E3 2019 is just around the corner!
This June 11th to the 13th, gamers world wide will get a glimpse at the future of gaming,
and naturally, as is the case every year, the internet Is jam packed with rumours as
to what we may or may not see.
This year is definitely an unusual one - Sony and playstation have confirmed they will not
be partaking, for the very first time since they began appearing at the conference since
it began in 1995.
That being said, there’s still a ton to look forward to – or hope for – so today
we’re coming at you with our top 10 E3 biggest rumours.
Let’s get to it!
10 Bethesda’s showcase Developer Bethesda is known for having one
of the most highly anticipated showcases in recent years at the convention.
But they’ve got some damage control to do this year – after the displeased reviews
of their recent title, Fallout 76, which the company pimped out at E3 last year, they’re
going to need more than Todd Howard’s charisma to prove to gamers that they’re a company
worth buying titles from over the next year.
They made some major announcements last year – the next installment in the Elder Scrolls
series is on its way after another barely previewed title of theirs, Starfield.
The biggest prediction for the company is that we’ll see some actual gameplay of Starfield,
or at least get some insight on what exactly the game will entail, aside from being a science
fiction title set in space.
That being said, Todd Howard has come out and said that they won’t be focusing on
Starfield or Elder Scrolls this year, leaving us scratching our heads as to what they’re
game plan is for the conference.
Many predict that Bethesda will also focus its showcase on two upcoming titles that seem
like surefire successes – Doom Eternal and co-op Wolfenstein Youngblood, the latter being
a new take and follow up to the very successful Wolfenstein The New Colossus.
9 Assassin’s Creed Vikings Gamers were surprised at last years E3 at
the impressive turn around that Ubisoft had between Assassin’s Creed Origins and Assassin’s
Creed Odyssey, the latter title being the one that the developer revealed.
And it was damn good, too.
Focusing more on RPG elements, many critics hailed it to be one of the best titles to
come out that year.
So it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Ubisoft may have done it again with a brand
new AC title, this time, set in the Viking age.
According to Kotaku, the rumours about a Viking themed AC game are true, with speculation
that the title will be called Assassin’s Creed Saga.
8 Sony Lied One speculation circulating on the interwebs
is that Playstation and Sony will actually be partaking in the conference after all,
completely mind f*cking us with a surprise appearance that will reveal a brand new next
generation console in the works.
Personally, we highly doubt that – Sony has stated, I quote, “playstation fans mean
the world to us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new
ways to delight gamers.
As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019.”
That being said, there have been leaks that news about the PS5 will come out prior to
the convention, still stealing some major thunder, although it’s widely speculated
that the console will be hitting the market next year.
Playstation fans, don’t be disappointed though – there are plenty of other conferences
from developers that will surely highlight playstation exclusives and other major titles
heading to the console, so you’ve still got a lot to look forward to.
7 No Metroid Prime 4 Despite fans eagerly awaiting the new Metroid
Prime title, many sources have speculated that the game won’t get any sort of new
reveal at Nintendo’s showcase this year.
Instead, we’re likely to see some brand new footage from games we already know are
in the pipeline for the Switch – Animal Crossing, Luigi’s Mansion, Marvel Ultimate
alliance 3 and Zelda Link’s Awakening, to name a few.
We also know that Pokemon Sword and Shield won’t be getting a ton of screen time – the
official announcement already dropped for that game prior to the conference, so while
we’ll likely see a bit more of it at E3, it won’t be taking up a ton of Nintendo’s
press time.
There’s also talk that new DLC fighters for Super smash Bros Ultimate, the game that
stole Nintendo’s show last year, so it’d be a pretty safe bet to suggest we’ll get
some reveals for the fighting title.
There’s also talk about a new Zelda game – Monolift Soft, whose engineers were brought
in to work on Breath of the Wild, had posted job listings for an upcoming Nintendo game,
but it’s not really Nintendo’s style to reveal something before they feel it’s ready.
