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BusierDonkey
Member
Personally I enjoyed Flute Guy, Ravi Drums, Skittles (and all things Kinect), Wii Music, one million troops, Riiiidge Racer, $599 US dollars, giant enemy crab, Mr. Caffeine, Skyward Sword not working, absolutely failed attempts at humor, fake on-stage multiplayer, and the horrid awkwardness that is people on stage holding controllers that are obviously not playing anything. The fact everything is pre-recorded will only make the awkwardness even more awkward (Think Covid Wrestlemania)
If E3 is over and I haven't sunk two feet into my couch from the sheer power of the cringe, then it wasn't a good E3.
HYDE
Member
Zero interest in Microsoft and Bethesda shit, that’ll be a shitstorm wankfest. Make a nonshitty, nonbuggy, noncombatsucksass game Bethesda, and I’ll pay attention.
Why someone would choose to play an Elder Scrolls or Witcher game over a FromSoftware game baffles my mind.
Hopefully Tecmo shows Ninja Gaiden 4 at E3 or TGS. Bring on Elden Ring and Silk Song please! EA make Dead Space 4. Breath of the Wild 2 & Odyssey 2 need to be seen Nintendo, after Metroid 5 and Prime Trilogy/4.
Why someone would choose to play an Elder Scrolls or Witcher game over a FromSoftware game baffles my mind.
Hopefully Tecmo shows Ninja Gaiden 4 at E3 or TGS. Bring on Elden Ring and Silk Song please! EA make Dead Space 4. Breath of the Wild 2 & Odyssey 2 need to be seen Nintendo, after Metroid 5 and Prime Trilogy/4.
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Tranquil
Member
Not everyone is interested in super challenging games.
VN1X
Banned
Fixed.
RoyalLaFlame
Banned
If Nintendo doesn't show anything Metroid I'll sell my Switch.
DO YOU HEAR THAT NINTENDO?
DO YOU HEAR THAT NINTENDO?
Bartski
Gold Member
I'm sure I'll be watching it all live as always with all you crazy people and I'm mostly looking forward to the Xbox conference and their post Zenimax 1st party announcements, going against the totally-not-part-of-E3 Sony big summer showcase that will most likely happen around the same time.
Negotiator101
Member
I can't believe they are not participating, big mistake IMO with how many publishers have signed on just seems another blunder from PS. Obviously they can do their own thing but this is already getting people excited for big games in one place, and Sony are missing the party.
Negotiator101
Member
I'm just wondering if we'll have people on stage talking to the camera (obviously no audience) or just a talking head pre-recorded? Love to see Joe Staten come out and play Infinite just like the old Bungie E3's.
Negotiator101
Member
You'll get a lot more than that, Ninja Theory will be showing one of their projects. Coalition are nearly 2 years since Gears 5, a teaser of the new Gears isn't out of the question. It's going to be packed with games more than ever, too many games to mention I reckon.
killatopak
Gold Member
Please lawd show me SMTV release date.
Still think mara isn't a big game so I think we get that first before hellblade 2. I think it's a technical proof of concept of a game.
Umbasaborne
Banned
I think that if we finally do see this game again (and it hasn’t been canned) the scope of it will be significantly reduced. I think they realize they bit off and promised more than they can chew, so they have been reworking it into a smaller, more standard open world game like they typically make
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Umbasaborne
Banned
Sony still has not officially delayed god of war. It wont come out this year, but they will probably put out a trailer around e3 time and maybe launch next fall?
BadBurger
Banned
It's possible that late into the development of GoW Sony and Santa Monica realized they had a sure fire hit and ramped up production on a sequel in time to get something out the door these coming holidays (it did only take them roughly four years to complete GoW 2018), but I just really doubt it. Especially with the pandemic.
