So! My first topic I think will be one of current trendy-trendiness. At least among my people! E3! The Entertainment Electronics Expo this year has a lot of good showings, some things of interest, some things of not so much interest. First, a disclaimer: I do not play sports or racing games. Meh to all the mehs. The most I will say about any of those is that they look beautiful on the next gen consoles.
The most interesting thing to come out of the Microsoft conference, I thought, was the release of the Halo: Master Chief Collection, which will contain the Halos 1-4, and the Halo: Nightfall. Most of the other things that I really enjoyed here will come up later.
Next was EA—There were multiple good showings there, I was very much looking forward to them. BioWare came out swinging with Dragon Age: Inquisition to be released on 10/7/2014. (Check out the Inquisitors Pack here.) They also gave a small (very small) teaser for the next Mass Effect (which I continue to hope will at least mention the Commander we all know and love). They also revealed that BioWare is developing a new IP--though very little detail there.
During the DAI gameplay demo, they did confirm multiple cameos (Morrigan, Cullen, Leiliana) though they held tight on any we didn't already know about. They also stated that this was one of the largest crews, and the largest number of romances that they had done.
They also gave a release date and some demos of The SIMS 4, another game I am really excited about.
Ubisoft—Ubi had an excellent showing this year, I thought. Assasins Creed Unity looks really great (though I hope multi-player is not a requirement.) The Witcher looks AMAZING, very open, and Rainbow Six looks excellent as well. My personal favorite from them though is the new Far Cry.
Keeping up with the tradition of bat-sh1t insane villans , Pagan Min looks a despot through and through. Check it out:
PlayStation--- Announced a remake of Grim Fandango, showed a new white PS bundle for Destiny; release date 9/9/14 (I signed up for Alpha!), No man’s Sky, The Order: 1886. They also showed off Project Morpheus and PS TV. PS Now should also be demoing for PS4 this Summer.
Nintendo came the next morning---Announcing a new Legend of Zelda, some of the playable characters for Hyrule Warriors (Yay Zelda and Midna!), Xenoblade Chronicles X. Also a new Pokémon.
Those are definitely some of my favorites! Going to be super fun when that stuff comes out.
For a full list of games at this point, this is the best list I've found:
