Bethesda at E3 2016: all of the latest news and biggest games
It's Bethesda's second-ever E3 press conference. Last year we got Fallout 4, Doom, and a surprise mobile game (Fallout Shelter). Here's what they have for 2016 and beyond.
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New Fallout Pip-Boy replica is a $350 ‘smartwatch' for phone calls and text messages
Remember last E3, how Bethesda announced a real-life Pip-Boy? And remember how it was essentially a crummy smartphone shell? Well, this E3 Bethesda has revealed a new Pip-Boy and this one looks maybe — just maybe — like it’s the Pip-Boy Fallout fans wanted all along.
Unlike the old version, the Pip-Boy Deluxe Bluetooth Edition has "an integrated screen and its own on-board software and hardware." The gadget pairs to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, and allows wearers to take calls, view...
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The 5 best game trailers from Bethesda’s E3 2016 press event
Bethesda has become one of the most important players at the annual E3 video game conference, despite only having hosted a major press event for two years. Last year, the company aired trailers for Doom, Dishonored 2, and Fallout 4. This year, Bethesda sought to outdo itself, revealing first trailers for Prey and Quake Champions, along with footage from upcoming Fallout 4 DLC and a remastered Skyrim.
Here are some of our favorite trailers from Bethesda's E3 2016 press conference. Check out...
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Watch the first gameplay trailer for Dishonored 2
Dishonored 2 — the sequel to stealthy steampunk stabfest Dishonored — is coming on November 11th, and now we've got a better look at how it will play. Publisher Bethesda showed its first actual footage of the game at its E3 press conference tonight, showing a world run by Empress Emily Kaldwin — the same child players helped protect in the first game.
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Fallout Shelter quests are coming in July along with a PC version
Last year, Bethesda surprised everyone at E3 by both announcing and then immediately releasing Fallout Shelter, its first mobile game. And it was a huge hit, with more than 50 million players as well as its own upcoming pseudo-adaptation for Fallout 4.
Tonight, Bethesda announced update 1.6 for Fallout Shelter, which will include Quests (with a capital 'Q') with new characters, enemies, and locations.
Quests will arrive in July, as will Fallout Shelter for PC — good for those that have...
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Virtual reality Fallout 4 is coming to HTC Vive in 2017
Bethesda Softworks is releasing last year's Fallout 4 for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset in 2017. The company made the surprise announcement at its E3 keynote, and we know almost nothing besides that — but for lots of people, that's probably enough. This will make Fallout 4 the first big open-world game to get an official, studio-released virtual reality mode.
This is going to take some adaptation. Things like Fallout 4's conversation interface — which is just text overlaid on the...
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Meet the new Prey, nothing like the old Prey, launching 2017
Bethesda showed one of its secret projects tonight, lifting the lid on Prey, the pseudo-sequel to 2006's game of the same name. A marked difference to the decade-old Prey, this new game casts you as Morgan Yu in the year 2032. Yu's the key subject of an experiment on the space station Talos One, but things aren't going quite so well — the space station has been overrun by aliens. Fortunately, Yu has some special powers to fight back.
Lead designer Raphael Colantonio was tight-lipped on what...
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Fallout 4 will get Nuka World, Contraptions, and Vaultec Workshops DLC this summer
"Contraptions Workshop" and "Vaultec Workshop" will be the next pieces of downloadable content for Fallout 4. Footage of the DLC was shown at Bethesda’s E3 2016 press event. The former will arrive next week, while the latter hits in July. Those seemingly smaller downloadable updates will lead to "Nuka World" in August, which looks to be more akin to last month's Far Harbor DLC.
These will be the fourth, fifth, and sixth pieces of DLC, following up "Automatron," "Wasteland Workshop," and...
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Skyrim remastered is launching in October for Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4
Nearly five years after it first came out, Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim continues to have a very impressive fan base that keeps the game pretty through HD mods. Now it's Bethesda's turn: tonight at its E3 press conference, the company has announced a remastered version of Skyrim coming to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Judging from the footage just released — jump to 3:18 if you want to skip all the new Fallout— Skyrim Special Edition has been improved dramatically for the new...
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How to watch Bethesda’s E3 2016 press event
It's crazy to think that this is only Bethesda Software's second big E3 press conference — especially after last year's inaugrual keynote with Fallout 4 and Doom in 2015. For this year, we expect them to talk about both of those games, with the first of three Doom add-ons scheduled for this summer and more Fallout 4 expansions in the works.
We're also expecting Bethesda to talk about digital card game The Elder Scrolls: Legends, which was initially announced at last year's E3, pushed back,...