TGT's Guide to E3 2018

[cdj]

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E3 2018 and accompanying developer conferences are upon us. Once a three-day event, studios have spaced announcements over a week+ span to get what they believe is a proper share of the limelight and avoid being lost in the shuffle. However, one could argue that due to the sheer volume of announcements, game information could still get overlooked despite attempts to stand out.

To help keep you up-to-date with all the happenings at and surrounding E3, TGT has put together a guide to all of the press conferences by companies and studios such as Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and others.

Continue on to see TGT’s guide to E3. Check back often as we update this article with the latest links, information, recaps, discussion, and more. Threads devoted to new games announced will likely be added to our Other Games Forum (http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?20-Other-Video-Games).


EA Play 2018 – June 9-11

Livestream June 9 @ 1 PM CT. Watch archive here:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw16v3oGXso

EA Play Recap:
Battle V Multiplayer
FIFA 19
Origin access Premier
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
Star Wars Battlefront II: Discussion of future updates
Unravel 2
Sea of Solitude
NBA LIVE 19
Madden NFL 19
Command & Conquer Rivals
Anthem


Microsoft

Livestream June 10 @ 3 PM CT. Watch archive here:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSpkM3-A6ys


Bethesda

Livestream June 10 @ 8:30 PM CT. Watch archive here:



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


Devolver Digital

Stream June 10 @ 10 PM CT. Watch archive here:


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Square Enix

Livestream June 11 @ 12 PM CT. Watch archive here:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHo705XNa2I


Ubisoft

Livestream June 11 @ 3 PM CT. Watch archive here:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHYtD8jWMTo


Sony

Livestream June 11 @ 8 PM CT. Watch archive here:



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


Nintendo

Games expected to be shown/showcased: Untitled Super Smash Bros. game, Splatoon 2, RollerCoaster Tycoon, & more.

Livestream June 12 @ 11 AM CT. Watch here:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FchkqXEg0qs

[SmoothPancakes]

Looking good for the schedule. Only one that might interfere with my work schedule is Square Enix, and I'm fine as long as they keep it under an hour. And even then, the only game of theirs I give a damn about is hoping to see any new info on Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Everything else I'll be good for. Anxious to see what Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sony and Bethesda have. EA, eh, not so much, only Battlefield V has any interest for me.

Whereas I used to buy NHL, FIFA and NCAA nearly every year and Madden maybe every other year, I'm to the point that Madden is a once a decade purchase (or an extreme $15 or less February sale purchase), and I'm probably going to dial FIFA and NHL back to once every 2-3 years purchase going forward here as I end up not giving them enough gameplay to justify the cost with all the other games I try and shuffle time on every year.

My most wanted list for info and new video of games at E3: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Battlefield V, Halo 6, Gears of War, new TES game, Fallout 76, The Division 2, Skull and Bones, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Death Stranding, Battle of Tsushima, Days Gone, The Last of Us 2 and Spider Man.

And I wish Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn't just Nintendo. If that was a full release on PS4 or Xbox One, I'd buy the hell out of that. Though I'm sure there are plenty of options on Steam to scratch my Rollercoaster Tycoon itch.

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[jaymo76]

Looking good for the schedule. Only one that might interfere with my work schedule is Square Enix, and I'm fine as long as they keep it under an hour. And even then, the only game of theirs I give a damn about is hoping to see any new info on Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Everything else I'll be good for. Anxious to see what Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sony and Bethesda have. EA, eh, not so much, only Battlefield V has any interest for me.

Whereas I used to buy NHL, FIFA and NCAA nearly every year and Madden maybe every other year, I'm to the point that Madden is a once a decade purchase (or an extreme $15 or less February sale purchase), and I'm probably going to dial FIFA and NHL back to once every 2-3 years purchase going forward here as I end up not giving them enough gameplay to justify the cost with all the other games I try and shuffle time on every year.

My most wanted list for info and new video of games at E3: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Battlefield V, Halo 6, Gears of War, new TES game, Fallout 76, The Division 2, Skull and Bones, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Death Stranding, Battle of Tsushima, The Last of Us 2 and Spider Man.

And I wish Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn't just Nintendo. If that was a full release on PS4 or Xbox One, I'd buy the hell out of that. Though I'm sure there are plenty of options on Steam to scratch my Rollercoaster Tycoon itch.

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After all these years of waiting... I just want to hear/see something about Cyberpunk !!!

[SmoothPancakes]

After all these years of waiting... I just want to hear/see something about Cyberpunk !!!I'll be honest, while I've heard of Cyberpunk, I haven't really followed anything on the game, so I have no clue what it's even supposed to be about. But if I see video of and it impresses me, it may jump on my radar. E3 is terrible for my bank account. :D

New games I'd like to see announced, besides a new TES game, I'd love to get surprised with announcement of Just Cause 4. I doubt it'd happen though, it's only been 3 years since 3 was released. JC1 released in 2006, JC2 in 2010 and JC3 in 2015. Based on that time line, I'm guessing 2020 before JC4 would maybe be released.

I'd also love to see some more remasters or ports of Final Fantasy games. I have the original FF7, FF9, FF10, the remastered FF12 International edition, FF Type-0 HD and FF15 all for PS4. I'd love to see Square Enix announce the release of FF8 (even though it gets shit on by Final Fantasy fans, I always enjoyed the hell out of that game) and FF Tactics for the PS4 at E3.

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[bdoughty]

Red Dead Redemption 2 is my most anticipated game, unless Bethesda decides to talk about ES6. Though I doubt it will be mentioned due to the new Fallout game.

Top Spin 5 or a new Virtua Tennis would be make me the happiest.

[SmoothPancakes]

Another game I completely forgot about, a new Splinter Cell! I am full expecting a new Splinter Cell to be announced, after Sam Fisher made an appearance as a DLC mission in Ghost Recon Wildlands. I can't see them going through the effort of creating Sam Fisher for a simple DLC mission in Wildlands without there being some sort of message behind it.

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[bdoughty]

I'd love to get surprised with announcement of Just Cause 4. I doubt it'd happen though, it's only been 3 years since 3 was released. JC1 released in 2006, JC2 in 2010 and JC3 in 2015. Based on that time line, I'm guessing 2020 before JC4 would maybe be released.

Might be even longer with Avalanche working on Rage 2 and this new announcement today of a new franchise.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/06/rage-2-and-just-cause-dev-avalanche-studios-teasing-new-game

[cdj]

The new title announced this morning by PlayStation is Tetris Effect:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8fVT_Ds4Q


Lots of rumors swirling around, but some of the more interesting:

- Rumor: Crackdown 3 delayed to 2019?

- Rumor: Rocksteady's unannounced DC game is a Superman title including other playable DC characters and Brainiac as the villain.

[cdj]

Today's PlayStation announcement: Days Gone will release February 22, 2019.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpHSP0e_U4

[SmoothPancakes]

Well I'll be damned. We might just see Just Cause 4 announced! If it is unveiled at E3, I still don't see it having release date any earlier than spring 2019, only three years just seems way too quick to pump out an entire new Just Cause game. But then who knows, I wasn't expecting (hoping, but not expecting) a new Fallout so soon.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/just-cause-4-leaked-again-ahead-of-e3/1100-6459492/

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[Rudy]

Curious to see Anthem. Wonder what surprise things we might see.

[CLW]

Moving days gone to February is probably smart. I think it looks solid but no where near the quality of GOW or HZD.

[CLW]

Curious to see Anthem. Wonder what surprise things we might see.

Quasi gambling pay to win loot boxes to help you gain an advantage in battle Royale mode BOOM

[bdoughty]

Speaking of moving games to February...

https://m.windowscentral.com/crackdown-3-launch-date-february-2019

Crackdown 3 pushed to Feb 2019.

On one hand, it probably needs the extra time, since it has only been in development for five+ years. Was originally coming out in 2016 then 2017 and 2018. :fp: The other hand is looking pretty barren for first party MS games in 2018.

[CLW]

Speaking of moving games to February...

https://m.windowscentral.com/crackdown-3-launch-date-february-2019

Crackdown 3 pushed to Feb 2019.

On one hand, it probably needs the extra time, since it has only been in development for five+ years. Was originally coming out in 2016 then 2017 and 2018. :fp: The other hand is looking pretty barren for first party MS games in 2018.

Wasn't aware that MS still made games

[cdj]

Today's PlayStation reveal, Twin Mirror:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMAtlY4R-E

[bdoughty]

Alan Wake vibes from Twin Mirror. Also another game being set in West Virginia.

