Nintendo kicked off E3 2018 with a new Nintendo Direct that was chock full of great news, especially if you’re a Super Smash Bros. fan. While Super Smash Bros. Here’s a roundup of the seven best announcements from Nintendo’s E3 2018 presentation. Super Smash Bros. Super Mario Party will let four players party across two Nintendo Switch screens in a new mode called Toad’s Rec Room.

Have you ever wanted to burn an image of Sonic the Hedgehog on your toast? Well, Sega is crowdfunding a toaster that burns the blue blur into your bread anyway. The Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter noted that, while most companies are announcing big new game titles for E3, Sega is bringing out this toaster for all the Sonic fans out there. It appears that the toaster only toasts Sonic’s image on to the center and the edges of your bread, which is… not the best. Or use the poorly toasted bread to mak

The first paid expansion for Splatoon 2 is coming Wednesday, June 13, Nintendo announced today at E3 2018. Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami revealed the Octo Expansion’s release date today at the end of the Splatoon 2 World Championships. Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion is a new single-player adventure that packs in more than 80 missions. Players can unlock playable Octolings and in-game gear by completing the Octo Expansion DLC. In addition to revealing the release date, Nogami promised even more

Fortnite launched on the Nintendo Switch today and, despite a rather huge problem with player accounts, it’s a good port of a popular game. While keyboard/mouse players have the expected advantage over everyone else, the Switch version should keep you mostly competitive against other console players. Fortnite on Switch supports party chat through the headphone jack. It’s also interesting that Epic Games has no plans to bring the Save the World game mode to the Switch version of Fortnite. Other t

Fallout 76 was released with a catchy trailer that no one can get out of their heads and an eerily beautiful rendition of post-apocalyptic West Virginia. While fan reactions about the online-only gameplay and the differences between Fallout 76 and the other Fallout titles are mixed, Fallout fans in West Virginia are pretty darn stoked to see their state in the game. But the fact that the game is set in a state rarely recognized in media has struck deep in the hearts of West Virginians. No sarcas

It’s not wrong to feel skeptical of Pokémon: Let’s Go. On the surface, the game is an upscaled version of Pokémon Go mashed up with the first-generation Pokémon games. The pitch is that this is Pokémon for budding Pokémon fans. during E3 2018, I have good news: It’s as fun as any other mainline Pokémon game. It’s really, really, really nice.

At E3 2018, Bungie confirmed that players will be able to bring their current legendaries into the Destiny 2: Forsaken, the game’s new expansion this September. “You’ll be able to bring your Year One stuff forward with you,” Destiny 2 game director Steve Cotton told PC Gamer. “If you own Forsaken you’ll be able to bring it up to the same [level].”This statement may seem a bit ambiguous to the discerning Destiny fan. For players who are still working to collect all of the legendary gear released

Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man already seems like one of the highlights of E3 2018, having made a splash when it closed out Sony’s press briefing. The PlayStation 4 exclusive is playable at E3, and Sony has posted a 10-minute gameplay video taken from the build at the company’s booth on the E3 show floor. You can also press X to jump off a web line, which will propel Spider-Man forward and help him build speed as he’s swinging. These icons signify spots where Spidey can “perch,” which works by pres

Days after releasing an extended trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 at Microsoft’s E3 2018 press conference, developer CD Projekt Red has started talking about what kind of game it’s making. Cyberpunk 2077, in the studio’s own words, is “an open world, narrative-driven role-playing game” played in the first-person perspective. CD Projekt Red promises a “robust character creator” that will let players choose their gender, appearance, class and background — choices that may influence how Cyberpunk 2077 pl

The studio noted that the original Chloe model “will still be free.”(Spoiler) A lot of players asked us to « bring back Chloe » after her release. pic.twitter.com/FBt59FrJC2 — Detroit: Become Human (@Detroit_PS4) June 10, 2018The option seems like it undermines the story that drives Detroit: Become Human forward. Quantic Dream did respond to replies to its tweet to note that the patch will only introduce the option to obtain a replacement Chloe model. And let’s say players are really gravitating

