Hi Everyone!
I will be starting to report daily news on what is going on in the gaming world. I will be mainly compiling links from numerous news outlets and forums with a short description and/or article title. Hope you enjoy what you see and now, lets begin! Today, we have some awesome news, including Sony’s Master Plan for E3, surprise Pokemon Direct tomorrow 7AM PST, and Capcom announcing Mega Man Collection 2.
1.Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Xbox one and PS4 gets an ESRB rating (Source: Wario 64)
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/871398772294549504
2.PS5 will feature a full discrete GPU, not an APU (Source: Tweaktown Anthony Garreffa)
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57845/playstation-5-feature-full-discrete-gpu-apu/index.html
3.Building up the show floor of E3. Get pumped! (Source: Wario64)
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/871418292958777344
4.Dragon Quest XI Gameplay PS4 and 3DS footage (Source: Gematsu Sal Ramano)
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/dragon-quest-xi-v-jump-special-gameplay-videos
5.News: Starting June 7th, GameStop will Start Accepting Amazon Cash (Source: Cheap Ass Gamer)
https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/status/871186413856972807
6. Kinda Funny announcement on New Ideas and New Shows including Kinda Funny Games Daily, a daily games show that will include experienced video game journalists Greg Miller, Andrea Rene, and Danny O’Dwyer.
More info at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYe8ncAkpwM
7. Rocket League – 2nd Anniversary Update Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx_1Oo85b9A
8. PlayStation VR surpasses 1 million sold (Source: The Verge Jame Bareham)
Full Article: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/5/15719382/playstation-vr-sony-sales-one-million
9. Sony interactive Entertainment America president and CEO Shawn Layden: ‘Vita is still a viable platform’ (Source: The Verge Andrew Webster)
Full Article: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2017/6/5/15720348/sony-ceo-shawn-layden-interview-vita-portable
10. Tekken 7 claims series’ first No.1 in almost 20 years (UK) (Source: NeoGAF user Loudninja, MCV Ben Parfitt)
Full article: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/tekken-7-claims-series-first-no-1-in-almost-20-years/0183286
11. Lost Sphear for PS4, Switch, and PC by I am Sestuana Dev Gets New Screenshots/Info from Square Enix (Source: Dualshockers Giuseppe Nelva)
Full Article and screenshots: http://www.dualshockers.com/lost-sphear-for-ps4-switch-pc-by-i-am-setsuna-developers-gets-new-screenshots-info-square-enix/
12. Sony: PS4 owners spend about 50,000 years a week gaming. 1 in 5 PS4s sold since Pro’s release are PS4 Pros (Source: Polygon Brian Crecente)
Full Article at: https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/5/15728406/ps4-sales-stats
13. Looks like Minecraft: Story Mode will get a second season (Source: Eurogamer Tom Phillips)
Full Article at: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-05-looks-like-minecraft-story-mode-is-getting-second-season
14. Dragon’s Dogma: Arisen is now on GOG for $12 (Source: Wario64)
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/871721775117221889
15. Days of Play kicks off Friday with $249 PS4, other PS Sales (Source: Polygon Biran Crecente)
https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/5/15728394/ps4-sale-gold-games
16. 15 mins of Monster Hunter XX Switch version gameplay (Source: Gematsu Sal Ramano)
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/15-minutes-monster-hunter-xx-nintendo-switch-ver-gameplay
17. Surprise Pokemon Direct Tomorrow Morning 7 AM PST
https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/871728898656137216
Big Pokemon News On the Way
http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/big-pokemon-news-on-the-way/
Can tune in here: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/06-06-2017/
Or on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nintendo
18. Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 announced include Mega Man 7,8,9, and 10 for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. Coming in August!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MegaMan/status/871743582784204800
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamiA3ki4-o&feature=youtu.be
19. Sony teases “big announcements” for Japanese games at E3 (Source: Gematsu Sal Romano)
Full Article: http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017
20. Devolver Digital Conference set for June 11th 10 PM PST (Source: Gematsu Sal Romano)
Full Article: http://gematsu.com/2017/06/devolver-digital-e3-2017-press-conference-set-june-11
21. Sony’s Jim Ryan comments on backwards compatibility: “why would anybody play this?” (Source: Time Matt Peckham, Credit to NeoGAF user Vashetti)
“When we’ve dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much,” says Ryan. “That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?”
NeoGAF post: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1385853
Full Article: http://time.com/4804768/playstation-4-ps4-pro-psvr-sales/
22. Target June 11th to June 17th ad: $250 gold PS4, $40 Horizon Zero Dawn, Switch will be in stock
Ad can found in http://www.freestufffinder.com/ads/target-ad-preview-week-611-617
23. Playstation is winning but what next? (Source: Glixel John Davison)
This is a full article summarizing Sony’s master plan. This has a lot of repeatable information from previous links but I think still worth looking at.
Full article: http://www.glixel.com/news/playstation-is-winning-but-what-next-w485683
24. Xbox Wire: A Closer Look at the Project Scorpio Xbox Development Kit (Source: Xbox wire Major Nelson)
Full article: https://news.xbox.com/2017/06/05/closer-look-project-scorpio-xbox-development-kit/
25.Nintendo Switch gets FIFA 18, but it doesn’t run on Frostbite and is missing modes along with the PS3 and Xbox 360 version. (Source: Daniel Vuckovic)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VOOK64/status/871748794433458176