[bdoughty]

Unravel 2 coming. Really enjoyed the first one, glad to see a sequel.

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[cdj]

Unravel about to be EA's greatest current franchise? (Half-joking....maybe?)

[cdj]

EA play is now underway:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw16v3oGXso

[SmoothPancakes]

:fp:

I was planning all day on watching this live at 2pm ET, and instead I get distracted with something else and completely forgot about it until it was already after 3:30. I'll have to find some time later tonight to sit down and watch the archived stream.

[bdoughty]

Unravel about to be EA's greatest current franchise? (Half-joking....maybe?)

https://i.imgur.com/loOAEZX.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/oLG8XoM.jpg

[CLW]

I'm bored to tears and all they have given to Madden so far is a CGI trailer yet they give some damn phone game a head to head match

[bdoughty]

Anthem footage. Did nothing for me.

Not making any official threads. Just posting any new content here and let CDJ or CLW make the OT.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNoX2wC5DNo

[CLW]

Sort of surprised Live didn't get CANNED.

EA makes some low level Dev come out an apologize for star wars meanwhile the CEO comes out and brags about how the company stands with SJWs as some sort of PR boost.

[CLW]

EA conference = D+

Not impressed with anything they showed on the positive side they are clearly scared of loot boxes in their non sports titles

[bdoughty]

I would raise it to a C- for the Unravel 2 reveal and having it available for purchase today. That was a nice touch.

Will still buy FIFA and Madden but nothing else really piqued my interest.

[CLW]

I would raise it to a C- for the Unravel 2 reveal and having it available for purchase today. That was a nice touch.

Will still buy FIFA and Madden but nothing else really piqued my interest.

It's not just what they showed but how they showed it. Just show trailers I bet over half of that conference was just someone running their mouth
He'll most if Madden was just that tourny guy and some Steeler and they didn't even talk about what's new in the game.

Below average games + piss poor presentation

[bdoughty]

The Division 2 will be in DC?

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[cdj]

I thought the games looked OK (need more info on most though), but the presentation didn't help get me get hyped for any of them. I'd rate it a C+.

Some games/demos don't translate well to watching, but personally the Anthem demo dampened my enthusiasm for the game.

[SmoothPancakes]

Well, as far as I'm concerned, with the previous leaks and now this, Just Cause 4 is confirmed, just a matter of waiting for an official announcement now.

https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/7/17440478/just-cause-4-leak-steam-e3-2018


The next entry in Avalanche Studios’ open-world sandbox adventure series, Just Cause (https://www.polygon.com/franchise/just-cause/7627), appears to have leaked on Steam. Promotional images for Just Cause 4, which has not yet been announced by Avalanche or publisher Square Enix, have appeared on Valve’s storefront.

Here’s a look at what Steam users have been served tonight: an image of what appears to be Just Cause series protagonist Rico Rodriguez overlooking a dark and stormy jungle scene. The image indicates that Just Cause 4 will be announced and available for pre-order soon.

The image doesn’t offer much in the way of detail on what to expect from Just Cause 4, but the game’s existence isn’t a surprise. Just Cause 4 was one of the unannounced games that appeared on Walmart Canada’s website last month (https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/9/17327148/splinter-cell-gears-of-war-5-e3-2018-leak) alongside Rage 2 (https://www.polygon.com/game/rage-2/40367), Lego DC Villains (https://www.polygon.com/game/lego-dc-super-villains/40365) and a new Assassin’s Creed game. Those titles have all since been confirmed by their publishers.

If Steam’s listing is accurate, Just Cause 4 would be one of three in-development projects at Avalanche Studios alongside Rage 2 for Bethesda Softworks and Generation Zero, which Avalanche will self-publish (https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/7/17437780/generation-zero-avalanche-studios-announcement).

The most recent entry in the Just Cause series, Just Cause 3 (https://www.polygon.com/game/just-cause-3/37912), was released for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One in 2015.

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[Rudy]

I thought the games looked OK (need more info on most though), but the presentation didn't help get me get hyped for any of them. I'd rate it a C+.

Some games/demos don't translate well to watching, but personally the Anthem demo dampened my enthusiasm for the game.

Reffaeding Anthem, the idea of a third person Destiny with Iran Man suits sounds cool. I like the fact it is more story based and geared more for solo play. But that demo video wasn’t super smooth. I don’t like the damage results on screen either. Hopefully that can be made smaller or turned off. The core fighting will have to be good. Just comparing Destiny 2 vs MEA and Destiny won by a mile. Bioware has some time before release to fix things.

[SmoothPancakes]

New screens of Just Cause 4 have leaked. if they don't have Welcome to the Jungle as the intro song on the main menu, I am going to be very disappointed. And we got tornadoes! Or at least one tornado. Hopefully this means we're getting dynamic weather introduced to the Just Cause series, similar to Fallout and other series. Except instead of just simple clear, cloudy, rain, storm, hopefully that includes tornadoes as well, unless that's a screenshot from a mission.


First Batch of Just Cause 4 Screenshots Leaked Online

Leaks keep happening at an ever-growing rate this year. The same source that provided the first leaked images for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (https://wccftech.com/assassins-creed-odyssey-first-screens-leak/), German website GamePro, also did the same for Just Cause 4. Clearly, they jumped the gun in both cases by publishing the assets way earlier than intended.

Anyway, below you can find the six screenshots showcasing the rather beautiful game world of Just Cause 4. Ironically, we first learned of the game thanks to another leak, that time originated from Steam itself (https://wccftech.com/just-cause-4-leaked-steam-ad/).

The developer hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it should be Avalanche Studios. The team has been in the news frequently these past weeks, between the partnership with id Software and Bethesda to create RAGE 2 (https://wccftech.com/rage-2-true-open-world-fps-experience/), their self-published open world co-op game Generation Zero (https://wccftech.com/generation-zero-avalanche-announced/) and their acquisition by Nordisk Film (https://wccftech.com/avalanche-studios-bought-nordisk-films/). Oh, they’ve also opened a third studio in Malmö, Sweden (https://wccftech.com/rage-2-avalanche-studios-new-studio/), in addition to the existing offices located in Stockholm, Sweden, and New York City.

We’ll probably learn a lot more about Just Cause 4 during the Square Enix E3 2018 Showcase, scheduled for June 11th, 10 AM Pacific Time. (https://e3.square-enix-games.com/en-us/)

https://wccftech.com/just-cause-4-screenshots-leaked/

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[bdoughty]

I loved the first two JC games but shied away from the third because the framerate was horrific. Did they ever fix that? Might have to pick it up on the cheap.

[SmoothPancakes]

I loved the first two JC games but shied away from the third because the framerate was horrific. Did they ever fix that? Might have to pick it up on the cheap.I don't recall any glaring framerate issues when I played. Of course that was well after release when they had the JC3 XL Edition with all three DLC packs included (basically a Complete Edition), so they may fixed any issues by the time I got it.

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[SmoothPancakes]

I'm running 15 minutes behind live, but the MS presser started off with a video unveil of the new Halo, called Halo Infinite.

Now showing a video of an Ori sequel, Xbox exclusive.

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[jaymo76]

The Fallout 76 clip was good but not a lot of new information was presented. It's definitely a lot greener and lusher of an environment though.

[SmoothPancakes]

Next up is the world premiere of a samurai looking game, looks like it's set in ancient Japan. Title is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Now Bethesda's Todd Howard is on stage. Talking about their long history with Xbox. Announcing that Fallout 4 is launching today on Xbox Game Pass, and now giving an exclusive world premiere trailer of Fallout 76.

4 times the size of Fallout 4. Set in the hills of West Virginia. Sirens are going off as someone walks in power armor. Streaks in the sky, a bright flash, a fireball as a nuke goes off and the guy is shown falling to the ground. Now a news conference talking about Vault 76 being completed. Showing video of the game and Lone Wanderer while the song Country Roads plays.

A LOT of new nasty enemies this time around. Some massive machines and buildings also shown.

You can pre-order beginning June 15th.

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[jaymo76]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k6ftcg0TXw

[SmoothPancakes]

A new world premiere, in the Life is Strange universe, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.

It releases June 26th on the Xbox Store and will be free.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Showing game play video of Xbox exclusive Crackdown 3 now.

Next up is video of Nier: Automata Become as God's edition, releasing later this month.

