Unlikethat week when Nintendo decided to drop bombshell after bombshell during its Direct, even though this week included aState of Play, the headlines for the past seven days were far from dominated by it. Not only because it didn’t happen until Thursday, but also because it didn’t include many blockbuster announcements. Don’t get me wrong, there will be a couple of stories from it sprinkled in, but in a week that includedXboxattempting to up the ante as it continues to try and get itsActivisiondeal through, and aTears of the Kingdomart book got leaked, revealing Tchia will be here before you know it simply isn’t the kind of thing that’s going to make the biggest stories cut. No offense, Tchia.
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Tears Of The Kingdom Leaks Are Everywhere
Tears of the Kingdom’s launch is still more than two months away, butNintendoheads would have been spinning this week whena lot of images from the sequel’s accompanying art bookstarted to circulate online. Don’t panic, nothing major that has been leaked by those images will be revealed here. Unless you consider the reveal thatcheese will play some sort of role in the next gameto be a spoiler in which case, I am very sorry. Outside of the leaks, it has also been reported thatLink’s Master Sword will undergo a major transformationin the next game.
Kill The Justice League’s Extensive Gameplay Reveal
PlayStationgot ahead of Spider-Man 2 expectations when announcing this week’s State of Play, confirming ahead of time that at least 15 minutes of the presentation would be dedicated toSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguegameplay. As has been the case since it was sort of revealed the game will be live service, the reactions to this week’s gameplay haven’t been great.The trailer has been ratioedand the reveal since that even when playing aloneKill The Justice League will need a constant internet connectionhasn’t gone down well. But hey,there was Riddler trophy spotted in the footage, so that’s something, right?
Zangief, Cammy, And Lily Are Coming To Street Fighter 6
The other biggest takeaway from this week’s State of Play wasthe trailer revealing new additions to the Street Fighter 6 roster. Zangief, Cammy, and Lily were all showcased and given ample time to show off what exactly they will bring to the table when the next installment in the long-running series launches on June 2. Plus, as many of you will have assumed as soon as the new characters were shown on Thursday,some Street Fighter fans have been thirsting over them ever since.
Mortal Kombat 12 Will Launch In 2023
If you skipped the State of Play and caught up with its announcements the next morning, you may have assumed the reveal thatMortal Kombat 12 will launch in 2023was a part of it. It was not. The nextMortal Kombatgame got what may well go down as the most low-key launch announcement in video game history. The reveal that it’s coming, and coming soon, was basically mentioned in passing during a Warner Bros. earnings call. So, if you prefer Mortal Kombat toStreet Fighter, there’s still something to look forward to on the fighting game scene.
Nintendo’s Call Of Duty Deal
Xbox’s potentialActivision Blizzardmerger underwent some major developments this week asMicrosoftofficials traveled to Brussels to speak with European regulators. Part of this week’s developments was confirmation thatNintendo platforms really will be getting Call of Duty games for the next decadeshould the deal be approved. Not a watered-down version of what everyone else is getting, but the sameCall of Dutyas everyone else. Exactly how that will work hasn’t been explained. A bridge for Xbox and Nintendo to cross should they ever come to it.
Fortnite Gets Sam Wilson’s Captain America
WhenEpicpromisedFortnite’sMarvelcrossovers would continue for years to come after that first team up, it really wasn’t kidding. The latest collaboration between the two landed this week asthe rumored Sam Wilson Captain America skin arrivedin Fortnite’s in-game store. Surprising that the game didn’t get some sort of Ant-Man content since Wilson’s arrival coincided with the movie’s arrival in cinemas. Maybe that Kang skin is being saved for a bigger MCU milestone.
