilda the Witch of Destruction using “Song Magic.” At release the title will feature English voice work and 20 different songs performed by the original Japanese voice actors. Players will also be able to “tune the Witches’ hearts to increase their abilities and even spend “Free Time” forming bonds and even finding romance with the various characters that will join your team.
Welcome to Capsule Computers live (or semi-live) recap of events with the 2015 E3 showing for Sony. Below are the announcements as they occur with a bit of opinion layered on top and some screenshots and trailers for your enjoyment. Let’s see what Sony brought to the table this year!
And we begin with a montage of a good mix of PlayStation exclusives and third party highlights. Big cheers for the crowds they are really hyped for this one. This first game is said to be long anticipated. It can’t be. The Last Guardian! Wow! Finally!
The world looks great as a young boy searches around some ruins. There’s the big beast and the boy gives him a hug. The beast can be called over and help you survive big leaps by grabbing your arm as you nearly fall to your death. The beast seems to be scared of this dream catcher thing so the boy moves it. The partnership between these two will be very integral to the games core gameplay. I’m not sure if this is scripted but if it’s not the collapsing ruins and all are very impressive. The beast scratches behinds it ears like a dog and we finally get a 2016 release date, but I don’t know if we can trust that. Shuhei Yoshida takes the stage to introduce the creative director of The Last Guardian as the crowd continues cheering.
A brand new franchise is being announced. Herman Hulst from Guerilla Games takes the stage. The new franchise is a PS4 exclusive and is called Horizon: Zero Dawn. A girl is narrating. It seems to be set in a post apocalyptic world where humans have long died off and nature has reclaimed the earth. Main character seems to be a female tribeswoman stuck in a ware between man and machine. The trailer switches to gameplay as a girl hides from a robot dinosaur. Kind of reminds me of the Witcher 3 crossed with Monster Hunter crossed with a whole heap of other games. The girl ties the beast down by firing ropes at it and pinning it to the ground before going in for the big kill. No release date yet but this has definitely caught my eye as a great new IP.
Square Enix now. The new Hitman that leaked a few days ago is being shown. Not much to say a lot of running interwoven with a shady night club scene. Seems the game is just called Hitman and now Asad Quizilbash takes the stage to talk about it. It seems to be a reboot and will be launching on both consoles and PC but Sony seems to have a exclusive console beta deal and six unique contracts only on the PS4. The game launches December 8th.
Now it’s time for Street Fighter V. Birdie from Street Fighter Alpha is shown and now Cammy is also revealed! Good to see anther fan favourite in the mix. Again PlayStation fans exclusively get to experience a Beta on July 23rd. Street Fighter V is coming out on PC and PS4 in March 2016.
Sean Murray from Hello games takes the stage to talk about No Man’s Sky. Sony’s premiere indie. Looks like were going to get some good play here. Sean commentates that there is a warring faction going on and you can join sides or leave it completely or even take on both. He then zooms out to reveal just how big this world really is and then zooms out again. There literally looks to be a million planets you can visit it’s pretty impressive. He states every player is trying to get to the center of the galaxy and then warps to a random planet called Keyti. You can scan a planet to bring up points of interest then fly into the atmosphere to visit it. Each planet is fully explorable. You can fully destroy all objects on a planet and sentinels roam around to help stop that but you can destroy them too. You can go underwater and add fish to your logbook. It seems you have to find an upload beacon first to upload any data you find. Pretty cool. Still no release date though.
About half an hour in and now it’s time for another exclusive. A game about creating things by Media Molecule who of course are famous for Little Big Planet. The game is called Dreams. Guy is going on a bit about dreams and creativity etc. They have really simplified everything, maybe a bit too much. You move your controller to draw things and can animate them, all done with the motion controller. A guy playing piano, a polar bear, a space chase scene seems to be some of the dreams you can create. Just watch the trailer for this one it’s hard to explain.
Now for an intense mystery set in the wilderness. Fire Watch will be making it’s console debut on PlayStation. Seems to be a survival open world game where you have a girl radioing in constantly while you try to solve a mystery.
Now it’s Destiny time. The next great adventure as it was called on stage seems to be a big expansion pack. Not much to say here looks like classic Destiny. The expansion is called The Taken King and will bring with it new story content and supers. The expansion releases on the 15th of September 2015.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is getting more some time now. Showing Evie in action and some cool new weapons like the throwing knives. More exclusive deals where you will get to play some exclusive missions.