Moving onto is a FSP that sounds and appears to be set in Russia. Lots of destruction, lots of snow. We got monsters instead of normal enemies. Welcome to Metro Exodus.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Phil Spencer introing Kingdom Hearts now. Showing the Kingdoms Hearts crew along with characters from Frozen, Wreck It Ralph, Hercules, Toy Story, Monsters, Inc, and a bunch of others.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Now talking about Xbox exclusive Sea of Thieves and previewing what's to come to the game in future updates.

Two new additions, Cursed Sails in July and Forsaken Shores in September.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Fast and furious with the previews.

Text on screen now.


Nordyls is the story of a young Norwegian Resistance fighter during the German Occupation.

You must pay an unthinkable price to save not only yourself, but also your family.

A brief video for Battlefield V.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Moving onto an exclusive and world premiere, it's a game play video for Forza Horizon 4.

Now Ralph Fulton from Playground Games is on stage to talk about FH4. The game. Is set in Britain. It features dynamic seasons and a shared open world.

It's truly shared open worlds, you'll be playing in a instance of the game with a bunch of other actual players.

They have four people on stage playing with different vehicles. Seasons just changed from summer to fall. You can seemlessly enter co-op from within the game world. Now transitioning to winter. The lake freezes over in winter and can be driven on, and you can reach previously inaccessible areas. And now onto spring, with driving in rain.

Forza Horizon 4 is releasing October 2nd and will be available on Xbox Game Pass from day one.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Phil Spencer is back. Talking about increasing investment in game worlds you already love and new worlds.

Announcing a new Microsoft Studio, The Initiative, based in Santa Monica. Also welcoming Undead Labs to Microsoft Studios.

Over 2 million players in the first two weeks for State of Decay 2.

Spencer now announcing that Microsoft Studios has acquired Playground Games. In addition to Forza, they have a new project that will be announced later.

A fourth new studio joining Microsoft Studios, Ninja Theory, the studio behind Hellblade.

Now a fifth. Compulsion Games is now part of Microsoft Studio. The game We Happy Few is close to release according to Spencer.

Now showing a game play video for We Happy Few. Man, this game looks even more nuts than it did when announced in past E3s.

And We Happy Few has a release date of August 10th.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Exclusive, video of game play for PUBG.

War Mode is coming. Something shown on buildings with Summer 2018 listed and snow in Winter 2018.

Now onto Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition. Remaster of the original with all new content never available in the West before. Releases this winter.

Moving onto the next video, a world premiere. The Division 2 indeed set in Washington DC. No actual game play, but the premiere video/backstory looked damn awesome.

Now they are showing game play. Showing a four person team, must he in co-op. The group runs into another group armed with weapons, though they're friendly. Apparently you will have both friendly and hostile groups of people, rather than just enemies and useless civilians in the streets.

Approaching a crashed Air Force One, the group of three split up to attack a group of hostile from different directions and flanks. It appears the environment is destructive. One player got their foot stuck in rocks, another player destroyed the rocks with a shotgun, as well as blew up a enemy's cover.

The Division 2 will release March 15, 2019.

Now Ashley Speicher is on stage, the head of Xbox Game Pass. Invented a way to start games twice as fast, called Fast Start, using machine learning techniques based on ways gamers play games, and will get better over time. Fast Start will release for select titles in the June update coming later this month.

New games being added to Game Pass include Halo: Master Chief Collection, all new exclusives from Microsoft Studios including Forza Horizon 4 and Crackdown 3 from day 1.

Releasing on Game Pass today: The Division, Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited. All enhanced for Xbox One X

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[SmoothPancakes]

Now onto non-gameplay video of Shadows of the Tomb Raider, releasing September 14th.

Now onto an exclusive, people skateboarding in a city. Game is called Session, no release date given.

Anotehr exclusive now, showing a trailer for a game called Black Desert, apparently an MMORPG with beta beginning in Fall 2018.

A world premiere now, a trailer for Devil May Cry 5, coming Spring 2019.

Producer Matthew Walker and Director Hideaki Itsumo from Capcom now on stage. They feel 5 will be better than any action game they have ever made. Hideaki is convinced it's the best game he's ever made.

Now into video for Cuphead DLC, called The Delicious Last Course, coming in 2019.

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[CLW]

"exclusive" meaning available on at least 1 other platform other than Xbox one

[SmoothPancakes]

Next up is a trailer for console launch exclusive Tunic.

Phil Spencer is back on stage talking about sharing the love of gaming.

The rest of this briefing is 100% world premieres of games no one has seen before.

Bandai Namco up first with their next new game. A weird looking game called Jump Force. Coming in 2019.

Next unveil is Dying Light 2. Narrative designer Chris Avellone now on stage. Fluid parkour, deepened melee combat, and terrifying enemies at nights. They're calling the setting the modern dark ages.

A new feature is technical and narrative advancement for the franchise. Your choices will have genuine consequences, from how it looks, to how it plays and the events that occur, everything in the game world can change based on your decisions.

Now showing off a demo gameplay trailer. It features a functioning ecosystem that reacts on multiple levels to the things you do and the choices you make. In a shown example, the protagonist is undertaking a mission for a faction to bring water access to the faction. After the mission, the faction brings brings stability and development to the surrounding area and city, including running water on the street level, raising morale and you can replenish your energy on the go. There's a cost however, the faction has a rigid approach to law and order, so while the streets may be safer, it's only safer for those who side with them, and if you get on their bad side, life is gonna get difficult.

Now going back to the previous mission and instead of doing the mission and killing the group for water access, you decide to team up with the group and instead supply water on the black market. Consequences change. With water being a precious currency, it brings you access to new resources and trade, but it in turn attracts the worse type of people to the area.

It is just one choice in a game full of choices that have consequences.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Exclusive world premiere now, from Microsoft Studios, the new game is Battletoads, returning in 2019.

Next world premiere, Just Cause 4! The enemy is the Black Hand. There are definitely tornadoes in at least one mission for sure. This trailer is bitching!

And it comes out December 4, 2018! Yes!

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[SmoothPancakes]

New world premiere by Microsoft Studios, Gears Pop coming in 2019.

Rod Fergusson now on stage.

Gears Tactics also announced, coming to PC, their take on the turn based strategy genre.

Gears of War 5 now announced. Biggest world they've ever created. Now showing the gameplay trailer for it. Gears 5 comes out in 2019.

Almost to the end, 15 minutes left in an hour and 45 minute long presser.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Phil Spencer back on stage. Recapping the conference. 50 games, 18 titles with exclusivity and 15 world premieres.

Their cloud engineers are working to build a game streaming network to allow console quality streaming on any device, on your Xbox, PC or even phone.

And the hardware group is already working hard on building the next Xbox console.

Closing out the conference with a world premiere video of Cyberpunk 2077.

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[jaymo76]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X2kIfS6fb8

Finally some info...

[Rudy]

Is Cyberpunk a futuristic GTA from the Witcher crew? What was that? I was hoping to hear more about Skull and Bones.

[SmoothPancakes]

Is Cyberpunk a futuristic GTA from the Witcher crew? What was that? I was hoping to hear more about Skull and Bones.

Yeah, I thought we'd hear something on Skull and Bones considering they had a 7 or 8 minute section on solely The Division 2, which is also an Ubisoft game. I guess Ubisoft decided to hold back S&B until they press conference tomorrow afternoon.

[Rudy]

I know Skull and Bones got delayed. Plus the new AC has naval battles again. Maybe that game gets cut?

[SmoothPancakes]

15 more minutes until Bethesda starts! Gonna go hit the john and fill up my water bottle and settle in for the next hour+.

[SmoothPancakes]

Here we go!

Pete Hines, Global Senior VP of Bethesda on stage to start the show.

Starting with Rage 2, as Pete said, announced a few weeks ago through their partners at Walmart. :D

The hell? There's a live band performing on stage now. Even some of the crowd has looks on their face like "what the hell is happening right now?" :D

Studio Director for ID Software and Game Director for Avalanche Studios now on stage. In a dystopian future, you play as Walker, the last ranger of the wasteland. Now taking a look at the extended world and gameplay of Rage 2. Now showing Pre-Alpha gameplay footage of a mission.

I'm getting some very strong Bulletstorm-type vibes from watching this gameplay trailer of Rage 2.

[bdoughty]

Crap just work up and missed the MS conference thanks for the recap Smooth. At least I can watch some of Bethesda.

[bdoughty]

Rage 2 looks great. Randy better get off his ass and show some Borderlands 3 footage.

[SmoothPancakes]

Now we're talking about The Elder Scrolls Legends. It's being relaunched with brand new visuals. It will be available later this year on PS4, XB1 and Switch. It can be played right now on PC, Mobile or Tablet and will carry over to the console versions via your bethesda.net account.

