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Watch someone strip down and reassemble Xbox One's Elite Controller

By Brian Crecente at 2:37p 06.16.15

The Xbox One Elite controller is a $150 piece of next-gen tech designed to outlast and outperform the standard controller.The controller includes an array of magnetized thumbsticks, directional pads and paddles that can be instantly attached, detached and rearranged to create the sort of controller that feels designed for your hand and your specific needs. The idea was to create something that could stand up to the grueling gaming habits of the hardest of hardcore gamers, and also deliver the level of customization they've grown accustom to with specialized, third-party controllers. "We designed this from the ground up," said David Prien, programming manager of the Elite Xbox One controller. "The first couple of months we didn't even start hardware, we went to people's houses. We went...

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided launching in 'early 2016,' see the gameplay trailer

By Samit Sarkar at 2:22p 06.16.15

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is set for release in "early 2016," announced David Anfossi, studio head at developer Eidos Montreal, announced today during Square Enix's E3 press briefing. Anfossi introduced Mankind Divided's first gameplay trailer, which you can watch above. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a sequel to 2011's Deus Ex: Human Revolution, was announced in April on the cover of Game Informer. It is in development for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. You can check out the debut trailer below.

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Minimap E3 2015 Day 1: Bethesda, Xbox, EA, Ubisoft and PlayStation announce everything

By Dave Tach at 2:15p 06.16.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a podcast about the biggest news of the day. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Minimap is your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Bethesda at E3 2015: All the news and announcements Xbox at E3 2015: All the news, all the video, all the announcements EA at E3 2015: Battlefront, Mirror's Edge, Need for Speed and more Ubisoft's E3 presser: Get all the news and video right here. PlayStation at E3 2015: All the news, all the video, all the announcements

The new Hitman begins Dec. 8 with a digital release

By Owen S. Good at 2:00p 06.16.15

IO Interactive's new Hitman commences with a digital release on Dec. 8, introducing players to a a "live and ever expanding world of digital assassinations," the developer said at Square Enix's E3 presentation. The game will launch on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. IO will roll out a schedule of missions, hits and other objectives for the Hitman community at the launch and thereafter. Christian Elverdam, the creative director for Hitman, described a scenario in which all players will be given a shot at an objective, with the outcome permanently recorded. "Every NPC has a name," he said. The nature of the new mode makes the new Hitman into a sandbox game, he said. "It is up to you to use brute force, or orchestrate a genuine masterpiece of assassination," he said. The new game...

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Guitar Hero Live wants to immerse you in music with always-on Guitar Hero TV

By Samit Sarkar at 1:21p 06.16.15

To hear Activision and FreeStyleGames tell it, everything in Guitar Hero Live — which launches Oct. 20 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, as well as unspecified mobile devices — is designed with an eye toward the present and the future.Guitar Hero Live is built to take advantage of modern internet-connected gaming hardware; built to capitalize on new monetization methods; built for the way people consume music in 2015, as opposed to when the series debuted a decade ago. During a pre-E3 demo of the game in New York earlier this month, it became clear that that's a double-edged sword. This demo focused on Guitar Hero TV, the half of Guitar Hero Live that isn't the standard campaign. GHTV is a live service with a full schedule of music "programming," and...

Obsidian 'super excited' for South Park sequel, even if they're not making it

By Owen S. Good at 10:30a 06.16.15

Ubisoft's surprise announcement of a sequel to South Park: The Stick of Truth, which will be developed in-house, left many wondering how the original developing studio, Obsidian Entertainment, felt about it. They're cool with it, basically. "We are super excited to see another South Park game getting made, and can't wait to play it ourselves," Feargus Urquhart, the CEO of Obsidian Entertainment, said in an email to Polygon. Urquhart pointed to the ongoing projects keeping Obsidian busy, such as Armored Warfare (which is in Steam Early Access) and Pillars of Eternity, which launched in March and has many new features coming. "Internally, [we] are coming close to 200 people working on games," Urquhart said. So, it makes sense that this was not necessarily a project taken from Obsidian...

