E3 2014

[Learn2Eel]

With less than a week to go before the biggest yearly gaming event, we've already seen a lot of early spoilers for what is to come in the form of leaks and intentional early press releases. Just the other day we see new titles from the Homefront, Forza and Mortal Kombat series' announced, while confirmations on titles such as Halo 5 and a PS4 port for the Last of Us also occurred. Rumours have been circulating about what will appear at E3 and thanks to IGN and Neogaf users we have a complete list of games to be shown at the presentation. Thanks to [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=828574"]Neogaf[/URL] user Nirolak and [URL="http://www.ign.com/events/e3"]IGN[/URL] for compiling these mega lists about E3.

Microsoft:

Games:
Known: Halo 5: Guardians, Sunset Overdrive, Fable: Legends, Killer Instinct Season 2, at least 1 New IP
Likely: Quantum Break, ID@XBOX games (Below especially), a Makoto Asada (ex-Cave) game
Possible: D4
Rumored: Forza: Deep South, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo War Collection (Halo 1-4), Project Nagano (Platinum), a third party exclusive
Thread Creator: Relix

EA:

Games:
Known: Battlefield: Hardline, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Star Wars: Battlefront, The Sims 4, Madden, FIFA, "at least six new games" (well, five since Hardline leaked)
Likely: Mass Effect 4, Criterion's Game, BioWare Austin's new Bayonetta-ish game, NBA Live
Possible: NHL, UFC, Golf 2015, Need For Speed 2015, Maxis Emeryville's f2p thingy
Thread Creator: Nirolak

Ubisoft:

Games:
Known: Assassin's Creed: Unity, Far Cry 4, The Crew, Tom Clancy's The Division, Valiant Hearts
Likely: Just Dance
Possible: Hero (this seemed a bit early)
Rumored: Assassin's Creed: Comet, Rainbow Six
Thread Creator: Lavalamp1138 (provisional awaiting confirmation)

Sony:

Games:
Known: The Order 1886, DriveClub, Pixel Opus' game
Likely: Uncharted 4, The Last of Us HD, new Indie Games
Possible: Rime, Everybody Goes To Rapture, Helldivers, Shadow of the Beast, The Last Guahahahaha
Rumored: Project Beast, Guerrilla's New IP Open World RPG, Sony Bend's game
Thread Creator: ULTROS!

Nintendo:

Games:
Known: Bayonetta 2, Super Smash Bros 3DS/Wii U, The Legend of Zelda Wii U, NFP (Figurine) Game, "a 3DS Game"
Likely: X, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Sonic Boom
Possible: Yarn Yoshi, a new Mario Wii U game, Fire Emblem x SMT
Thread Creator: BY2K

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Post Conference Livestreams:

IGN:

[url]http://www.ign.com/events/e3[/url]

ALL TIMES PDT. SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE.

Mon 09
09:00a IGN's Microsoft Pre-Show
09:30a Microsoft Press Conference
12:00p EA Press Conference
02:30p IGN's Ubisoft Pre-Show
03:00p Ubisoft Press Conference
05:30p IGN's Sony Pre-Show
06:00p Sony Press Conference

Tue 10
08:30a IGN's Nintendo Pre-Show
12:00p Sunset Overdrive
12:20p Fable Legends
12:40p Killer Instinct Season 2
01:00p The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
01:20p Destiny
01:40p Secret E3 Game
02:00p Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
02:20p Secret E3 Game
02:40p Batman: Arkham Knight
03:00p Dragon Age: Inquisition
03:20p Secret E3 Game
04:20p Battlefield: Hardline
04:40p Secret Deep Silver Game
05:00p The Division
05:20p Civilization: Beyond Earth
06:00p Secret E3 Game
06:20p Secret E3 Game
06:40p Secret E3 Game


Wed 11
11:00a Secret E3 Game
11:20a Secret E3 Game
11:40a Secret E3 Game
12:00p Secret Deep Silver Game
12:20p Shadow of Mordor
12:50p Secret E3 Game
02:10p Secret E3 Game
02:40p Secret WB Game
03:00p Assassin's Creed Unity
03:20p Secret E3 Game
03:40p Secret E3 Game
04:00p Secret E3 Game
04:20p Secret E3 Game
04:40p Secret E3 Game
05:00p Project Spark
05:20p Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
05:40p Far Cry 4
06:00p The Crew
06:20p Secret Ubisoft Game
06:40p Secret E3 Game

