E3 has yet to officially start and the news is pouring out like a sieve. With all the leaks already out there and the soon to be outpouring of breaking stories, it seems silly to already throw my hat in for a winner. But is it THAT silly?
Let’s be serious here. E3 press conferences are usually held by the biggest and most powerful. Most third party studios just throw a party with an open bar that ends up with you professing professional love to a person that you’re unsure who they actually are (totally didn’t happen at Bethesda’s party last year, I swear). The fact that Bethesda even threw down their own press conference, in the Oscars studio no less, is pretty boss. The fact that they threw it down with style may have given them the winning advantage.
First off, they announced a new Doom. Yeah, a new Doom. I actually don’t care to hear anything else for at least 12 hours because a new Doom is coming out. And it looks awesome! Did you see the chainsaws?! If not, we’ve got you covered HERE. This is one of the things that an aging gamer dreams of and they really delivered. Honestly, holy shit (I’m not supposed to curse, but come on!). It was so violent, it looked so crisp and it honestly made me care about a shooter again for the first time in at least a decade. It’s literally hell on earth and I couldn’t be more excited for the apocalypse! If only to make up for the dreadful apocalypse that ‘The Walking Dead’ brought about in its terrible show…
Remember 10 seconds ago when I didn’t want to hear any new news because Doom was too awesome? I lied. Bethesda cheated with a pre-E3 trailer, but it worked. Fallout 4 is coming. Boston is the locale, you get to play pre-war and also custom create your baby! Watch HERE. I would gladly make that baby we made in character create no longer alive as long as I get my hands on this one as soon as possible. I have played Fallout 3 all the way through at least 5 times (competing with my Skyrim endeavours) and have tackled New Vegas twice, bugs and all. I can’t get enough Fallout, so giving us a new one was enough to make me quiver in my pants.
Dropping a surprise release date on us was icing on the cake. In case you hadn’t heard, we get to take a stroll with Pip Boy THIS YEAR. November 10, 2015. That’s right. They didn’t give us a teaser and say ‘Coming Soon’ like everyone else does *cough* Mass Effect and Uncharted *cough*, they threw the date out like it was a new IP that no one had been waiting on. With the new generation of systems out, Fallout looks like an old, familiar friend that got a face lift! And a tummy tuck… basically got a Kim Kardashian. Looking spectacular, being one of the most waited on games in recent memory AND dropping this year, it’s clear why Bethesda decided on their own press conference this year.
Oh, yeah. There was also Dishonoured 2 news that included a new character! It looks incredibly slick in trailer form, but I’ll wait to see what it looks like in game form. You can watch the trailer HERE. Battlecry also got the E3 treatment with an epic trailer you can watch HERE. This is also very noteworthy due to my claim of Bethesda’s winning of E3. These are games that are HUGELY touted and well deserving of their own time in the sun, even if this writer couldn’t care about either.
The fact that Bethesda threw an E3 press conference is big. The fact that they came with such immense powerhouses is even bigger. They put the onus on Microsoft and Sony, two companies that are accustomed to only competing with each other, to deliver something incredible in order to take away from the simply amazing showcase Bethesda has put on tonight. As the week unfolds, the ball is in their court.