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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.

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

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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness coming to PS4 in the West next year

By Samit Sarkar at 2:08p 06.16.15

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, the fifth main game in the Star Ocean franchise, will be released in North America and Europe on PlayStation 4 in 2016, publisher Square Enix announced today during its E3 press briefing. The game is scheduled to launch this winter in Japan on PlayStation 3 and PS4. Developer Tri-Ace is aiming for a frame rate of 60 frames per second, and producer Shuichi Kobayashi said during the event that Integrity and Faithlessness is a "good old-school Japanese RPG." Kobayashi also debuted the title's first gameplay trailer at the event.

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...

Final Fantasy 7 coming to iOS, PC to PS4 port delayed

By Michael McWhertor at 1:44p 06.16.15

Square Enix will release Final Fantasy 7 on iOS devices, executive producer Shinji Hashimoto announced at Square Enix's E3 2015 press conference today. Final Fantasy 7 for iOS will be released this summer, Hashimoto said. Square Enix also delayed the PC port of Final Fantasy 7 for PlayStation 4, which the publisher announced at PlayStation Experience in December. Originally, that version of the game was due to hit PS4 this spring. It's now expected sometime this winter. Earlier this week, Square Enix also announced the highly anticipated remake of Final Fantasy 7. That game is expected to hit PlayStation 4 first.

Square Enix is making a new Nier with Platinum Games

By Michael McWhertor at 1:22p 06.16.15

Square Enix's Yosuke Saito announced at E3 2015 today that the publisher is working on a new Nier game for PlayStation 4. Platinum Games is collaborating with Square Enix on development of the new game, which Saito did not name. In a teaser trailer, Square Enix named some of the creators involved, including character designer Akihiko Yoshida, game designer Takashi Taura, game director Yoko Taro and producer Atsushi Inaba from Platinum. According to Taro, Square Enix approached Platinum Games to developer the new Nier with the intention that they'd add more action to the game. Taro said that details on the game are secret for now, but promised more information on the new Nier project this fall. The original Nier was developed by Square Enix and Cavia. It was released for PlayStation 3...

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...

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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...

Shenmue 3 has already reached its $2 million Kickstarter goal

By Griffin McElroy at 6:34a 06.16.15

Shenmue 3, the long-overdue follow-up to the classic action-adventure series, has already reached its preliminary Kickstarter goal of $2 million, less than one day after the campaign went live during the PlayStation E3 press conference. With 30 days remaining in the campaign, Shenmue 3 will now climb toward its stretch goals, which include bonuses like subtitles for additional languages and a "Cinema Short" summary of the series' first two games. You can watch the game's Kickstarter pitch video below. According to the campaign's info page, Shenmue 3 is estimated to ship to backers in December 2017, and will launch on PlayStation 4 and PC.

Get caught up on PlayStation's E3 press conference in 8 minutes

By Griffin McElroy at 12:04a 06.16.15

Watch on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube Sony's E3 press conference was as jam-packed as gaming press conferences go, with announcements for The Last Guardian, the Final Fantasy 7 remake, Shenmue 3 and ... just, like, a lot more. If you're having trouble remembering everything PlayStation brought to the table, we've got you covered: Check out the wrap-up video above, which showcases all the big announcements in a little over eight minutes. Want to know more about what got announced? Check out our StoryStream for a breakdown of Sony's show.

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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.

Ubisoft's E3 press conference in 6 minutes

By Christopher Grant on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Sure, you want to see the new Assassin's Creed or maybe it's The Division that has you interested ... but trust us, For Honor is worth your time but it's really Angela Bassett and Aisha Tyler sharing the stage that was one of the most memorable moments at this year's entire E3. You can find all of Ubisoft's news in our StoryStream right here.

Drake's earnest 30 seconds at Sony's press event

By Danielle Riendeau on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

It's no secret that many E3 demos aren't live. Sometimes, when you do show a game live, things go wrong. Unfortunately, that happened tonight at Sony's press event, with the Uncharted 4 gameplay demo. The demo stalled once the action was supposed to start up, Drake stays put, gawking at the — beautifully animated — crowd. It was an awkward 30 seconds, but hey, that crowd looked really nice. The rest of the demo went swimmingly once the game was restarted (watch the entire seven minute video here!) so Drake's glitch didn't sour the crowd on the game.

Campo Santo's Firewatch making its console debut on PS4

By Samit Sarkar on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

The console version of Firewatch, the adventure game from indie studio Campo Santo, will hit the PlayStation 4 first, Sony announced today during its E3 2015 press briefing. Firewatch is also in development for Linux, Mac and Windows PC. For more, check out our preview from PAX Prime 2014. You can watch the segment from Sony's press briefing above.

Uncharted 4 looks absolutely stunning on the PlayStation 4

By Ben Kuchera on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Sony had a pretty amazing press conference at E3 this year, but the company chose to close its show with an expected title, and a guaranteed blockbuster: Uncharted 4. Technical difficulties caused the demo to be restarted after Drake awkwardly stood in front of a, admittedly beautiful, crowd of people, but the rest of the demo went smoothly. The crowd technology actually looked a bit like Assassin's Creed, but gunfire quickly broke out. The game looks, to put it bluntly, amazing. The Uncharted series knows how to make Nathan feel like a natural part of the environment, and seeing what the series can do on the PlayStation 4 is quite the treat. You can watch the video below. `

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.

How long will it take for Shenmue 3 to meet its goal? Place your bets!

By Justin McElroy on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

So there's basically no question that Shenmue III is going to destroy its fundraising goal. But exactly how fast? Well, that's what we've brought you here to discuss. You see that widget there that tracks the progress? Well, gaze upon it and consider it has come this far since it was announced around 6:50 p.m. PDT. (We wanted to put a nice round number in there to reflect how high it had already gone, but it was rising faster than we could type, hence the aforementioned widget. ) So when, exactly, will it hit the goal? That's for you to guess. Make a prediction in the comments below, being as specific as possible (let's say to the minute). We don't think we'll have a prize for whoever gets closest, but you never know! We're guessing it will hit its goal by the time you're reading...

'PlayStation is the new home of Call of Duty,' says PlayStation CEO on exclusive deal

By Samit Sarkar on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Sony has taken over for Microsoft as far as Call of Duty exclusivity goes, with a new deal that will bring all map packs to PlayStation first from this point forward, PlayStation CEO Andrew House announced today during Sony's E3 2015 press briefing. The exclusive arrangement will begin with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, which launches Nov. 6 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. It is also in development for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Developer Treyarch will kick off Black Ops 3's multiplayer beta this August exclusively on PS4. "PlayStation is the new home of Call of Duty," said House. This is an inversion of a relationship that began with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in 2007, where map packs launched first on Xbox. For more on Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, check out our campaign...

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.

Final Fantasy 7 remake coming to PlayStation 4

By Michael McWhertor on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

After years of rumor, speculation and false hope, Square Enix's classic role-playing game Final Fantasy 7 is finally getting a remake for PlayStation 4, Sony announced at its E3 2015 press conference today. In a trailer, Square Enix confirmed some of the staff working on the new Final Fantasy 7: Yoshinori Kitase will serve as producer and Tetsuya Nomura will serve as director. The Final Fantasy 7 remake is coming first to PS4, Sony's Adam Boyes said, seemingly indicating that it will come to other platforms as well. The Final Fantasy 7 remake, a long-held desire for Final Fantasy fans since Square Enix showed a tech demo featuring characters from the game in a PlayStation 3 tech demo. Last year, Square Enix released a version of Final Fantasy 7 for PS4, though it was a marginally...

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...

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