Thu 12
11:00a Secret E3 Game
11:20a Lego Batman 3
11:40a Secret Crytek Game
12:00p Secret E3 Game
12:20p Secret E3 Game
12:40p EVE: Valykrie
02:10p Secret E3 Game
02:40p Secret E3 Game
03:00p Tales of Xilia 2
03:20p Secret E3 Game
03:40p Secret E3 Game
04:00p Lords of the Fallen
04:20p Arena of Fate
04:40p Hotline Miami 2
05:00p Secret E3 Game
05:20p Secret E3 Game

Microsoft:

Originally Posted by Dynopia

Here’s How to Join Xbox at E3 2014 - Xbox Wire

Pre-Show/Green Carpet (Monday, June 9 at 9am)
New this year, we are inviting fans to be part of the excitement at the Galen Center in the final minutes before the show kicks off. Tune in to our live stream on Xbox.com or Xbox Live for an exclusive pre-show featuring sneak previews and interviews with our development partners and celebrity fans as they arrive at the Galen Center and walk the green carpet.

Xbox: E3 Briefing Post Show (Monday, June 9 at 11:15am)
Tune over to Twitch.tv/xbox immediately following Xbox: Game On for a live, fan-centric “post-game show.” Xbox leaders and developers seen on the Media Briefing stage will talk more about what was just shown and will answer questions from Twitter and the live studio audience. Guests include Phil Spencer (Head of Xbox), Chris Charla (ID@Xbox), Yusuf Mehdi (Microsoft Devices & Studios), Ted Price (Insomniac Games), and Bonnie Ross (343 Industries). Details on how to submit questions for the Post Show will be revealed soon.

ID@Xbox on Twitch (Tuesday through Thursday during E3 show hours)
While the Xbox E3 booth is open, we’ll be broadcasting what you want – straight gameplay. Every day, we’ll focus on two different ID@Xbox titles, with many of the developers stopping by to chat with viewers. We’ll also be taking many other titles over to the Twitch E3 booth throughout the week, so keep an eye on the main Twitch channel as well. The full broadcast schedule will be revealed at the beginning of E3 week.

Nintendo:

PLAY NINTENDO: NEW GAMES, NEW EVENTS AND LIVE, NONSTOP PROGRAMMING ON TAP FOR E3 2014

Super Smash Bros. Invitational
2014 will see the arrival of not one, but two new Super Smash Bros. games: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. To commemorate this occasion, Nintendo is inviting 16 highly skilled Super Smash Bros. players to the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles to compete in a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament. Thousands of fans in the audience and countless more watching a live stream online will see new Super Smash Bros. characters clash with existing favorites in action for the first time. More important than declaring a winner, however, this event is a celebration of all things Super Smash Bros., and a great way for new and veteran fans to take part in a tribute to this legendary franchise. More information about the 16 invited participants in the tournament, the identity of the announcers, and how fans of the franchise can view the tournament in person and via webcast, will be communicated shortly.

Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3
This year, Nintendo will offer fans a deeper look at Nintendo's biggest games of E3, with information directly from the source. The "Treehouse," the Product Development department at Nintendo of America, will provide in-depth game demos live and unscripted from Nintendo's booth. This new program will be live streamed during all hours of the E3 show. Fans can get settled in, open their browsers and experience the Nintendo games at E3 like never before.

More details about each event, including dates, times, locations and game content will be revealed shortly. To follow all of Nintendo's E3 activities, keep an eye on Nintendo's Facebook page, Twitter feed and YouTube channel. Or visit [url]http://e3.nintendo.com[/url]

[Learn2Eel]

So, some early pre-E3 speculation and rumours courtesy of developer comments and leaks.

PROJECT BEAST - Playstation 4 exclusive, Developer: From Software. This is rumoured to be a PS4 exclusive entry in the "Souls" franchise - including PS3 exclusive Demon's Souls and multiplatform games Dark Souls 1 and Dark Souls 2 - that is set to officially debut at Sony's E3 2014 press conference. This is rumoured to be the big bomb-shell Sony is/was hoping to debut at E3 in terms of locking up third-party exclusives. The beans were spilled on this game by an anonymous 4chan user and a Youtube user has compiled the various mini-videos into a Youtube video pasted with the From Software logo and accompanying music.