Final Fantasy is getting a new addition in a chibi styled game. Seems to bring together heroes from some old Final Fantasy titles. The game is simply called World of Final Fantasy and is releasing on PS4 and Vita in 2016. Finally some Vita love.
That’s not all the Final Fantasy love though. Could this be. It’s happening! A Final Fantasy VII remake! All new, next gen graphics. Finally a remake we can get around. There’s Cloud’s Sword. The word remake is flashed on screen and we don’t get a title or anything but we all know what it is! Coming first to PlayStation 4 but doesn’t seem to be exclusive.
Four new games from Devolver Digital. All indie games by the looks of it. Ronin, Eitr, Mother Russia Bleeds and Crossing Souls, all making their PS4 debut.
Wow Sony are delivering. Shenmue 3 is coming through Kickstarter! A true sequel to the first and second game. It looks and sounds great. The Kickstarter page seems to be live already and heres the link. The crowd are stoked! We are sure that this will have no problem getting funded. It will be coming to PC and PS4 and as of time of writing the Kickstarter is already at 900K!
Batman: Arkham Knight getting some love now. Spoilers big time for anyone who hasn’t played the other Arkham titles so I’ll let you watch the trailer at your own discretion. Seems they are showing off the exclusive Scarecrow fear missions. Looks very brutal and horrific.
Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment out now to talk about Project Morpheus. Doesn’t really say anything new though. A new IP called Rigs is coming out that is a virtual reality three man team FPS. Morpheus will be playable on the show floor. Showing off how PlayStation Music was the fastest downloaded PlayStation App. PlayStation Vue seems to be a TV service exclusive to America. It’s some sort of subscription service where you can subscribe to single channels if you wish.
PlayStation is partnering with Activision for what else than Call of Duty Black Ops III. Apparently they don’t have their deal with Microsoft anymore. This is the world premiere of gameplay apparently. Single player campaign with up to four friends. Some campaign gameplay now. Looks like same old CoD. And now a multiplayer trailer montage. PS4 players get an exclusive Beta in August and first access to all map packs.
The Star Wars theme song is playing. And it’s not what you would expect. Disney Infinity 3.0 announcement looking to bring Star Wars to kids and family. Two new play boxes are announced centering around Star Wars. A limited edition starter pack for Disney Infinity is coming for PS4 one month before they are available for every other console. A new trailer for the play boxes are announced. A Boba Fett figure is also coming out.
More Star Wars talk this time on Star Wars: Battlefront. The guy just called him Luke Skywater. Wow… I’m not a Star Wars fan but this game looks very impressive visually and gameplay wise.
We’re wrapping up now one last announcement. Surely we will end on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and it seems that way. Yep we’re getting a look at some gameplay as Nathan Drake starts off in a crowded market. And he is not moving… Some technical difficulties it looks like, the demo starts again. And this time we’re off. Nathan carefully navigates the crowd even apologizing to people he bumps into. Game is presented very well. A shootout starts and it seems environments get destroyed in real time. We’re leaping from buildings, driving Jeeps, running, gunning it all looks like great fun. Seems like you can take multiple paths as well. Nathan Drake is about to run into a pillar, cut to black. End conference.
It’s hard to be unhappy with that press conference from Sony (unless you’re a Crash Bandicoot fan, next year guys, next year). Don’t forget to check out all the trailers embedded above and the full conference is available below for your viewing pleasure.
Best of Show: The Last Guardian! Final Fantasy VII Remake! Shenmue III! Also special mention to Horizon for new IP and of course Uncharted 4.
Worst of Show: Call of Duty: Bore Ops III, Destiny Expansion, Dreams.
Thanks for joining us and stay tuned for even more E3 2015 coverage!
One of the most adored modes in the Rainbow Six franchise is returning! Terrorist Hunt will be one of the playable modes in the upcoming FPS Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege.  Also known as Terrohunt, players will be able to team up with up to four friends to conquer the AI. The mode will have four game modes in itself in addition to a slew of variable parameters to tweak the difficulty of the game using the Siege Generator. Players can kill all the terrorists in Terrohunt Classic, extract and secure a hostage in Hostage Extraction, protect a hostage, and disarm the bomb in the four modes.
The other two modes will be the already covered multiplayer PvP mode and a Missions mode that will serve as a extended tutorial for new players. All experience points gained in one mode will carry over to the other modes.
Ubisoft had two more major announcements for the game at their E3 event. Angela Bassett (American Horror Story)Â will be taking on the role of Agent Six, the deputy director who will lead Rainbow Six against the White Masks terrorists. Additionally, the closed beta will kick off on September 24. Those who pre-order the game or buy the E3 Digital Ticket at Humble Bundle will get guaranteed access to the beta. Otherwise, interested gamers can sign up for the wait list.
