We are less than 2 weeks out from the craziness that is E3! Here are some of my predictions as to what we will see from the Big 3 and third parties! Let me know down below what your predictions are! You can also join the discussion over on the Dashing Nerds discord! : https://discord.gg/BqaZNdq
SONY:
- Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a new trailer shown off, with a release window at the end
- Sly Cooper 5 will be announced
- We will get a gameplay reveal for Insomniac’s Spider-man game with a release date
- Knack 2 will be a release date
- A brand new game from an old Sony franchise will make a surprise appearance!
- First gameplay footage of Last of Us 2 will be shown
- God of War release date given
NINTENDO:
- New traditional Metroid game for Switch will be announced. Metroid Prime or 2D Metroidvania style. Not another spin-off title like Federation Forces
- Switch exclusive Pokemon game announced. Will be a spinoff title and not the traditional Pokemon game that everyone wants.
- No release date for Mario Odyssey, but will have mentioned a special Nintendo Direct later this fall for it.
- Switch port for a Smash game with mention that a brand new Smash game for Switch is in development.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will be delayed for western release to 2018
MICROSOFT:
- Price of Scorpio will be $600 or more.
- Release date for Crackdown 3 will be the same as Scorpio’s release
- There will be a surprise Japanese studio announcement of a Xbox One exclusive game.
- Scalebound will be re-announced for Xbox but will be headed by a new studio.
- Phil Spencer will be awesome and mention how he loves all games, wearing a sweet video game T-shirt under his blazer.
- Cup head will be shown, will actually get a release date this year!
THIRD PARTY:
- EA will have a random celeb talking about a game. Cringe-worthy moments ensue.
- They will spend more than 1/3 of their conference talking sports.
- Square will have the new KH3 trailer and Sony, and additional information and a world announcement at the E3 Colloseum event with Jeff Kelley.
- New Final Fantasy 7 remake trailer
- Bethesda will announce a new Wolfenstein title
- Bethesda will show off and give a release date for Doom and Fallout 4 VR
- Ubisoft will have a brand new game that no one expected that Aisha Tyler gets lady-wood for.
- Ni-No-Kuni 2 will get a release date