They’re pros after all.
That being said, we could get a Metroid Prime 4 style teaser trailer for a new Zelda title
– which was literally a video with a title – so who knows.
6 George RR Martin The author and creator of Game of Thrones,
George RR Martin, recently got a lot of people hyped up thanks to a blog post he published
after the HBO series came to an end recently.
He noted that he’s going to be consulting on a Japanese game – this led to speculation
that the title he’s referring to is an open world game coming out of FromSoftware.
This has stirred up rumours that we might potentially see a new FromSoftware titled
advertised at the Microsoft conference.
Gaming news site Gematsu reported that someone familiar with ongoings at From Software confirmed
Martin’s involvement with a new game, but neither the studio or the author have confirmed
anything.
5 Cyberpunk 2077 With the past couple of E3s, we’ve seen
more and more news about CD Projekt Red’s brand new upcoming title Cyberpunk 2077, which
looks PHENOMINAL, to say the least.
One of the biggest predictions is that not only will we get to see more of the title,
but we’ll also get something that many fans have been DYING for – a release date.
The game has been in development for a long while now, but after the exclusive gameplay
that was released this past year, it seems likely that the title is getting closer to
the end of its production, meaning a date reveal seems inevitable.
4 Square Enix will steal the show Last year, many were disappointed in Square
Enix’s lack lustre showcase.
But this year, that’s gonna change.
The developer has already confirmed that we’ll be seeing the worldwide reveal of their Marvel’s
Avengers game, a title that has been in the works for a while now and is said to be ground
breaking, despite no one knowing what exactly it will actually entail.
Some speculation is that it’s going to be an online co-op title, others think it’ll
be an action adventure RPG type of game.
Regardless, we’ll finally be getting some answers.
In addition to that, one of the reasons why some believe Sony isn’t making an appearance
this year is because of some of it’s developers with Playstation exclusives will be showing
off certain titles, stealing the thunder – we’re talking specifically about the Final Fantasy
VII Remake.
And in addition to that, we know we’ll be getting more details on their super mysterious
title Outriders, a sci fi game that the company will also be revealing more about at their
conference.
So hey, maybe Square Enix is the developer to look out for this time around.
3 Warner Brothers Warner Brothers has made quite the stir at
the rumour mill leading up to E3.
There’s rumours that the studio behind Arkham Origins has a new Batman game in the works,
set to be released in late 2019, and we’re going to get a glimpse of it at E3.
The game is said to be based off of the Court of Owls story arc from the comics that was
penned by Scott Synder and Greg Capullo, and was one of the best things to come out of
the comic giant’s new 52 relaunch in 2011.
In addition to that, thanks to a leak from last year, there’s talk of a Harry Potter
RPG on its way, too.
2 Fable 4 Perhaps some of the biggest leaks circulating
online have to do with Fable 4 for the Xbox One.
There are rumours that the new title will be changing things up, wiping out the history
of the previous Fable universe, and will remove guns from the game.
There’s also rumours that the plot of the title will include time travel elements.
For those familiar with the series, according to the leaks, Albion has been destroyed thanks
to an asteroid that was wished into existence by a mad king with the tattered spire.
1 Rocksteady’s Superman This one is SUCH a long shot, especially since
Sefton Hill from Rocksteady already took to Twitter to confirm that the company wasn’t
attending E3, and was in fact working on their “next big project” instead.
There have long been rumours concerning Rocksteady working on another massive video game franchise
for DC comics.
Their Arkhamverse Batman games are arguably one of the best video game superhero franchises
to date, and drew in a whole new generation of fans in the process.
There’s been lots of talk that the studio is developing a Superman series, working in
a similar vein to do what they did with Batman to the man of steel.
Rocksteady skipped out last year as well, so it seems like we’ll probably have to
keep waiting before we actually get a glimpse at what this new project is.
One can dream though, one can dream.
There we have it friends!
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