E3 2021: all the news and announcements – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2021-06-17T14:00:00+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/22295179 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Andrew Webster <![CDATA[Nintendo thinks the Switch is well-placed for post-pandemic life]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/17/22537584/nintendo-switch-interview-doug-bowser-e3-2021 2021-06-17T10:00:00-04:00 2021-06-17T10:00:00-04:00

The Switch is nearly five years old and facing increased competition from new and powerful consoles from Sony and Microsoft. But despite all of this, Nintendo's E3 2021 presentation this week was arguably the highlight of this year's event - even if the long-rumored Switch Pro failed to make an appearance. Nintendo showed off the much-anticipated sequel to Breath of the Wild, revealed that the mythical Metroid Dread is launching later this year, and peppered in a handful of other announcements to excite fans. As always, the company continued to exist in its own world, divorced from the technological rat race that typically defines these deba …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[Why it took Nintendo 15 years to make Metroid Dread]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/17/22536783/metroid-dread-yoshio-sakamoto-nintendo-switch-e3-2021 2021-06-17T09:00:00-04:00 2021-06-17T09:00:00-04:00

Around 15 years ago, Yoshio Sakamoto had an idea for the next mainline Metroid game. Called Dread, the game would feature longtime protagonist Samus Aran constantly pursued by some kind of all-powerful force. The idea was to instill fear in players with an enemy they couldn't defeat. This was the same time that the Nintendo DS was becoming a breakout hit, but Sakamoto soon realized that the handheld wasn't powerful enough for his ideas. "It was difficult to realize that concept with that hardware," he said recently during a meeting with reporters.

"I've been wanting to create a 2D Metroid for a while." - Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[The best trailers of E3 2021]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22533225/e3-2021-best-trailers-starfield-botw-metroid-xbox-nintendo-ps5 2021-06-15T14:20:13-04:00 2021-06-15T14:20:13-04:00

The 2021 edition of E3 was perhaps the weirdest yet. After taking a year off due to the pandemic, the world's biggest gaming event returned in a digital-only format. A lot of big names were still present - like Microsoft, Nintendo, and Square Enix - and there were plenty of surprising reveals and other announcements. But the spectacle felt somewhat diminished without the in-person experience. Meanwhile, the show seemed to come together at the very last moment - seriously, we didn't even know the schedule of events until just a few days before E3 kicked off.

So you'd be forgiven for having missed some of the show. Lucky for you, we've gather …

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]]> Mitchell Clark <![CDATA[The Switch is getting new Mario Party and WarioWare games]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535183/mario-party-superstars-warioware-nintendo-direct-e3 2021-06-15T13:32:37-04:00 2021-06-15T13:32:37-04:00

During its E3 Direct, Nintendo announced new entries in the Mario Party and WarioWare series, both coming to the Switch.

Mario Party Superstars will be a collection of classic Mario Party boards from the Nintendo 64, featuring (hopefully only the most infuriating) mini-games from both the N64 and GameCube eras. According to Nintendo, the mini-games can be played through online multiplayer and are compatible with regular controllers (unlike the recent Super Mario Party, which didn't allow for the use of a Pro Controller or Switch Lite unless you had external Joy-Cons.) It will release on October 29th, 2021, for $59.99.

Nintendo also announc …

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]]> Cameron Faulkner <![CDATA[Nintendo is releasing a Zelda-themed Game & Watch handheld]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535212/nintendo-the-legend-of-zelda-ii-links-awakening-game-watch-handheld-release-date 2021-06-15T12:57:03-04:00 2021-06-15T12:57:03-04:00

For the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo is releasing a Zelda-themed green and gold Game & Watch handheld console with four playable built-in games. You'll be able to play the first entry in The Legend of Zelda series, followed by its sequel, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. The fourth game is the Game & Watch Vermin game, but with Link's character imposed over the original character. Additionally, it can be used as a digital clock or timer.

