E3 Event

Gamer’s  worldwide rejoice, this week from June 10-15 the E3 expo is currently going on from Los Angeles, California. The biggest announcement to date is the release of the Xbox One X formerly known as Scorpio project. There was also an overflow of announcements from EA sports and the addition of new and improved story line modes from classic games like Madden 18, and follow up with a new career mode in Fifa 17. For Madden this career mode known as “Longshot” is the first ever true to life career mode.

Xbox One X(Picture courtesy of Theverge.com

Today we will talk about the unveiling of the Xbox One X deemed the best console on the planet, was unveiled Saturday at E3 during Microsoft’s showing. The new Xbox comes with a 4K screen resolution, and don’t worry if you don’t have a 4K television Microsoft is still promising better graphics for all! Starting November 7th the One X will retail for $499.00 which is up from the retail price of the Xbox One when it released. While the price is a notch up than the newer PlayStation Pro but it said to be a lot more powerful than it. Microsoft has said it will be “the most powerful console” The Xbox will be the smallest but heaviest Xbox weighing in at 8.4 pounds. Along with the reveal of the system came a boatload of new games that we will be discussing in the upcoming days. Stay tuned as we update the article over the next week at E3. The first game announced alongside the release of the Xbox One X is Forza Motorsport 7, the game will be run in 4K, check out the trailer’s below the article. The next game scheduled to release is Metro Exodus which is scheduled for a 2018 release date. Assassins Creed Origins, which is the prequel to the other Assassins Creed games is scheduled to release along with the Xbox One X. Full list of games (ARK: Survival Evolved Anthem Ashen Assassin’s Creed: Origins Astroneer Black Desert Chess Ultra Code Vein Crackdown 3 Dead Rising 4 Deep Rock Galactic Dishonored 2 Doom Dovetail Games Euro Fishing Dragon Ball Fighter Z Elite Dangerous Everspace Fallout 4 Farming Simulator 17 Final Fantasy XV FIFA 18 For Honor Forza Horizon 3 Forza Motorsport 7 Gears of War 4 Ghost Recon: Wildlands Halo Wars 2 Hitman Homefront: The Revolution Injustice 2 Killer Instinct Killing Floor 2 Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Madden NFL 18, Mantis Burn Racing Metro: Exodus Middle-earth: Shadow of War Minecraft Need For Speed: Payback Ori and the Will of the Wisps Outlast 2 Paladins Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds Portal Knights Raiders of the Broken Planet Resident Evil 7: Biohazard RiME Rocket League Sea of Thieves Slime Rancher State of Decay 2 Super Lucky’s Tale Superhot Tacoma The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti The Darwin Project The Elder Scrolls Online The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition The Last Night The Surge The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Titanfall 2 Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide World of Tanks We Happy Few). With a strong selection of games scheduled to release along with the Xbox One X there’s no limit to what the Xbox One X can bring. (Game List courtesy of  WindowsCentral.com).
Next up is our review of what Electronic Arts press conference. They started with their big reveal of their newest game mode for Madden 18, a true to life story mode called longshot that follows the story of  a player who is trying to make it in the NFL but is having a hard time doing so, the players will fight to the top and make it in the highest level of professinal Football. This is similar to the game mode implemented in Fifa 17 last year following the story of Soccer player Alex Hunter. Battlefield 1 will add a Russia themed story line to the game in September. Also announced was new editions of Star Wars Battle Front 2, NBA Live 18, Need for Speed and Fifa 18. Along with returning games EA also set out a new line of games coming this year and next year. Anthem is a brand new series coming from Bioware producers that was described as a Sci-Fi game that follows a freelancer’s in exosuits and fight beats while exploring a new world. Another new game by EA is called A Way Out, it is a co-op gaming experience that challenges you to break out of a prison with a partner. (All trailers to newer games will be below)
Nintendo’s conference at E3 made a lot of people happy with all the new content they were bringing to the table. To start there is a new Kirby game coming to Nintendo Switch in 2018. For fans of Metroid, they are also bringing back it back with Metrioid Prime 4, while Ninetendo is not giving out much info on their games they do have trailers which can be seen below. Yoshi will also not be left out wit a brand new game, coming in 2018 as well. Another big announcement that came from Nintendo’s day at the podium was the combination of Super Mario and Rabbids who will join forces in a game called Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. The game will see the Rabbids join forces with Mario to take on a team of Rabbids gone bad. That’s not the only new game coming out including our favorite Nintendo Hero, Super Mario Odyssey is scheduled to release as well and it is more of a story line game following Mario around the world.  Nintendo Switch is also set to receive a new Pokemon RPG game!

A Way Out Trailer: https://youtu.be/_ApSmPvxz1o?list=PLLy6qvPKpdlV3OAw00EuZMoYPz4pYuwuN
Anthem Trailer: https://youtu.be/EL5GSfs9fi4
Madden 18 Long Shot Trailer: https://youtu.be/cBZwjP6MpZo?list=PLLy6qvPKpdlV3OAw00EuZMoYPz4pYuwuN
Forza Motersport Trailer: https://youtu.be/Dokpy_KIuyA
Metro Exodus Trailer: https://youtu.be/QEuEOugOXcc
Assassins Creed: https://youtu.be/cUuKIpCM2o0  

Nintendo:
Kirby: https://youtu.be/Cc3PAAije0Y
Metroid Prime 4: https://youtu.be/cCRx81ZMU9I
Yoshi: https://youtu.be/sx_C9jJ0AlA
Mario+Rabbids:Kingdom Battle: https://youtu.be/6zH-Rhdj5Wc
Super Mario Odyssey: https://youtu.be/wGQHQc_3ycE