Kev Kev
Member
Here is my wish list
shining force 1 and 2 remake
Half life 3
FFXVI stealth release
Ffvii remake 2 with reveal that the spirit ghosts and time traveling sephiroth have been removed
Portal 3
L4d3
Team fortress 3
Resident evil viii will be VR capable
Astro bit rescue mission 2 compatible on ps4
Halo infinite will be compatible with Xbox’s new vr headset
Xbox reveals there new vr headset
Elder scrolls vi release date (vr compatible)
Subnautica is now vr compatible on ps4
Sony’s vr media player is fixed and actually works now
Minecraft 2
No mans sky 2
Ff6 remake
Fallout 5
and more...
...
What? I don’t think that’s too much to ask for....
shining force 1 and 2 remake
Half life 3
FFXVI stealth release
Ffvii remake 2 with reveal that the spirit ghosts and time traveling sephiroth have been removed
Portal 3
L4d3
Team fortress 3
Resident evil viii will be VR capable
Astro bit rescue mission 2 compatible on ps4
Halo infinite will be compatible with Xbox’s new vr headset
Xbox reveals there new vr headset
Elder scrolls vi release date (vr compatible)
Subnautica is now vr compatible on ps4
Sony’s vr media player is fixed and actually works now
Minecraft 2
No mans sky 2
Ff6 remake
Fallout 5
and more...
...
What? I don’t think that’s too much to ask for....
Umbasaborne
Banned
I hope your right, if it ends up hitting this year against all odds that would be a great suprise
Thirty7ven
Banned
Starfield is the one that intrigues me the most. The last Bethesda game I liked was Skyrim, and I remember how ambitious that was at the time and Starfield in my mind feels like it could potentially be another Skyrim moment for Bethesda.
JimmyRustler
Member
I just want to see Starfield gameplay TBH.
ShaikhCroft
Member
I want more freedom to explore than getting axed by monsters in every few seconds!
Kev Kev
Member
alll abooooaaarrdd
choooo choooooo
e3 is back babaayyyy
fr someone needs to start a new hype train up in this bitch
Umbasaborne
Banned
Updated predictions....
For microsoft:
Halo infinite showcase, campaign and multiplayer, release date set for november. Multiplayer beta launches the same day.
forza horizon 5 showcase, about 10 minutes, launching this september on all xbox consoles as well as steam.
we are then shown a full race from the next forza
Motorsport. The fidelity of which comes close to what we saw in the first teaser. Launching fall 2022 only on series x/s and pc.
psychonauts 2 gets a new trailer, release date is set for the end of june. The “next-gen” version is exclusive to xbox and pc. Ps4 owners will still get that version, no ps5 enhancements to speak of. Afterward, we see a teaser for the next banjo kazooie, being developed by double fine with input from rare.
obsidian comes next to showcase 3 new titles. The first being a gameplay trailer for avowed. Which will differentiate itself from the elder scrolls by being a more action focused first person dungeon crawler rather than a big
Open world rpg. We will then see the first trailer for the outer worlds part 2, which will use a mix of gameplay and cg, game is further along than anyone suspected. Avowed will launch in spring 2022, outer worlds part 2 is set for fall of next year. Finally, they show a teaser, obsidian has partnered with bethesda to create a new fallout game. It will be made in the engine created for the outer worlds rather than bethesda’s creation engine, and it will seek to differentiate itself more from the mainline series and 76. Its described as a smaller scoped, single player fallout game with more in common with the outer worlds than say fallout 4. Obsidian as a studio will seek to put out a new game every two to three years while the larger rpg’s from bethesda take 5-10 plus.
todd howard comes on stage, and we are treated
To 15 minutes of starfield gameplay, and given a deep dive into its features. The game
Is releasing this december. They say that they dont want to show the elder scrolls six again until its a few months away from launch, and ask us to please be patien
machine games comes out and shows off wolfenstein 3, set to launch next summer. We also see our first in engine trailer for indiana jones, harrison ford is announced to be providing the voice of indy. Harrison ford is zoomed in to talk about how video games can expand the realm of entertainment. And makes a joke saying that while indy will be an old man on film, he is
Timeless in the realm of gaming. No date given for jones.