Meh, I'd rather have a full blown true Elder Scrolls, not some mobile card game.

Now onto the Summerset DLC for TES Online. If they're going to announce a true new TES game, it's gonna be coming up shortly. Get Legends and Online out of the way and then kick things up a notch with the reveal of a new TES.

Over 11 million players for TES Online, over a million of those in just the last year. Named MMO of the year for the third straight year. Next DLC will be a dungeon DLC based around werewolves. Another named Murkmire taking place in Blackmarsh coming out later this year.

Now showing gameplay of Summerset DLC.

[bdoughty]

Yes Argonians! Blackmarsh!

[bdoughty]

Doom 2 Eternal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SmoothPancakes]

And all of a sudden my internet is going to shit. Had to completely refresh the stream page and keep getting hit with buffering.

After showing a brief preview video of essentially hell on earth, we're moving on to Doom Eternal. I guess no new Elder Scrolls game, unless they've saving it for the end as a surprise reveal to end the conference on.

Next onto Quake Champions and talking about e-sports. Snore...

Boo! Get off the stage! Even the audience is dying. You can hear the individual people actually clapping and wooing for this crap, there are so few people in the audience that care. :D

[bdoughty]

Was not expecting ES game with Fallout 76 being so big. Show is not over though but...

[bdoughty]

I need to give Prey a shot. Love that they added free content that is available now.

[SmoothPancakes]

Sitting through a new trailer for Quake Champions. Fallout 76 better be as good as a blowjob after sitting through all this Quake Champions crap.

Now next is apparently a thanks from the crew of Prey and announcing a free update for Prey tonight. Gotta admit, it sounds like a pretty beefy update with what all they're adding.

Showed a trailer for Prey Mooncrash, now talking about it on stage. A new update later this summer, Typhen Hunter (not sure of the spelling), where one player goes up against 5 other players who are mimics, who can disguise themselves as any item in the game.

[bdoughty]

Watching on Twitch and it always amazes me people waste time chatting. 500 people spamming the same thing.

[bdoughty]

Wolfenstein youngblood. Coop but can play single player.

[SmoothPancakes]

Talking Wolfenstein II now. It's coming to Nintendo Switch on June 29th.

They're next project leaps ahead in time to tell the tale of BJ's twin daughters, set in the 1980s in Paris, called Wolfenstein Youngblood. It will be a co-op experience since it involves his two daughters, though it can be played solo.

Now showing a trailer for Youngblood.

[SmoothPancakes]

Watching on Twitch and it always amazes me people waste time chatting. 500 people spamming the same thing.

Yep, it's no different on Mixer or YouTube.

[bdoughty]

VR ugh. Die VR.

[SmoothPancakes]

Ugh, now VR crap. :fp:

Prey's Typhen Hunter will have it's competitive mode, as well as a single player mode in VR.

There is also going to be a new Wolfenstein game, called Wolfenstein Cyberpilot, in their effort to bring "fuck Nazis" to every platform possible. :D

[SmoothPancakes]

Finally! Fallout 76.

Todd Howard on stage now.

Alright, come on Todd, yes, E3, yay, great, lets get to Fallout!

:D Skyrim on Alexa.

Alright, that was funny as hell. :D

Now we're talking about Fallout 76. Prequel to all other Fallout games, and 4 times the size of Fallout 4. Once of the first people to emerge into an untamed wasteland.

Currently showing the same trailer that played in the Microsoft conference.

Now playing a video showing Reclamation Day in Vault 76. I think this may actually be a gameplay video.

All new rendering, lightning and landscape technology. 6 distinct regions you'll discover. New creatures. They even use the folklore of West Virginia. Shit, gonna be some creepy new creatures.

Multiplayer confirmed. Fallout 76 is entirely online. You CAN play the game solo. You can still be who you want and explore the world doing quests.

It'll be soft-core survival compared to survival modes of other Fallout games. Your character isn't tied to one server. You'll be in a world with dozens of other players. You can join your friends whenever you want and all of your progression goes with you. It'll be a wide open world with very few rules. The choices are yours and you'll decide what happens. You'll decide the heroes and you'll decide the villains.

Now showing some Vault-Tec informational videos.

Son of a bitch, there will be PVP it appears.

Again, you can still play solo, but you can also team up.

YOU CAN BUILD WHEREVER YOU WANT! It sounds to me like no more limited settlements, you can build wherever the fuck you feel like it. Yes! Your buildings and settlements can be DESTROYED by monsters and enemy attacks. There's a camera mode also added to the game.

Oh shit, there will be multiple nuclear missile sites on the map, and you can do whatever you want with them. Lots of death on the horizon I foresee!

You have to track down the individual letters of a launch code, and can launch a nuclear missile anywhere on the map you want.

100% dedicated servers to support this game now and for years to come.

There will be a Fallout 76 Beta. The "Break-It Early Test Application" sponsored by Vault-Tec.

There will be a Collector's Edition, that starts with a map of the world that "glows in the fucking dark". Comes with figures you can put on the map and a Fallout collectible, a wearable T-51 Power Armor helmet with working headlamp and voice modulation.

It will release November 14, 2018.

[bdoughty]

Poking fun at itself. Pretty good. ES tease.

[bdoughty]

same trailer... :D

[bdoughty]

So like ESO with Fallout. Love I can play single player.

[bdoughty]

November 14th. Later than the leak but still within 2018.

[SmoothPancakes]

Also celebrating the 3 year anniversary of Fallout Shelter. It is coming to the PS4 and Nintendo Switch. They will be available tonight.

[SmoothPancakes]

I KNEW IT! ELDER SCROLLS!

The Elder Scrolls Blades.

Motherfuckers, it's not a true console Elder Scrolls. It's a mobile game. Fuck you Bethesda!

Blades will release this Fall for free, can pre-order it tonight on Apple App Store and Google Play.

I'll pass. I hate trying to play console-type games on goddamn phones.

[SmoothPancakes]

Talking about what's coming beyond this year.

A brand new next generation single player game, an all new epic franchise. A first wholly original franchise in 25 years.

Starfield sees the light of day at last!

It's a game they've been working on for years. They're also building toward the game after that.

THE ELDER SCROLLS!!!! FUCK YES!

The Elder Scrolls VI!

No title other than TES VI, no hint of what or where it might be or even a possible year of release, but they're working on it!

[SmoothPancakes]

And that's a wrap on the Bethesda presser.

[JBHuskers]

Holy cow Bethesda rocked the E3 presentation, Fallout 76 in November, Fallout Shelter on PS4 tonight, and ELDER SCROLLS VI ANNOUNCED!

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[SmoothPancakes]

This was funny as hell.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEW6dX_BmU

[bdoughty]

No title other than TES VI, no hint of what or where it might be or even a possible year of release, but they're working on it!

The Elder Scrolls 6: Woostern Virgannia

[bdoughty]

Finished the MS Conference.

MS conference gets a rating of A+Infinity (so no other conference can be better).
Bethesda Conference gets a rating of A-.

[SmoothPancakes]

Finished the MS Conference.

MS conference gets a rating of A+Infinity (so no other conference can be better).
Bethesda Conference gets a rating of A-.

:D

MS really did have a good conference year. 50 games, there was very little time for talking, it was just one premiere or gameplay video after another.

Bethesda was also a good conference. They easily could have chopped out the live band at the beginning of the Rage 2 segment, and could have easily skipped all the VR and Quake Champions crap, but other than that, I enjoyed it!

[bdoughty]

The rest of the week is pretty much anticlimactic now. All the good stuff is out of the way. Like opening all your presents on Christmas Eve.

[SmoothPancakes]

The rest of the week is pretty much anticlimactic now. All the good stuff is out of the way. Like opening all your presents on Christmas Eve.

In terms of unannounced games and surprise reveals, yeah, the climatic stuff is over.

However, tomorrow is Christmas day for me. Square Enix, where there should be a full gameplay video of Just Cause 4 released and I hope to god a lot more details on Final Fantasy VII Remake (I'm holding out hope we'll get a release date announced tomorrow, though I doubt it).

And then the Ubisoft conference, I'm hoping for new stuff on The Division 2 (I can't imagine they would blow their only gameplay video on the Microsoft conference and not have something new for their own conference) and the new Assassin's Creed.

And then waiting to hear more news on The Last of Us 2 and Death Stranding at the Sony conference, plus maybe any surprises they might have.