Epic Games’ plans for the upcoming year of Fortnite competitive play will all culminate in the 2019 Fortnite World Cup, the company announced today during its Fortnite Pro-Am tournament at E3 2018. Epic said it will use its $100 million esports investment to help sponsor tournaments throughout the 2018-19 season of play. In addition, Epic will hold specific qualification events for the 2019 Fortnite World Cup, which will have separate competitions for both solo and duo players. These events will

The publisher announced on Tuesday that Fortnite has 125 million players, which makes it bigger than massive MOBA titles like League of Legends. To compare, Riot boasted 100 million monthly players log into League of Legends monthly back in 2016, with 27 million of those players logging in daily. Announcing the 2019 Fortnite World Cup event! Grab your Fortnite World Cup spot by competing in official qualifiers around the globe. That tournament season will culminate in a World Cup tournament next

Now we know a little bit more about the sequel to Nioh, thanks to an interview with developer Team Ninja during today’s PlayStation Live From E3 stream. Fumihiko Yasuda, director of the original Nioh, said at E3 today that he wants to create a “proper evolution” but “not [a] dramatic change” for Nioh 2. Though the first title was well-received, he said through a translator, there were certain things Team Ninja couldn’t accomplish during Nioh’s development. Yasuda did say that the studio will be

The first ever Epic Games Fortnite Pro-Am has come to an end and crowned its first champions: pro streamer Ninja and musician Marshmello. The first game was an impressive match-up that allowed all 100 players to show off their incredible Fortnite skills in a solo warm-up game. Ultimately, game two came down to Ninja — whose game went significantly better than the first — facing off against the duo of Kinstar and UFC fighter, Sean O’Malley. Despite some careful and clever tricks from CouRage, he

Ten years after it’s seemingly finite conclusion, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion is getting resurrected. The new project, aptly titled Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection, was clouded with mystery from the very beginning. [Warning: major spoilers for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion ahead.] Furthermore, Taniguchi confirmed that the new project and the recap films don’t negate the original series: they merely represent an alternate timeline. The recap films have been licensed by Fun

That’s an amazing assumption that you’re making, one that I’m not going to confirm or deny. You’ve been doing Division stuff elsewhere and you arrive in DC to find what it is that you’re going to find. And you’re going to rebuild and make sure that DC does not collapse, SHaDe [Strategic Homeland Division] does not collapse and that the nation does not collapse. And so should it be clear, we’re definitely not making any political statements. I think making a game or making a game in DC is, is awe

While most companies are sticking to large-scale stage shows at this year’s E3, Nintendo is once again going with a Nintendo Direct video presentation to show off its biggest games of the year. The only game that has been announced for the video presentation so far is Nintendo’s brand-new Super Smash Bros. game. HOW AND WHERE TO WATCH THE NINTENDO DIRECT AT E3 2018The Nintendo Direct E3 2018 will be shown on Tuesday, June 12 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. Check out Polygon for more coverage of all of Nint

Catherine: Full Body, the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita remake of the 2011 puzzle adventure game, has a new trailer for E3 2018. The latest footage is less provocative than its reveal trailer, focusing largely on the top-level story and the big names behind the project. The reveal trailer suggested that Rin is a transgender woman — which seemed to shock and appall Vincent. In fact, the trailer seems to be subtly responding the reaction to the reveal trailer. Catherine: Fully Body is being c

Ubisoft is working to help a number of YouTubers who were hit with 90-day streaming strikes after livestreaming the publisher’s press conference this week. Hey there, sorry for any issues you may have had, this was not intended and we’re working to resolve it ASAP. Creators were reportedly hit with copyright strikes and 90-day livestreaming bans following the conference. It’s why top Twich steamer Shroud’s stream of a conference does infinitely better than an official publisher’s stream, even th

Gambit is the name of a brand-new multiplayer mode coming to Destiny 2: Forsaken. While that mode is still in the balancing phase, representatives from Bungie tell Polygon that a player’s power level will be a factor in the player-versus-player phase of each match. Gambit pits two groups of four players against one another in a race to defeat computer-controlled enemies faster than their opponents. For every 10 or 15 motes banked, players spawn a larger enemy called a blocker on the opponent’s s