The adventure exploration title Lost Ember was on display during GameSpot’s E3 2019 stage show with the latest footage. Have a look at the video below to see the game in action.
Contra Rogue Corps will not impose any microtransactions on players, Konami has confirmed. That news comes straight from director and producer Nobuya Nakazato, who shared the news in an interview with 4Gamer.
Nakazato said the following regarding keeping microtransactions out of the game:
The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta show off some gameplay from Cadence of Hyrule. Check out the full episode below.
One of the new features we found out about for Doom Eternal this past week is Battlemode. In this multiplayer mode, a fully-armed Doom Slayer goes up against against two player-controlled demons in first-person combat.
As far as multiplayer goes, that’ll be just about it for Doom Eternal. Executive producer Marty Stratton told IGN at E3 this week that there will not be any other traditional multiplayer mode in the game.
Through E3 2019, Nintendo had various developers (and more) stop by to contribute to a large-scale mosaic of sorts with various drawings. Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and Hisashi Nogami are just a few who participated. You can view the full video below.
Look who came to #E32019 this year! Enjoy these fun signatures and doodles from developers and others who swung by the Nintendo booth! pic.twitter.com/qEtNSqWHLt
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 14, 2019
Had history gone another way, things could have gone very differently with Fortnite. Rod Fergusson, the former director of production at Epic Games, told Game Informer in a recent interview that he tried to cancel the game.
Fergusson referred to how Fortnite “had some challenges” when it was only comprised of Save the World. “As the director of production at the time, that game would not have passed my bar for something we should have continued to keep going,” he said.
Below are Fergusson’s full words:
Just in time for Father’s Day comes yet another North American Switch commercial. Find an advert focusing on dads in the video below.
The latest episode of Nintendo Power podcast is now live. Host Chris Slate, along with Kit Ellis from Nintendo Minute, share their thoughts on the show’s biggest games and announcements from E3 2019. Special guests Pete Hines from Bethesda Softworks and the president of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, also appear.
Here’s the full episode:
A few Wii games from Nintendo have been released on the NVIDIA Shield in China. System owners can purchase and play New Super Mario Bros. Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Punch-Out!!, and Super Mario Galaxy.
Next up in the pipeline is Donkey Kong Country Returns. That game recently received approval from China’s gaming regulator to launch in the country. While we don’t have an official release date yet, we should be hearing more soon.
As we found out earlier this week, the high precision platformer Standby is launching for Switch on August 1. Take a look at the official launch trailer below.