Flight simulator for consoles shown. Looks worse than the pc version but better than most expected. Hotas for consoles also announced.
compulsions next game is a purely single player bioshock inspired title set in the world of we happy few, no crafting or survival bs.
rare comes out and gives us our first look at gameplay for everwild. They emphasize that the long wait will be worth it, and only give a year 2023
inexile is announced to be working with ea and bioware on an exclusive strategy rpg set in the world of mass effect
id comes out and announces that the next generation update for doom eternal is availible today for xbox series and ps5. Quake 2 rtx is also confirmed to come to xbox series x/s this fall. We see a small teaser for the next doom, which marty stration jokingly refers to as doom 3-2
blah blah blah some elder scrolls online bs
Deathloop and ghostwire tokyo are basically burried. Ms is leaving all marketing up to sony, will treat them as “new”’games when they come to xbox next year
minecraft rtx is announced exclusively for xbox series. They applogize for the cancellation of the super graphics pack and say that the hardware was not there when they were making it, but now that it is, some of those features have made their way into the rtx for consoles pack
microsoft ends the conference with a 5 minute gameplay teaser for gears 6, coming 2022 exclusively for series x/s
For microsoft:
Halo infinite showcase, campaign and multiplayer, release date set for november. Multiplayer beta launches the same day.
forza horizon 5 showcase, about 10 minutes, launching this september on all xbox consoles as well as steam.
we are then shown a full race from the next forza
Motorsport. The fidelity of which comes close to what we saw in the first teaser. Launching fall 2022 only on series x/s and pc.
psychonauts 2 gets a new trailer, release date is set for the end of june. The “next-gen” version is exclusive to xbox and pc. Ps4 owners will still get that version, no ps5 enhancements to speak of. Afterward, we see a teaser for the next banjo kazooie, being developed by double fine with input from rare.
obsidian comes next to showcase 3 new titles. The first being a gameplay trailer for avowed. Which will differentiate itself from the elder scrolls by being a more action focused first person dungeon crawler rather than a big
Open world rpg. We will then see the first trailer for the outer worlds part 2, which will use a mix of gameplay and cg, game is further along than anyone suspected. Avowed will launch in spring 2022, outer worlds part 2 is set for fall of next year. Finally, they show a teaser, obsidian has partnered with bethesda to create a new fallout game. It will be made in the engine created for the outer worlds rather than bethesda’s creation engine, and it will seek to differentiate itself more from the mainline series and 76. Its described as a smaller scoped, single player fallout game with more in common with the outer worlds than say fallout 4. Obsidian as a studio will seek to put out a new game every two to three years while the larger rpg’s from bethesda take 5-10 plus.
todd howard comes on stage, and we are treated
To 15 minutes of starfield gameplay, and given a deep dive into its features. The game
Is releasing this december. They say that they dont want to show the elder scrolls six again until its a few months away from launch, and ask us to please be patien
machine games comes out and shows off wolfenstein 3, set to launch next summer. We also see our first in engine trailer for indiana jones, harrison ford is announced to be providing the voice of indy. Harrison ford is zoomed in to talk about how video games can expand the realm of entertainment. And makes a joke saying that while indy will be an old man on film, he is
Timeless in the realm of gaming. No date given for jones.
