Welcome to a jam-packed Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants! It’s time to kick off “The-Artist-Formerly-Known-as-E3” season, starting with Sony’s big PlayStation Showcase! It sure was…something. Something that we’ll talk about. Please be excited for it. PLEASE.

In Consumption Junction we have more Tears of the Kingdom, a little of the Street Fighter 6 open beta, and Shadowrun Returns. See below for the stories we covered:

The announcement and reveal of Mortal Kombat 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIzef_9kk4A

Overwatch 2 cancels a big part of their PVE content:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23730369/overwatch-2-pve-hero-mode-cancellation

Sony PlayStation Showcase 2023:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EKydVVvHk

Naughty Dog delays Last of Us multiplayer game, teases new single player title:

https://www.theverge.com/23735862/naughty-dog-new-single-player-game-multiplayer

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STAGE SELECT: Come up with your idea for a sequel or spinoff to an existing franchise

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