[bdoughty]

The funniest part about that Skyrim Alexa commercial... It is actually real.

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07D6STSX8/

[bdoughty]

I KNEW IT! ELDER SCROLLS!

The Elder Scrolls Blades.

Motherfuckers, it's not a true console Elder Scrolls. It's a mobile game. Fuck you Bethesda!

Blades will release this Fall for free, can pre-order it tonight on Apple App Store and Google Play.

I'll pass. I hate trying to play console-type games on goddamn phones.

Like Fallout Shelter it will be coming to PC and consoles.


Elder Scrolls: Blades is coming to mobile devices this fall. It's also going to make its way onto consoles (as yet unnamed), VR headsets (including stand-alone, mobile device connected, and PC connected), and desktop computers.

[bdoughty]

Smooth do you have Game Pass? Titles added yesterday.


The Division
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
Fallout 4

[SmoothPancakes]

The funniest part about that Skyrim Alexa commercial... It is actually real.

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07D6STSX8/

You gotta be shitting me! :D Todd Howard, you are a crazy bastard! :D


Like Fallout Shelter it will be coming to PC and consoles.

Ah, okay, must have missed that part if they mentioned it during the conference. All I was seeing was a bunch of video of it being played on a mobile phone and them going on and on about it being playable in portrait mode, so you could play it during meetings and crap.


Smooth do you have Game Pass? Titles added yesterday.

The Division
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
Fallout 4

No, I don't have Game Pass, but I did inadvertantly end up with TES Online. I had it pulled up in the game store and had put my controller down to look up something online. I thought I had disabled the paddles on the back of my controller, but I apparently had not, as the paddle I assigned to A suddenly went nuts as it was pressed down on by the arm of the chair and before I could even pick up the controller, it was showing my accounti purchasing TES Online on my TV screen.

I thought about trying to get a refund from MS since I hadn't intended to actually purchase TES Online right then, but screw it. It was only $10 (as opposed to something like $30 or $60) and I probably would have ended up getting it at some point later, so I just kept it.

[SmoothPancakes]

Time for Square Enix.

[SmoothPancakes]

And we're starting with Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Showed a video of the beginning of the game, now one of the developers talking about the game in a video.

And now onto gameplay video.

Stealth and combat looks pretty sweet in this game.

The game will have grappling, wall running, and full 360 degree underwater exploraton.

Now onto another video showing some of the stuff that will happen in the game.

[SmoothPancakes]

Now onto an expansion for Final Fantasy XIV Online, called Stormblood.

And announcing the release of patch 4.3 called Under the Moonlight.

Now we're onto a video of Monster Hunter World. Apparently Monster Hunter World monsters will be coming to FF XIV online this summer.

Another premiere video of The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (it takes place as a separate game in the Life Is Strange universe). It will be available June 26th for free.

[CLW]

C- for Xbox

B- for Microsoft

I don't understand why MS has decided to completely ignore the true meaning of the word "exclusive". Xbox1 has ZERO exclusive games thus there is Zero reason to own the console.

It will be interesting to see if MS' solution to it's lack of content problem (Throwing $ at it by buying studios) will pay off in 4 years.

[SmoothPancakes]

Our next video is a trailer for Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age.

Your journey begins September 4th, 2018.

Now we're moving onto a trailer for a game called Babylon's Fall, coming to PS4 and Steam in 2019.

Coming to Xbox, including previously released DLC, Nier: Automata: Become as Gods Edition. Releases on June 26th.

Now showing video for the game Octopath Traveler, available July 13th.

[JBHuskers]

Never played Life Is Strange, but have it not sure of it was PS+ or I got it cheap. After seeing the trailer for that kid's adventure, I want to play it now.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Aw yeah, moving onto Just Cause 4 now!

Goddamn this game looks beautiful. I can't wait for December 4th.

Vehicles have been overhauled. Extreme weather includes tornadoes (that will destroy buildings, bridges and level trees, as well as destroy vehicles and people neary), sand storms, forked lightning and blizzards.

Enemies now present a whole new threat to Rico.

The game is powered by the brand new open world Apex engine.

[SmoothPancakes]

Now we're onto a video for The Quiet Man.

Silence Rings Loudest is the tag.

More info coming in August.

Not sure what to make of that game.

Next video takes us to the world of Kingdom Hearts 3.

Showing characters from Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Ratatouille, Braided, Hercules, Toy Story and others.

It releases January 29, 2019.

[JBHuskers]

The tornados in Just Cause 4 look AMAZING.

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[SmoothPancakes]

The fuck? That's it? The showcase is over already? Only a half hour long. Goddamnit, they never showed Final Fantasy VII remake.

They also never showed The Avengers, which was expected.

That might end up being the worst showcase of E3, since it was only a half hour in length and only showed a handful of games.

At least we got new video and new details on Just Cause 4, that was something I absolutely wanted out of this.

[SmoothPancakes]

The tornados in Just Cause 4 look AMAZING.

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That they do. I can't wait to wingsuit my way into a tornado for the first time!

[JBHuskers]

That they do. I can't wait to wingsuit my way into a tornado for the first time!Or grapple balloons to a car and float into one...

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[SmoothPancakes]

Or grapple balloons to a car and float into one...

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As much as I loved JC2 and JC3, this one is going to be a blast! Between the extreme weather, the various regions and biomes, the customizable grapple, and being on the Apex engine, the sandbox freedoms and capabilities are going to be off the charts.

[SmoothPancakes]

So based on what the talking heads on the interwebs are saying, the games we should see at Ubisoft's conference in two hours include Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the next Splinter Cell game, The Crew 2, Skull and Bones, The Division 2, Beyond Good and Evil 2, and continued support for Ghost Recon Wildlands, For Honor and Rainbox 6 Siege.

They also think we'll see info on Starlink and Transference.

Ubisoft has a brand new IP in the works, and there's thought they may announce it today.

And there's also a chance that they might announce Watch Dogs 3.

[CLW]

Bethesda B-

Seemed like allot of the same game FPS

[SmoothPancakes]

Bethesda B-

Seemed like allot of the same game FPS

I'll save you the time later tonight.

Sony A+++++

:eyeroll:

[JBHuskers]

How'd you guess? [emoji23]

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[Rudy]

Looking forward to reading about UBI conference.

[JBHuskers]

I took today off from work so I'll be enjoying it on my Chromecast soon.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Here we go!

I'll keep the notes going for you Rudy.

[SmoothPancakes]

The conference is off and running and we are watching a dancing panda bear with a marching band and other really weird shit, lol.

This has gotta be Just Dance or something.

Yep, that's what it is. Oh dear, the dancing panda bear is in the theater now.

Another extremely over produced live music band and dancing performance for Just Dance 2019.

Ubisoft really loves their live performances.

Just Dance 2019 releases this October.

[CLW]

I'll save you the time later tonight.

Sony A+++++

:eyeroll:

Mehy guess is a B we already know most if not all of it's remaining PS4 ACTUAL "exclusive" lineup for PS4. I expect some gameplay for 2 or 3 exclusives and a trailer for ghosts and who knows for DS (I still believe we won't see that game from until well into PS5 - assumubg it's a full blown AAA game)

I would note that lineup of PS exclusives appears to be way more solid than any other lineup by 3rd party Nintendo or MS has to offer

[JBHuskers]

Felt like I was on drugs there...

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[SmoothPancakes]

Now that the band is off the stage, we are jumping into a trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2.

Narrative director and senior producer for Beyond Good and Evil 2 now on stage to talk about the game.

Now moving onto the the first pre-alpha gameplay footage of the game. I don't know enough about the BGE series to give a lot of the details of what they're talking about, since I never played the first game.

You can play on the ground and in space. It'll be a much larger open universe.

They want the community to participate through the Space Monkey Program. They want fans to be a part of creating the game. Issuing an open invitation to everyone to submit ideas, artworks, murals, radio content and more.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt now on stage as co-founder of Hit Record, who is partnering with the making of BGE2 to allow collaboration between the developers and fans to get fan made artworks, music and other stuff in the game.

They will be hosting the BGE Fest this Fall.

[SmoothPancakes]

Now moving onto Rainbow Six Siege. Justin Kruger, community developer for Siege is on stage.

Announcing today that the R6 Siege community is now 35 million players.

40 operators and 19 maps in the game over 10 seasons.

Italian GIS operators now in the game.

Talking about e-sports events coming up for Siege.

Now talking about an upcoming documentary, Another Mindset, about Rainbow 6 Siege e-sports players. :fp:

[SmoothPancakes]

Now that's finally over, we're moving onto Trials.

