Latest news from E3 2015: Bethesda, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Sony

Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015 ended yesterday. Better known as E3, this exhibition is a truly significant event for the entire gaming industry. It is there that companies present their newest and coolest projects. Doom, Fallout 4, Halo 5: The Guardians, Mass Effect Andromeda, Star Wars: Battlefront, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy VII, Shenmue 3, VR technology and more.



Bethesda

The developers showed 8 minutes of Doom gameplay. Just like in the old days: guts, blood, severed limbs and hordes of demons. Multiplayer will include fights in arenas in a variety of locations - from stations on Mars to the depths of Hell. Doom will also be able to create maps and share them using the Snapmap service . The game will be released in the spring of 2016 on PC and consoles of the last generation.
Lukas Davis, Design director at Battlecry Studios, announced the opening of the registration for the beta test of the online action Battlecry .
Harvey Smith and Rafael Kolantonio from Arcane Studios announced Dishonored2 , in which you can play as a male (Corvo Attano) or a new female character (Emily Koldwin). The game will appear in the spring of 2016 on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. And this fall, players will be able to purchase the first Dishonored in the Definitive Edition with improved graphics for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Matt Fireor revealed updates on The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited for PS4 and XBOX One. Also there was an announcement of the card strategy The Elder Scrolls: Legends for PC and iPad .
Tod Howard of Bethesda Game Studios presented the company's main title this year: Fallout 4 . The events at the beginning of the game will take us into the world before the nuclear explosion and tell you how the characters got into the Vault. At the same time today in the App Store is already available mobile game Fallout Shelter , in which you can create and develop your own shelter.
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Microsoft

The conference began as expected, but no less epic from this - with the presentation of the gameplay Halo 5: Guardians . The multiplayer Warzone multiplayer for up to 24 players was briefly introduced. The game will appear exclusively on Xbox One on October 27, 2015.
Mike Ibara talked about the so-called "reverse compatibility" function - Xbox360 games will now be playable on Xbox One. At the same time, playing Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts , Mass Effect or Perfect Dark Zero , users will be able to use the features of the Xbox One (streaming, screenshots, recording a game session).
Microsoft announced a new wireless controller for hardcore gamers with customizable components: the Xbox One Elite controller will be available in stores this fall.
Not spared and Fallout 4 . Todd Howard told about the plot, the freedom of choice of the user and about the features of the gameplay - a laser musket, a new system of dialogues and the old opponent Deathcloe. Sales of the game will begin on November 10, 2015.
The most spectacular announcement was at Forza Motorsport 6 , which will go on sale on September 15. Before an impressive video presentation of the racing title, the audience was shown a real Ford GT - one of 450 cars that can be crashed into the game. The opening speech was delivered by Henry Ford III and creative director Den Greenwalt.
There were also less epic, but no less interesting premieres: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 from Electronic Arts and PopCap games, which will appear on the Xbox One in the spring of 2016, ReCore action game - Spring 2016, Dark Souls III , scheduled for early 2016, Tom Clancy's The Division - March 8, 2016, Rainbow 6: Siege - October 13, 2015, Gigantic - Beta version will be available in August 2015, Rise of the Tomb Raider - December 2015, Ion , Sea of ​​Thieves , Fable Legends , Gears of War 4 and Gears of War Ultimate Edition .
By its 30th anniversary, the legendary company Rare announced the release of a collection of 30 games for Xbox One worth $ 30. Already on August 4, the consoles will be able to completely surrender to nostalgia, passing Battletoads , Perfect Dark , Banjo Kazooie , Conker's Bad Fur Day or Rare Replay .
Microsoft introduced an impressive array of games from independent developers in the framework of the ID @ Xbox program, including: Below , Tacoma , Ashen , Rise and Shine , Goat Simulator: Mmore Goatz , Superhot , The Flame in The Flood , Cuphead , The Solus Project , Beyond Eyes , Ark: Survival Evolved .
Perhaps one of the most interesting announcements during E3 was early access to the Xbox One. Now players can test and buy games that are in development.
Recently, Microsoft announced a partnership with Oculus Rift, but at the conference it became known about the collaboration with Valve in the field of VR. "Cherry on the cake" was a clear demonstration of the capabilities of the HoloLens virtual reality helmet on the example of Minecraft .

