Another year, another E3.
Every year around June, the biggest and the best announcements and games are unveiled at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo). Every year something big is always announced at the worlds largest game trade show. It was E3 2005 that the PS3 and Wii were unveiled. In 2006, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII were announced. And it was 2007 that we saw Killzone 2 in action. 2008 saw a bombardment of software shown off. It was 2009 that we saw the likes of God of War III, Uncharted 2, Kinect and Gears of War 2. E3 2010 saw the unveiling of the new handheld for Nintendo: the Nintendo 3DS. The following year in 2011 saw the new Sony handheld NGP get a name and a price: the PlayStation Vita at $250 and $300.
Now here we are again. Three short months away from going back to the LA Convention Center and seeing it all go down again. What can we expect from the big three? Will EA and Ubisoft have great press conferences like they did last year? Will Square finally show off Final Fantasy Versus XIII and show the new Final Fantasy XIV? I don't know but what I do know is this: I have been accepted to go to E3 this year and I am very excited to see what everyone has in store.
But lets do what we gamers do every year and do what gets us most excited for the event: speculate! Here are the things I want to see and do when I am in the LA Convention Center on June 5-8:
-Sony: This is another year for Sony to deliver another killer E3 showing. Agent would be a welcome surprise. Demoing The Last of Us at the beginning of the show would kick of the press conference just right. Getting an announcement of what Guerrilla Games are up to would be exciting to see. Maybe the return of a few key franchises wouldn't hurt Sony either. And I am just putting this out there but getting Square Enix in the press event would be huge!
- Square Enix: Speaking of Square, this is a huge year for them. Not only are they releasing Hitman and Tomb Raider this year but Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Kingdom Hearts 3D are supposed to get proper press time this year too. Don't be surprised to see Versus XIII have a demo at E3.
-Ubisoft: Assassins Creed 3 is headed into some territory that have a few people worried. Gameplay of this game should alleviate any worries the fans may have.
-EA: Another shooter this year? Surprise? Medal of Honor Warfighter hits this year meaning that EA will have a lot of game to show at this years E3. Can they surprise everyone with a killer new FPS. Lets hope so.
-TakeTwo: GTA5? Check. Bioshock: Infinite? Check. Games that haven't shown any gameplay yet? Double check. Look out for these guys at this years show.
These are the things I am excited for but are you? Comment down below to share what you are most excited to see at this years E3.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
I would be very excited if they showed The Last Guardian :D
Same as every I guess: Half Life 3. Lol. Also, Next-gen.
Fist bumping > Half life 3, Cooking Mama HD, God of War 4, Halo 5, Far Cry 3, When Nintendogs attack and Final Fantasy Versus 13
Micheal Phelps Kinect: Push It To The Limit 2.
God of War IV, Half-Life 3 and another inFAMOUS PSN-only title...