86: E3 2019

HammerCast

It's E3 2019! Mike, Todd and Duane talk about all the things...

WRUP

• Surviving Mars
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2
• Kerbal Space Program
• Heaven's Vault

NOTES

• James Mathe, pioneer of tabletop gaming PDF sales, dies at 52.
• Stardock and Star Control's creators call a truce
• Shock-jock streamer Dr. Disrespect enters an E3 public bathroom, gets banned from Twitch and booted from E3
• E3 RECAP
  • EAPlay 2019
    • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
    • First look at Apex Legends' Season 2 Battle Pass
    • Battlefield V getting new maps, new Pacific theater of war later this year
    • FIFA 20 brings back FIFA Street, in spirit
    • I ate grilled cheese sandwiches I found under a waterfall in The Sims 4 Island Living
    • The Sims 4 to get LGBTQ+ Pride in-game clothing to benefit the It Gets Better Project
  • Xbox E3 2019
    • Keanu Reeves is in Cyberpunk 2077, release date set for April 2020
      • RPS' Matt Cox found the Cyberpunk 2077 demo's gunplay weak and the stereotypes unimaginative
    • Obsidian's The Outer Worlds feels even more like Fallout: New Vegas than expected
    • Ori & The Will Of The Wisps release date confirmed
    • Hands-on with Ninja Theory's Bleeding Edge
    • Microsoft unveils game based on The Blair Witch Project
    • Battletoads is the fun and fair series revival that Rare fans have wanted
    • MS buys Double Fine
      • Psychonauts 2: So far, so weird
    • MS brings back Flight Simulator to show it supports PC
    • XBox Game Pass Ultimate: PC and Xbox games for $15/mo.
    • Gears of War 5 coming September 10
    • Minecraft Dungeons is simple Diablo-inspired fun for the family
    • MS to bring Xbox LIVE to the Switch?
    • Forza Horizon 4's LEGO expansion is gleefully absurd
    • Xbox Elite Controller series 2 feelds like an improvement in every way
    • Xbox Project Scarlett: everything we know about Microsoft's next console
    • Halo Infinite closes out E3 Xbox briefing
  • Bethesda
    • Fallout 76 getting NPCs in Wastelanders update
    • Fallout 76 Nuclear Winter is battle royale in the West Virginia wasteland
    • Ghostwire: Tokyo
    • Commander Keen mobile game
    • Deathloop
    • Wolfenstein: Youngblood
    • Doom Eternal
    • Orion streaming tech
  • PC Gaming Show
    • Pistol Whip is Beat Saber meets Superhot
    • Shenmue 3 to be an EGS exclusive
    • Planet Zoo is the new cousin of Planet Coaster
    • Baldur's Gate 3 to get a D&D 5e module prequel
  • Ubisoft
    • Watchdogs Legion
    • The Division 2 Year One plans
    • The Division film
    • UPlay Plus subscription service
  • Square Enix
    • Final Fantasy VII Remake
    • Marvel's Avengers
    • Final Fantasy VIII to get its own, less-involved remaster
    • Outriders
  • Nintendo
    • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC
      • Banjo-Kazooie
      • The Hero from Dragon Quest
    • Luigi's Mansion 3
    • Ni no Kuni
    • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
      • Link adorably chonky Amiibo
    • The Witcher 3
    • Seiken Densetsu 3 coming to the West as Trials of Mana
    • No More Heroes 3
    • Contra: Rogue Corps
    • Astral Chain
    • Cadence of Hyrule
    • Animal Crossing: New Horizons

THIS WEEK'S HOSTS

• Todd Chartier
• Duane Sibilly
• Mike Wuerthele

MUSIC CREDITS

Music for this episode of HammerCast is Mega Hyper Ultrastorm by Kevin McLeod of incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.