Electronic arts

Judging by the name and the trailer , which demonstrates the magnificent graphics capabilities of the Frostbite 3 technology, in the new Mass Effect Andromeda players will be transferred to a completely different galaxy. The universe of the upcoming sci-fi RPG series is more brutal and mysterious than the world familiar to users on the Milky Way.
EA and Ghost Games showed another Need for Speed franchise , which will be released on Xbox One, PS4 and Window PC on November 3 of this year. The creators claim that by compiling the best elements of the previous series, they recreated the perfect spirit of Need for Speed . In the game we will see the pumping of cars, as in Need for Speed: Underground , only this time a deeper and more diverse, police pursuit, as in Need for Speed: Most Wanted and something new - the reputation system.
In October 2015, players can download the MMO Star Wars The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire for free. EA and Bioware did not show the gameplay, but they showed a video in which the game’s plot was revealed.
The conference also unveiled a puzzle game Unravel , reminiscent of the style of Little Big Planet or Limbo. Players will manage a touching tiny character Yarny, which consists of yarn. The threads unwind, helping the hero to overcome obstacles from level to level.
In Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 this time, users are not playing for the plants, but on the zombie side. In the shooter, there were several new game modes, including the ability to compete offline with artificial intelligence.
As always, EA introduced a powerful line of "new sports". In NHL 16, the company added more brutal physics inherent in the NHL, as well as a completely new system of passes. For those who like to play virtual hockey with friends, split-screen is available for four players, as well as online tournaments. NHL 16 will launch in September of this year.
This year, EA announced a plan to include in NBA Live 16 a revolutionary face scanning technology so that users can recognize themselves in one of the basketball players in the game. Also the ball throwing animation control system has been improved. The game will go on sale September 29th.
On the Electronic Arts conference scene, the legendary footballer Pele stepped in to introduce FIFA 16 . The game will have 12 women's teams, an improved defense system and dribbling like Lionel Messi.
In Madden NFL 16 , which will see the world on August 25, 2015, the game mechanics have been significantly improved.
Electronic Arts has not bypassed the mobile direction, presenting the gameplay of Minion's Paradise .
Mirror's Edge Catalyst will be released on PC and consoles on February 23, 2016. First-person game about the free-running girl Faith, who is fighting for her freedom. There are no levels in the game, this time it is not overloaded with weapons and violence, because the heroine is well prepared enough to avoid her enemies.
The long-awaited premiere of Star Wars: Battlefront gameplay on the PlayStation 4 ended the conference. The game will be available on November 17th. EA also announced that they plan to introduce the possibility of online multiplayer for 40 users at the same time, as well as a series of missions focused on the melee for 8 players, into the finished game.

Ubisoft

The South Park: The Fractured But Whole trailer was introduced, where the guys from South Park dressed in superhero costumes. The gameplay developers have not shown, but most likely it will be the same as in the previous part of South Park: The Stick of Truth .
In the new multiplayer game For Honor, users will be able to play for knights, Vikings and samurai. Melee mechanics will be crucial, and Ubisoft promises that users will have full control over the weapon in the game.
On November 17, The Crew will receive a new addon called Wild Run , in which off-road racing will be presented as the main component.
In the DLC for Trials Fusion - Awesome Level Max , players will be able to ride a fire-breathing unicorn cat-like and shoot from a laser.
Tom Clancy's The Division demo featured an interesting gameplay. Multiplayer shooter game allows you to create teams of players and fight both among themselves or against artificial intelligence, and within the team.
Anno 2205 , urban simulator with an emphasis on trade and industry, will be released on November 3. Ubisoft showed only trailers , but now it is clear that the gameplay is set in the future more distant than in the previous series. Therefore, the colonization of space will be one of the goals in the game.
Just Dance 2016 presented a fan of Jason Derulo. The return of your favorite game is marked by new convenient features. In particular, players no longer need a camera for the console, instead you can use a smartphone to track movements. Ubisoft also announced that Just Dance 2016 will be equipped with a service that provides a huge selection of songs. The game can be tested on all platforms in October.
Ubisoft revives the brand of Rainbow Six and directs it to a new radical channel of PvP, built around the mechanics of the asymmetric game in Rainbow Six Siege . Ubisoft has announced that the popular Terrohunt mode will be returned to the game, in which players can team up to fight missions against AI. On September 24, scheduled to launch a beta version.
In Trackmania Turbo, the developers promise to include 200 tracks and five levels of difficulty. In addition, the game will be implemented to create randomly generated tracks, so that users always have something to do.
High hopes are placed on Assassin's Creed Syndicate to revive interest in the franchise. The background of the game is Victorian England. Assassins are trying to prevent the Templars to seize control of industrial London. One of the most tangible changes is the ability to control two protagonist heroes, brother and sister, Jacob and Evie Frye. Each character has its own set of weapons, corresponding to their individuality.
The biggest surprise Ubisoft saved up for last - Ghost Recon Wildlands . As in previous versions, the game is a team shooter, but with a distinctive feature - an open world in which players can team up to complete missions.

