E3 2021 (June 10th - 15th) Starts today 2pm EST

[John Price]

NTM GTA VI is still very far from any kind of release. With the success of GTA Online there doesn't seem to be any interest in 6

You're more likely to hear about Battlefield which has been confirmed and which many rumors have been floating around for months (128 player conquest, etc)

 

[Osprey]

Sega may announce Two Point Campus, the follow-up to Two Point Hospital (one of my favorite games of the last few years). A listing for it, with screenshots, mistakenly went live on the Microsoft Store last week before being taken down. The plan could be to announce it at E3 and have the listing go live the same day and the store jumped the gun. It's a small title, though, so I don't expect much of any fanfare.

Two Point Hospital's Follow-Up Two Point Campus Accidentally Leaked By Microsoft

 

[Oogie Boogie]

E3 always gets me excited. Really looking forward to what gets unveiled this weekend + early into next week.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Hoping for old Persona ports.

 

[NameInUse]

There is only one game I want to hear about: Kingdom Come 2.

 

[robertmac43]

E3 always gets me excited. Really looking forward to what gets unveiled this weekend + early into next week.

This year feels more exciting than most since studios should be close to being back to normal. Plus it's the first E3 in the new console era. Should be a lot of good announcements!

 

[Oogie Boogie]

This year feels more exciting than most since studios should be close to being back to normal. Plus it's the first E3 in the new console era. Should be a lot of good announcements!

Yep!!
Looking forward to seeing how these developers have taken advantage of all of the new hardware. I know some people think it's just a cheap gimmick, but I really enjoy when the controller feels impacted by the game itself. Which is why I love the PS5 controller.

 

[Jussi]

Sounds like Microsoft will announce they've either bought an IP (Metal Gear rumored) or a new studio.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Three studios actually.



Apparently this guy is in the know with Xbox and he's strongly hinting they've bought more than just the one.

I know Avalanche studios (just cause) was the one that people were pointing at but what could the the other two be? They tried to negotiate with Bungie and SEGA iirc and both went nowhere.

The metal gear rumor would be nice too just to get that IP the hell away from Konami

 

[Gardner McKay]

Wonderlands by Tiny Tina looks AWESOME and the cast is f***ing epic. Andy Samberg, Wanda Sykes and Will Arnett? Dayum.

Borderlands gets a fantasy spinoff with Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

 

[Blitzkrug]

Borderlands kinda lost me after how bad 3 was.

 

[Dolemite]

HELL YEAH!

 

[Shareefruck]

Am I the only one here who thinks that Axiom Verge 2's sprite art looks really ugly, even compared to Axiom Verge 1?

 

[Oogie Boogie]

Didn't know SummerGameFest was going on today, shit. I caught the VERY last unveiling, so I'll have to go back later and watch it all.

 

[Novacane]

Elden Ring coming out January 21. 2022

Also, I couldn’t find a thread but didn’t want to duplicate if it already existed. Maybe it’s time to make one now

 

[Shareefruck]

Looks really good. Almost like the culmination of their previous games or something.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Eh, dark and gloomy games never appeal to me.

 

[aleshemsky83]

The game looks great but there are like 15 bosses in that trailer.

Also, I find Tales of Arise kind of visually ugly. It feels like it's trying to be Dragon Quest XI but without the charm

 

[Jussi]

Three studios actually.



Apparently this guy is in the know with Xbox and he's strongly hinting they've bought more than just the one.

I know Avalanche studios (just cause) was the one that people were pointing at but what could the the other two be? They tried to negotiate with Bungie and SEGA iirc and both went nowhere.

The metal gear rumor would be nice too just to get that IP the hell away from Konami

Seems Crytek is rumored to be one. Though the source seems to be 4chan...

Edit: debunked by the guy from WindowsCentral:

 

[Tw1ster]

Elden Ring coming out January 21. 2022

Also, I couldn’t find a thread but didn’t want to duplicate if it already existed. Maybe it’s time to make one now

My most anticipated game by far right now. Looks amazing

 

[aleshemsky83]

My most anticipated game by far right now. Looks amazing

It looks really good but I honestly regret watching the trailer it has like all the bosses in it.

Edit: I just realized I already said this in another comment, lol

Though I hope being a mage is actually viable in this game. It's been so bad in every other dark souls game.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

HELL YEAH!

I like how it's a director's cut when Kojima had full autonomy over the game.

Also that trailer was a huge waste of time.

 

[RandV]

Am I the only one here who thinks that Axiom Verge 2's sprite art looks really ugly, even compared to Axiom Verge 1?

Just watched the preview video. It's a single developer game (unless he expanded for 2) so I can understand but I was hoping it would progress form 8-bit Metroid like to 16-bit Super Metroid like, but this looks more like a shift to 8-bit Castlevania maybe?

Also, who the heck couldn't beat the bosses in Axiom Verge 1? That was the weakest part of the game, and the only part where the solo developer really stood out, as bosses really only had one pattern.

 

[Shareefruck]

Just watched the preview video. It's a single developer game (unless he expanded for 2) so I can understand but I was hoping it would progress form 8-bit Metroid like to 16-bit Super Metroid like, but this looks more like a shift to 8-bit Castlevania maybe?

That's the thing, it doesn't even really look like a lateral move to me, personally. I think it might have something to do with darkness masking imperfections in the first one and brightness and color choices exposing it for what it is or something, but the sprite-work looks cool in 1 (like a really good NES game) and straight up amateurish in 2 to me (like a budget MS DOS game or something).

The H.R. Geiger vibes probably helped the aesthetic in 1, too.

Alot of this kind of stuff

vs. this kind of stuff

Probably a time pressure issue? He's probably been working on the first one his whole life and suddenly needs to make a sequel in a much shorter amount of time.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Imo the first axiom verge looks terrible andunappealing but it did have much more of an identity and I can see why people would like the visuals. Id agree that Axiom Verge 2 looks like super generic. There is just so many 2d metroid games these days with what is extremely good to great pixel art, but at this point great pixel art is not a differentiator, you have to have have a unique style.