E3 2018 game announcements

Rinox · Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:40 am

Figured I'd make a quick summary here of the (according to me) most interesting announcements at E3.

Mostly just trailers, and some info if I have any.

Beyond Good and Evil 2

The Division 2

Scheduled for release about a year from now.


	Quote: Julian Gerighty – Creative Director from Massive Entertainment – reintroduced the background behind the game, before a trailer showed a community rebuilding by growing crops in a safe zone while around their walls, desolation and lawlessness rule in Washington DC. Otherwise the presentation focused on endgame stuff. For example, at the end of the new story campaign, players will choose one of three classes called specialisations which allow you to unlock new weapons and perks and advance past the normal level cap. On top of that, the new game will have raids, in which 8 players can partner up. Otherwise, the game is still following the template set down by the first game: there will be frequent content updates, with the year one content being three episodes of DLC including new story, new areas, and new activities. All those updates will be free for everyone, so no season passes this time.

Skull and Bones

A shared world multiplayer pirate game, if I understand it correctly. Trailer has a lot of info. Actually looks quite nice.

Transference

A horror game mixing FMV footage with normal game engine images. Looks promising, but then I am a horror fan.

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

The next game in the Asscreed series, which can be added to Satis' backlog.

Looks quite fun though, in the ancient Greek setting. Out later this year.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Aaand the next game in the rebooted Tomb Raider series. Out later this year.

Elder Scrolls VI

It's been announced, but that's pretty much all we know. Years away, no news about the setting, or anything else. Even the trailer doesn't say anything. Looks like High Rock, or Hammerfell, neither of which are inspired locations on the continent of Tamriel. But who knows.

Starfield


	Quote: Bethesda Game Studios, the folks behind The Elder Scrolls and the new Fallouts, today announced a mysterious new game named Starfield – “our first wholly original franchise in 25 years”, according to studio director Todd Howard. He called it a “next-generation singleplayer game” but, beyond that, didn’t reveal anything concrete. This is a game that’s a fair way out, something we won’t even see for a fair while, let alone play. But I can tell you for certain: space is involved.

Trailer doesn't really tell you anything, again.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Next game in the Wolfenstein shooter series, this time a coop shooter featuring blaszkowic' daughters. Looks like it could be fun. Scheduled for 2019.

Doom Eternal

The sequel to the great DOOM reboot of 2016. Looks like hell has frozen over, and it's time to kick them back to the right dimension. Can't wait for this one.

Cyberpunk 2077

One of my most anticipated games in years; the next big game from CDProjekt Red (of Witcher fame). It's a new games franchise based on an exisiting cyberpunk franchise (that I am not familiar with), and the trailer seems to have the broiling madness of a cyberpunk city down to a T. Worth a watch. Planned for summer of 2019.

Metro Exodus

Next instalment in the Metro series, which takes the player to the overworld...no more tunnel life. Trains, boats, cars...looks pretty damn cool, but then I'm a sucker for the setting. Out early 2019.

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

Newest game from the studio that made the (wonderful) Life is Strange. Set in the same universe but only loosely related to that game, I think. Will be released in June, for free. Think it's meant as a step up to Life is Strange 2.

Fallout 76

Scheduled for later this year.


	Quote: As rumored, Fallout 76 is an online multiplayer survival game in the vein of DayZ or Rust. That's quite a departure from Fallout's traditional singleplayer roots, though Bethesda confirmed that Fallout 76 will have a storyline and quests to complete as in its singleplayer RPGs. And unlike some other online survival games, you'll be sharing the world with relatively few other players. There won't be hundreds of players per server, but dozens. On Fallout 76's sprawling map, it sounds like you won't be running into other players every time you turn around. When you die, you won't lose your progress, either. "This is not an MMO and this is not a battle royale," Bethesda's Pete Hines told Variety. "It’s supposed to feel like they just left the vault." It will feature a base-building system that look similar to Fallout 4's settlement construction features and sentry defense systems. Those bases, as shown in gameplay footage, can be attacked and destroyed by enemies. According to Bethesda's Todd Howard, you'll be able to build your settlement anywhere on the map you desire, and you'll even be able to pack it up and move it elsewhere.

Don't Starve: Hamlet

An expansion for the existing survival game Don't Starve. Scheduled for later this year.

Call of Cthulhu

Private investigator, fishing towns, pyschological horror, Cthulhu: what's not to like? :-D

E3 2018 game announcements

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