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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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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...

Superhot is a whirling ballet of bullets

By Colin Campbell at 9:00a 06.16.15

A lot of people are looking forward to Superhot, which is due to launch later this year, not least the 12,000 Kickstarter backers who funded this curiously appealing game to the tune of $250K.Originally planned for Windows PC, Mac and Linux, the time-stop shooter will also simultaneously launch on Xbox One: this version is playable at E3 via the Microsoft booth. The game is a minimalist shooter that offers 40 short and elegant action sequences, during which AI assailants attack the player with firearms. Always in first-person, the player is armed, and not just with a gun. The central twist in Superhot is that the player stops time by ceasing to move. During this standing-still time, it is possible to aim weapons. With an Xbox One controller, aiming can take some getting used to, as a...

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.

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.

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.

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- Release Date: 2015-03-24
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- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
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- Release Date: 2015-04-14
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Electronic Arts' E3 2015 presentation in 6 minutes

By Christopher Grant on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Between Star Wars Battlefront and Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Electronic Arts had a strong showing at E3 2015. You can catch up on our entire StoryStream here, or watch the six minute video embedded above.

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.

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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.

Anno 2205 takes city building to outer space

By Christopher Grant on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Ubisoft revealed Anno 2205 during its E3 press conference, an update to the publisher's storied Anno series that sees the city building simulator leaving its earthly confines for outer space. The "real time strategy, business simulation and city building" game will be released on Windows PCs on November 3, later this year. In Anno 2205 players will join mankind’s next step into the future, with the promise of building a better tomorrow by expanding into space. Players must develop rich metropolises on Earth that are capable of launching missions to the moon as they race to establish production colonies on the lunar surface. By mining the Moon’s resources to send back down to Earth, Anno 2205 players will receive the benefits of technological advancements and the tools to help expand...

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...

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...

Unravel strings players along in a pretty 2D world of stone and water

By Colin Campbell on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Unravel is a 2D platformer featuring a cute character. Created by a small outfit based on the northeastern coast of Sweden, it's being published by Electronic Arts.There are three noteworthy aspects to Unravel, the first being a basic mechanic of guiding a central character who’s body carries both the means to progress and a potentially fatal flaw. Yarnie is made of twine and unravels as it moves, creating lines that players must use cleverly in order to solve the physical puzzles that impede progression. Loss of too much twine leads to an ultimate unraveling. Secondly, this is a platformer with a big, mushy story that seeks to tug at those heartstrings. It is a game that seeks meaning in the physicality of its own setup. Finally, it is a game about place. Northern Sweden is a land of...

Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion arrives Oct. 27, is a new hope for MMOs

By Colin Campbell on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, is coming Oct. 27, armed with a broom.Not literally a broom. There will be lightsabers. But figuratively. BioWare is using the expansion to have a big house-clearing of its MMO, which is now more than three years old and has been in development for nine years. For a start, the expansion is free to subscribers. Also, anyone who engages with the expansion has the option to immediately jump to a Level 60 character. It's basically a personal role-playing saga starring the Outlander, a veteran of the Great Galactic War whose task is nothing less than taking down the Emperor of the Eternal Throne. EA is essentially saying that anyone who is interested in a big Star Wars RPG from BioWare can play one right now. But...

Mass Effect: Andromeda is coming holiday 2016

By Owen S. Good on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

The next Mass Effect is titled Mass Effect: Andromeda, and BioWare will deliver it in the holiday 2016 quarter, Electronic Arts announced at its E3 news conference today. BioWare's showed the above introduction video, set to Johnny Cash's "Ghost Riders in the Sky." "While we aren't ready to go into too many details just yet, as you saw in the trailer and can tell by the name, this game is very much a new adventure, taking place far away from and long after the events of the original trilogy," BioWare said on its blog. "You will play a human, male or female, though that's actually not the character you saw in the trailer (more on that later). You'll be exploring an all-new galaxy, Andromeda, and piloting the new and improved Mako you saw. And through it all, you will have a new team of...

Watch this 6 minute Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain trailer

By Christopher Grant on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Hideo Kojima shared the latest trailer for his upcoming opus, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, on Geoff Keighley's YouTube E3 special. The trailer, set to New Order's Elegia, clocks in close to a hefty six minutes ... but did you expect anything less from Kojima? Keighley introduced the trailer with the following anecdote: About a month ago I went to Tokyo and had lunch with a good friend of mine, Hideo Kojima. He's been through a lot over the past few months as you've probably read online, regarding his relationship with Konami. But he's been there, working at the Konami office, sequestered away, working on Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. When I met with Mr. Kojima, he told me how proud he was of the game that he's finishing up under very difficult circumstances. He's...

Riverside survival adventure The Flame in the Flood floats on puzzles and charm

By Colin Campbell on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

The Flame in the Flood is a survival game with a difference. Rendered in distinctive style, it's the story of a girl and her dog, travelling down river, trying to stay alive.The game, shown at Microsoft's E3 conference today, is certainly beautiful. It is also challenging, calling on the player to make lateral connections between objects and problems in order to find resolution. This isn't a game about fighting, but about exploring and experimenting. It is a series of puzzles set against a backdrop of procedurally generated physical locations. It's being made by The Molasses Flood, a group of developers who were cut loose when Irrational drastically downsized and who are now trying to create their own distinctive work. Over the course of a full game, the water-rafters pass through a...

Cuphead, based on '30s cartoons, is looking good

By Colin Campbell on Jun 15, 2015 06.15.15

Here's the trailer for Studio MDHR's Cuphead, a shooting-and-evasion game set in a beautiful 1930s cartoon world. The trailer was shown during Microsoft's Xbox conference today. The game is coming to Xbox One and Windows PC in 2016

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