Sony

2007, before each E3 conference, it was rumored that Sony would announce the release date of The Last Guardian , and finally it happened. Moreover, Sony demonstrated almost seven minutes of real gameplay. In the video, the protagonist with his huge dog-like guard named Tico passes a puzzle level against the backdrop of a crumbling world. The game will appear exclusively for PlayStation in 2016.
The company also announced something completely new - Horizon: Zero Dawn will be available in 2016. The user plays for a female hunter who stalks strange mechanical dinosaur robots in a post-apocalyptic world.
Sony has officially unveiled a new chapter on the Hitman franchise from Square Enix. Personally familiar with the gameplay on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC will be available on December 8.
In Street Fighter V there will be two new fighters - Cammy and Birdie. Play for them in the beta version of the pre-order will be able to owners of PS 4 is July 23. Full release is scheduled for spring 2016.
Sean Murray from Hello Games presented No Man's Sky's impressive new in-game footage - an ambitious project with a procedurally-generated galaxy. The size of the game is almost as difficult to calculate and realize as our own place in the universe. Release date is not yet known.
When Dreams appears is also not yet clear. The game is a kind of canvas for self-expression, creating a feeling of lucid dreaming without sleep. The presentation was a bit blurry, but Alex Evans, the co-founder of Media Molecule, the developer of the company, promised to tell more during the October Paris Games Week.
In 2015, players will be able to try out Firewatch - the first creation of Campo Santo, consisting of the creators of the games Bioshock, The Walking Dead, and Gone Home. Users try on the role of Henry, who decided to take a break from the outside world, in the summer of 1989 to work as a fire warden in the desert of Wyoming. Firewatch stood out against the background of action-blockbusters that dominate the modern gaming industry.
Destiny: The Taken King , which, in fact, is not a continuation of the original title, will be available September 15, 2015.
Sony could not ignore Assassin's Creed Syndicate and showed the trailer with Evie. The company has announced an extensive list of exclusive content that comes bundled with the game exclusively for the PlayStation 4. You can test the new product from October 23.
For 2016, the release of World of Final Fantasy is planned, focused more on children's audience. The developers claim that it will be easier than other representatives of the series and will appear exclusively on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
A lot of rumors soared around the modern remake of the classic JRPG Final Fantasy VII , and now, after many years of false hopes, Square Enix announced that the game is already preparing for release. However, the exact date is still unknown.
It would seem that after the announcement of The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy VII, Sony is unlikely to be able to surprise the public at E3 with anything, but it was not there. The developers decided to debunk the myths and meet all the hopes of loyal fans. The third part of Shenmue , the classic cult game series from Sega, fans have been waiting for 15 years. Directly at a real-time conference, a campaign to finance the game on Kickstarter began. Within a few hours, two million dollars were collected and the numbers on the counter were rapidly approaching the three million dollars mark. The game will appear on the PlayStation 4 and PC, of ​​course, there is no information about the release date.
In Batman: Arkham Knight, fans of the series will be able to play as early as June 23, 2015. The game will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, but only on PlayStation 4 will the Scarecrow Nightmare Pack mission be available.
Not without discussion VR. Andrew House told that the project Morpheus, focused on virtual reality technology, is already close to release. Although Sony only mentioned a special VR headset during the conference, the company has already announced the upcoming release of the game RIGS using this headset.
After several years of exclusive Call of Duty for Microsoft, Sony announced a partnership with a franchise. Now the upcoming additions will appear on the PlayStation 4 earlier than on other consoles. At the conference, a new gameplay trailer was demonstrated, as well as more detailed information about the multiplayer features of Call of Duty: Black Ops III . The game will be available from November 6th.
This fall will release Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition .
After the last day Electronic Arts held their own presentation of Star Wars: Battlefront , Sony could only add fuel to the fire. The conference featured two and a half minutes of the battle on the planet Tatooine. Players will have the opportunity to play solo or in a team, both for the light and for the dark side of the Force.
Sony has completed its performance with impressive footage of fresh Uncharted 4: A Thief's End gameplay , which will appear in 2016.