“We are continuing the story of the Master Chief and Cortana from Halo 5, but also telling a story that’s welcoming for new players,” creative head Joseph Staten said in a followup blog post, adding that “Cortana’s fate is one of the Infinite campaign’s big mysteries.” Returning with a solo campaign and a multiplayer mode that’s sure to keep legions of Spartans on the edge of their seats for years, Halo Infinite is set to debut this holiday season. The case of the missing Cortana lies at the heart of Infinite’s story, as Master Chief discovered after space-jumping his way through the trailer. 343 Industries’ new look at Halo Infinite, both in gameplay and a gripping zero-gravity cinematic trailer, left little doubt that the studio has used the game’s year-long delay to add polish to what’s sure to be one of the most anticipated games of 2021. So much for last year’s low-res meme-ing of “Craig” the facially featureless brute. It’s fun seeing console fixtures on a spaceship that look like A/C controls from a 1980s sedan, so it’s no wonder Starfield’s neat mixture of spacey escapism with lived-in human wear and tear proved a hit with director James Gunn, who asked fans if he could just put Guardians of the Galaxy 3 on hold long enough to play Starfield first: The cinematic trailer didn’t get into actual gameplay, but showed off a sci-fi aesthetic that’s at once futuristic and - perhaps in a nod to Bethesda’s Fallout DNA - just a little bit retro and tattered. Get in a ship, explore the galaxy, do fun stuff.” “It’s like Skyrim in space,” Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard confided in a followup interview at The Washingotn Post, while Bethesda’s Ashley Cheng described it as “the Han Solo simulator. The Elder Scrolls VI may still be as big a mystery as ever, but Bethesda used its first-ever joint showcase with new owner Microsoft to show off the very first proper footage from its long-in-development sci-fi RPG Starfield. Microsoft: Starfield, Redfall, & Halo Infinite There’s a ton of ground to cover in the E3 aftermath, so let’s get straight to the highlights…if, that is, we can stop rewatching that amazing Metroid Dreadtrailer. But whether it was Microsoft’s marathon rundown of everything coming to Xbox, or Nintendo’s surprise reveal of a previously-unannounced Metroid, the games themselves were definitely well represented. From Ubisoft to Capcom to Square Enix and everything in between, it was all pre-recorded and delivered in a carefully curated online stream. With no in-person stage show in Los Angeles, this year’s E3 may have felt comparatively muted as a live-wire event. That makes now the perfect moment to pause and take a closer peek at the biggest (and freshest) highlights, before E3 holdout Sony answers back sometime soon with its next State of Play showcase… and before we get too busy playing all this sweet new stuff we just learned about. We'll even throw in a good old-fashioned board game every now and then!Į3 2021 is in the books, and with it, a (somewhat) clearer picture of what to expect over the next year from Xbox, Nintendo, and the third-party studios that’ll be bringing new games to more than one console. Check in each Friday for news (and occasionally even views) on everything from sprawling RPGs to Metroidvania platformers to the latest in VR and free-to-play. Welcome to The Week in Gaming, the place where we pause each week to take a look at the video game news beats both big and small that you might be missing - while also taking a peek around the corner at what's ahead.
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