Trials is back and bigger than ever.

The new game is called Trials Rising.

Brad Hill, aka Professor Fat Shady is now on stage to talk more, right now talking about the University of Trials to help novice Trials players improve via YouTube tutorials and aid videos.

Register at trialsgame.com for a closed beta coming later this year.

The release date for Trials Rising will be February 2019 on PS4, XB1, PC and Nintendo Switch for the first time ever.

[JBHuskers]

Love the Trials series.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Our next contestant is The Division 2.

Julian Gerighty, the creative director is on stage.

7 months after the events of game one, the virus has mostly burnt itself out, but the nation is tearing itself apart. Under threat from dangerous factions, civilians are trying to rebuild.

Showing a new trailer separate from the one shown at the MS conference. A community of people living in a barricaded shelter is shown, along with a horse walking through the desolate streets. An injured person is crawling on the sidewalk, before being kicked into the street and his water bottle stolen. Two other people with guns are walking by while a woman and her child hide inside a destroyed restaurant.

Back outside into a back alley, dead dogs, bodies, stagnant water, flies and insects. Another civilian with her arms tied behind her back seemingly being dragged off to be executed while someone talks on a megaphone about rules and examples being made.

A gunshot happens off screen as the woman is executed, while a paper airplane flies off into the distance.

Next screen, it's picked up by a group of 3 people, who open it up and see the words Help written on it, while looking at the Washington monument and DC in the distance.

Back on stage, you're the last line of defense for the innocent. If you fail, history will be written by tyrants.

Your actions will have a clear impact on the lives of civilians. You will need to bring your equipment and tactical abilities to the next level.

You will unlock specializations, weapons and skills and you complete the game.

Speaking of teamwork, for the first time, 8 players will be able to partner up in the game to face the ultimate endgame challenge. Raids are coming to The Division 2.

They're launching with plans for years of frequent content updates.

Year One - They will be launching 3 DLCs in the form of episodes, bringing new story, activities and new areas to explore.

All 3 episodes will be completely FREE.

The post-show after the conference will have a 30 minute deep dive into The Division 2.

Closing out with another new video trailer of The Division 2.

The Division 2 will release March 15, 2019.

Register for the beta at thedivisiongame.com/beta

[SmoothPancakes]

Next up is Mario Rabbids.

Also celebrating the upcoming release of Donkey Kong Adventure. And now another live music performance. :fp:

God I wish they would get rid of VR and live music crap from E3.

[JBHuskers]

That's MAJOR that the DLC is free going forward.

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[SmoothPancakes]

I just signed up for beta access on PS4. If it'll let me sign up for beta on both consoles without overwriting one, I'll also throw in a sign up for Xbox One.

[souljahbill]

The conference is off and running and we are watching a dancing panda bear with a marching band and other really weird shit, lol.

This has gotta be Just Dance or something.

Yep, that's what it is. Oh dear, the dancing panda bear is in the theater now.

Another extremely over produced live music band and dancing performance for Just Dance 2019.

Ubisoft really loves their live performances.

Just Dance 2019 releases this October.

I was soooooo into it! 🤣 I thought it was great!


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[SmoothPancakes]

That's MAJOR that the DLC is free going forward.

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Yeah, that surprised me. They had to have made some good money with what the DLC cost in the first game. Maybe they too are gunshy after the whole Battlefront 2 loot box fiasco.

[souljahbill]

I’ve been waiting to hear about this pirate game all day! If there’s a single player story, I’m in.


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[SmoothPancakes]

Moving on, next up is an Ubisoft Singapore production.

PIRACY IS DEAD flashes on the screen.

LONG LIVE PIRACY flashes next as a voice speaks and video of pirates plays.

Say hello to Skull & Bones!

Goddamn this game looks amazing.

Justin Farren, creative director at Ubi Singapore is on stage now.

Piracy is dead in the Caribbean. So now off to pirate and plunder in the Indian Ocean.

We're going to steal "every last fucking coin".

Reactive and evolving world. There will be changes in factions, the weather and the trade routes themselves.

The essence of Skull & Bones, a shared world where every interaction matters.

Now onto a new video trailer.

I'm getting a very strong Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag vibe as far as controlling your ship, the ocean warfare with cannons, and the overall on the seas controls. It looks very similar, if not the same as it was in Black Flag.

I'm not sure if these other ships in this video are AI or human controlled.

Skull and Bones comes out 2019.

You can sign up for a chance to play early, but I can't see what the website is.

[JBHuskers]

Is this what Sea of Thieves tried to do?

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[SmoothPancakes]

Moving onto the next game, Transference.

Sounds like it's a narrative game. Frodo is on stage!

I still have no clue what the hell this game is about despite them talking about it.

Sounds like it'll be on regular consoles and VR.

This seems like another movie narrative type game similar to Late Shift and others.

It'll be available Fall 2018.

[souljahbill]

I was interested in Skull and Bones. PvP kills it. Oh well.


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[SmoothPancakes]

Next up, we're watching a video preview of the game Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

I got almost a cross of between a No Man's Sky and Destiny type feel from that video.

It'll be available October 16th.

[SmoothPancakes]

Our next contestant is For Honor.

Roman Campos-Oriola, the creative director at Ubi Montreal is on stage.

In celebration of E3, they're inviting new players to join.

If you haven't played yet, starting today through next Monday, they're giving away the PC Starter Edition on UPLay for free.

Building on everything that they've learned, they're ready to expand their world.

Now launching into a video trailer.

For Honor Marching Fire DLC is coming.

A new faction, four new fighters, and more coming to For Honor. They biggest and most ambitious addition so far.

Answering a huge request from the community, a new 4 v 4 player mode. It's called Breach, a castle siege mode.

I didn't see a release date for it.

[SmoothPancakes]

Next we move onto The Crew 2.

In just a few days, freedom will be ours. Vehicles include car, bike, boat and plane.

Releases on June 29th.

The open beta will be available on PS4, XB1 and PC on June 21st, you can preload it now.

Seems a little odd to release a beta literally 8 days before the game itself releases.

[SmoothPancakes]

Next game takes us to Greece. Assassin's Creed Odyssey is up now.

Just finished a video preview. Now Jonathan Dumont, creative director is on stage.

It's more than an adventure, it's an RPG journey. Both on land and on sea.

The Pelopennesian War will be taking place during Odyssey.

You will choose your characters, Alexios or Kassandra to play as. You share the blood line of the Spartan hero Leonidas and will be able to use his broken spear as a weapon.

They have changed the way they tell stories. You have multiple choices for answers and dialogue and can even lie, as shown in response to a question by Socrates.

And Assassin's Creed Odyssey is coming to your XBox, Playstation and/or PC on October 5th, 2018.

[souljahbill]

Next game takes us to Rome. Assassin's Creed Odyssey is up now.

Greece. Brotherhood was in Rome, I believe.


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[souljahbill]

Odyssey looks dope. I need to start Syndicate and Origins.


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[SmoothPancakes]

And music is playing again, everyone who came out during the show is on stage. This appears to be the closing segment of the conference.

No Splinter Cell announced. :(

Also no Watch Dogs 3, though I wasn't realistically expecting it this year, maybe next E3.

[SmoothPancakes]

Greece. Brotherhood was in Rome, I believe.


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:fp:

Can't believe I made that mistake. Trying to type a bunch of stuff in short time. :D

Yes, it takes place in Greece, not Rome.

[SmoothPancakes]

Alright, that just leaves Sony's conference in 3 hours and that will put a wrap on another E3!

[CLW]

Alright, that just leaves Sony's conference in 3 hours and that will put a wrap on another E3!

You left out the #2 company in gaming today Nintendo is up tomorrow

[CLW]

Does Ubi's conference continue with the stuff/odd acts 20 something mins in and I've seen more dancing pandas bands and some fat guy on a bike instead of gameplay trailers

[SmoothPancakes]

You left out the #2 company in gaming today Nintendo is up tomorrowMeh, I don't own any Nintendo consoles or game playing systems, so I'm completely skipping and ignoring their conference tomorrow. For me personally, as soon as Sony's conference ends tonight, that'll be the end of E3.

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[bdoughty]

I give Sony's upcoming Conference an E for effort. Would have given them a gold participation star but that felt more like a Nintendo thing.

The biggest thing for me would be a Sony Pro console that does not sound like someone is starting a jet engine in your house. Still plan to get one for TLOU2, Days Gone, etc, but only with a major drop in price and a fan solution.

