Ah, Ubisoft… typically not one of my favorite E3 press conferences. Will they surprise me this year?

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Ubisoft’s E3 2017 Press Conference

Ubisoft’s conference began with the official reveal of the leaked Mario and Rabbids crossover for the Switch, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. I was skeptical about this game from the moment I first saw the rumors, and by “skeptical,” I mean I was pretty negative toward it.

But you know… it doesn’t look as bad as I expected. I’m still not crazy about Rabbids, but it might be a decent turn-based strategy game. Grant Kirkhope is composing music for it, too, which is another point in its favor.

After that, they showed Assassin’s Creed Origins again, including a little bit of the E3 demo.

Next up was The Crew 2, and then South Park: The Fractured but Whole, neither of which I have any interest in.

They followed that with Transference, a VR thriller. I’m not a fan of VR, but the concept behind this game seems cool, since it’s set in the “digital recreation of a mind.” (I’m currently playing Steins;Gate 0, which is probably part of why that concept caught my attention.)

And after that, they revealed a new pirate game called Skull & Bones. Again, it’s probably not a game I’ll get (unless they announce a single-player story mode), but it still looks really cool.

After the pirates, it was time for some Just Dance 2018 music, then a South Park mobile game called South Park: Phone Destroyer, and then a game about space battles called Starlink: Battle for Atlas. It also looks intriguing, although it’s open world and has a toys-to-life element, so I’ll probably pass.

Next they discussed Steep and showed off Far Cry 5, neither of which I’m particularly interested in.

And finally, they revealed an unusual trailer that turned out to be for… Beyond Good and Evil 2??

I haven’t played the original Beyond Good & Evil, but I watched a playthrough. This isn’t quite what I expected. For one thing, it’s a prequel, but it also seems to have a massive tonal shift from the first game. I’m uncertain about it, but we’ll see what happens.

My ambivalence over Beyond Good and Evil 2’s tone aside, this was one of the most enjoyable Ubisoft press conferences I’ve seen… and I can’t get over how Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle looks so much better than I expected!

What did you think of Ubisoft’s E3 2017 press conference?

Bethesda and Devolver Digital both decided to have their press conferences late at night, so let’s steel ourselves and stay up to see what they have to offer!

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Microsoft
Bethesda
Devolver Digital
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Miscellaneous Games

Bethesda’s E3 2017 Press Conference

Bethesda’s press conference began with a montage of Bethesda developers and their kids, and then went into a bizarre “Bethesdaland” cartoon theme park that was the backdrop for their show. Were they trying to mimic Nintendo’s habit of having quirky, weird presentations?

This one started out a bit slow, with a look back at recent Bethesda games and then the announcement of Doom and Fallout 4 for virtual reality. From there, they announced new areas for The Elder Scrolls Online, and a new “Creation Club” that will make new add-ons available for Fallout 4 and Skyrim Special Edition.

(Maybe the beginning would have felt less slow to me if I was a fan of virtual reality, The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 4, and Skyrim.)

The card game, Elder Scrolls Legends, is also getting new stuff, and they showed off Skyrim Special Edition on the Switch.

After all that, they finally moved onto a new game… and a new Dishonored game, at that! Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is due out on September 15. It doesn’t seem like it’s quite a sequel, but maybe a spin-off? Whatever it is, it seems cool.

Then it was eSports time, as they announced the Quake World Championships.

After that, it was time for a pretty surreal trailer. The Evil Within 2 will be out on October 13. I never played the first Evil Within, and it always seemed like more action than horror to me, but the trailer was interesting.

Finally, a very bizarre intro turned out to be the lead-in to a new Wolfenstein game, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Like the other games, it’s due out in 2017, on October 27.

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, The Evil Within 2, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus were the highlights of Bethesda’s press conference. It ended with enough time to write up my thoughts and then prepare for Devolver Digital’s press conference…

Devolver Digital’s E3 2017 Press Conference

Devolver Digital started with a pre pre show that was very weird. This was not limited to the intro, as it soon became clear that whenever someone was on stage, it was going to be bizarre. They spent a lot of time parodying the game industry and press conferences (with stuff like “earliest access” games).

Sometimes this humor worked. Other times… not so much.

It was a very strange experience.

In the middle of it, I think they showed gameplay from Ruiner and Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour. Afterwards, I wasn’t entirely sure if they were going to show more games (during the show afterwards)… and so, I went to sleep.

What did you think of Bethesda and Devolver Digital’s E3 2017 press conferences?