Flight simulator for consoles shown. Looks worse than the pc version but better than most expected. Hotas for consoles also announced.
compulsions next game is a purely single player bioshock inspired title set in the world of we happy few, no crafting or survival bs.
rare comes out and gives us our first look at gameplay for everwild. They emphasize that the long wait will be worth it, and only give a year 2023
inexile is announced to be working with ea and bioware on an exclusive strategy rpg set in the world of mass effect
id comes out and announces that the next generation update for doom eternal is availible today for xbox series and ps5. Quake 2 rtx is also confirmed to come to xbox series x/s this fall. We see a small teaser for the next doom, which marty stration jokingly refers to as doom 3-2
blah blah blah some elder scrolls online bs
Deathloop and ghostwire tokyo are basically burried. Ms is leaving all marketing up to sony, will treat them as “new”’games when they come to xbox next year
minecraft rtx is announced exclusively for xbox series. They applogize for the cancellation of the super graphics pack and say that the hardware was not there when they were making it, but now that it is, some of those features have made their way into the rtx for consoles pack
microsoft ends the conference with a 5 minute gameplay teaser for gears 6, coming 2022 exclusively for series x/s
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Bartski
Gold Member
ZywyPL
Banned
That's a pretty solid list, if MS delivered something like that it would be the show they needed for years.
Moonjt9
No Silksong? = Delivering the pain.
Don’t do this to me. Don’t give me hope
Bladed Thesis
Member
Massive oof if this happened imo. Gears franchise is clearly not the frontrunner it used to be.
Also, if Halo Infinite drops with ZERO word of a Battle Royale mode I would consider that pretty stupid. Love it or hate it, Battle Royales are becoming the standard for multiplayer when it comes to playerbase and longevity. Add in the fact that the Halo universe would be PERFECT for a Battle Royale (dropping on a Halo ring, ODST, various skins and weapons, character and weapon customization, etc) not having a BR seems like a VERY tonedeaf move in my opinion.
I'm sorry, I don't care about Halo purists (big Halo fan back in my day, even played 2 and 3 competitively) but you have to move ahead with the times. Fortnite and Warzone DOMINATE the playerbase and Warzone in particular has done EVERYTHING right to secure their playerbase for another 4-6 years minimum by making the move to warzone. They've almost completely shrugged off their standard multiplayer mode at this point. 343 and MS need to see this and need to react accordingly. I hate to say it but it also fits their GAAS model as Warzone has shown that they can keep an entire playerbase interested with various events and changes to the map as well as skins, mtx, etc. Going for a purist approach to Halo Infinite mp and having zero plans for a BR would be a massive fuck up imo.
yurinka
Member
MS:
-Halo Infinite re-reveal, 20 minutes gameplay demo running on a top end PC (even if labeled as running on a Series X) showing its game modes, weapons, some customization stuff an explaining their GaaS long term focus and roadmap for future expansions and updates (many game modes, content and features wouldn't be ready at launch).
-Starfield reveal with another 20 minutes gameplay demo explaining the game, its lore, main features, etc. Only announced for Xbox and PC in the E3, in a few months after launch will also get annouced for PS5.
-Ghostwire Tokyo and Deaploop trailers, announced for Gamepass PC day one and they announce the original release date and the release date for Xbox (1 year later), no PS5 version mentioned but still obviously coming.
-Crossgen Forza Horizon 5 announced for September, gets a gameplay trailer
-Some boring Minecraft part
-Hellblade 2 in-engine cinematic trailer, announced for 2022 (they mean late 2022, but not mentioned).
-Indiana Jones CG trailer, TBA.
-New Killer Instinct announced with a teaser. They may announce they bought Netherrealm to make it in addition to get the MK IP.
-Crossgen Xbox ports of a few of their PC only games like Flight Simulator or Age of Empire.
-Some trailers and a big reel of timed console exclusive indies coming to Game Pass day one during the next year.
I'm pretty sure it will debut with a stunning gameplay trailer in the big ass sumer event, and that it will also get its own State of Play around September. I see a November release to compete against Halo, like with Horizon I think they are waiting to see what release dates their competition announces and then shortly after these E3 conferences Sony makes their own event to announce their release dates and show the stuff they have for the next year specially focusing on H2 2021 stuff. Which is a ton of stuff.
I think Sony's plan is to counter with Horizon gameplay in the pre-E3+Ratchet release and with GoW gameplay just after the E3 conferences anything the others could announce there, showcasing that Sony first party games have the best next gen visuals by far (outside CGs/in-engine cutscenes).
