Square Enix’s E3 2018 press conference was surprisingly short, but we’ve rounded up every trailer they showed. For a comprehensive list of all Square Enix announcements, check out our storystream. Square Enix is bringing classic JRPG vibes to the Nintendo Switch this year. Square Enix teases a mysterious new game. The Square Enix gameplay trailer has a bit more footage (and story hints) than the one shown at Xbox’s press conference.

I didn’t know what to expect from Square Enix’s E3 2018 press conference, which is good, because I’m not exactly sure what we got. Let’s take a look at what Square Enix did right, and where it dropped the ball. This is not a serious series, and that’s one of my favorite things about it. I’m completely baffled by Kingdom Hearts as a series, but the reaction in the room when this trailer played convinced me that Square Enix is doing something right with it. Wrong: Those missing gamesDear Square En

Microsoft revealed Forza Horizon 4 at the Xbox E3 2018 press event, showing a trailer and gameplay that focused on the games seasons. Set in Britain, the game world will change depending on whether it’s winter, spring, summer or autumn. But how specifically the seasons will change, and how regularly they will shift, was unclear. We spoke with Turn 10 Studios design director Jon Knoles about how the game will change with each season. Polygon: Okay, back to the seasons — will it be like a week of

Jurassic World Evolution is exactly the park sim you want it to beShare Jurassic World Evolution is exactly the park sim you want it to beJurassic World Evolution, a new game tied to the theatrical release of this month’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, is a park simulator similar to Planet Coaster from last year or Zoo Tycoon from years before that. Jurassic World Evolution exceeds those expectations. Jurassic World Evolution eases you into owning and operating a dinosaur park smoothly. Jurassi

— he’s also responsible for the downfall of Jurassic Park as Dennis Nedry. Jurassic World Evolution offers you a host of allies to assist you in running a park packed with unruly dinosaurs. If you want to see how bad that situation can become, check out the hit 1993 film Jurassic Park. It’s still frustrating to lose progress in Jurassic World Evolution, but it feels true to the roots of the series. Jurassic World Evolution will be released for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One on June 12.

But how do you create an action-adventure game that’s going to become the most loved pastime? A video game where players create the questsPolygon: Do you think there’s this push then away from the one-time story and towards anecdote engines? I think that’s the thing that you have to solve right. How player data and theories could shape future game storiesPolygon: So that’s a thing you’ve been talking about that I find really interesting. Let’s say you have a traditional faction system and let’s

The sneaking around the levels, the use of the grappling hook and the combat all reminded me of one game: Tenchu: Stealth Assassins. Take a look at some of the game in action:The Tenchu series has an interesting history. Activision purchased the rights to the series from Sony Music Entertainment, and later sold those rights to … FromSoftware. The two companies co-published a Tenchu game, called Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, in 2003, with FromSoftware handling the game in Japan and Activision handli

This week on The History of Fun, Chris Plante is doing a deep dive into the origins of E3. Join us as we travel from LA to Atlanta then back to LA, then to Anaheim briefly, then to a hanger at one point. Here is the full thread of responses:Enjoying The History of Fun? New to The History of Fun? Every Monday, Russ Frushtick, Allegra Frank and Chris Plante explore the hidden backstories behind the things we love to do.

Called Skyrim: Very Special Edition, it’s an audio version that can be played on any Amazon Alexa smart device. But it’s actually a real app, referred to as an Alexa “skill,” that you can activate and play right now — on Amazon Echo or the Amazon (shopping) app. As it turns out, you don’t actually need an Amazon smart device to play. You can use virtually any iOS or Android device, so long as you have the Amazon app installed. Download and install the Amazon shopping app for your iOS or the Amaz

CD Projekt Red introduced Cyberpunk 2077 in a short trailer that nevertheless packed in a ton of world-building detail. These run deeper than the very clever hidden message that CD Projekt Red included in a single dang frame at the very end of the video. Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in the same setting as the tabletop roleplaying game Cyberpunk 2020. Name-checked in this trailer are a bunch of corporations from the Cyberpunk RPG, like Militech and Arasaka. There’s a lot to digest in this short min