[bdoughty]

Thanks for the running commentary Scoop and all the individual game threads. Saved me a ton of time, you are the MVP of E3. Honorary mention to CDJ for numerous game threads.

Trials Rising will be mine and unlike you chumps, I dominate in Trials. ;) Even made a couple 5 star Enviorocross tracks that got some acclaim in Fusion. That is one game better played with the Xbox One controller. I played it mostly on the PS4 and tore the rubber off the analog sticks of three controllers. Plus the Xbox One has trigger rumble/feedback which makes it great for playing racing games on a controller.

[SmoothPancakes]

Thanks for the running commentary Scoop and all the individual game threads. Saved me a ton of time, you are the MVP of E3. Honorary mention to CDJ for numerous game threads.

Trials Rising will be mine and unlike you chumps, I dominate in Trials. ;) Even made a couple 5 star Enviorocross tracks that got some acclaim in Fusion. That is one game better played with the Xbox One controller. I played it mostly on the PS4 and tore the rubber off the analog sticks of three controllers. Plus the Xbox One has trigger rumble/feedback which makes it great for playing racing games on a controller.

Happy to help! :)

I know the running commentary was always great for me when I couldn't watch the conferences live years ago, so when I'm able to, always nice to leave a running trail of commentary for those who can't watch it right then. And since MS, Bethesda, Ubisoft and Square have all been good at getting videos from their conferences up on Youtube immediately after (or literally during the conference as was the case of Ubisoft with some of the videos showing up while that game was still being talked about on stage), it was pretty simple to start knocking out some new game threads and get those videos posted while I had those YouTube channels opened up.

[Rudy]

I give Sony's upcoming Conference an E for effort. Would have given them a gold participation star but that felt more like a Nintendo thing.

The biggest thing for me would be a Sony Pro console that does not sound like someone is starting a jet engine in your house. Still plan to get one for TLOU2, Days Gone, etc, but only with a major drop in price and a fan solution.

I was hoping they would announce a Pro Slim. Almost everyone complains about the noise.

Thanks Smooth for all the updates!

[bdoughty]

Todd Howard speaks about things.


Todd Howard is currently giving an interview with Geoff Keighly on YouTube and gave us a few tidbits about the things that Bethesda Game Studios is working on. Some of the highlights include

- Starfield has been in production for a long time and is a playable state.
- Starfield may have some sort of social connection to it, but make no mistake this is Bethesda's next big Single Player experience. Not an online focused game
- ESVI is in a pre production state. It is not currently in a playable capacity. The technology for the game still "doesn't exist yet but is getting closer" aka next generation consoles are approaching soon.
- Fallout 76 has the largest team that a BGS project has ever had.

Edit - there is some confusion if Todd was specifically commenting on the tech not existing yet was in regards to Starfield or Elder Scrolls VI. Either way he reiterated again that Starfield is a "next gen project" so it works either way.



https://www.usgamer.net/articles/fallout-76-will-support-mods-private-worlds-after-launch


Game designer Todd Howard revealed some new details about Fallout 76 today during an interview with host Geoff Keighley on YouTube Live at E3. "We love mods, so we are 100 percent committed to doing that in 76 as well. We will not be able to do that at launch though," Howard says. He goes on to note that at launch, Bethesda's goal is just to have a "well running, robust" service, and consideration for implementing mods will come sometime in the future. "You'll be able to have your own private world and be able to mod it and do all of that.

Mods and private worlds for Fallout 76. I am getting more excited about this one with each new detail.

[SmoothPancakes]

Todd Howard speaks about things.

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/fallout-76-will-support-mods-private-worlds-after-launch

Mods and private worlds for Fallout 76. I am getting more excited about this one with each new detail.

I posted the full interview in the Fallout 76 thread if you missed it. It's about 13 minutes long.

[bdoughty]

Thanks, so much info to sort through.

I now have to purchase an Alexa.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBeOkHH3BJk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW4KAFJIqFE

[SmoothPancakes]

I'm watching the Sony press conference on Mixer on my Xbox One. :D

[souljahbill]

I'm watching the Sony press conference on Mixer on my Xbox One. :D

[emoji38]


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[bdoughty]

Poor Xbox One, what did it do to deserve such a fate? Sticking with Twitch.

[SmoothPancakes]

Even though I think most of us are watching this live, I'll still throw up some notes as stuff happens here in case anyone's not able to watch live.

Got some banjo music going right now. I'm thinking this is a lead in to The Last of Us 2, but not positive. Yep, The Last of Us 2 it indeed is.

Game trailer now, got some banjo music going, people dancing in a room that looks rather like the set up Sony has for their conference right now, lol.

Now we got some girl on girl kissing going on. Lesbians confirmed! :D

And it transitions to one of them out in the woods stabbing a guy in the neck from behind. Now we're onto gameplay as she crouches down and sneaks behind cover in a swampy woods area, hiding from two other people up ahead.

There are a couple bodies hanging from trees, a destroyed car, nature appears to have taken over as there is broken up pavement and barely recognizable remains of a road. She approaches a group up ahead, watching someone hanging from a pole be stabbed in the heart and killed.

Whistles in the distance alert the group to trouble. They spread out to look, while the protagonist climbs into a decrepit parking garage to hide, before killing a guy from behind with a bow and arrow. She hides behind a van then sneaks up behind another guy. Before she can kill him, she gets spotted from the side by someone else, with a two on one melee royale breaking out. She kills both of them, but the noise draws attention and gunshots from others.

She hauls ass outside into tall grass and hides, but more people are closing in. She crawls under a truck to take cover as they search for her nearby. Someone crouches down and looks under the truck, and she shoots them, but then is pulled out by another. She managed to shoot and kill him, before taking cover behind a car and killing another person. Her gun is empty and she get shot by yet another person nearby. She picks up a body and uses it as a shield against an arrow, before dodging bullets and diving behind a counter inside a building.

Still hiding from three more people hunting her, she sneaks behind various objects and tries to evade them. A fourth person enters. She gets out her bow and arrow and fires an explosive arrow, killing one person before melee killing another. Despite getting tossed around and her ass kicked, she manages to kill a third person before finally taking the last one down to his knees with three arrows, before driving her blade into the side of his neck and finishing him off with a second melee strike.

And we transition back into the lesbian kiss.

And title screen. The Last of Us Part 2. No release date was given.

And apparently the Showcase is taking an intermission now.

[CLW]

Yes it's the same guy who composed TLOU 1 soundtrack

[bdoughty]

Banjo Kazooie now cross platform? :D

[CLW]

Lol setup in Hall same as TLOU 2 trailer

[bdoughty]

I know it is Gustavo.

[bdoughty]

HAWT!

[CLW]

Damn this game is going to be INTENSE

[JBHuskers]

Right in the FACE!

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[CLW]

Odd setup sounds like crowd moving around to 4 different locations

[JBHuskers]

Different, but I don't hate it.

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[bdoughty]

Less jabbering, more games.

[CLW]

Less jabbering, more games.

Yep not digging this format so far they may indeed just show the 4 games

[JBHuskers]

New Game+ for God Of War

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[bdoughty]

It's like watching the View for Sony video games. Get to games.

[CLW]

Sound confident about Spidey release date

[SmoothPancakes]

Ugh, still a few more minutes before the damn thing continues. Just with this intermission (and probably more intermissions to come) and talking heads shit, Sony gets no higher than a B from me for this conference. :fp:

Oh Christ, more talking heads. :fp:

[souljahbill]

That was a snooze.


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[bdoughty]

Intermission? More The View. Yappity Yap Yap Yap.

[souljahbill]

Sony, you’ve showed ONE GAME. Why are you in intermission?


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[SmoothPancakes]

Alright, at least Black Ops 3 coming to PS+ tonight was a nice little surprise. Too bad I already own it.

[CLW]

Yeah this format is not good

[JBHuskers]

Wow! Nice drop for PS+ giving Black Ops 3

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[bdoughty]

Someone will get fired for this format and I am okay with that.

[JBHuskers]

I was digging the format (unique location) until they started going into what is normally on a post-show.

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[SmoothPancakes]

WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS! SHOW US SOME DAMN GAMES!

At least Microsoft just pretty much blitzkrieged through 50 games over a 2 hour period with minimal talking bullshit. We're already a half hour into this conference and maybe 12 minutes of it was actual game videos. :fp:

[CLW]

Just a dumb idea of moving people to different places

[SmoothPancakes]

Oh screwing your sneaking! Just get back to the showcase! Jesus Christ almighty! I'm bored to tears!

