E3 2015 Rundown – Sony Press Conference
Industry Event: E3 2015
Publisher: Sony
Platform: PS4, PS Vita
Sony pulled out all the stops for E3 this year, with a huge line-up of new games, content, console news, and a few nice surprises too!
In case you missed it, here’s what happened:
The Last Guardian
RELEASE – 2016
The first opening title of the Sony Press Conference was a huge relief to many as it re-confirmed the existence of The Last Guardian, which had lurked around the interwebs for some time. 6 minutes of a trailer showed some gorgeous vistas on PS4. Fumito Ueda is Creative Director.
Horizon – Zero Dawn
RELEASE – Unknown
With footage captured directly from PS4, Killzone creators Guerrilla Games’s newest franchise makes it’s debut on PS4. The Horizon trailer sees a huntress exploring a painted caves of “the ones that came before”, while the narrator tells the history of humankind and its downfall. Nature took over, tribes re-emerged and rebuilt a civilisation based on the technologies of the previous age, in a primal hunter-gatherer fashion.
Sentient technology roams the land, and we see the huntress take down a dino-sized monster machine with a bow and several pretty nifty and gadget-y arrows.
Hitman
RELEASE – Unknown
-World Premiere-
Square Enix and IO-Interactive band together to make “the most ambitious Hitman game ever”.
A short but intense trailer shows fragmented shots of Agent 47 running through a forest, sighting a target from a sniper rifle.
A multi platform game, Playstation owners will have access to six unique contracts, and a console exclusive beta will be available to PS4 players.
Street Fighter 5
RELEASE – (pre-order for beta access)
Cammy and Birdie have been added to the fighter roster of Street Fighter 5. The trailer shows a total of 6 characters; Chun Li, Ryu, M. Bison, Nash and the two new additions. To be fair, though, they’re not really new – Cammy is a regular since Super Street Fighter 2, and Birdie appeared in Street Fighter Alpha 3, though hasn’t been seen since then.
No Man’s Sky
RELEASE – Unknown
Sean Murray from Hello Games showed more of their huge, sprawling sandbox game, which will debut on PS4 – exploration, trading, fighting and survival will all be a part of the gameplay. Even from the short gameplay that Sean brought the audience through, the scope of the game is almost unfathomable.
Dreams
RELEASE – Unknown
Creators of Little Big Planet and Tearaway: Unfolded gave a teaser of their next big project titled Dreams.
Dualshock 4 controllers can be used to sketch objects and characters in surreal environments, after which they can also be animated by the controller. The trailer needs to be seen to be believed, but just know that it’s like that weird dream you had one time of a piano, a polar bear and a teddy bear fighting zombies…
Destiny: The Taken King
RELEASE – September 15 2015
Destiny’s newest expansion finally has a release date.
Firewatch
RELEASE – Unknown
Santo Campo’s new game will debut on PS4 – the game play trailer shown at E3 puts players in the shoes of a fire lookout by the name of Henry, who speaks with his boss via a small handheld radio, and it’s Henry’s job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe.
Final Fantasy VII (Remake)
RELEASE – Unknown
Ahead of their own press conference on June 16th, Square Enix has announced the remake of their PS1 classic, and fan favourite of millions, Final Fantasy VII. Sony has confirmed that FF7 will be coming to PS4, but other platforms were not announced at Sony Conference.
World of Final Fantasy
RELEASE – 2016
A second Final Fantasy title was announced as exclusive to PS4 and Vita in 2016, a brand new style of game off the beaten track of the long-running franchise, with chibi versions of various characters making appearances.
Shenmue 3
RELEASE – (Kickstarter)
Yu Suzuki, the creator of Shenmue, released plans for Shenmue 3, which, by the time this article posts, has ALREADY reached it’s 2 million dollar goal, in approximately 9 hours. If you’ve never heard of Shenmue before, that’s no surprise – the 1st game was released in 1999 for Sega Dreamcast, and its sequel, Shenmue 2, in 2001.
For older players, this confirmation of a third Shenmue has been something of a heaven sent continuation, having left off 14 years previous.
Batman: Arkham Knight
RELEASE – 23 June 2015
The epic conclusion to the Arkham Saga, players will get exclusive Scarecrow Nightmare missions on PS4 version of the game.
Ronin, EITR, Mother Russia Bleeds, Crossing Souls
Devolver Digital announce 4 new games which will make their console debut PS4.
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate – Exclusive DLC- “The Dreadful Crimes”
PS4 players will be in line to getting their Playstation-exclusive DLC, “The Dreadful Crimes”, where players will solve crimes that are inspired by a certain world famous detective novelist from that era.
Playstation VUE
Vue will be rolling out in San Francisco and Los Angeles shortly, according to Andrew House (PS President and Global CEO). For the first time, TV viewers will be able to pay for what they want – by subscribing to individual channels, a la carte, without havgin to purchase a multi-channel bundle.
Project Morpheus
Morpheus also got a small mention in the conference, along with a new game utililizing Morpheus, RIGS (developed by Guerrilla Cambridge), a multiplayer FPS which makes its debut on the floor at E3 this year.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
RELEASE – (Beta) August 2015
-Worldwide Exclusive-
A new partnership contrived between Activision and Sony will ensure all future Call of Duty content to PS4, meaning all the new DLC will hit PS4 before anywhere else, including new map packs, mentioned at the conference.
Disney Infinity 3.0: Star Wars
RELEASE – Autumn 2015
Shawn Layden introduces John Vignocchi, who announces that Star Wars will join Disney Infinity 3.0, which are comprised of Twilight of the Republic (Episodes 1-3), and Rise against the Empire (Episodes 4-6) Play Sets.
Limited edition starter kit for PS4 players – Boba Fett Figure at launch, Autumn 2015.
Star Wars Battlefront
Shawn Layden introduces new footage of PS4 version of Battlefront and the general manager of DICE, Patrick Bach, and we get a taste of what’s coming in the new game – play solo, or participate in co-op missions, there are hero battles between well known characters of the Star Wars Universe and Survival mode.
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
RELEASE – 2016
As a final treat for the audiences’ undivided attention, Playstation ended the conference with a game play demo of none other than Uncharted 4 – A Thief’s End.
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