Why isn't GoldenEye in Rare's HD game collection? Here's their answer

By Nick Robinson at 10:00a 06.16.15

One of Microsoft's most interesting announcements from this E3 is Rare Replay, a collection of 30 Rare Software games spanning the past 30 years, all available for just under 30 dollars. And while many of Rare's most iconic franchises appear in the collection — the Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Viva Piñata franchises are all represented in their entirety — one of the company's most well-loved games of all time is absent: GoldenEye 007 on the N64. But why? While some might assume the game's non-appearance may have something to do with Rare's attempted GoldenEye XBLA remake way back in 2008 and the resulting licensing kerfuffle between Nintendo and Microsoft that ensued, Rare insisted that isn't the case. Speaking to Polygon at an E3 event last night, Rare said GoldenEye's absence...

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Rare Replay lets you rewind certain games, has documentary clips

By Matt Leone at 9:30a 06.16.15

Microsoft has a simple pitch for its new Rare collection: 30 games for $30 to celebrate Rare’s 30th anniversary. Following the announcement on Monday, Microsoft held a press event with the game on display, so now we know a bit more about what’s in the package. I tried out a handful of the 30 games at the event, and all ran smoothly without any obvious issues. For certain older titles there’s an option to add scanlines by clicking in the right analog stick, and on others there’s an option to rewind the games, but for the most part the games remain untouched. So you’ll get online play for the games that had it originally, like Perfect Dark Zero, but you won’t get it added in to older games like Battletoads. Outside of the games themselves, the collection also includes bonus features...

Destiny veterans get VIP bonuses with Taken King DLC

By Justin McElroy on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

If you were going to wait to hop into Destiny until the Taken King DLC launches on Sept. 15, here's a good reason not to: Bungie will be doling out exclusive bonuses to players who head into The Taken King at level 30-plus or have purchased both previous expansion packs. Here are the details: Players who reach level 30-plus on at least one character or buy both prior expansion packs by August 31 and buy The Taken King by Feb. 1, 2016 will receive an exclusive commemorative "Founder's Fortune" Year 1 emblem, Sparrow, armor shader "and more." What's the "and more"? We'd guess that it's "Gjallarhorn 2: Gjallarhorner" if we hadn't just totally made that up.

Rebels and the Empire throw the kitchen sink at each other in Battlefront's survival mode

By Owen S. Good on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Star Wars: Battlefront unveiled a new survival gameplay mode with a gameplay demonstration at Sony's E3 news conference. In the recorded demonstration, one side — in this case a Rebel force on Tatooine — face unrelenting waves of attackers across all modes of battle, eventually concluding with a squadron of X-Wings driving off the Imperial forces. You can view survival mode in the 2-minute video above.

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See Assassin's Creed's female lead take on London's seedy underworld

By Owen S. Good on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Fresh off a cinematic trailer at Ubisoft's E3 news conference: Assassin's Creed Syndicate followed that with a cinematic montage showing the game's female protagonist, Evie Frye, in action. Specializing in throwing knives, Evie is a dreaded presence in the gang-infested London underworld of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Assassin's Creed Syndicate will get PS4-exclusive missions, called The Dreadful Crimes, which are playable by either protagonist.

Destiny's next expansion is The Taken King, launching Sept. 15

By Samit Sarkar on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Destiny's next expansion is The Taken King, and it will be released Sept. 15, developer Bungie announced today during Sony's E3 2015 press briefing. Today's announcement confirms a leak from earlier this month. The Taken King will introduce new subclasses for each Guardian type, along with new super moves. It will cost $39.99, which is twice as much as Destiny's first two expansions, and physical and digital Collector's Editions will be available for $79.99. Both Collector's Editions come with vanilla Destiny and the first two expansions as well as The Taken King, along with exclusive content. "Oryx is coming, Guardian," the narrator intones in the trailer, which you can watch above. "You got his attention. Now go get his head." In Destiny's first expansion, The Dark Below, players...

Hitman's next game is called Hitman. That's it.

By Owen S. Good on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Hitman returns with a game titled, simply, Hitman, Square Enix and IO Interactive announced at Sony's E3 news conference tonight. No release date was given. Hitman was announced with a trailer foreshadowing a global banking conspiracy and Agent 47, training in seclusion, being welcomed back to service. Hitman will have a console and PC release followed by "a digital release that will invite gamers to an ever expanding world," Sony said.

The Kinect is dead

By Ben Kuchera on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Microsoft had an incredibly strong showing at its E3 press conference, keeping the focus on games even when announcing things like backward compatibility. Mod support for Fallout 4 is a great addition to Xbox One in general and we hope it comes to more games, and again it's going to make the act of playing games more enjoyable. Gone was the focus on media functions or the idea that we really want to use the Xbox One to consume sports. Instead it was either news that would help you play games, such as the updated controller, or games themselves, such as the amazing $30 Rare collection. A quick note on that controller: Does anyone else think Scuf Gaming is having a very, very bad day now that the official controller will offer all the features that used to make Scuf's products so...

