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And yes, a third news post. This time there's a bit of everything:

 

First gameplay footage revealed for Total War: Three Kingdoms
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-footage-revealed-for-total-war-three-kingdoms/
SEGA and Creative Assembly have released the first gameplay trailer for Total War: Three Kingdoms. Total War: Three Kingdoms is the next historical title in the Total War strategy series from Creative Assembly launching in Spring 2019, and is the first Total War game to take inspiration from a romanticised version of History.

 

New Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass screenshots and details unveiled
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-serious-sam-4-planet-badass-screenshots-and-details-unveiled/
Croteam has updated the https://store.steampowered.com/app/257420/Serious_Sam_4_Planet_Badass/" target="_blank">Steam store page of Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass with some new screenshots, as well as the first details about it. According to the developers, players will fight through giant hordes of relentless foes, both those that defined the franchise like Kamikaze and Kleer and those ready to become iconic in the future.

 

Metro Exodus releases on February 22nd, gets an official E3 2018 gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metro-exodus-releases-on-february-22nd-gets-an-official-e3-2018-gameplay-trailer/
Deep Silver and 4A Games have released the official E3 2018 gameplay trailer for Metro Exodus, and announced that the game will come out on February 22nd, 2019. In Metro Exodus, players will explore vast open levels as you journey across post-apocalyptic Russia, and all footage in this trailer was captured in-game from a single level.

>>And there are new screenshots.

 

SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE is FromSoftware’s latest game, coming to the PC in 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/sekiro-shadows-die-twice-is-fromsoftwares-latest-game-coming-to-the-pc-in-2019/
During Microsoft’s E3 2018 conference, FromSoftware revealed its latest title, SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE. SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE will be coming to the PC in 2019 and below you can find its announcement trailer. Basically, think of it as Dark Souls in Japan with samurai.

 

Dying Light 2 has been officially announced, first gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dying-light-2-has-been-officially-announced-first-gameplay-trailer/
Techland has officially announced that Dying Light 2 is under development, and has shared the first gameplay trailer. According to the developers, your choices in Dying Light 2 will have an impact on the game.

>>Here's the official screenshots.

 

First gameplay story trailer for Shadow of the Tomb Raider
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-gameplay-story-trailer-for-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider/
Square Enix has released the first gameplay trailer for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Shadow of the Tomb Raider promises to feature the best action scenes of the whole trilogy, as well as weapons that will be focused on stealth. The mainvillain of the game will be Doctor Dominguez and the game begins in Cozumel (Mexico) where Trinity and Lara look for an ancestral key.

 

First screenshots and artworks for Just Cause 4 have been leaked online [UPDATE: Gameplay trailer]
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/first-screenshots-and-artworks-for-just-cause-4-have-been-leaked-online/
The first screenshots and artworks for Just Cause 4 have been leaked online. As we’ve already reported, Just Cause 4 is real and these screenshots will give you an idea of what you can expect from this new title.
UPDATE: Square Enix has released the official E3 2018 trailer for Just Cause 4.

 

Here is the official E3 2018 in-engine trailer for Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-is-the-official-e3-2018-in-engine-trailer-for-cyberpunk-2077/
And the moment most gamers have been waiting for has finally arrived. CD Projekt RED has released the official E3 2018 trailer for Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077 is a narrative-driven, open world RPG set in the most vibrant and dangerous metropolis of the future — Night City.

 

Cyberpunk 2077’s secret message confirms: DRM-free, true story-driven RPG, incoming previews
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cyberpunk-2077s-secret-message-confirms-drm-free-true-story-driven-rpg-incoming-previews/
As always, CD Projekt RED has included a hidden message in its latest trailer for Cyberpunk 2077. According to this hidden message, the PC version of the game will be DRM-free, there will be free DLCs and paid expansions similar to those of The Witcher 3, the game won’t have any micro-transactions and there will be previews soon based on the game’s E3 build.

 

Devil May Cry 5 has been officially announced, first gameplay trailer [UPDATE: PC version confirmed]
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/devil-may-cry-5-has-been-officially-announced-first-gameplay-trailer/
Capcom has officially announced Devil May Cry 5. Devil May Cry 5 will continue the story of the latest Devil May Cry game (you know, the one with the ‘new’ Dante) and Capcom has also presented a gameplay trailer that you can watch below.
UPDATE: The official Twitter account for DmC has confirmed that Devil May Cry 5 will be coming to the PC in Spring 2019.

 

First official details and screenshots for Devil May Cry 5, will be powered by RE Engine
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-official-details-and-screenshots-for-devil-may-cry-5-will-be-powered-by-re-engine/
Capcom has revealed the first official details and screenshots for Devil May Cry 5. 10 years since the last iteration, Devil May Cry 4, Director Hideaki Itsuno and the core team have reunited to conclude the long awaited Sons of Sparda saga.

 

AIDS Simulator and other games removed from Steam, Valve clarifies 'trolling' policy
https://www.pcgamer.com/aids-simulator-and-other-games-removed-from-steam-valve-clarifies-trolling-policy/
Just a day after Valve announced a new 'anything goes' policy for Steam—simplistically, as long as a game is not illegal or "trolling," it will be allowed—it has removed AIDS Simulator, ISIS Simulator, Suicide Simulator, Asset Flip Simulator, and Triggering Simulator from the platform.

