Every little piece of information we learn about video games can’t be classified as a story in itself. While we’d love to talk more about everything, the fact is that resources don’t permit us to discuss titles beyond ones we feel will resonate with our readers. Keeping that in mind, the stories still deserve attention so we’ve invented the daily briefing to get you up to speed.
E3 2017
For the first time ever, E3 is opening its doors to the public. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced that 15,000 tickets will be made available for anyone to buy this coming Monday, February 13. Priced at $250 (or $150 as part of an early discount available on February 13), tickets provide access to the show floor, panel discussions, and other events from Tuesday through Thursday.
The Game Makers
The Game Markers is a ten-part series from Variety which focus on the evolution of the industry and much more.
GDC 2017
Microsoft will reveal more mixed-reality devices at GDC this year according to a livestream.
Gears of War 4
The Locust are coming back to Gears of War 4 multiplayer.
Get Even
Save yourself, save the date: your treatment starts on May 26, 2017 with Get Even on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Stay focused on the details and explore. And take a deep breath. As Cole Black, you’re in an old abandoned asylum with only your memories. Or whose memories are they? You have to save the girl. Focus on the details. She has a bomb. Wait, what?
Get ready and explore the surrealistic and unconventional world of Get Even. What is real? Don’t make assumptions. Don’t even think. Just focus and breathe. You’re so close now…and the master is on his way.
Insurgency: Sandstorm
Insurgency: Sandstorm, published by Focus Home Interactive, is New World’s sequel to Insurgency, which will take the renowned shooter to consoles as well as Steam coming in 2018. Sandstorm takes a graphical leap to Unreal Engine 4, but at its core will still feature the close-quarters infantry combat for multiplayer and co-op gameplay that has established Insurgency as a cult classic for over three million players on Steam.
Kodi
Kodi is a popular open media center program, derived from Xbox Media Center, and it’s coming back to Xbox One soon.
Party Hard 2
Party Hard 2 was just announced by tinyBuild. I imagine that the game will come to PC first and then consoles just like the prequel.
Project CARS 2
Project CARS 2, the sequel to Slightly Mad’s original racing title, was announced today with a release window of late 2017. Expect over 170 cars and more than sixty different tracks. There are numerous weather conditions like ice, dirt, snow and mud too.
Redout
Today, 505 Games announced Redout, the wildly popular arcade racing game developed by 34BigThings, will be taking the podium at retail later this year on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. RedOut takes arcade racing enjoyed in such classics as F-Zero, WipeOut, and Rollcage to the next level with a fast, uncompromising, and satisfying driving experience on the Unreal 4 Engine. Hop in the driver’s seat and go head to head with twelve friends as they speed through more than 25 stylish tracks to a heart pounding soundtrack.
RiftStar Raiders
British game developer Climax Studios today revealed their new co-op space shoot ’em up, RiftStar Raiders, to be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in 2017. In RiftStar Raiders, players will enlist their most reliable teammates to shoot and loot their way through nine unique co-op missions. They will face off in top-down combat against the galaxy’s four most deadly factions, from rival pirate gangs to the hive mind known as WarSwarm. It’s an intense experience!
Siralim
Siralim is a creature-taming role-playing game which was confirmed for Xbox One recently.
Syberia 3
It’s been more than thirteen years since Syberia 2 released and fans have been waiting for more than a decade to follow Kate Walker’s next adventure. Microids finally announced today that the new chapter of the series (Syberia 3) will be available in North America on April 25, across all platforms. The hit point-and-click adventure saga returns for the first time in full 3D, with signature puzzle mechanics and a killer soundtrack (Inon Zur).
WRC 6
Bandai Namco and Bigben Interactive have announced that WRC 6, a new entry in the acclaimed rally racing series, will be available for sale in the Americas (excluding Brazil) for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on March 3, 2017.
Asher is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 1110 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on opinion pieces, game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: wrote over 1,100 ICXM pieces on Xbox news, hardware reviews, and platform commentary before joining Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017.