-Halo Infinite re-reveal, 20 minutes gameplay demo running on a top end PC (even if labeled as running on a Series X) showing its game modes, weapons, some customization stuff an explaining their GaaS long term focus and roadmap for future expansions and updates (many game modes, content and features wouldn't be ready at launch).
-Starfield reveal with another 20 minutes gameplay demo explaining the game, its lore, main features, etc. Only announced for Xbox and PC in the E3, in a few months after launch will also get annouced for PS5.
-Ghostwire Tokyo and Deaploop trailers, announced for Gamepass PC day one and they announce the original release date and the release date for Xbox (1 year later), no PS5 version mentioned but still obviously coming.
-Crossgen Forza Horizon 5 announced for September, gets a gameplay trailer
-Some boring Minecraft part
-Hellblade 2 in-engine cinematic trailer, announced for 2022 (they mean late 2022, but not mentioned).
-Indiana Jones CG trailer, TBA.
-New Killer Instinct announced with a teaser. They may announce they bought Netherrealm to make it in addition to get the MK IP.
-Crossgen Xbox ports of a few of their PC only games like Flight Simulator or Age of Empire.
-Some trailers and a big reel of timed console exclusive indies coming to Game Pass day one during the next year.
GoW Ragnarok is still oficially a 2021 game, date announced after many months of pandemic so they already took it into consideration, but it will be released when ready. They won't rush it, but there is nothing pointing to a 2022 release other than rumors and assumptions.
I'm pretty sure it will debut with a stunning gameplay trailer in the big ass sumer event, and that it will also get its own State of Play around September. I see a November release to compete against Halo, like with Horizon I think they are waiting to see what release dates their competition announces and then shortly after these E3 conferences Sony makes their own event to announce their release dates and show the stuff they have for the next year specially focusing on H2 2021 stuff. Which is a ton of stuff.
I think Sony's plan is to counter with Horizon gameplay in the pre-E3+Ratchet release and with GoW gameplay just after the E3 conferences anything the others could announce there, showcasing that Sony first party games have the best next gen visuals by far (outside CGs/in-engine cutscenes).
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Jeff Grubb just doused water on the Halo Infinite E3 hype.
Said it's going to be a "Halo ass Halo game" and won't win over new fans to the series. Also doesn't expect any big multiplayer modes at launch other than the Halo staples.
Disaster if true.
Said it's going to be a "Halo ass Halo game" and won't win over new fans to the series. Also doesn't expect any big multiplayer modes at launch other than the Halo staples.
Disaster if true.
swaffles23
Member
I just wanna see Square Enix , especially the FF stuff and Nintendo. Feels like it's been forever since we got a huge Direct
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splattered
Member
I'm a fan of Halo but not a die hard, at this point i just want them to show more and ship the game finally. If it's a dumpster fire so be it. There are PLENTY other games in the oven to take my time and money with all the studios they own now. If Halo is good, then great! But if not, then no biggie.
Bladed Thesis
Member
He said they're targetted classic Halo gameplay with the game and it will be a very "Halo ass Halo game for Halo ass gamers" and that some of the multiplayer modes will launch after release. This is in line with how Warzone didn't launch with COD originally and was delayed a bit. I think Big Team Battles will be the mode that is delayed.
Not necessarily a disaster since Halo 4 and Halo 5 were clearly attempts to appeal to non-Halo fps competitive fans and they both weren't very successful in the mp scene when it comes to longetivity. Going back to the roots of Halo mp in terms of more skill-based gameplay as opposed to the trigger-shooter mechanics of COD is an interesting choice. I think his worry is more that it lacks the worldwide appeal some people had hoped for the game. I don't know if that was ever a realistic hope.
