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The last week has been rather interesting, given the leaked Windows 11 ISO, the E3 gaming announcements and yes, the Xbox Mini Fridge. Make sure you catch up via our handy overview.

In a surprise announcement, Square Enix and Eidos-Mon today revealed Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, a fully single-player action adventure game that follows Star-Lord for an original storyline.

The Turtle Rock Studios-developed cooperative zombie shooter Back 4 Blood will be a day one Xbox Game Pass release across both Xbox consoles and PC. The PVP mode Swarm also got a reveal today.

The Relic Entertainment-developed next entry in the famous real-strategy series Age of Empires is launching on October 28. Abbasid Dynasty and the French have also been revealed as new factions.

During the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase today, developer Mundfish showed off the latest trailer for its alternate-universe game Atomic Heart. The title still doesn't have a release date as of yet.

At the Xbox Bathesda Showcase today, Obsidian announced a sequel to The Outer Worlds. It is set in a new star system with an entirely new crew, and it's called The Outer Worlds 2. That's all we know.

Arkane Studios has unveiled Redfall, a brand new cooperative game that involves taking down "science-inspired" vampires that's laying siege to a town. The game will be Xbox platform exclusive.

Following a long hiatus, GSC Game World has finally showed off an official gameplay trailer for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, now dubbed Heart of Chernobyl. The game is coming in out late April next year.

Just Cause franchise developer Avalanche Studios and Xbox teamed up today to announce Contraband with a cinematic trailer. This will be a smuggling- focused, open world cooperative title.

The first Battlefield 2042 trailer gave a three-minute look at the upcoming DICE-developed shooter, showing off the Doha, Qatar-set Hourglass map, its massive sandstorm, gadgets, and more.

After rumors of its unveil, Playground Games at long last took the wraps off Forza Horizon 5, the next installment in its sim-cade racer series. It lands November 9 on Steam, Xbox, and in Game Pass.

343 Industries unveiled the first gameplay footage of Halo Infinite multiplayer during the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase. The free-to-play experience will have various training modes for new players.

In a surprising reveal, Rare's pirate adventure game is having a crossover with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones are coming in as a part of brand-new campaigns.

Starfield was the first trailer to come out of the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase today, revealing the first in-engine footage, its 11-11-22 release date, and some information about the setting.

Microsoft is about to show off what is coming up next from its latest studios, partners, and more in the E3 Xbox and Bethesda Showcase digital conference. The show will be 90 minutes long.

Ubisoft is planning to bring crossplay and cross-progression capabilities to its tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege, but console players will be waiting for the update until next year.

Ubisoft's upcoming multiplayer extreme sports game, Riders Republic, will be allowing players to go biking, skiing, snowboarding, wing suiting, and rocket wing suiting on September 2.

The season pass of Far Cry 6 is reintroducing the popular villains of the series previous titles like Vaas and Pagan Min, this time letting players go into their minds to explore their psyches.

The Massive Entertainment-developed Avatar game based on the James Cameron movie finally received a reveal trailer today at Ubisoft Forward. The first-person game is coming out sometime in 2022.

Ubisoft finally gave a new release date to Rainbow Six Extraction and unveiled gameplay. Operators are presented with procedurally generated objectives across 12 maps for taking down alien threats.

Ubisoft kicks off E3 2021 later today with a games showcase, and here's how you can catch the complete presentation. The company is promising premieres, updates, and a few surprises.

Microsoft will be unveiling what's next for Xbox and Bethesda in its upcoming games showcase during E3 week. The highly anticipated event is sure to bring out the big guns such as Starfield and Halo.

Microsoft will soon be hosting a special joint conference that shows off wares from both Xbox and Bethesda according to Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty. This is likely to be a part of E3.

Ahead of next month's E3 digital event, the Entertainment Software Association has shared details of how its online portal and app will allow anyone to virtually participate in the event.

Electronic Arts is bringing back its EA Play Live virtual event this year with more announcements. But instead of its usual June slot during E3 week, the showcase is now slated to happen in July.

Ubisoft is officially returning to E3 this year to show off its latest gaming experiences. The digital-only event is keeping the Ubisoft Forward name from its own presentations from last year.

The organization behind E3 has confirmed that the popular gaming showcase hub is returning for its four-day event this June. Unlike previous years, this will be a "reimagined, all-virtual" event.

Nintendo's typical June Direct, which usually lines up with E3, may have been cancelled altogether according to a new report. It will be the first time it won't have a digital event since 2013.

The ESA has revealed that that the online experience that was meant to replace the live E3 show is no longer taking place, and the organization is helping companies host individual events.

Entertainment Software Association is planning to bring back E3 in 2021 as a "reimagined" event that will take place in June. Nothing about the previously revealed online-only event has been detailed.

While some gaming companies are already prepping their own presentations as replacements for E3, Bethesda won't be going this route. The company will be skipping out on hosting a digital showcase.

If E3 2020 had gone on as planned this year, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment was reportedly going to show up with its own live presentation, showcasing new Harry Potter and Batman projects.

With E3 2020 now being canceled, Microsoft and Ubisoft are taking their live stage presentations digital. The companies plan to host online events to announce their wares and upcoming projects.

Confirming previous reports, the Entertainment Software Association has officially canceled the E3 2020 event. An online event is being prepared as a replacement, also slated for June.

Multiple sources from the gaming industry are stating that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) of 2020 has been canceled. Entertainment Software Association has not confirmed the news yet.

Sony has announced that for the second year in a row, PlayStation will not be making an appearance at E3. The company will be focusing on attending "hundreds of consumer events across the globe."

E3 2019 took place this past week, and Microsoft was there, as usual, to showcase a number of first- and third-party games. We also got some Patch Tuesday news, and more. Catch up below.

Nintendo tends to offer a pretty unique experience during E3. Its booths from previous years have focused more on the experience, but this year it packs both an experience and expanded demo stations.

Opera introduced today its new browser intended for gamers. The Opera GX went live for early access only during the E3 event in Los Angeles, with its general release scheduled later this year.