What a month it's been! Between E3, preparing for events, practising our PUBG skills and welcoming new folks into Splash Damage we've had to cut stuff out of the body of the newsletter!

We'll be cheering on Cinzia this Friday at the MCV Women in Games awards, we've wrapped up our first run of Ask Splash with a blooper reel and announced that our CEO will be giving a talk at Devcom in August.

Let's get to it.

Like many of you, we watched E3 with bated breath; seeing so many titles getting great showings across the E3 stages is always a treat.

We had a special interest in Microsoft's E3 presence, though, with both Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Gears 5 getting loads of attention.

The two biggest bits of MCC news this month, though? The pricing and the flighting dates!

Every game in MCC will be available on PC through Xbox Game Pass for PC or available for purchase via the Microsoft Store or Steam. You can buy Halo: Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 3 and Halo 4 for $9.99USD each, and Halo 3: ODST's campaign will be $4.99USD.

And that first public flighting test? That's kicking off this weekend!

Read more in the most recent Halo Update.
 

The second big E3 showing for Splash Damage was Gears 5, and we were incredibly proud to finally announce that we're back supporting The Coalition and Microsoft to deliver the next chapter in the Gears universe!

Gears 5 hits Xbox One and PC on September 10th.

We're heading down to the sunny south coast for Develop in a couple of weeks!

Develop is a great opportunity for our recruitment team to meet folks, and have informal chats about the industry and working for Splash Damage (all while gorging on ice cream).

We'll also be crossing our fingers for Lily and Max who are up for the Game Dev Heroes awards on Tuesday 9th July.

MCV Women in Games Awards 2019 finalist Cinzia is also hosting a roundtable about Women in Games, so do attend if you've got a slot in your schedule.

If you want to arrange a meeting with the recruitment team, or want to see photographs of Brighton's beaches, follow us on Twitter!

Last year we took our eye off the ball. Got complacent after winning the first round. This time we're coming for 1st place.

On July 26th we'll be competing in a charity PUBG tournament, proving that we're the best games industry PUBG team out there. It's also for a good cause, so if you'd like to donate to Special Effect then hit the button below!