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E3 2019: Fallout 76 Selling Special Bundle For Limited Time

Bethesda announced during its E3 2019 press conference that it would be making Fallout 76 free for this week, through June 17. The studio hopes to win over some people who never tried the game or those who have lapsed before the game issued its series of quality-of-life updates. The game is also offering a special E3 bundle for those who do adopt the game, or just any players who want a good deal.

The E3 Bonus Atom Bundle costs $10 and grants you 1500 Atoms, along with an Elder’s Battlecoat and 6 repair kits. This bundle will be available through July 8, giving you plenty of time after the free trial ends.

100 Atoms is usually roughly equivalent to $1. A 500 Atom bundle costs $5, for example. Some bundles have thrown in extra Atoms, but it’s usually a low number. The usual $10 bundle only gives 100 bonus Atoms rather than 500, and doesn’t include a cosmetic or any repair kits. So on the whole this is a much better deal than usually available, which is why it’s only available to purchase once.

The timing of the free trial came alongside the launch of a new Battle Royale mode, called Nuclear Winter. At its press conference the studio also announced the Wastelanders update coming this fall. It will add human NPCs, dialogue trees, and more story elements. The company was open about the struggles Fallout 76 faced at launch, but recommitted to long-term support and updates going forward.

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E3 2019: The Witcher 3 On Switch Will Run At 540p In Handheld Mode, 720p Dynamic Resolution Docked

Rumours were already swirling prior to E3 2019, so it wasn’t entirely surprising when Nintendo’s E3 Direct presentation officially confirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition will be coming to Switch later this year.

We’ve already seen footage of the port as part of Nintendo’s Direct, and were even privy to its most infamous image being rendered on Switch thanks to CD Projekt Red’s lead PR manager, Radek Grabowski. Now, the official Twitter account for the game has spilled the beans on some of the technical details concerning Geralt of Rivia’s conversion to Nintendo’s hybrid console.

The Witcher 3 is an exhaustive open-world game that still looks incredible today, four years after its initial release. The fact that it’s coming to Switch sounds like the work of some kind of witcher magic, so compromises have been made to get it up and running as smoothly as possible on Nintendo’s machine.

When asked about screen resolution on Twitter, the Witcher account replied that the game will run at 540p in handheld mode, and 720p with dynamic resolution enabled while docked. Obviously, the visual fidelity isn’t going to be quite as crisp as it is in other versions of the game, but that’s an understandable price to pay for being able to play one of the best games of the generation while sitting on a bus.

The Witcher Twitter account went on to answer more questions, including news that the Switch version will come on a 32GB cartridge–which includes everything, from the base game to its two expansions and 16 additional pieces of DLC, no downloads required–and that it will not support cross-saves.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition is being developed by Saber Interactive in close cooperation with CD Projekt Red, and is due for release at some point in 2019.

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