My Hopes & Expectations for E3 2019
The main bulk of E3 press conferences are less than a day away and I’ve succumbed to the temptation to do a “casual” prediction-type post. It’s a smaller year for E3 this year due to the lack of Sony and EA, so the potential surprises from them are minimal – Let’s go through some of the main conferences and I’ll discuss what I hope and what I think will be shown.
Firstly we’ve got the Xbox E3 Briefing, which I usually have pretty “low to average” expectations for, however, this year I get the feeling it will be different. Microsoft has recently bought a bunch of studios to develop first-party exclusives for their system and I think this is the show where they’re gonna be going all out, guns blazing. I hope (and think) that we’ll be getting a reveal for Banjo in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a big surprise, as several leaks/sources have been pointing to it these past few weeks – As well as a remake/sequel. I’m also expecting a Cyberpunk 2077 trailer, as well as most title’s (such as Halo) being shown & announced for Steam. Honestly, I think they’ve got a lot of surprises up their sleeve, so I’m not entirely sure what else to expect – I hope I’m correct.
Next up we’ve got the Bethesda E3 Conference, which I predict will announce Fallout 76 going free-to-play and being released on Steam. Existing titles such as Doom: Eternal will be shown off – the usual stuff. Also, I predict an announcement for Prey 2, as well as The Evil Within 3. Bit of a shot in the dark, but I think those fill in the gaps of already announced/upcoming games.
The PC Gaming Show (Sponsored by Epic) will likely be underwhelming – A lot of announcements for Epic Exclusive games, and maybe some “boos” from the crowd. Wouldn’t be surprised if there was some Borderlands 3 gameplay, too.
Square Enix’s Conference is expected to show off the elusive “Avengers” game, and possibly have a heavy focus on the Final Fantasy 7 remake. There’s not much more to say about them other than that.
Finally, we have the Nintendo Direct, where I predict another Smash Roster reveal. Personally, I’m not sure who it will be, however, rumours suggest it will be Erdrick from Dragon Quest. Additionally, I’d also like to predict some (wild) game announcements: A new mainline Mario title, and a new mainline Zelda title. Other than those things I’ve got nothing else to predict other than gameplay from already announced titles such as Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Luigi’s Mansion 3. As I said previously with Microsoft, I’m expecting some big things here – Especially since they’ve been doing dedicated “Directs” for Pokemon and Super Mario Maker that could’ve easily been put into this one; they wouldn’t have done that if they were lacking games to show.
In conclusion, I think we’re gonna see some big reveals here, even with Sony’s absence. I’ll probably make a follow-up post after E3 reviewing certain aspects of the event, as well as whether my predictions were dead-on or way off the mark. We’ll see!