My Friend Pedro got a spot in the Devolver Digital E3 2018 press conference. The ridiculous slow-motion shooter will be coming to Nintendo Switch and Windows PC sometime in early 2019.Who is Pedro? A banana who encourages you to obliterate anyone in your path. You’ll execute elegant flips and moves, behead your enemies with a skateboard, dive headfirst into a basketball net and pull off other action movie stunts. Publisher Developer calls My Friend Pedro “a violent ballet about friendship, imagi

Watch Microsoft’s E3 2018 press conference with us! Patrick Gill, Brian Gilbert and myself are streaming from the comfort of our Airbnb before we hit the E3 showfloor next week. Brian says he’s excited to see “whatever the hell they do with Gears of War.” It’s been two years since Gears of War 4 came out. Tune in on Polygon’s YouTube channel to watch the press conference with us, and make sure you subscribe so that you don’t miss any of our E3 2018 videos. Microsoft’s press conference will be Su

Cuphead — the run-and-gun hit from indie developer StudioMDHR with the iconic 1930’s art style — has a new DLC package called “The Delicious Last Course.” The DLC includes a new isle, new boss enemies, new weapons and new charms. It also includes a new third playable character, Ms. Chalice, joining series stars Cuphead and Mugman. “The Delicious Last Course” is coming out in 2019, exclusively on Xbox One and PC.

It’s a neat trick — even if it’s something we’ve seen before — but the glitchy visuals hid a variety of details about the game, as well as free copies of Witcher 3’s Game of the Year edition. You have to look at multiple frames to get the full text:And it’s much easier to see if you invert the colors. Here are some tidbits from the hidden text:CD Projekt Red doesn’t want to hint at a release date. “It’s the beauty of being an independent studio and your own publisher.”There will be free DLC, and

Microsoft showed trailers for 50 games in two hours during its E3 press conference, proving once again that few shows can compete with E3 for pure density of content. Microsoft’s Xbox conference was rapid fire trailers and announcements, without the company ever slowing down. No other mega industry event where announcements are made — San Diego Comic Con, CinemaCon or Apple keynotes — comes close to the scale that E3 hits with regularity. A couple of decent trailers, first looks and announcement

Rage 2’s latest gameplay trailer spent time in the post-apocalyptic spotlight during publisher Bethesda’s E3 2018 press conference, where we saw more of the adrenaline-fueled action from the upcoming first-person shooter. An extended look at the game and its gameplay included looks at new weapons and environments for players to wander. The gameplay trailer kicked off with a futuristic vehicle driving through a desert, chasing down other vehicles. A Walmart listing in early May revealed Rage 2’s

The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset launched just last week, but Zenimax Online isn’t resting on its laurels. No new footage of the two pieces of DLC was shown during the press conference, but the Elder Scrolls Online team did give an update on the surging player base. They say that the game has so far attracted over 11 million players, with one million added this year alone. For more on the unlikely rebirth of The Elder Scrolls Online, see our feature story from 2016. It focuses on the One Tamr

Quake Champions received a new trailer at Bethesda’s E3 press conference tonight. The new trailer focused on different champions that players can take control of in the game, and the various skills each chmpaion brings to the table. Quake Champions is the first game in the main franchise since Quake 4, which was released in 2005. Quake Champions was first announced at E3 in 2016, and has been in early access since then. Quake Champions is available to play on Windows PC.

The next release in the Wolfenstein family is Wolfenstein: Youngblood, a co-op experience set in the 1980s and starring BJ’s Blazkowicz’s twin daughters. The game is coming in 2019, and sadly those are all the details that were announced for the game during Bethesda’s press conference. The game takes place in 1980, 19 years after BJ Blazkowicz ignited the second American Revolution in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Wolfenstein: Youngblood introduces the next Blazkowicz generation to the fight

Bethesda Softworks is ready for E3 with its large stable of internal teams — including Arkane Studios, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, MachineGames and Tango Gameworks — and beloved franchises like Fallout, Doom and Wolfenstein. The publisher’s annual BE3 Showcase kicked off at 6:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, June 10, showing off upcoming games like Fallout 76 and Rage 2. Check out all of our coverage of Bethesda’s news, trailers and more in the StoryStream below.