 

Overkill's The Walking Dead trailer reveals the game's final survivor
https://www.pcgamer.com/overkills-the-walking-dead-trailer-reveals-the-games-final-survivor/
The fourth and final playable hero in Overill's The Walking Dead is Heather, a kindergarten teacher turned hardened survivor who's introduced in yet another deeply unhappy trailer that's also somehow even more brutal than the previous three.

 

Fatherhood will be a 'big theme' in Spelunky 2, Derek Yu says
https://www.pcgamer.com/fatherhood-will-be-a-big-theme-in-spelunky-2-derek-yu-says/
Details on Spelunky 2 have been light since it was revealed last year, but creator Derek Yu talked about some of the themes of the dungeon-crawling sequel on a podcast last week. The game's first trailer strongly implies that the protagonist will be the daughter of Spelunky 1's main character, and while Yu didn't confirm that, he said that fatherhood is both a "big theme and [an] inspiration" for the follow-up.

 

Watch the new trailer for espionage game Phantom Doctrine
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-new-trailer-for-espionage-game-phantom-doctrine/
A short distance away from the sound and fury of E3, literally across the road from the LA Convention Center, there's an alternative show called Indie Heaven. Publisher Good Shepherd is taking the opportunity to showcase some smaller games, and one of them is turn-based tactics game Phantom Doctrine.

 

40K game Inquisitor—Martyr is adding endgame progression and Dark Eldar
https://www.pcgamer.com/40k-game-inquisitormartyr-is-adding-endgame-progression-and-dark-eldar/
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor—Martyr, a new action RPG from the creators of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, came out of Early Access on June 6. Tom thought it needed to "polish up its best ideas" and NeocoreGames certainly seem like they're trying, with a couple of patches since launch and now an announcement explaining their plans for its endgame.

 

Watch demons play beer pong in seven-minute gameplay video for Afterparty
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-demon-beer-pong-in-new-video-for-afterparty-the-next-game-oxenfree-devs/
You can now watch a full seven minutes of gameplay for Afterparty, the next game from the creators of Oxenfree. The new video, above, shows the opening segments of the game, which sees two college friends try to escape hell by out-drinking Satan.

 

Totally Accurate Battlegrounds no longer free, has amassed three million downloads
https://www.pcgamer.com/totally-accurate-battlegrounds-no-longer-free-has-amassed-three-million-downloads/
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds started out as a late April fools' joke and parody of the battle royale genre. And then three million players downloaded it, including Austin, who punched cheese on his way to a no-kill victory (sort of). Now, as was planned, it's no longer free-to-play, and you'll have to pay $4.99/£3.99 for its shenanigans.

 

PUBG's Sanhok map coming to PC on June 22
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-sanhok-release-date/
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' third map, Sanhok, will be released on June 22 on PC, an update on Steam confirmed today. After several rounds of beta testing, the new map is just about ready for prime time. The Steam update also mentions that the map will be coming to Xbox in "late summer 2018."

 

PUBG teases a fourth map with snow in E3 trailer, due this winter
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-teases-a-snow-map-in-e3-trailer/
During Microsoft's E3 2018 press conference, a trailer for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds had a surprising tease at the very end, showing what appeared to be a brand new snow map. In just a brief glimpse, we see a first-person view of someone following the snowy footprints of another player.

 

Cuphead is getting The Delicious Last Course DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/cuphead-is-getting-the-delicious-last-course-dlc/
Cuphead has DLC on the way, as announced just now at the Microsoft E3 conference, called The Delicious Last Course. Get it? I'll wait. It took someone in the PC Gamer Slack to explain it to me, actually. I blame E3, and trying to watch trailers and write at the same time. Woe is me.

 

Tunic trailer shows off adorable fox combat
https://www.pcgamer.com/tunic-trailer-shows-off-adorable-fox-combat/
A new Tunic trailer showed up at Microsoft's E3 presser today. The Zelda-ish action RPG, which showed up at E3 last year at the PC Gaming Show, looks lovely as ever, and there's a bit of technical blocking and dodging to glimpse in the trailer.

 

Metal Wolf Chaos XD, a lost From Software classic from 2004, is getting a remaster
https://www.pcgamer.com/metal-wolf-chaos-xd-a-lost-from-classic-from-2004-is-getting-a-remaster/
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice isn't the only new From Software game announced at E3 2018: Devolver Digital has announced it will also publish a game by the Dark Souls studio. It's a remaster of Metal Wolf Chaos, a cult classic mech combat game released for the original Xbox in 2004. Now it's coming to PC later this year, with upgraded visuals and widescreen support.

 

Devolver Digital's E3 2018 show included gore, a homage to Robocop, actual game announcements
https://www.pcgamer.com/devolver-digitals-e3-2018-show-included-gore-a-homage-to-robocop-actual-game-announcements/
If you saw Devolver Digital's E3 conference last year, you'll have had an idea what to expect: host Nina Struthers doing a pitch-perfect impersonation of frightening corporate passion, gore, skits, and maybe some hints about actual games. This year's was a short one, though it did find time to reveal "lootboxcoin" and end with an homage to Robocop. In between, there were actual trailers for actual games including a remake of FromSoftware's Metal Wolf Chaos, a game in which the President of the United States puts on a mech suit to defeat a coup. You read that right.

 

Done! *Phew* I don't know if I'll be able to keep this kind of pace during all the week.