E3 2021: The biggest game reveals, news, and updates from the shows

Published: Kamis, 17 Juni 2021

 

E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is the biggest event in the video games industry. It is a 4 days-long event in which some of the most important game developers and publishers reveal new games to the world. E3 2021 has been structured differently than the previous E3s, but we still get to know about several exciting new games.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the traditional structure of E3. Last year, the event was canceled for the first time in its history. In 2021, Entertainment Software Association, the hosting organization, announced that E3 would be held entirely online, as opposed to a live event in California.

With major publishers like Xbox, Nintendo, Square Enix, and Ubisoft all holding their own events in addition to independent events, there were a lot of shows to cover. Here are the biggest and most interesting game reveals at each event.

Summer Game Fest

While not an official E3 event, this show hosted by Geoff Keighley was the unofficial kickoff event where several publishers revealed their new games. The games ranged from indies to entries in major franchises. These were the most interesting.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

This fantasy looter-shooter got a cinematic trailer reveal at the very beginning of the Fest. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is the latest entry in the Borderlands franchise, though it’s set in the same universe. It’s more of a spin-off of the Dungeons & Dragons-style spinoff of Borderlands 2 “Assault on Dragon’s Keep,” starring the titular diminutive character. We don’t know much about the game yet, but as it’s set for release in early 2022, we’ll probably hear more soon.

Jurassic World Evolution 2

The various iterations of Jurassic Park have failed very spectacularly in the films — something about man’s hubris and all that. But the Jurassic World Evolution time management games offer users the chance to do better. Evolution 2 takes place after the events of the film Fallen Kingdom and tasks players with building a better version of the park in a new location. The game launches on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S sometime in 2021.

Elden Ring

By far the biggest reveal at the event is the gameplay reveal of Elden Ring, the next game from FromSoftware. Written by George R. R. Martin, the game was originally revealed at E3 2019. After that, From didn’t give any updates on the game and fans have been clamoring for a big reveal. They got it: The trailer shows off Elden Ring’s new environment, gameplay, player character, story, and release date. The game is set to launch on January 21, 2022.

Ubisoft Forward

Ubisoft’s major event was the first publisher-specific event of E3. Ubisoft revealed in a recent update that it had six games that would be coming out this year, meaning that it would be easy to narrow down which games would be shown (and not shown) at this event. The developers of The Division and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake separately confirmed that their games would not be at the E3 showcase.

Rainbow Six Extraction

The game formerly known as “Rainbow Six Quarantine” was given its official new name earlier this week. At the Ubisoft Forward, we finally got a look at the gameplay. Unlike Siege, Extraction is a PVE co-op title in which operators (some of whom are also characters in Siege) must fight their way through an alien horde that manifests as a creeping horror. The game will release on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on September 16, 2021. It’ll support cross-play at launch.

Other shows at E3 2021

There were several shows that, while they were part of the official E3 schedule, were for the most part not really big on game reveals. Warner Bros’ event was a Back 4 Blood showcase, while Capcom’s was mostly showing games that we have both already seen and whose release dates we already know. The only major revelation from the latter event is that Capcom is working on DLC for Resident Evil Village. The Gearbox show was mostly about the upcoming Borderlands movie.

The PC Gaming Show was perhaps the most interesting out of these shows, with trailers from games like Lemnis Gate, a first-person shooter with a central time-bending mechanic that releases on August 3, 2021; and Rawmen, a Splatoon-like arena shooter in which characters cover their surroundings with soup. The show was mostly a collection of smaller games with interesting mechanics and fun art design.

E3 2021 was not the most exciting event, but it had several new game reveals and updates on existing projects. While it may not have had all the games we would have hoped to see, it was still a decent showing considering how much the industry has struggled in the last year.

Source : https://www.xda-developers.com/