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E3 isn’t on the horizon this year, but June is filled with all sorts of showcases and special game events in its stead, starting with the PS5 event this Thursday.
Update: Looks like that has been postponed.
Every year, I outline my hopes, predictions, and pipe dreams for E3. This year is a little different, but here are some things I’m hoping to see nevertheless.
Hopes and Pipe Dreams for June’s Gaming Events
Last year, I laid out all of my unlikely hopes from past years that had yet to come true:
- Ace Attorney Investigations 2 localization
- The World Ends With You 2
- Tales of Symphonia prequel
- The Great Ace Attorney localization
- Xenosaga HD
- Knights of the Old Republic 3
- A true Paper Mario game
- World of Final Fantasy 2
- Mother 3 localization
- Persona 3 remake
Of those, I still don’t expect to see The Great Ace Attorney until 2023, Xenosaga HD hopes are pretty much finished, and we actually have a new Paper Mario game on the horizon (so let’s see some more about it).
Strangely, The World Ends With You 2 feels possible now thanks to the Anime Expo art, so we’ll have to wait until early July to see if anything comes of that.
I really don’t expect any of the others to happen.
So let me add a few more to the list instead! Sega is participating in some of the June gaming events, including the New Game+ Expo on June 23. You know what I want to see? Yakuza Kenzan and Yakuza Ishin localizations. NIS America is going to be at events, too. I’d love to see official confirmation of the Crossbell Arc of the trails series being localized.
Now let’s move on to some more likely predictions.
Not-E3 2020 Predictions
I expect the next God of War game will be revealed, maybe at the PS5 event. I also think we’ll finally see something from Babylon’s Fall.
Even though Nintendo is reportedly not doing an E3 Nintendo Direct (although this still hasn’t been confirmed), I’m hoping to finally see more from Bayonetta 3 and the announcement of Monolith Soft’s mysterious fantasy IP.
And since EA is doing its usual showcase, I think we’ll finally get to see more from Dragon Age 4.
The Xbox event, whenever it will be, will probably show us more from Halo Infinite as well.
Coverage will be spread out over the month and beyond, since we’ve got events this week, next week, near the end of the month, and in July. What are you expecting, and hoping, to see from our Not-E3 events this year?