E3 2019 is coming to a close, and while we did get a few exciting surprises this year
– like the announcement that Breath of the Wild is getting a sequel – many feel that
this year’s annual video game conference was a tad lack luster, with many big players
in the industry either not addressing big titles that were previously announced or let
alone showing up at the conference at all.
So today, we’re breaking down the biggest things that were missed at this year’s conference,
with our list of the top 10 games missing from E3 2019!
10 Beyond Good and Evil 2 The sequel to Beyond Good and Evil has long
been in development hell.
But back in 2017, it was announced at E3 that the game was most definitely happening, and
that devs were hard at work on it.
E3 2018 brought more news on the title, including some gameplay footage, and it became clear
how massive of an undertaking the title would be.
This year, we got nothing.
It seems that the trend for some of the massive titles that we’ve seen previewed or teased
in the last few years have gone quiet, likely due to the fact that most of them are being
reworked as new gen releases.
But the fear with Beyond Good and Evil 2 is that the game will slip back into development
hell, which would be an utter shame since the content we did see the last two years
seemed incredibly promising.
9 Bayonetta 3 Back in 2017 at the Game Awards, we were treated
to a teaser for Bayonetta 3.
The trailer featured Baynotta shooting at some sort of ethereal character before the
number 3 appeared on the screen, followed by basic text that read the title of the game,
along with another sentence that read “now in development exclusively for Nintendo Switch”.
Many were hoping that we would get a better glimpse at the game at E3 this year, but instead,
Nintendo’s focus was on titles like Luigi’s Mansion 3 and Animal Crossing, along with
that trailer for the Breath of the Wild follow up game.
8 Skull and Bones Skull and Bones is a game from Ubisoft that
we’ve seen make an appearance at the last two E3s.
But this year, it was MIA.
The open world pirate game was recently announced to have had its release date pushed to 2020.
This seems to be an ongoing problem, since it was initially pushed back to 2019.
The official twitter for the game has gone silent after announcing the most recent delay.
The popular theory is that Ubisoft has made the decision to delay the game so that it’ll
be released for next gen consoles.
Either that, or it might enter development hell, but we’re really hoping it’s the
former rather than the latter.
7 Rocksteady Superman A Rocksteady Superman game has been rumoured
for a long, long time now!
Ever since the developer knocked it out of the park with the Batman Arkham games, players
have been hoping to see them work their magic with DC’s other flagship hero.
Rocksteady announced shortly before E3 2019 began that it would not be appearing at the
conference, yet again, but that they’re committed to working on a new title at the
moment.
It’s bittersweet, and one of many cases on our list that likely pertains to developers
wanting to wait until they have some substantial or something that matches their quality standards
before getting fans worked up and eager to open up their wallets.
6 Session Last year, we learnt that we weren’t getting
a Skate 4 after all, but rather, a spiritual successor to that franchise called Session.
Session was set to be released as an early access game on PC and part of the Xbox Game
Preview for the Xbox One, but then ended up slipping into oblivion somewhat.
Instead of making an appearance at E3, one of the developers, Vincent Da Silva, announced
this.
I quote, “also, many of you have been asking lately if we’d be at E3 this year.
We decided to not take part in going to E3 this year.
With early access getting closer every day, we knew it would have an impact on the development
so we decided to stay focused on developing session instead.
We’ve been purposely silent lately in order to work as hard as we can to offer you the
best early access and Xbox game preview as we can.”
5 Assassins Creed Vikings At last year’s E3, gamers were shocked to
see Ubisoft announce a brand-new assassin’s creed game – Odyssey – only a year after
the release of Assassin’s Creed Origins.
Leading up to this year’s E3 though, there were rumours abound that the developer was
working on a new title in the franchise, centered around Vikings and Nordic civilization.
While it was a bit of a bummer, it does make sense, considering Ubisoft continues to dish
out new content for Odyssey, which has been one of their most successful titles this past
year.
Their conference was mainly aimed towards many of their FPS series, along with an in
depth reveal of the brand new Watchdogs title, which takes place in a post Brexit England.
And it looks fantastic, so at least their conference did not disappoint overall.
4 Elder Scrolls 6 Leading up to E3, it was announced that developer
Bethesda would not be discussing two major titles at their conference this year, one
of which was the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls 6 that was announced last year.
We literally know nothing about it, other than the fact that it’s in the pre-production
stages of development, and that it’ll be coming out after their next big new IP.
Fans and critics have hypothesized that we won’t be seeing a release for the follow
up to Skyrim until closer to 2022.
While many of us wanted to know more about it, it does make sense why Bethesda would
skip over it this year, instead focusing their time discussing Elder Scrolls online instead.
Considering how massive their announcements were last year – with Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout
76 and another title we’ll mention shortly, it’s easy to see why fans of the developer
were a tad bummed this year.
But hey, Wolfenstein Youngblood and Doom Eternal look like they’ll be pretty rad, so at least
we have those to look forward to.
3 Sony & Playstation Perhaps one of the biggest let downs this
year was Sony’s absence from E3.
This was the first time in the history of the convention (in 24 years) that Playstation
has not been present.
They were arguably the biggest highlight of E3 2018, and with the rumours that the company
is hard at work on their next generation console, referred to as the PS5, it does make sense
that they would bow out this year.
Despite this, Microsoft and Xbox announced that their next gen console, nicknamed Project
Scarlett, is in the works, set to be released in the holiday season of 2020 – an announcement
we’re almost certain that Sony and Playstation will blow out of the water with some of the
titles we’ll be learning more about by the time next year’s E3 comes around.
Still, we can’t help but be sad that we didn’t get to see more of the last of us
2 in the works this year.
2 Metroid Prime 4 Last year, Nintendo’s contribution to E3
was a solid one – not only did we get a detailed breakdown of the new Super Smash
Bros Ultimate title, we also got the tiniest glimpse of a game on the horizon for the Switch;
Metroid Prime 4.
It was exciting stuff.
All we saw was the title.
Since, we learned that Nintendo has returned the duties of developing the title to Retro
Studios, noting that, I quote, “the current development progress has not reached the standards
we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series.
Nintendo always strives for the highest quality in our games, and in the development phase,
we challenge ourselves and confront whether the game is living up to that quality on a
daily basis.”
While it’s always reassuring to hear that Nintendo has the best interest of its gamers
at heart, the lack of Metroid news is surely because of this.
We know Nintendo never shows off anything it doesn’t believe is up to its standards,
so in a way, it’s reassuring, despite the fact that many were hoping to see an actual
trailer or gameplay by now.
1 Starfield Starfield was the other title that Bethesda
announced last year – it’s a brand-new IP, and the teaser trailer for it barely showed
off anything aside from its title and the fact that it takes place in space.
Prior to announcing that Bethesda would not be discussing it at the convention this year,
it, along with the floundering Fallout 76, were thought to be sure fire talking points
for the developer.
We did get to see some damage control concerning the online Fallout title, but nothing on this
potential space epic.
Considering Starfield will likely be released in 2020 for next generation consoles, keeping
it out of E3 this year may have been a wise marketing choice, but needless to say, a little
more information on it to get fans hyped wouldn’t have hurt.
There we have it friends!
What else were you bummed to not see at the convention this year?
Why do you think these titles were abscent?
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