Again, no BR or even word of a BR mode is more of the disaster imo. Clear head-in-the-sand moment of ignoring a mode that clearly would make Halo more appealing. And I think that's what Grubb is getting at. No BR mode to appeal to a large outside fanbase, the game is more of the same Halo mp and that could be worrisome, could not. Hard to say. The FPS genre (specifically on consoles but also PC to a degree) lack a fresh skill-based shooter with great mechanics and great maps. CS dominates but that skill-based shooter group is hungry for something really well made and Valorant ain't it. We'll see.
fart town usa
Member
Mostly just curious to see what Capcom has to say. New Final Fight? Onimusha? Resident Evil news?
BOTW II and other announcements would be nice but no real expectations. Konami was the most interesting but that's no longer the case. Just makes it more interesting at this point.
BOTW II and other announcements would be nice but no real expectations. Konami was the most interesting but that's no longer the case. Just makes it more interesting at this point.
Negotiator101
Member
You are one of a kind 
you take time to do a showcase breakdown while sneaking in little jabs at Xbox 
I found the contempt in his post utterly funny but ehh
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
I think a standard skill based multiplayer game released in the modern era is one of the dumbest things one of these companies can do.
If you want to go after the Counter Strike market, you do it with a small to medium sized team...and even then, good luck. But you definitely don't do it with a 6 year development cycle Halo game that's trying to put XBox back on the map. The next big multiplayer game isn't going to come from the archaic Halo formula. The dinosaurs died for a reason. Mammals have arrived.
If Grubb is right, I'll finally be on board with the fanboys who say "343 is mismanaged". Multiplayer entered a new era in 2017, they had 4+ years to get multiplayer right and had all the resources to do it.
Hope he's wrong and we see something interesting/ambitious from the multiplayer team at 343.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I wouldn't rule out spring, that worked real well for the last one.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
My theory is that this is going to be the flagship title for the Super Switch. The timing of the rebooted development makes it a likely candidate for that.Please, Nintendo...
Please.
Even the smallest of crumbs...
I doubt it will be exclusive to Super Switch, but it'll be one of the first big games that's seriously enhanced for it.
The funny thing is I could actually see this happening. Probably won't, but something of this scale could happen this year, or at the very least the next.
Big showing, and all first party. Not a single third party game on that list. Kinda shows how big of an arsenal Microsoft has now. They can fill an entire conference to the brim without inviting a single third party to the, uhm, well, party.
Bladed Thesis
Member
I agree and disagree. The oldschool Halo MP formula is classic and has wained due to fatigue so its looking for fresh approach and perhaps this could be it. I have my doubts. I also think I probably didn't get my point across properly with Counter Strike. They aren't going after that market but instead moving closer to it in terms of a skill-based shooter. That is when Halo mp was at its best. Not the arcade-y feeling MP of 4 and 5. That is what I think Grubb says he sees and what I've also heard. It will appeal to the Halo fanbase, young and old, but won't have mass appeal because skill-based shooters are hard to pick up, hard to master, hard to enjoy for casuals. That is where a BR mode alongside a skill-based shooter makes sense to me. Two birds, one stone.
I think ignoring the BR mode is a massive mistake. Big Team Battles is what 343/MS and the Halo community thinks the casual people want but only the hardcore group wants it. And BF does it better. I think in a scifi setting, it's hard to do fun large scale competition maps because its always more fun to play present day games in that style. Otherwise its just a scifi battle with no grounding in reality. Battlefield games have their success because they are present day and relatable. Halo in a battlefield sized gamemode just isn't relateable and therefore not as appealing. Other games do it better and in a sci-fi setting, it just doesn't feel the same.
Honestly, it's funny because the criticism of Halo has been that 343 went too popular, too casual at times. So now they react like a rubberband and snap back the opposite direction and now that's a criticism. I will stick to my guns that a BR mode is where Halo should be pushing itself and to ignore that for a standard, 2010-era level of multiplayer ONLY is shortsighted. There is a place for a skill-based shooter. There's even a place for a Big Team Battle mode. But no BR in 2021/2022 seems like a big mistake.