VALVE SONY REVEAL - With the Steam Box still in development and billed as a competitor for the console gaming space to the Playstation 4, Xbox One and Wii U, it would come as a major surprise to see Valve appear - yet again - at a Sony E3 press conference. However, a mysterious tweet by a current Valve developer has alluded to some form of presence at Sony's conference and also hints at an Xbox connection. My personal thoughts are that this will either be Evolve or Left 4 Dead 3 debuting at the Sony conference, but it will later be reaffirmed/confirmed as a multi-platform game much like when Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain debuted at Microsoft's E3 2013 press conference.



MAJOR XBOX THIRD PARTY EXCLUSIVE - This one isn't really a rumour as there is little doubt Microsoft will have at least one of these up their sleeve to counter what will prove to be massive news if Project Beast is indeed a Sony/PS4 exclusive. Gamespot and various other websites have spoken of this and the recent opinions were that it could be a title in the vein of a new Homefront - disproven recently - or an obscure title like a new Shenmue. We know some kind of third party exclusive will show up but there are no real educated guesses as it could be just about anything - however, my tip is that it would be an EA title given their close partnership with Microsoft. Don't be surprised - but be AMAZED! - if it is a new Knights of the Old Republic!

[URL="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-rumors/1100-6419935/"]http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-rumors/1100-6419935/[/URL]

Big Third-Party Xbox One Exclusive

An reliable source has confirmed that Microsoft is going to have at least one "big" third-party exclusive reveal during their stage show. We don't know the exact game, but our source said the game is both something "unexpected" and "something people will be really excited about."

[eldargal]

Let's hope they manage to keep the presentations free of sexism and rape jokes this year.

Looking forward to seeing SW:Battlefront and more about DA:I. Hoping we might see more than one or two other AAA games with female protagonists as well but lol.

[Psychosplodge]

Everybody knows Valve are incapable of releasing a game with a three in the title.

Can't wait to see the Nintendo reveals.

[DrLove42]

Microsofts Press Conference was great improvement on last year.

Ganes, games, no Kinect, games, games, no mention entertainment system, games and more games.

Nothing too shocking revealed but some good stuff. Booking 11th Nov off for Halo though....




MASS EFFECT F***ING 4

[Learn2Eel]

Thoughts so far;

Microsoft
Overall Thoughts - Very solid conference, nothing mind-blowing as we already knew all of this stuff. The three major announcements are Halo: Collection, Scalebound and Crackdown but the latter two really aren't as mind-shattering as I would have hoped. The Halo Collection though looks amazing, awesome value and makes me really want an Xbox One now. I think Microsoft needed to pull out all-games and they did just that, so kudos to them, but very few major exclusive announcements unfortunately. I'm kind of disappointed we didn't see a new exclusive on the scale of Mass Effect 4 but what was there in the conference looked great - though all the CG trailers was kind of off-putting but not unexpected. Good performance Microsoft, hats off to Phil Spencer!

EA
Overall Thoughts - The show was a pretty colossal disappointment with one big "but" right at the end. The two big EA titles everyone is hyped for - Star Wars: Battlefront and Mass Effect 4 - were barely shown, while much of the show was spent on mediocre looking Sims/Sports games. Really down-beat and honestly pathetic after Microsoft's showing, but then the show was redeemed somewhat by Battlefield: Hardline which looks absolutely amazing. Adam Boyes appearing on the stage hints that EA have thrown their lot in with Sony this year (Ubisoft meanwhile appeared at Microsoft's conference) but the big news is that the cops versus criminals game still looks amazing even without all the tanks and jets. Dragon Age: Inquisition looks great but the stuff we saw we have mostly already seen and as such I didn't get anymore hyped for it than I was. The show would have been pretty bad without Battlefield, but its extended demo at the end really redeemed the conference.

[DrLove42]

I see EA went with the "spend a fortune on CGI trailers" and then didn't spend any money. Lots of "conceptual" and "early WIP" trailers in there. Shame. Its amusing we saw more of Battlefront LAST E3.

[eldargal]

Actually DAI got quite a bit of new stuff:

Four new trailers for DAI, most share a lot of footage but there is a lot of new stuff too:

[URL="http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/c40zhz/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--orchestral-trailer"]Orchestral/Chello trailer[/URL]

[URL="http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/tw8i77/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--story-trailer"]Story trailer[/URL] (good looks at lots of the new commpanions)

[URL="http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/8pj5mq/dragon-age--inquisition-e3-2014--gameplay-demo"]Gameplay trailer[/URL] (all new I think)

New official trailer:

[Gotthammer]

Far Cry - aka why you should never go on holidays anywhere ever.

[Wolfshade]

Someone wake me when there is news about Fallout 4...