As far as attendees go, it was the busiest E3 since 2005. According to E3 organiser The ESA, this year saw 69,200 people step through the heavily guarded and secure doors of the the Los Angeles Convention Centre. They came to see the 3250 products, games and services demonstrated by 200 exhibitors -- including 85 companies that were exhibiting for the first time.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is giving you more agency in playing, but our captured footage from E3 2018 shows that it's also setting a new bar for visual splendour with its stunning open-world.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 feels like a familair shooter from a time where the franchise wasn't overly complex, despite featuring some big changes to its core speed and gunplay.
Various armies are sailing towards the new world, war is about to break out and the natives who first inhabited the land are about to find themselves caught in a bloody conflict that’ll require more than just some magic to win. It’s a story that we’ve seen unfold often enough in our own history, as Greedfall’s setup smacks of influences that range from its visuals being directly inspired by Baroque art to the core story that we were shown at E3 playing out like Pocahontas if Mel Gibson directed it.
Jump Force makes the tag team action between Shonen Jump’s greatest stars look amazing in action, thanks to a flurry of speed, style and explosive haymakers.
The Surge had some great ideas, but their execution wasn’t always pot-on. The environment around you was duller than small talk, enemies frequently repeated their actions and the weapons available were limited in their design. In The Surge 2, it looks like Deck 13 has gone to town on fixing a lot of the criticism that followed in the wake of the first game’s launch.
What else does Black Ops IIII have to offer players looking for a battle royale experience that strays away from the pack? Grit, moments of glory and user-generated chaos according to Treyarch.
With the post-apocalypse of Russia’s new frontier beckoning, Metro Exodus builds on the larger scope of Last Light to create a bolder and more dangerous world where death always looms close by. At E3, I got to sit down with Metro Exodus for an hour and experience Russia’s dangerous new wilderness. Here’s a list of thoughts that I’d cobbled together from that session
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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