[JBHuskers]

Just a dumb idea of moving people to different placesYep. They were trying to outthink themselves.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Just a dumb idea of moving people to different places

Yeah, I'm not sure what the hell someone was thinking when they made that decision.

[SmoothPancakes]

LET'S GO ALREADY!

Finally! Except more live music.

[souljahbill]

🤦🏾*♂️

Nintendo had literally 1 game to show 2 or 3 years ago (Breath of the Wild) and that presentation video was infinitely better than this.


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[SmoothPancakes]

Alright, I'll give him credit, dude knows how to work the wood! ;)

[bdoughty]

Twitch has crashed. Now on youtube. WTF is going on. Removing E for effort grade. Downgraded to Wtf.

[souljahbill]

🤦🏾*♂️

Nintendo had literally 1 game to show 2 or 3 years ago (Breath of the Wild) and that presentation video was infinitely better than this.


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[emoji38]

Edit: Whoops! I meant to quote Smooth, not myself.


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[SmoothPancakes]

Finally! Back into game videos.

After 20 bloody minutes, finally we got video going. Must be Ghosts of Tsushima.

Day 9 of the Mongol Invasion, we're following a Japanese warrior. Looking over sun reflected fields, you can see smoke and fire and destruction in the distance. Now riding a horse through the fields and into woods. Off to fight the Mongols!

3 on 1 Mongol action! Dude just fucked up one Mongol with a single sword slash. Fucked up the second guy and now the third. Two more come rushing in, and just as quickly die. Another guy comes rushing, only to get shot in the back with an arrow from a second character, before being finished with a sword to the back by our main guy.

Sneaking up towards a temple, it's a death gangbang as sword guy slices and dices one while the other person takes an arrow in the back of the head. Some climbing and jumping, now up on a roof, more sneaking around and inside the temple via the roof. Sneaking through the rafters, and we jump and drive a sword through the guys head. A couple more quick kills, including a sword stab through the paper walls and heart of a guy blowing a warning horn for reinforcements, they start carrying a wounded comrade off, only to have your partner shoot an arrow at the guy because the guy betrayed her family. Now you and your partner face off as leaves blow all around you. Swords are drawn, positions are taken, the wind billows all around you and FIGHT!

As fires rage around you from fire arrows flying through the nearby air, you spare your partner and prepare to swing at closing mongols.

And title screen.

[CLW]

Ghosts is STUNNING format BLOWS

[bdoughty]

Arrogant Sony is the worst Sony.

[CLW]

Ghosts looks great wonder if we get a 2019 release date

[JBHuskers]

This game is beautiful!

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[souljahbill]

Assassins Creed Mongolia


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[SmoothPancakes]

Now onto one hard rocking banana.

[JBHuskers]

Potassium WK :D
Now onto one hard rocking banana.

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[CLW]

Dreams is gonna flop hard

[souljahbill]

What banana? Did I miss something?


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[SmoothPancakes]

No idea what the hell was happening, but the game is apparently called Control, made by Remedy and 505 Games, with a 2019 release.

[CLW]

Trailers during "intermission" is better but still bad formatting

[CLW]

Maybe only 2 locations thank god

[SmoothPancakes]

Now onto a first person game of some sort from the perspective or a mouse or something? Nope, it's Resident Evil!

Welcome to Resident Evil 2 Remake!

Coming January 25, 2019!

[JBHuskers]

Resident Evil!

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[souljahbill]

Gotta love Ada Wong


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[CLW]

Looks good

[JBHuskers]

That was good!

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[SmoothPancakes]

And time for intermission! :D

Just kidding!

[bdoughty]

Resident Evil: Ratatouille's Revenge

[CLW]

Remake of re2 2019 ftw

[JBHuskers]

Sony picking up the pace finally.

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[souljahbill]

Nooooooooo! Don’t kill bathtub guy!!!!


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[SmoothPancakes]

Bathtub guy just got fried!

Trover Saves the Universe is the title. Perfect game to play on LSD!

[bdoughty]

Try hard game, try's hard and fails.

[CLW]

Sony picking up the pace finally.

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Yep praying no more intermissions

[SmoothPancakes]

Sony's own Sea of Thieves? :D

The actual game is Kingdom Hearts 3 with Pirates of the Caribbean content apparently including to the Frozen, Toy Story, Hercules, Monster, Inc. characters and god only know how many others.

[JBHuskers]

Captain Jack Sparrow in Kingdom Hearts 3?

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[CLW]

Lol no clue what kh3 is other than just a crap load of IP thrown into a single game

[SmoothPancakes]

Kingdom Hearts 3 has been at the Microsoft, Square Enix and now Sony conferences. Either someone is seriously trying to pimp this game out for sales, or someone really has some good blackmail on MS and Sony execs.

A Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4 package also being announced.

[SmoothPancakes]

Now we have shrieking celery stalks.

And a baby looking at us while apparently still in the womb. Some weird shit this conference!

Death Stranding at last!

[souljahbill]

Vaginas? [emoji38]


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[CLW]

L Sony just sending dreams out to die

[JBHuskers]

Seeing the baby in the womb and I definitely knew it was Death Stranding lol

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[souljahbill]

Daryl is all alone.


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[JBHuskers]

That would be first gameplay of Death Stranding right?

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[souljahbill]

Do you do anything else but walk across landscapes and carry big things on your back?


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[CLW]

This game won't come out until ps6

[JBHuskers]

Norman ripping off his toenail. That was a little gross.

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[CLW]

Still no clue wtf this gm even is

[JBHuskers]

Still no clue wtf this gm even isI'm guessing that is what Kojima is going for exactly.

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[bdoughty]

Kojima :D never change.

[SmoothPancakes]

Did Daryl just shove that thing up his ass? :D

This is one trippy game.

Death Stranding with a release date of who the hell knows when. Still no release date given.

[CLW]

I'm guessing that is what Kojima is going for exactly.

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That might sell to some but to be commercially successful you have to show an actual game for a new ip

[SmoothPancakes]

Nioh 2 is coming in the future apparently.

[SmoothPancakes]

Now it's on to Spiderman!

[CLW]

Lol more dreams

[SmoothPancakes]

Spidey getting his ass kicked.

[CLW]

Combat looks great

[SmoothPancakes]

Spidey dead, lol.

I'm leaning towards getting that this September, seems like it'll be fun, combat looked good.

[SmoothPancakes]

And that appears to be the end of the showcase.

[bdoughty]

Wow, already done. Starting to think about waiting for PS5 and the TLOU2 remake.

[CLW]

Welp the intermission was DUMB but 3/4 the exclusives look great

Sony B

[souljahbill]

It ending was the presentation version of premature ejaculation.


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[JBHuskers]

Was Spidey insinuating that Watanabe was behind it all at the end?

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[SmoothPancakes]

Dead god, Sony swung and missed hardcore this year. Only like 9 games shown in an hour and 15 minute conference. That 20 minute bloody intermission with talking heads so they could change rooms.

Nioh 2
Control
Death Stranding
Ghosts of Tsushima
The Last of Us 2
Spider-man
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Trovor Saves the Universe
Kingdom Hearts 3

Those were the only games I remember them showing. Between the extreme lack of games and that goddamned intermission, Sony gets MAYBE a C at most.

[CLW]

Spidey gameplay looks AMAZING

[CLW]

Top 5 games of E3

TLOU2
Spiderman
Tomb Raider
Cyberpunk
Ghosts

[bdoughty]

While it is not over just yet and there still might be some third party reveals to come.

1. TLOU2
2. Fallout 76
3. Unravel 2 (very much enjoying this game)
4. Rage 2
5. Session (Need that skating fix)

[SmoothPancakes]

Well, we all agree on #1 and literally nothing else. :D

For me, my list goes

#1 The Last of Us 2
#2 The Division 2
#3 Just Cause 4
#4 Skull & Bones
#5 Fallout 76

Honorable mentions go to Dying Light 2, We Happy Few and Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

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[JBHuskers]

Too tired to rank, but I'm very much looking forward to Fallout 76, TLOU2, Division 2, new Halo if it is open world, Skull & Bones, and Cyberpunk.

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[souljahbill]

So far, I only want 2 games. AC Odyssey and Anthem. Kingdom Hearts 3 is a possibility. Skull and Bones was high on my list until I learned that other players will be in my game attacking me. Hard pass.

I’m waiting to see if Nintendo drops a new Fire Emblem this year and if Animal Crossing is announced. Those will be my top 2 games if both are shown in the Nintendo Direct.


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