Assassin's Creed Syndicate trailer shows off Victorian-era transportation

By Samit Sarkar on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Assassin's Creed Syndicate developer Ubisoft Quebec didn't bring a gameplay demo to Ubisoft's E3 2015 press briefing, but the studio did play a gorgeous cinematic trailer. You can watch the trailer above. Ubisoft also posted a gameplay walkthrough on YouTube that you can see below. Ubisoft originally announced Assassin's Creed Syndicate about a month ago. The latest iteration of the historical assassination franchise takes place in London during the Industrial Revolution, and stars two playable Assassins: Evie Frye and her twin brother Jacob. Assassin's Creed Syndicate will be released Oct. 23 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and later this year on Windows PC.

Rainbow Six Siege brings Terrorist Hunt co-op mode to E3, beta starts Sept. 24

By Samit Sarkar on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege publisher Ubisoft will kick off the multiplayer shooter's beta Sept. 24, the company announced during its E3 press briefing today. That's less than three weeks before Rainbow Six Siege's release date — the game is scheduled to launch Oct. 13 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. The beta will be available on all of those platforms. Developer Ubisoft Montreal presented a live demo of one of Rainbow Six Siege's four Terrorist Hunt ("TerroHunt") modes. This one pitted five players against AI terrorists in an infiltration of an embassy. You can see the full demo above, and a trailer below.

Grief your friends in The Division's 'Dark Zone'

By Owen S. Good on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

As mentioned earlier, The Division showed off its multiplayer at Ubisoft's E3 news conference with a demonstration of life inside The Division. What looks like a normal grab-n-go mission takes one hell of a turn once the helicopter arrives to get everyone out. That's right, this is straight up betrayal, and one wonders what controls will be in place to keep every mission from turning into four people quadruple-crossing one another the whole time. Can't see for sure what that would be in this video, but it's a cool twist nonetheless.

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The Division launches March 8 on PS4, PC and Xbox One

By Owen S. Good on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Ubisoft dated The Division for March 8 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. The game also will stage betas on all of those platforms early next year. Ubisoft made the announcement after introducing what sounds like the PvP zone of The Division. It's "the dark zone," a contaminated area set in the heart of Manhattan. Here's a video of the action. The difference is teammates can double-cross one another, as the demonstration shows once it's time to extract. Guess someone's getting a poor peer review at The Division.

King's Quest: A Knight to Remember hits in late July on PlayStation and Xbox

By Dave Tach on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

The first chapter of developer The Odd Gentlemen's reimagined version of King's Quest is called King's Quest: A Knight to Remember and will arrive on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Windows PC in late July, publisher Sierra announced today. Polygon saw some of the first chapter during a recent visit to the developer's Los Angeles office, and it's clear that the adventure game series is being reborn in the hands of loving fans who want the broadest audience possible to play the game. King's Quest: A Knight to Remember is a family game — and not a children's game — the developers explained. They want to create something that the entire family can play together and enjoy. Think of it like a Pixar movie, the kind of entertainment that transcends age barriers. M...

Here's five minutes of Star Wars: Battlefront gameplay

By Ben Kuchera on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

EA has released a five minute trailer that shows an in-game battle taking place on Hoth, called "Walker Assault." For more on Star Wars Battlefront, which is in development at Battlefield creator EA DICE and scheduled for a Nov. 17 release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC, be sure to read our coverage of its unveiling at Star Wars Celebration.

FIFA 16 is getting significant design upgrades

By Colin Campbell on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Late last month, Electronic Arts heralded the arrival of women's soccer as a big change coming to FIFA 16. But there are also many significant design tweaks and improvements coming to this year's game.The company announced at E3 today that it has significantly upgraded defensive AI, so that strikers will find it more difficult to game the system. Chief among these is a much smarter system for intercepting through-balls from the midfield. I played a demo at a recent media event and found the alertness of AI players much enhanced and the overall experience greatly improved as a result. Players are less likely to stand around gawping as balls are played into open spaces, and are more likely to anticipate the sort of passes that we see in professional soccer all the time. They...

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