It appears that we may finally be getting Shenmue 3. After a possible tease yesterday it turns out that Yu Suzuki wasn’t just taunting fans, he was giving us a hint that Shenmue 3 is possibly in the works. Today during Sony’s E3 2015 press conference Yu Suzuki took to the stage to announce that he will be launching a Kickstarter to try and fund Shenmue 3. He is asking for $2 million but at the time of this writing they have already made $502, 397.
If funded the game will be released for the PC and PlayStation 4. You can find the Kickstarter hereand a message for fans of Shenmue below:
Since the release of Shenmue 2, now 14 years ago, I have been greeted by the passionate outpouring of dedicated fans and Shenmue community members wherever I go. They all want to know one thing: “When will Shenmue 3 be coming out?” With the advent of games using Kickstarter during these past few years, the new and now frequent demand from the fans has been, “Do a Kickstarter for Shenmue 3!”
If Shenmue 3 was going to get made, I wanted to make it with the fans. Through Kickstarter, I knew that could happen. Together, with Shenmue fans everywhere, I knew we could build the game that the series deserves.
If we do not reach our funding goal, Shenmue 3 will not go forward. I know that the goal of making Shenmue 3 with the fans, and seeing Shenmue in the hands of gamers all around the world is a lofty one. We are balancing our ambitions for a grand sequel with the pragmatic realities of developing a game of this scale. It will not be easy, but I have dreamed of making this sequel for 14 years – it is time to bring Shenmue back! And to make it come true, it will need the love and support from each and every one of you!
So please join us in making Shenmue 3 – let us grow our community and build a new, exciting Shenmue experience!
Despite how many people have been asking for it, many never thought that Square Enix would go back to Final Fantasy VII and do a remake of the title. However that is no longer the case as today during Sony’s E3 2015 press conference it was revealed that Final Fantasy VII is indeed getting a full remake where it appears that the game has been completely re-done.
You can check out the announcement trailer below, though it is worth noting that although Sony did say that theFinal Fantasy VII remake would be coming to the PlayStation 4 first, they did not say it would be a console exclusive.
IO Interactive and Square Enix’s newest Hitman game has been revealed at Sony’s E3 2015 press conference. Few details for the game were revealed other than that Hitman will be released on December 8th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC but the PlayStation 4 version of the game will come with six exclusive contracts as well as a “console exclusive beta” for anyone who pre-orders the PS4 version.
You can check out the new Hitman reveal in the video below where it appears that the game may have a bit of a different tone than usual, but it will still feature everyone’s bald assassin, Agent 47.
During their E3 2015 press conference Sony let Guerrilla Games developers take the stage to announce that they were making a brand new I.P. called Horizon: Zero Dawn. Very few details about Horizon: Zero Dawn were given but a very long cinematic trailer was shown off where it appears that the world has undergone an apocalypse but people have recovered over time to the point that humanity is back on the rise.
However it seems that strange robotic creatures have begun roaming the land with animal like forms and a tribal looking huntress kills them before treating them with respect. Currently Horizon: Zero Dawn is set to be released as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2016.
Some thought it would never happen but today during Sony’s E3 2015 press conference they made sure to put every doubt to rest by leading off with the major reveal of The Last Guardian for the PlayStation 4.
Originally announced as a PlayStation 3 exclusive back at E3 2009 by beloved Team ICO and left in developmental hell for years, this is the first time we have seen The Last Guardiansince it was initially announced and not only have we been given some new gameplay footage featuring the strange bird-dog but also a release window of 2016. Check out the footage for yourself below.
To close out their E3 2015 press conference Ubisoft announced a brand new Tom Clancy game called Ghost Recon Wildlands. The title puts players as the lead of a team of Ghosts, a four-player U.S. Elite Special Operations unit on a covert mission to eliminate the Santa Blanca drug cartel, an underworld power and growing global threat within Ubisoft’s imagining of an incredibly beautiful, yet dangerous Bolivia.
Ghost Recon Wildlands takes place in the largest action-adventure open world Ubisoft has created to date. With hundreds of villages and well-known landmarks, local legends and various factions and regions, players venture into a vast world with which to interact and explore. The Ghosts’ upgradable skills, along with a vast arsenal of weapons, vehicles and drones, will help them take down their dangerous enemies. You can check out the reveal trailer below.
