E3 is always an exciting time for gamers. Developers and publishers gather to give us a peek into the latest and greatest that gaming has to offer. New IP’s are revealed and fan favorites receive sequels on stage in a hype-fuel display of gaming passion. With all of the spectacle and excitement, it is nigh-impossible to not spend some time speculating on what revelations await every year at E3. Everyone has their own personal wishlist for what each E3 will hold, so I’ve tried to focus on what I most want to see from each developer/publisher.
God of War
Sony surprised many fans last year when it revealed the return of everyone’s favorite rage-filled, god-killing murder machine. From the gameplay Sony showed, it seems like Kratos has changed drastically from previous games. The character is older now and has a son that he must care for. Suddenly the God of War is a family man and the tone of the game has shifted towards a more narrative-focused adventure, complete with a new over-the-shoulder camera perspective. It remains to be seen just how similar the combat will be to the previous games. Hopefully Sony can show us more gameplay to give us a better understanding of Kratos’ new adventure.
Bethesda’s Two New Games
Bethesda has some of the biggest IP’s in the industry, including Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Bethesda has tweeted an image to go along with their conference this year and it has led to quite a lot of speculation from fans. The image is styled after an amusement park and features an appearance from The Elder Scrolls Online, Doom, Quake, Fallout, Prey, and two “Under Construction” attractions. While my inner fanboy would love to hear about Elder Scrolls 6, Todd Howard has made it clear that the game is still very early in development. Some speculate that one of the games could be a sequel to Evil Within, but there isn’t much evidence at this point. New games are the highlight of E3, and Bethesda has got two of them in its pocket to show us. What more could you ask for?
Bioware’s New IP
Bioware has been coasting along with its two flagship series, Dragon Age and Mass Effect for years now. As great as those series may be, it is about time for the developer to show us something new. Thankfully they aim to do just that at E3. Liam Robertson revealed in an interview with IBT that Bioware’s new IP, code named “Dylan,” takes inspiration from Destiny and The Division. It will incorporate MMO elements as well as co-op. Robertson also claims the game is “bigger than Mass Effect Andromeda, considerably so.” Bioware hasn’t released any kind of official information regarding the title, so we can’t know for sure how accurate this information is. That being said, Dylan definitely has my attention going into this year’s E3.
Assassin’s Creed
Ubisoft hasn’t officially announced a conference date, but chances are they will hold one at some point. As a fan of Assassin’s Creed, I would love to see what kind of fresh ideas Ubisoft can come up with for the franchise after its year-long hiatus (barring a spinoff Playstation Vita game). Rumors abound about the the so-called Assassin’s Creed: Empires, and some even speculate that we could have the game by the end of the year. With more time to devote to creating something new for Assassin’s Creed, hopefully Ubisoft can re-ignite the passion for the series.
Nintendo’s Non-Nintendo Titles
With their new console/handheld hybrid consistently keeping shelves empty, all eyes are on Nintendo. Nobody wants a repeat of the Wii U and Nintendo fans want to make sure that all the hard work they put into getting a Switch will be worthwhile. While Nintendo won’t be holding a formal conference at E3, they will surely have a Nintendo Direct that will be streamed sometime during the expo. I fully expect that they will have more details on Splatoon 2 and ARMS, especially with both games having release dates soon after E3. Mario Odyssey will have some time in the spotlight as well. What I want most, however, is more details on third-party titles. Nintendo needs third-party support to really set the Switch up for success. Details on the new Shin Megami Tensei and Xenoblade Chronicles games would be huge. More details on the incredibly odd Mario and Raving Rabbids RPG crossover would be welcome as well. I’d also like to see more from other developers to back up the image that was shown when they unveiled the Switch.
As Assassin’s Creed Shadows is about to sneak up on people in November, Ubisoft says that the time between developing games needs to be longer to find the “right balance.” Shadows has been in development for four years, longer than any other game in the series up to this point. That includes the huge open-world epics Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
Shadows lead producer Karl Onnée (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz) says that the latest AC game took 25% longer to make than Valhalla. He says this is necessary to keep the quality of the series that it is known for: “It’s always a balance between time and costs, but the more time you have, the more you can iterate.” You can speed up a project by adding more people to it, but that doesn’t give you more time to make changes.
Onnée says this has as much to do with immersion and aesthetics as it does with fixing bugs and smoothing out pixels. This is because the development team needs time to learn about each new historical setting: “We are trying to make a game that is as real as possible.” We’re proud of it, and the process took a long time. In feudal Japan, building a house is very different from building a house in France or England in the Middle Ages. As an artist, you need to learn where to put things in a feudal Japanese home. For example, food might not belong there. Get all the information you need and learn it. That process takes a long time.”
You’ll have to wait a little longer for Ubisoft to work on each game. Are you okay with that? In what part of Shadows are you now? Is it interesting to you? Leave a comment below and let us know.
You can now pre-order Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, a remaster that Dragami Games and Capcom both created. You can now pre-order the PS5 game on the PS Store for $44.99 or £39.99. If you have PS Plus, you can get an extra 10% off the price.
The company put out a new trailer with about three minutes of gameplay to mark the start of the pre-order period. Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP is a remaster of Grasshopper Manufacture’s crazy action game from 2012. You play as Juliet, a high school student who fights off waves of zombies.
The remaster adds RePOP mode, an alternative mode that swaps out the blood and gore for fun visual effects. It also adds a bunch of other features and improvements that make the game better overall. You can expect the graphics and sound to be better as well.
The game will now come out on September 12, 2024, instead of September 12, 2024. Are you excited to get back to this? Please cheer us on in the section below.
Is there really anyone who is following the story of Call of Duty’s zombie mode? We’ve known about the story in a vague way for a while, but we couldn’t tell you anything about it. It looks like the “Dark Aether” story will continue in Black Ops 6, but we don’t really know what that means.
For those of you who care, here is the official blurb with some background: “Requiem, led by the CIA, finally closed the last-dimensional portal, sending its inhabitants back to the nightmare world known as the Dark Aether, after two years of fighting zombie outbreaks around the world during the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War timeline.”
Wait, there’s more! “Agent Samantha Maxis gave her life to seal this weird dimension from the inside out.” Even worse things were to come: senior staff members of Requiem were arrested without a reason by the Project Director, who turned out to be Edward Richtofen.
Black Ops 6 will take place about five years later, and it looks like it will show more about Richtofen’s goals and motivations. The most important thing is that you will probably be shooting an unimaginable number of zombies in the head. This week, on August 8, there will be a full reveal of the gameplay, so keep an eye out for that.
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