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Just Cause 4 was a big hit, particularly the enormous,

scenery-shredding tornado featured in the footage

released by Avalanche. “It’s fully physicalised,” game

director Francesco Antolini said on stage. “It roams the

world wreaking havoc and it isn’t just background

scenery. This is Just Cause, man!” The game is running on

a new engine called Apex that Avalanche promises will

offer more varied biomes and extreme weather.

WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED

We were treated to some new footage ofTwo Point

Hospital, a spiritual successor to Bullfrog’s classicTheme

Hospital. “It’s a game about designing and building your

own hospital,” producer Mark Webley (project leader of

the original Theme Hospital, fact fans) said on stage.

“There’s a lot of customisation, interesting illnesses, and

interesting ways to cure them. Your first hospital is a

pretty simple affair, but as you move through the regions

they get tougher to run. You’ll be spinning a lot of plates.”

And those are just a few of the games we showed. We

also saw snippets of Star Citizen, Night Call,Killing

Floor 2, The Sinking City, Hunt: Showdown,Star Control,

The Forgotten City, and Neo Cab – you can learn more

about them on the PCG website. See you at E3 next year.

Andy Kelly

Highs&Lows

HIGHS

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

With added romances and dialogue

choices, we’re cool withAssassin’s

Creedturning intoMass Effect.

The Elder Scrolls 6

Details are thin on the ground but

we’re already scrutinising the

announcement trailer for clues.

Hitman 2

Awholenewinstalmentofone of the

best modern stealth games on PC?

Our garottes are primed and ready.

Steam

Valve’s refusal to police what goes on

Steam is going to flood the store with

all kinds of edgelord crap.

Cyberpunk 2077

This looks incredible, but the wait for

CD Projekt Red’s futuristic new RPG

isgoingtobeabsolutetorture.

Shadow of the

Tomb Raider

We’re bored of stabbing people. Can

we raid some tombs? Please?

LOWS

GET IN THE SEA

OCEAN GAMING

DARK ARTS

DEVILMAYCRY

At the PC Gaming Show,

Sega announced that the

absurd Yakuza 0 is heading

to PC. It’s a game of

contrasts: of punching goons, of karaoke

and mahjong, of helping a nervous

dominatrix be better at her job. It’s also a

prequel,andthustheperfectplace for

newcomers to jump in. PS

LONG AWAITED

YAKUZ A 0
Rather than picking a
specific title, my E3 highlight
was the glut of games set in
or around water. We got
another peek at Ubi’s multiplayer pirate
game, Skull & Bones, found out EA has
picked up the poignant monster tale of
Sea of Solitude, and giggled with glee
over shark RPG, Maneater. PW

Devil May Cry 5 looks like my

kind of silly. It’s the type of

hack-and-slash game that

no one seems to make

anymore, and the reveal trailer

looked mid-’00s Capcom in an

endearing way. The question is, are

my reaction times too slow to play

this sort of game now? SR

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