E3 2016 That’s A Wrap

With E3 coming to a close now, it’s time to take a look back at what we saw there.

Some of our team that was able to go got to try out some of the demos there such as:

Tekken 7

Jo Jo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Demo.

Technomancer Demo.

Bass Drop on PlayStation VR which allowed us to try VR in a world that brought us into and arcade styled game.

The PS4 version of the popular computer game, Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity.

The fun demo for the indie game Just Shapes and Beats.

The wonderful open world of Dragon Quest Builders.

Wild Guns Reloaded demo which is a new PS4 game with the same style of the original Wild Guns.

We were able to try out the demo for Sisters, a new VR mobile game that will leave you with an interesting VR experience.

There was a demo for the Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star which was a typical hack and slash game to be enjoyed by fans of that play style.

With the increase in popularity of online card collecting games, Bethesda made the Elder Scrolls: Legends and we were able to try out a couple rounds on the demo.

Horizon Zero Dawn.

Microsoft’s new puzzle game Far.

Days Gone which brings real horror into the zombie horror genre.

The Outlast II Demo which scared us and left us in amazement.

 

And the E3 experience would not be complete without some E3 exclusive presentations on games such as:

Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse 2 where we were able to view what they have done to improve upon the most successful Dragon Ball game.

We got to see the new changes made in Civilization VI.

Injustice 2 where we got to check out the new features and a few of the new characters.

God of War gameplay

And lastly, the E3 exclusive Persona 5 gameplay trailer that showed off what Persona 5 has to offer as a step up from the past installments.

 

While, the rest of us got to view the big E3 press conferences from the comfort of our homes, and we saw games such as:

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Titanfall 2 trailers

Titanfall 2 New Mechs

Batman Arkham VR

Mass Effect Andromeda

Battlefield 1 trailers and gameplay

Dishonored 2 Gameplay Trailer

Serious Sam VR trailer

Crash Bandicoot Remastered

Resident Evil 7 VR

Spiderman

Skyrim Remastered

Prey 2

A look at new Fallout 4 DLC

Project Scorpio

God of War

The Last Guardian

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn possibly coming to Xbox One

Elder Scrolls: Legends coming out for PC, mac, and mobile devices

Xbox S

Quake Champions

Death Stranding

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon

New Amiibos for Zelda: Breath Of the Wild

And Gravity Rush 2

All in all this was a very successful E3 showcase, can’t wait until next year to see what is to come in the future of gaming.

 

Eric Chang: Writing from Boston University. Enjoys playing video games. Currently playing Far Cry 3 and Borderlands 2.
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