The handheld will release on November 12th for $49.99, and it's available for preorder now. The previous Game & Watch console released for Mar …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[Nintendo is remastering the first two Advance Wars games for the Switch]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535127/advance-wars-1-and-2-re-boot-camp-nintendo-direct-e3-2021 2021-06-15T12:51:10-04:00 2021-06-15T12:51:10-04:00

Nintendo announced that it's remastering the first two games in the Advance Wars series for Nintendo Switch in one package under the banner Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp. The game is scheduled to launch on December 3rd, and you can preorder it beginning Tuesday.

The games are "fully rebuilt from the ground up," and in the trailer shown during the presentation, you can see the game's great new 3D graphics. But it also looks like the classic grid-based strategy gameplay is intact almost exactly as you might remember.

The first Advance Wars game came out in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance, and the second hit in 2003. I played hours and …

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]]> Chaim Gartenberg <![CDATA[Breath of the Wild 2 heads to the skies in stunning E3 trailer]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22533513/nintendo-switch-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-sequel-trailer-e3-2021-release-date-trailer 2021-06-15T12:44:05-04:00 2021-06-15T12:44:05-04:00

After years of anticipation, Nintendo has revealed a new trailer for the still-untitled upcoming sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at E3 2021, along with a 2022 release date.

Breath of the Wild was a launch title for the Switch, and it reinvented the now-35-year-old franchise with an open-world model that broke new ground in the genre and is wildly considered one of the most acclaimed games of all time.

That's a long way of saying that there's a lot riding on the sequel, which Nintendo announced over two years ago at E3 2019 with a surprise teaser trailer. It featured the return of Link and Zelda from Breath of the Wild, al …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[Metroid Dread is real, and it’s coming to the Switch]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22466240/nintendo-metroid-dread-side-scroller-e3-2021-switch 2021-06-15T12:22:35-04:00 2021-06-15T12:22:35-04:00

At its E3 2021 Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed a new entry in the Metroid series: Metroid Dread. It's set to release on October 8th of this year for $59.99.

In a short but action-packed trailer, protagonist Samus Aran faced off against a giant and terrifying white robot that chased her throughout the level. The game looked to play similarly to the 3DS game Metroid: Samus Returns - but it's actually a direct sequel to the Game Boy Advance title Metroid Fusion from 2002, where Samus similarly had to avoid the terrifying SA-X.

Here, Samus will have some intriguing abilities to help her get around. Right from the get-go, she' …

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]]> Chaim Gartenberg <![CDATA[Tekken’s Kazuya is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22534874/super-smash-bros-ultimate-kayuza-tekken-dlc-character-fighters-pass-2-e3-2021 2021-06-15T12:04:40-04:00 2021-06-15T12:04:40-04:00

Nintendo has announced that Kayuza from the Tekken fighting games will be the latest character to join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at its E3 2021 Nintendo Direct presentation. Additional details are promised at a future presentation on June 28th.

The character marks the latest classic fighting game character to join Nintendo's flagship fighter, joining characters like Street Fighter's Ryu or Fatal Fury's Terry Bogard.

Kayuza is the fifth DLC character to be added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's second F …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[Razer is releasing its Project Hazel mask in limited drops in the fourth quarter of this year]]> https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/14/22524990/razer-hazel-mask-first-launch-early-fourth-quarter-2021-drops 2021-06-14T18:57:22-04:00 2021-06-14T18:57:22-04:00

Razer had a few announcements timed for E3 2021, including its new Razer Blade 14 with AMD's Ryzen 9 processors, and an updated Raptor 27 gaming monitor along with a 130W GaN charger. We weren't expecting to hear about anything else, but Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan announced that its Project Hazel mask will actually go on sale, starting early in the fourth quarter of this year.

Tan said that Hazel will be released in "drops" exclusively on its website, with the first coming in that fourth quarter timeframe.

Alongside that availability announcement, Tan also shared some changes coming to the mask since it was first shown in January. Razer is pl …

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